This week’s 2023 instalment is the 16th Ashes Test played between England and Australia in Birmingham. We pick out five memorable encounters from the second city, including, arguably, the greatest Ashes showdown of them all

Dennis the menace
1975
AUSTRALIA had failed to win any of their four previous Tests at Edgbaston but they weren’t to be denied in 1975, thrashing their hosts by an innings with a day and a half to spare. England skipper Mike Denness surprisingly opted to field after winning the toss, with Norman Preston writing in Wisden that the hosts were perhaps not overly keen on f...