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urn

noun as in vessel

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noun as in large jar

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Despite their clear superiority, jitters were present for a home side that last won the urn more than six years earlier.

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England last won down under in 2010-11 and Ben Stokes' side will be looking to regain the urn for the first time since 2015.

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When England won the urn in 1986-87, they began with three warm-up matches against Australian state sides, played further tour matches between each of the first four Tests and white-ball matches between the final two.

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Vaughan did not know it at the time, but lifting the urn was to be his last act as an Ashes cricketer.

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Broad took his 600th Test wicket at Old Trafford but the washout, which ended the chance of winning the urn, was "the worst feeling in sport".

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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