The Ashes start today
It’s finally here! 11am start G.M.T. and England continue their fierce rivalry with the Aussies for the Ashes. COME ON ENGLAND!! LETS BATTER THE AUSSIES
The Ashes Urn - Picture from Guardian.co.uk
For those of you who ain’t got a clue what it’s all about here is some info:
The Ashes is a Test cricket series, played between England and Australia. It is one of international cricket’s most celebrated rivalries and dates back to 1882. It is currently played biennially, alternately in England and Australia. However, since cricket is a summer game, the venues being in opposite hemispheres means the break between series alternates between 18 and 30 months. A series of “The Ashes” now comprises five Test matches, two innings per match, under the regular rules for international Test-match cricket. If a series is drawn then the country already holding the Ashes retains them.
The series is named after a satirical obituary published in an English newspaper, The Sporting Times, in 1882 after the match at The Oval in which Australia beat England on an English ground for the first time. The obituary stated that English cricket had died, and the body will be cremated and the ashes taken to Australia. The English media then dubbed the next English tour to Australia (1882–83) as the quest to regain The Ashes.
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Mmm, not likely.
You lot had a glimpse of what it was like to be champions in 2005; then you got a lesson in motivation when you came down to Australia.
At the moment, England is being put back into it’s place by Australia yet again – Go Australia!!!!
As much as it pains me to say,I think you’ll win them by 1 test or something Andrew