There is no cricket series in the world that stirs up so much emotion as the Ashes series. The Ashes began way back in 1882 when Australia first beat England in England. To mark this humiliating defeat the Times published an obituary saying that English cricket had died and the cremated body would be taken to Australia. This was the time of the British Commonwealth and Australia was considered to be merely a colony. For England to lose at cricket to a colonial country was indeed considered to be extremely humiliating.
Unfortunately we were not to hold on to them for long, and in the next series held during 2006/07 in Australia they were lost again by a 5-0 margin. But that is history now. Australia appear to have a weakened side and England,
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Ascendancy in the Ashes series has passed back and forth between England and Australia during the intervening years,
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The Ashes Trophy is a small urn that is said to contain the ashes of the bails or a cricket ball,
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That was until one of the all time greatest of English sides, led by Michael Vaughn, brought the Ashes back to England in a series that was a thrill a ball. Any cricket fan who had the privilege to witness some of our all time best performances will for ever remember the taking of the Ashes in 2005.