Australians Win Back the Ashes

2009 Ashes winner- Australia

After being trashed by the English in the 2005 Ashes series, the Australians have won finally after defeating the English team this time. They gave a complete whitewash when they defeated England 5-0 in the Ashes tour 2006. Before the tour had commenced, Aussies speedster Glen McGrath predicted that the Australians were looking for a complete whitewash to erase the previous season’s bad memories and thus regain the trophy. This was exactly what happened when Flintoff’s men failed to comprehend what they were up against and lost all the test matches.

The previous season had been a glorious one for English cricket when they had been successful in winning the Ashes after a period of many years. The five cricket test matches were played at Brisbane, Adelaide, Perth, Melbourne and Sydney. In fact, more than the result of Ashes 2006 tour, the series will be remembered for the retirement of many great players from the Australian squad. Justin Langer, Glen McGrath, Damien Martyn, and Shane Warne were the greats who bid adieu to cricket after the completion of this series.

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Fixtures for 2009 Ashes

2009 Ashes between England and Australia

The 2009 Ashes tour dates have been finalized and revealed. In this season, Australia will be touring England for the Ashes cricket series, which is a long-standing test of rivalry between the two sides. There will be five tests played between the two teams to determine who is going to be the proud owner of the Ashes trophy. The five cricket matches are going to be played from the 8th of July till the 24th of August. The venues for the five Ashes tour matches has been booked and they are Cardiff, Lord’s, Edgbaston, Headingly Carnegie, and finally the Brit Oval.

The last Ashes tour for the English players that was  played at Australia had not been a good one as they had lost the trophy. They were aggressively defeated by Ricky Ponting’s men and handed over a 5-0 whitewash . They will get their chance to redeem themselves with the 2009 Ashes tour as this is currently the weakest Australian team for quite some time now.

Tickets for Ashes Cricket Series 2009

How are Ashes Cricket Series tickets available?

The Ashes cricket series is a tournament played between Australia and England. It is long-standing tradition of rivalry fought out every season between the two teams. The two teams battle it out passionately on the ground and every single team try to wrest out the trophy from each other. So it is normal that the fans are equally passionate about the series. This is evident in the manner in which the Ashes tickets are sold out within a few minutes every season. All the five cricket matches are passionately watched and so are the ticket selling days monitored. Hordes of people line the streets before the Ashes ticket counters are even open. There is desire in each of the fan’s behavior the day Ashes tickets are going to be sold. This year, the Ashes series is going to be played in England thus giving the English fans something to cheer about. The five cricket tests are to be played at Cardiff, Lord’s, Edgbaston, Headingly Carnegie, and the Brit Oval. The tickets are being sold for each of the five matches starting from the 8th of July. One can expect to see hordes of eager fans waiting to pounce on the Ashes tickets for sure!

Getting the Ashes Cricket Tickets

Difficulty in obtaining Ashes Cricket Series tickets

The Ashes cricket tickets for the 2009 series going to be played at England are already available. Going by the recent trends noticed, this series looks like as if it is going to be a knock-out. The five matches are going to be played at Cardiff, Birmingham, Leeds and London with the 2nd and the 4th cricket test to be played at London. Tickets for English fans are available at the Cardiff cricket ground at Wales from 8th to 12th of July while the rest of the world can buy them online.

The Ashes cricket tickets have had a long history of being sold out in a matter of few minutes after the window opens, so it is always advisable to book them online. There are a number of websites which sell the ashes cricket tickets every season and they are very reliable also. The price of the cricket tickets will include VAT and most of the websites quote the entire price. Almost all the websites have an order guarantee which ensures that you won’t be disappointed by the service provided by them.

The 2006-07 Ashes Cricket Series

Information about 2006-07 Ashes series

The 2006-07 Ashes cricket series was most notable for the return of the trophy back to the Australians, which they had lost in the previous summer. England were handed a complete 5-0 whitewash.  This was a surprise as this was the same team which had fought hard to win the Ashes after a period of 18 years. The 2006 Ashes series was also remembered for the retirement of many Australian modern era legends. The greats who retired included Glen McGrath, Justin Langer, Damien Martyn and finally Shane Warne. This was the last time these legends ever set foot on the cricket field for a professional outing.

Before the series commenced, the Aussie speedster Glen McGrath had predicted a 5-0 whitewash by the Australians as a fitting reply to the previous year’s humiliation at the hands of the English cricket team. The Australian team was able to achieve exactly the same when it defeated the touring team comprehensively at all the venues that included Brisbane, Adelaide, Perth, Melbourne and Sydney. This was the first instance of a 5-0 defeat for any team in the Ashes series ever since 1920-21.