The Ashes 2009 – The Only Thing That Rhymes With Australia is Failure!
Ladies and gentleman, let the Ashes begin!
photo credit: andydolman
For the unaware, The Ashes are the greatest cricket tournament in the world. It is between the mighty England (ably carried by Welsh players I may add), and our colonial inferiors, the Aussies.
Unfortunately, by some sheer chance, the Aussies won the last series 5-0. But the time before in England, in the greatest ever ashes tournament in the history of the world, cricket fever was grabbed by the short and curlies when England defeated the Aussies 2 tests to 1 (2 draws) to regain the Ashes after 21 years of hurt.
For most of you, you probably will want to learn about cricket and the history of this tournament. Simply treat cricket the way most of us treat cricket – something that goes on in the background during a five day piss up. But if you want to learn the basic, have a look at this Cricket for Newbies article, as well as this history of the Ashes here.
I know I have at least 2 cricket fans reading this, and certainly plenty of Aussies reading my blog. I expect certain lurkers to contribute to this post, notably one man who saw that catch and that Ricky Pointing run out in the Third Day of the Fourth Test at Trent Bridge. So that is why, in this post, sledging will be permitted.
So Aussies, a country with about as much culture as a petri dish, let the series begin!
Who do you think will win?
Tags: australia, cricket, england, the ashes | Comments: 6 Comments
Rhys Wynne, the author of this blog, is a 20 something web designer from Colwyn Bay. 
I’ve done some maths, and I’m pretty sure which ever team wins the most tests will win.
However, roll on the football season, can’t stand cricket.
Think saying they have the culture of a petri dish is a tad harsh… the aboriginals are quite a cultural race
England are going to win 2-0 with 3 draws due to rain. 1st test will be a draw, 2nd England, 3rd and 4th Draws, 5th England – narrowly!
Aaaah if only!
Are there actually any welsh in the team this time around?
Yesssssss, it was ME! I saw THAT catch and THAT run out.
I win. In fact, those were both huge points in the context of the series, and as I was there for both, I can only assume they were down to me. Therefore, I won the ashes.
So i predict that Tom will beat Australia 3-1 this year.
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god damn stupid internet not letting me write things in “” ‘s properly.
Grrrr.
Cricket…yawn.
Australia is going to win. It’s just the way it is.