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The series of test matches that are played between England and Australia is called the Ashes. These ancient cricketing rivals have been playing matches against each other from 1877. Now, matches are played once every two years, at venues in Australia and England alternatively. Log on to WatchCricketOnline.net you can WATCH CRICKET ASHES SERIES 3RD TEST 2010 LIVE ONLINE.
This year the Vodafone Ashes Series 2010/11 will be held in Australia, consisting of 5 test matches.
1st Test, Nov 25-29, Brisbane 2nd Test, Dec 3-7, Adelaide
3rd Test, Dec 16-20, Perth 4th Test, Dec 26-30, Melbourne
5th Test, Jan 3-7, Sydney
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The first Vodafone 2010 test held at Brisbane from November 25-29 was drawn.
The second test is poised for a victory for England. Australia was 245 in the first innings. England at the end of the third day had scored 551 runs thereby having a lead of 306 runs. If England can capitalise on this lead then they can win the second test. This will make the 3rd test from 16th to 20th December at Perth a lot more interesting. Log on to WatchCricketOnline.net you can WATCH CRICKET ASHES SERIES 3RD TEST 2010 LIVE ONLINE.
Australia and England have so far played 321 tests, of which Australia won 132 victories and England only 99. Log on to WatchCricketOnline.net you can WATCH CRICKET ASHES SERIES 3RD TEST 2010 LIVE ONLINE.
It was as early as 1877 that the first Test match between England and Australia was played. But England suffered their first defeat at the hands of their colony Australia in 1982. And it was at this match that the legend of the ASHES began. . Log on to WatchCricketOnline.net you can WATCH CRICKET ASHES SERIES 3RD TEST 2010 LIVE ONLINE.
The series began to be called the ASHES after a British newspaper, THE SPORTING TIMES wrote an obituary satirically commenting that Cricket had died after England lost the match to Australia in THE OVAL. The obituary stated that the body would be cremated and the ashes taken to Australia. During the next tour of England to Australia, the newspapers commented that it was a quest to retrieve the ashes. Log on to WatchCricketOnline.net you can WATCH CRICKET ASHES SERIES 3RD TEST 2010 LIVE ONLINE.
During that tour a small terracotta urn was handed over to Ivo Blighby, the English Captain by a bevy of women in Melbourne. It was thought that the urn contained the ashes from some cricketing equipment. But the Dowager Countess of Darnley maintained that it was the ashes from a lady’s veil. The urn remains at the Marylebone Cricket Club Museum at Lord’s, whether England or Australia win the series. During the matches replicas of the Urn are held aloft by the Victorious captain. Log on to WatchCricketOnline.net you can WATCH CRICKET ASHES SERIES 3RD TEST 2010 LIVE ONLINE.
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