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	The Ashes - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The urn is not used as the trophy for the Ashes series, and whichever side "holds" the Ashes, the urn remains in the MCC Museum at Lord's.
		In the 1990s, given Australia's long dominance of the Ashes series, the idea was mooted (mostly by Australians) that the victorious team in an Ashes series should be awarded the urn as a trophy and allowed to retain it until the next series.
		At the end of the series, Andrew Flintoff was awarded the inaugural Compton-Miller medal as the player of the series for his batting and bowling efforts.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/The_Ashes (4259 words)

	Magic moments - Ashes highlights
		Contrary to popular Australian myth the Ashes, one of sport's oldest and most enduring international rivalries, is actually contested by two sides – not that anyone aged 20 or under would evidence to back that up.
		The series ends with Bradman being dismissed for a duck in his final innings at The Oval and finished with a Test average of 99.96.
		The Ashes were retained by England in the fourth Test at Headingley, where Underwood spun them to victory on a controversial grassless pitch inside three days.
	www.channel4.com /sport/cricket/news/nr_5185.html (1272 words)

	Acid test for Warne in Ashes series (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		For the best part of eight years, Shane Warne, as history has shown, is the greatest legspinner in the history of cricket, but a series of shoulder and spinning finger injuries appear to have taken their toll on the brash blond wristspinner with his average now slipping.
		But a series of shoulder and spinning finger injuries appear to have taken their toll on the brash blond wristspinner, who coaxes controversy, like a moth to a flame.
		Some believe this Ashes series may signal Warne's immediate Test future -- whether he goes on and plays a few more seasons, or he is forced to realise that he no longer has it.
	www.cricketnext.com /news/afp/may2001/afp2294.htm (872 words)

	Ashes. A Series of Undeveloped Mythologies (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		"Ashes" exhibited in 1997 in the Coastal Arts League Museum at Gallery 92 West in Half Moon Bay, California.
		"Ashes" is a series of undeveloped mythologies beginning with a cycle of dissolution and response.
		Although he aspires to paint on large environmental sonic sculpture, his current show at the Coastal Arts League Museum in Half Moon Bay is a series of small abstract-figurative works in acrylic on paper.
	art.net /Studios/Visual/Simran/Ashes (277 words)

	Ashes series not in danger, says England - Cricket - www.smh.com.au
		English cricket chief Tim Lamb has allayed fears next year's Ashes series could be cancelled if England pulled out of its tour of Zimbabwe later this year.
		Insiders claim the ECB has exaggerated the prospect of a cancelled Ashes tour and the subsequent loss of STG 50million ($122.87m) to convince the doubters that England must tour Zimbabwe.
		"If the Ashes tour to this country was cancelled and we were unable to replace the international cricket, quite simply, last one out turn the lights off," he said.
	www.smh.com.au /articles/2004/04/30/1083224551831.html (621 words)

	rediff.com: cricket channel - Australia should sweep the Ashes series 5-0
		Leg-spinner Shane Warne, who has dominated England's batsmen for a decade, said on Thursday Australia should sweep the upcoming Ashes series 5-0 if the home side play to their potential.
		Warne, 33, who made his Ashes debut in 1993 by dismissing England's Mike Gatting with the "ball of the century", said Australia were set to add to their record of seven consecutive Ashes series wins dating back to 1989.
		"Winning an Ashes series in Australia would make him a hero and he would come here with that thought in mind, even though convincing the rest of his men it can be done could prove difficult," Warne said.
	www.rediff.com /cricket/2002/oct/31ashes.htm (370 words)

	USATODAY.com - Stunner complete: England wins Ashes cricket series (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		LONDON —; England won the Ashes for the first time since 1986-87, holding Australia to a draw Monday in the final test to take the best-of-five cricket series 2-1.
		The Ashes is a tiny Victorian urn dating from 1882 that symbolizes cricket superiority between England and Australia.
		The series began July 21 and produced some of the most compelling play in the sport's history.
	www.usatoday.com /sports/2005-09-12-ashes-cricket_x.htm (387 words)

	The Ashes Cricket Series - A Legend Is Born
		The Ashes Cricket Series - A Legend Is Born
		The bi-annual Ashes cricket series, played between competing teams from England and Australia, is the most widely followed competition of its type, by both spectators and media alike.
		Ask any cricketer who has represented his country during the Ashes what his greatest moment in cricket was and there is no doubt, many will nominate the very first time they were chosen to play in a series.
	www.abcofcricket.com /A_Legend_Is_Born/a_legend_is_born.htm (516 words)

	Warne may call it quits after 2006-07 Ashes series : Cricket NEWS : CricketZone.Com
		Australian leg-spin wizard Shane Keith Warne could retire after the 2006-07 Ashes series in Australia to spend more time with his family, Warne's brother and manager Jason said on Sunday.
		Warne enters the Ashes series in England next month with a world-record 583 Test wickets, and could have 700 if he stayed on the same pace by the Australian series against England in 18 months.
		A retirement in the 2006-07 series would enable Warne to play his last two Tests at his favourite Melbourne Cricket Ground, and a week later at the Sydney Cricket Ground, where he made his debut in January 1992 against India.
	www.cricketzone.com /news/stories/20050502-1.html (354 words)

	CNNSI.com - Cricket - Atherton: England can bounce back in Ashes series - Wednesday August 01, 2001 09:24 AM
		Stand-in captain Atherton is looking for a revival of spirit and urged his players to draw inspiration from England's four straight series victories before the Ashes began.
		It has also won the last six Ashes series, winning 20 matches in that run to England's five.
		In all, the Australians have won 118 Ashes tests to England's 93, with 86 drawn.
	sportsillustrated.cnn.com /cricket/news/2001/08/01/atherton_ap (1209 words)

	ABC Sport - Cricket - Ashes series hailed as the greatest
		This was a twist-and-turn series which began dramatically and refused to die thereafter, each highlight somehow trumped by the next.
		Flintoff, who proved during the series there is no all-rounder to touch him in the world, batted brutally as England, playing with an unprecedented tempo and urgency, hammered 407 on the opening day.
		Playing his final Ashes Test in England at The Oval, he took six wickets in the first innings and six in the second, taking his series tally to 40 at 19.92 apiece, only for Pietersen's 158 to thwart him.
	www.abc.net.au /sport/content/200509/s1460172.htm (980 words)

	BBC SPORT \| Cricket \| Ashes 2005 \| Ashes series ratings (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		The pitches have not helped him and he was never required to bowl in two innings, but he did a job when needed by his captain and showed why he is such a valuable member of the team.
		His key moment of the series, however, was probably with the bat, as his cover drive for four off Brett Lee at the death at Trent Bridge helped England knock off the runs required for victory.
		Showed his class in the field and hung around for 51 balls in the nerve-wracking second innings but with a settled XI his chances of regular selection appear to be limited at the moment.
	www8.thny.bbc.co.uk /sport1/hi/cricket/ashes_2005/4237306.stm (1898 words)

	The Ashes Cricket Series - 334 Not Out (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		The 1981 series held in England, was arguably the most exciting of all Test matches ever played between England and Australia.
		Mike Brearley was appointed England Captain for the remainder of the series.
		Ian Botham took 10 wickets in the match (34 in the series) but it was Alderman who took the bowling honours finishing with 42 in the series, the second best bowling by an Australian in a series behind Grimmett.
	www.334notout.com /ashes/report59.htm (1071 words)

	(Im) Practical Punting Monthly: The Ashes will be shown live on SBS
		``The 2005 Ashes series promises to be the most keenly contested for years,'' Howard said in a statement.
		The only part of the series that would not be broadcast was the second session of the first Test due to a pre-existing commitment to the Tour de France.
		Coverage of the Ashes Test series and one-day series was almost lost to free-to-air television viewers this year after the major networks failed to bid for the rights because some of them did not see England - now the No.2 side in the world after Australia - as a ratings bonanza.
	ippm.blogspot.com /2005/03/ashes-will-be-shown-live-on-sbs.html (1084 words)

	Australia v England ashes 2005 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		The Ashes Series takes place between England and Australia in every two years.
		The shell-shocked England public and media came out with their anger and frustration and there was a famous obituary notice published in The Sporting Times where it wrote out that the English cricket had died at the Oval and the body to be cremated in England and Ashes taken to Australia.
		The Australians have dominated the Ashes in recent times but this time the English are also rated as the tough nut.
	cricket.123india.com /SERIES/AUS_ENG_ASHES (243 words)

	Australian media smell blood in Ashes series -DAWN - Sport; July 27, 2005
		SYDNEY, July 26: Jubilant Australian newspapers smelled blood in the Ashes series on Tuesday, predicting England captain Michael Vaughan would be undermined and become paceman Glenn McGrath’s “bunny”.
		They said they would target Michael Vaughan relentlessly throughout the Ashes as he becomes the latest in a long line of England skippers to confront a personal form crisis while searching for a way to drag his team back” from a drubbing in the first Test.
		England slumped to a heavy defeat in the Ashes opener but Pietersen, who made his debut in that match, is ready to lead the fightback.
	www.dawn.com /2005/07/27/spt3.htm (747 words)

	The toughest Ashes series: Stewart
		ADELAIDE, Australia: Team elder Alec Stewart says England are facing their toughest Ashes cricket series against Australia in more than a decade.
		Stewart, who first played an Ashes Test in 1990-91, said Steve Waugh's Australians were playing better than during his previous six losing Ashes campaigns.
		Stewart said he had played in just one "meaningful" Ashes victory - England's nine-wicket victory at Edgbaston in the 1997 series opener.
	www.icricketer.com /news/19nov02/news7.shtml (482 words)

	Amazon.ca: Books: Escape from the Ashes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Starting with the first "Out of the Ashes" I was exhilarated by the depiction of the concepts of Freedom and self-determination against oppression and excessive government and criminal encroachment upon individual rights.
		Your series recently degenerated to resemble the late Don Pendleton's current "Executioner" series which are now nothing but hack rubbish which may as well be generated by computer using boiler plate plot lines and characters.
		To end a series that started so gloriously the way you did in "Escape" is to invalidate and dismiss all the ideals and values the series stood for and attempted to impart to it's readers.
	www.amazon.ca /exec/obidos/ASIN/0786014407 (925 words)

	BBC SPORT \| Cricket \| Ashes 2005 \| Fans hail England's Ashes heroes
		England beat Australia in a series for the first time since 1987 after drawing the final Test at The Oval on Monday.
		The tens of thousands gathered in Trafalgar Square cheered highlights of the exhilarating summer series and interviews with each member of the victorious squad before a rendition of 'Jerusalem' rounded the presentation off.
		Vaughan and player of the series Andrew Flintoff soaked up the atmosphere at the front of the bus with their young daughters as office workers leant out of windows along the route to catch a glimpse of the team.
	news.bbc.co.uk /sport1/hi/cricket/england/4239254.stm (715 words)

	A short history of the Ashes
		In the event, Australia won the first Test by nine wickets, but with England winning the next two it became generally accepted that they brought back the Ashes.
		It was long believed that the real Ashes — a small urn thought to contain the ashes of a bail used in the third match — were presented to Bligh by a group of Melbourne women.
		After Lord Darnley’s death in 1927, the urn was given to MCC by Lord Darnley’s Australianborn widow, Florence.
	www.cricinfo.com /link_to_database/ARCHIVE/BY_OPPONENT/AUS-ENG/HISTORY (286 words)

	Ashes Series: England heading for another crushing defeat : Cricket News : IndiaExpress.Com
		Australia are on course for another big win over England after forcing them to follow on in the fourth Ashes cricket Test at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on Saturday.
		At stumps England had lost the wickets of opener Marcus Trescothick and Mark Butcher to be 111/2 with Michael Vaughan scoring a fighting 55 not out in 144 minutes and Hussain unbeaten on eight.
		One-day series against SL would be a challenging one: Pathan
	www.indiaexpress.com /news/sports/cricket/20021228-2.html (287 words)

	MacGill at a loss why he was overlooked for Ashes series
		Stuart MacGill (pictured), who watched helpless as Australia crashed to an Ashes series defeat to England, says his omission from the losing team made no sense.
		Stuart MacGill, who watched helpless as Australia crashed to an Ashes series defeat to England, says his omission from the losing team made no sense.
		The leg-spinner, who has taken 160 wickets in 33 Tests, went through the entire Ashes series without receiving a word of explanation from selectors about why he was overlooked for all five Tests.
	www.turkishpress.com /news.asp?id=71982 (450 words)

	CNNSI.com - Cricket - England tops Aussies to end Ashes tour on a high - Monday January 06, 2003 11:44 AM
		Set a near-impossible 452 to win after England's man of the match and player of the series Michael Vaughan struck a masterful 183 in the second innings, Australia's hopes of at least forcing a draw disappeared when they lost five wickets in the session after starting the day at 91-3.
		England finished the series strongly after losing the first three tests, and the Ashes, inside a combined total of 11 days.
		But he said Australia had proved they were the best with their 5-1 home and away series win over South Africa last year.
	sportsillustrated.cnn.com /cricket/news/2003/01/06/eng_aus (2078 words)

	BBC SPORT \| Cricket \| Ashes 2005 \| Simon Jones' exclusive column
		Now that the cricket is over and the players have all gone their separate ways, the euphoria has made way for a strange feeling of emptiness.
		The downside of the incredible Test series we have just taken part in is we will never experience anything like it again in our careers.
		Freddie was the man of the series and his life will never be the same again.
	sportalert.bbc.net.uk /sport1/hi/cricket/ashes_2005/4246368.stm (599 words)

	Ashes Cricket Series
		Australia and England Ashes cricket teams, compete bi-annually for a trophy known as The Ashes.
		England are well prepared for the coming Battle of the Ashes in 2005.
		This is the most legendary of all cricket series.
	www.abcofcricket.com /The_Ashes/the_ashes.htm (425 words)

	Crikey Website - The non-coverage of the Ashes series (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		If the Ashes are not a major sporting event, by any definition, then what is? Even when the Poms were travelling very ordinarily, interest in the Ashes cricket series – here and in England – remained very high.
		But now the Poms are travelling very well, and seriously challenging Australia for the number one ranking in World cricket, interest in the mid-year Ashes series will surely be stronger than ever.
		The lame excuse being given for Nine not bidding for the Ashes series is that “it fell at a difficult time of the year”.
	www.crikey.com.au /articles/2005/02/03-0004.html (870 words)

	Simpson's Paradox (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		In this series I scored 320 runs for 4 outs, an average of 80, while you had 700 runs for 10 outs, which is only an average of 70.
		John Martin has a nice visual way of thinking about the Ashes Series paradox (actually these really aren't paradoxes, rather they are just surprising results, but ones that can be fully explained).
		The gradient of OC gives Steve’s batting average (runs/outs) in the first Ashes series while the gradient of OA gives Mark’s batting average.
	exploringdata.cqu.edu.au /sim_par.htm (1292 words)

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