The Ashes 2009
The 2009 Ashes Test Series
- 1st Test: Wednesday 8 July – Sunday 12 July Cardiff
- 2nd Test: Thursday 16 July – Monday 20 July Lords
- 3rd Test: Thursday 30 July – Monday 3 August Edgbaston
- 4th Test: Friday 7 August – Tuesday 11 August Headingley
- 5th Test: Thursday 20 August – Monday 24 August The Oval
The 2009 Ashes series begins in Cardiff on Wednesday 8th July with the start of the 1st Test and culminates at The Oval with the fifth and final test which starts on the 20th August.
The legendary Ashes series between England and Australia began in 1882, when the Australians beat the English at Lords and a mock obituary was published in the Sporting Times saying:
In Affectionate Remembrance
of
ENGLISH CRICKET,
which died at the Oval
on
29th AUGUST, 1882,
Deeply lamented by a large circle of sorrowing
friends and acquaintances
—-
R.I.P.
—-
N.B.—The body will be cremated and the ashes taken to Australia.
Since then the Ashes have been played biennially, alternately in England and Australia.
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