Cricket (2)

The Ashes 
Cricket is known to cause confusion for new spectators and rules can be discussed extensively. Test cricket, the sport's full professional form, also lasts up to five six-hour days! Still, the details and length of the sport don't keep away scores of fans. You won't find truer followers (or stronger rivals) than in England and Australia. The Ashes, a series of five Test cricket matches played between England and Australia, are played every two years.

The death of English cricket 
In 1882, Australia beat England at cricket for the first time on home soil. In response to the defeat, a newspaper reported the death of English cricket. It read, "The body will be cremated and the ashes taken to Australia." Ivo Bligh, captain of England's cricket team, vowed to bring back the Ashes from Australia the next season. A tiny urn, perhaps containing the ashes of a wicket piece, was given to him in Australia. English cricket may have died, but it rose from the Ashes and continues to this day.

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