History Of The Ashes DVD

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...a most enjoyable sporting history film to watch. 1981 Ian Botham is shown scoring big totals with the bat, and Bob Willis taking some great wickets. Here a England or any cricketing fan can see Botham taking some marvellous wickets Botham almost managed to complete a hatrick of wickets in succession, narrowly failing, though with Australia needing 37 with many wickets for victory, Botham delivers his perhaps most famous cricketing performance. Single ...
...narrator sums up the sport's history very nicely all through the Ashes and main cricketing events. As this film is made, back in 2003, it does not cover most recent Ashes contests. Though at the same time, it did cover England's famous victory against Pakistan in Karachi and India winning a test match series against Australia. This aspect nicely introduced the 2001 series between the Ozzies and England, The special features are that it contains only ... Read review

Advantages: It gave me an insight to what the ashes are all about
Disadvantages: needs to be more action points

...didnt know alot about the history of the ashes or alot about cricket to be honest. It really gave me an insight into what the ashes is all about. I thought there was a lot of talking in the DVD and i feel that there needed to include more action points to make it more interesting. I have shown this DVD to my friends and they have thoroughly enjoyed and so i know it's not just me that would like this sort of DVD. I would suggest people sit down and ... Read review

Advantages: Everything
Disadvantages: Nothing

ASHES > The Ashes is a Test cricket series, played between England and Australia - it is international cricket's most celebrated rivalry and dates back to 1882. > Since the 1998-99 Ashes series, a Waterford crystal representation of the Ashes urn has been presented to the winners of an Ashes series as the official trophy of that series. > Australia currently hold The Ashes, after beating England 5-0 to regain them in 2006-07. The next Ashes series ...
...series is named after a satirical obituary published in an English newspaper, The Sporting Times, in 1882 after the match at The Oval in which Australia beat England on an English ground for the first time. The obituary stated that English cricket had died, and the body will be cremated and the ashes taken to Australia. The English media then dubbed the next English tour to Australia (1882-83) as the quest to regain The Ashes. PRODUCT DETAILS: ... Read review