The England Team is victorious and finally brings home the Ashes after sixteen years. Includes highlights from all five test matches featuring Shane Warne and Freddie Flintoff.... more...Also previously unseen footage from the 2005 Ashes.
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Advantages: Great memento of an outstanding series Disadvantages: Disappointing extras, feature missing vital factors
...years, and have lived through the highs and lows of each test series with the England squad. Every time the Ashes came around I always looked forward to a master class by one of the greatest cricketing forces the world has known….and England played too. That was until the spectacularly gripping series of 2005, commemorated on this DVD, when England regained the little brown urn for the first time in 18 years.
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Advantages: A collection of the greatest test series of them all Disadvantages: Special features lack substance
...and eating cucumber sandwiches. By the end of it, it had enticed a whole nation into it's hypnotic spell, as well as being a unique sporting event.
England vs. Australia, otherwise known as The Ashes, takes place every two years - once in England, then in Australia, yet the small urn has been held by the Aussies ever since England last won in 1987. Yet the patriotic Englishman had some reason to be cheerful and optimistic this time around with ...
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Advantages: Comprehensive, Great Value, A sporting occasion that surpassed hype Disadvantages: Mark Nicholas (minor)
Please do not judge the contents of this excellent dvd by the slim highlights of the Ashes being shown on Channel 5 tonight.
Introduction
If ever there was a silver lining to the BBC devoting most of our licence fee to 'strictly celebrity boil an egg, buy a house, rebuild the bathroom with balsa wood and sell an old charlie wells ashtray for 20p at an antiques fair....' type programmes, this dvd is it. Channel Four's coverage of cricket and ...
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Advantages: Relive all the tension of the 2005 series Disadvantages: None
Who can ever forget the magnificent 2005 Ashes series. The Australians came into the series having held the Ashes since 1987, could England finally release their grip this time round. England were full of confidence going into the series on the back of their winter success in South Africa and had skittled the Australians out for under a hundred in the recent Twenty-20 match. This Australian team was not going to lie down though. Posessing stars like ...
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Advantages: A comprehensive and uplifting DVD boxset to remind all English cricket lovers of happier times Disadvantages: Test cricket was not invented for a highlights reel!
...minute of sleep in between, the average English cricket fan could do with a boost to get them through the dreary January days. So sit down with a glass of something strong (don't feel guilty, think of what you've endured!) and relight the fading embers of the greatest test series of them all.
The DVD is produced by the award winning Sunset and Vine (basically the Channel 4 TV coverage) and features such innovations as Hawk Eye, the Analyst, and ...
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Advantages: 8+ Hours of coverage over 3 DVDs for less than 20 Quid Disadvantages: Only if your an Aussie!
Before the last couple of years you were almost embarrased to say you like, watch or even play Cricket. I do all of these and if I even mention the word 'cricket' automatically someone would utter a response of, "cricket is boring...we are rubbish" or even "why does a game last for 5 days and no one wins".
I have stood by England through thick and thin and have defended them to the hilt. I would quite happerly say my popularity at school and with ...
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today i will be reviewing the ashes three disc box set.
when i brought this from a local supermarket it was around 5-6 months after the ashes had finished. i was contemplating weather i should buy it or not because it was quite expensive at 14.99 .
like a true england fan i brought it and i was not a bit dissapointed and after the last series in australia it was a great relif to have this stunning boxset.
in the boxset it will include 3 ...
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Advantages: Captures all of the great emotion of the greatest ever ashes series! Disadvantages: It was only a five test series, not seven!
...to be. I thought that the 'highlights' would be just the wickets and the boundaries. However, it shows a lot more than that.
It shows a lot of cricket play from each day of each test, from Harmisons heroics with the ball to Pietersens genius with the bat. And thats not to mention a certain Mr.Flintoff.
Not only does it show the cricket action, but it also gives you all the background info that was going on at the time. It really gets you back ...
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17.10.2006
The Legends of ASHES Review ofThe Ashes - The Greatest Series (Box Set)by
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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 ...
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