I know that it's a cricket bat burnt and they play for the ashes but why did they burn the bat in the first place?
2006-11-01 19:59:18 · 13 answers · asked by Siobhon W 1 in Sports ➔ Cricket
It was the bails that were burnt. During a test series between England and Australia in the early part of the twentieth century, can't remember when exactly, the Aussies trounced us and a cricket writer in the Times I think, wrote that the bails should be burnt and sent to Australia.
Sometime after that bails were indeed burnt but they have never left these shores, always remaining at Lords, home of the M.C.C., much to the chagrin of the Aussies, who feel the Ashes should always be presented to the winners.
2006-11-01 20:10:29 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 13⤊ 7⤋
The Ashes is a Test cricket series, played between England and Australia - it is cricket's most celebrated rivalry and the oldest in international cricket dating back to 1882. It is currently played at approximately two yearly intervals, alternately in England and Australia. The Ashes are "held" by the country which last won a series and to "regain" them the other country must win more Test matches in a series than the country that "holds" them. If a series is "drawn" then the country holding the Ashes retains them. The last Ashes series was played in England in 2005 when England regained The Ashes after a gap of 16 years by winning the series 2-1. The next Ashes series will be in Australia in 2006-07 and the next series in England will be in 2009.
The series is named after a satirical obituary published in The Sporting Times in 1882 following the match at The Oval, in which Australia beat England in England 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 dubbed the next English tour, to Australia (1882-83) as the quest to regain The Ashes.
A small terracotta urn was presented to the England captain Ivo Bligh by a group of Melbourne women at some point during the 1882-83 tour. The contents of the urn are reputed to be the ashes of an item of cricket equipment, possibly a bail, ball or stump. The urn is not used as a trophy for the Ashes series, and whichever side "holds" the Ashes, the urn remains in the MCC Museum at Lord's because of its age and frailty. Since the 1998-99 Ashes series, a Waterford crystal trophy has been presented to the winners.
If you want to know more about ashe series, please visit website:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ashes
2006-11-01 21:59:19 · answer #2 · answered by vakayil k 7 · 7⤊ 2⤋
Australia beat England for the first time and the bails were burnt and placed in a tiny urn to sybolize the death of English cricket...
They have played 6 tests every four years for them ever since...
It's symbolic and has more meaning to it...rather than some massive trophy like others sports with no thought behind it...even when Australia won on several occasions consecutively...the Ashes never left England...they have recently...ironicly when Australia aren't the champions...
2006-11-01 20:30:19 · answer #3 · answered by 67ImpalaSS 3 · 3⤊ 2⤋
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2014-08-22 16:54:08 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
it wasnt a bat, it was the bails from the stumps and it was because the game between england and australia was so good and they have been playing ever since.
i think the urn with the ashes in is at lords cricket ground (and never moves)
2006-11-01 20:06:50 · answer #6 · answered by pete r 1 · 3⤊ 2⤋
About 100 years ago, austrailia defeated england at cricket...
To symbolise the 'death of english cricket' in regards to our former dominance, the australians burnt the stumps and sent them to us in a tiny urn...
contrary to some thought, the ashes always remain in england, its where they are that makes the difference to when we win and lose.
But yes, the aussies thrashed us at cricket and thought they'd rub it in... and we've had this little competition called 'the ashes' since.
2006-11-01 20:07:30 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 3⤋
the original stumps were burnt and put in urn
2006-11-02 09:59:20 · answer #8 · answered by jammy dodger11 2 · 1⤊ 2⤋
It's the stumps which were burned not a bat.
2006-11-01 20:04:09 · answer #9 · answered by RRM 4 · 1⤊ 5⤋
Its kind of crazy, playing for ashes...
2006-11-01 20:19:08 · answer #10 · answered by gutsa 2 · 2⤊ 4⤋