2007-01-03 11:29:38 · 12 answers · asked by all that jazz 3 in Sports ➔ Cricket
haha - oh i love that urn then:) go the aussies! :) sorry for all you english ppl out there! great game this year wasnt it :)
2007-01-03 11:50:50 · update #1
You bloody aussies are so rude beating us all the time, you are not playing the game the way we invented it, you are supposed to let us win!
2007-01-03 11:58:19 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Ashes Urn is a small terracotta urn which was presented to the England captain Ivo Bligh by a group of Melbourne women at some point during the 1882-83 tour of Australia. The contents of the urn are reporrted to be the ashes of an item of cricket equipment, possibly a bail, ball or stump. The urn is widely considered to be the trophy for the Ashes series. However, Ivo Bligh always considered it to be a personal gift. Whichever side holds the Ashes, the urn normally remains in the Marylebone Cricket Club Museum at Lord's since being bequeathed to the MCC by Ivo Bligh's widow upon his death. Since the 1998-99 Ashes series, a Waterford crystal representation of the urn has been presented to the winners as the official trophy of the series.
For more details about the Ashes series and the Urn, please check the following link:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ashes
2007-01-03 23:49:45 · answer #2 · answered by vakayil k 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In the ashes urn is the ashes of the cricket stumps nd the bails of the stumps. Well the ashes were burnt and put in the urn for australia nd england to battle out for the ashes!! Now it all started in 1882 when the first ashes game began nd every 3 or so years they have an ashes tournament for the ashes!!
Bye the way Australia have had the ashes longer than england have ever had them!! Australia Rox Obviously i'm Aussie
I'm 12 nd if u want to know more go to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/the_ashes.com That should tell u all about it!!!!!!
2007-01-03 22:40:27 · answer #3 · answered by KrystalKlear 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Tradition has it that it's the ashes of a bail from the 1882 Test (which inspired the famous obituary in the Sporting Life) when Frederick 'The Demon' Spofforth took 14 for 90. However, recent evidence suggests it may be the ashes of a lady's veil, probably from one of the ladies who presented Ivo Bligh with the urn. Some sources even say it's the ashes of a ball!
2007-01-04 05:35:26 · answer #4 · answered by igorolman 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Hon Ivo Bligh was presented with an urn containing the burnt remains of a bail after beating the home side 2-1
Thus "The Ashes" were now a tangible sporting prize, although they remain in the safekeeping of cricket's spiritual home, Lord's.
Fascinating story.......read on...
(Nice to relive the glory days when you're living in the gory days!)
2007-01-03 19:31:27 · answer #5 · answered by franja 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
A small jug that contains the ashes of cricket bails that were burned the first time the Aussies beat us.
If we burnt bails for every time they've beaten us since, global warming would be much worse than it is now
2007-01-03 19:32:18 · answer #6 · answered by Bob Danvers-Walker 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
the ashes of the bails off the stumps from a 100 or so years a ago. a pretty borin question for me but my husband was right in there lol
2007-01-03 19:34:42 · answer #7 · answered by kitteekatt 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Traditionally the ashes of the wicket, but in reality nothing I think.
2007-01-03 19:31:43 · answer #8 · answered by AlexChappel 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ashes. just part and parcel of the cremated body, coz obviously some human hard bones don't turn to ash.
2007-01-03 19:34:05 · answer #9 · answered by digitalfortress 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A tiny little man who is in fact the withered twin of Ian Botham. When you put your ear to the cup, you can hear a little squeeky voice say 'Let me out, let me out!'
2007-01-03 19:33:31 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋