At Ladbroke cricket bet history is very important. Dating back to 1882 and held every two years, the Ashes is a cricket competition that sees Australia go head to head with arch rivals England. Hosted alternately between England and Australia.

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The Ashes is considered to be one of the world’s premier cricket competitions and is named after an obituary that appeared in The Sporting Times in 1882 after Australia beat England on their home soil for the first time. After the Australian victory, the obituary read that England cricket had died and ‘the body had been cremated with the ashes taken back to Australia’.

Ever since this one liner, the matches that have taken place between two have become known in England as their quest to ‘regain the ashes’. The now well renowned Ashes Urn is a recognisable symbol of the series with the contents rumoured to be either the remains of a burned cricket ball, the remains of cricketer King Cole or even a lady’s veil. In total, 64 Ashes series have been played out with the current holders, Australia, winning 31 series and England falling 3 short with 28 victories.

Only 5 of these series were drawn with the previous holders holding on to the ashes. The last Ashes series to have taken place was hosted in Australia in 2006/07 and was won by the home side after they beat England 5-0. Following the conclusion of this series, Australian stars Shane Warne, Justin Langer and Glenn McGrath retired from the Aussie team and so England will be feeling more confident of regaining the Ashes when the series returns to our shores in July 2009. This will be sure to create a huge stir in the world of online betting and bet cricket will have some huge winnings at stake.

Posted on May 29th, 2009 by Trix
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