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Have you bought Ashes tickets on eBay?
By Will 2 years ago, at the start of September, Comments
Thought this would be interesting to hear who have bought Ashes tickets on eBay, following the news that Cricket Australia have cancelled 1300 such tickets.
So, have you bought any from eBay? Has Cricket Australia contacted you yet? Are you going to re-flog them back on eBay and try to get your money back?(!)
Comments2006-07 Ashes tickets farce
By Will 2 years ago, at the start of June, Comments
Tickets went on sale for Australian Cricket Family members yesterday, and sold an incredible 182,000 in the first eight hours. That’s a heck of a lot, but it’s left thousands of others ticketless and frustrated, as the website and telephone system crashed under the weight of Ashes fever.
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Cricinfo has a feast of goodness on the whole affair, including:
Supporters who missed out have described the system as a “fiasco” and a “farce”. “I became part of the Australian Cricket Family, but feel like a stepchild,” Chris Flaherty said. “At age 53, do you think I’m too old to be adopted by a nicer family?” wrote Jillian Mitchell.
“I am absolutely devastated and near tears,” Cindy Gibbins said. “I was on the phone from 9.01am to 3.11pm and am still trying to get through. I want two tickets to the first day of the first Test, which is a tradition for my father and I.”
They’re already appearing on eBay, topping £8,000! Madness.
CommentsPost-Ashes profiteering reaches its zenith
By Will 3 years ago, mid-November, Comments
Ian emailed me to tell of this remarkable auction on eBay (I’ve even stolen your headline, Ian - sorry, but you put it perfectly!). The image you see above is an abstract painting depicting the winning moment for England’s victorious Ashes side this summer. Or, in the artist’s own words:
Cricket Comes Home - The Ashes (2005)
An abstract depiction of England’s famous Ashes winning Summer against Australia in 2005
The print is 101/2″ x 101/2″ and is supplied on 230 gsm coated acrylic paper from the original medium of gouache and acrylic
Presented without mount or frame, signed, and coming with a certificate of authenticity from myself, the artist.
Now, I’m no artist - I’m a budding photographer, and that’s stretching it - but I’m afraid I simply cannot and do not understand what this is supposed to represent! Depiction of “England’s famous Ashes winning summer”? How?! I see no bat, no ball, no players - nothing that says a) England b) English cricket c) cricket d) cricket e) cricket… Answers on a postcard, please - or a comment would suffice.
PS note to self: learn to expand vocab. You’re not 12, Will.
CommentsAshes poster on eBay for charity
By Will 3 years ago, at the start of November, Comments
Throughout the Ashes, Darryl from The Ashes blog took some brilliant photos of him and some mates reenacting events of the summer. Not just vague happenings, but actual wickets! It was a great laugh, and the Beeb and others caught on.
Anyway, Darryl’s asked me to let you know that he’s made a poster of his photos - an 8 inch by 12 inch print covering all five Tests of the 2005 Ashes series, including:
- Lord’s - “Adam Gilchrist celebrates the wicket of Freddie Flintoff - caught Gilchrist, bowled Warne for 3.”
- Edgbaston - “Ricky Ponting trudges back to the pavilion after being dismissed for a duck.”
- Old Trafford - “Michael Vaughan salutes the crowd after scoring a century at Old Trafford.”
- Trent Bridge - “With a beer and a cigarette in one hand, and a ball in the other, Shane Warne very nearly won the game for Australia.”
- The Oval - “Under dark and gloomy skies, Andrew Strauss is caught by Simon Katich close to the wicket. This photo is a re-enactment of the bad light.”
It’s at eBay and available for bidding, so go there now and bid away! It’s for a good cause, too - all proceeds go to World Vision and their Pakistan earthquake appeal.
I think you’ll agree - a bloody fine effort from Darryl, so let’s start the bidding.
CommentsCricket Relief: face an over from Shane Warne at Lords
By Will 3 years ago, mid-June, Comments
A great incentive for anyone with a spare 50 grand, this. The Tsunami relief game (MCC v World XI) this Tuesday, June 14, is offering the chance for someone to face an over against Shane Warne. Not only that, but also to receive tips from his good buddy Sachin Tendulkar (who should’ve been playing, but is injured).
The auction is on eBay, and is already at £50,000 (as of 3pm). Amazing what people will do to humilate themselves 
The winning bid comprises the following:
1. Fifteen minutes of one-to-one coaching from Indian batting legend Sachin Tendulkar
2. The walk out to the middle at Lord’s in front of the crowd during the interval between the innings*
3. An over bowled by the world’s leading Test wicket-taker, Shane Warne
4. Continued support from Sachin Tendulkar, who will remain at the non-striker’s end to offer advice
5. Live broadcast of the over, by Sky Sports, to a worldwide TV audience
6. A commemorative photograph, commissioned by MCC as a permanent reminder of the experience
7. Two tickets to the match
Great idea, and should be a fun day out for all (including me - keeping an eye on the weather, though)
CommentsLord’s Ashes Tickets
By Will 3 years ago, mid-May, Comments
Amazing to see the prices of Ashes tickets at Lord’s on eBay. Over £500 so far here
If I had the money I’d snap them up in a shot…
CommentsTicket availability for The Ashes
By Will 3 years ago, mid-April, Comments
The BBC highlight how scarce tickets have been for English & Australian fans for this summer’s Ashes. In fact, scarce is the wrong word: they’ve been sold out for bloody months. Interestingly…
Fans do still have a chance of going to the fifth day of an Ashes match this year with most grounds, including Lord’s, not selling final day tickets in advance.
It also highlights the numbers of tickets (and the exorbitant prices - showing demand) available on eBay, as I mentioned a couple of weeks back.
Scott from Ubersportingpundit takes up the ticket-scarcity issue with a different line, though, questioning how the hell they’ve sold out at all.
I think there are quite a few reasons. Firstly, it’s The Ashes. Even a sportsfan, and not a hardline cricket-nut, knows the significance of any cricket match played between England and Australia. So that’s one. Secondly, *any* cricket fan in this country - be they minor or major - would want to see England and Australia play in an Ashes contest and I’m sure they would amount to a large percentage of the tickets sold. And thirdly, bloody corporations have probably bought up hundreds and hundreds of tickets in advance.
It’s true, Cricket isn’t Football and does suffer as a result. The past 20 years has seen some truly crap cricket by England, combined with some underachieving players and shit coaches. Public lost faith, media took the piss - but that’s turning around now, thanks in large part to Flintoff. It’s going to take time though to get borderline cricket fans to cross over to genuine lovers of the game - so continued success of the National team is absolutely vital to the popularity of the game in England.
CommentsTsunami appeal: signed match shirts
By Will 3 years ago, mid-January, Comments
Found this courtesy of Ubersportingpundit. Many of the match shirts in today’s Tsunami match have been signed and will be sold to charity. Some of the prices are fierce! They’re all on eBay and end in 13-17 hours.
The official match coin is currently going for AU $501,300.00! Prices were going for silly-money earlier and Scott has screen-grabbed them here
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