Retaining The Ashes
'The Ashes' contained in a small terracotta urn, cricket's most famous trophy, rumoured to be burnt 'bails'. Restricted to two teams, England and Australia fight voraciously to retain or regain.
At 94, that's a great innings. It's almost a Century! But when you're out, you're out!
He was definitely out, and we went to see him off the pitch in January. A lifelong cricketer, his interest in The Ashes became personal when he finally bailed out.
A six foot man, he produced a lot of ashes. At dead of night, his children spread him over his cricket club pitch!
"Owzat?"
- Category: True Stories Told As Fiction
- Tags: Cricket. The Ashes. The burnt remains of a set of cricket 'bails'. Innings. Owzat.
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Frenchie almost 7 years ago
As they say, all is fair in love and war :-))
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Neville Hunt almost 7 years ago
It sure is, Frenchie. Thanks for reading and commenting. :-)
