Oh, and the original Ashes are in Australia as we type:
"Original Ashes urn to tour six Australian cities for the first time ever
Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) and Travelex today (Monday 11th September) announced an historic 94 day Ashes Exhibition tour to Australia. The exhibition will involve the original Ashes Urn itself and more than 30 historical artefacts dating back to 1882.
The tour marks only the third time in history that the Ashes Urn has left the MCC Museum at Lord’s and the first time it has ever toured around Australia. Many of the other artefacts in the exhibition are being exhibited away from Lord’s for the first time.
The Ashes Exhibition in association with Travelex has been designed to coincide with the England cricket team’s tour to Australia as they bid to retain the Ashes for the first time since 1986/7. The three month exhibition will visit seven museums across Australia with the following itinerary:
* The Museum of Sydney from 21st October until 8th November
* Queensland Museum, Brisbane from 12th until 22nd November
* South Australian Museum, Adelaide from 26th November until 6th December
* Western Australian Museum, Perth from 10th until 20th December
* Melbourne Museum, from 26th December until 7th January
* Melbourne Cricket Club Museum, from 9th until 14th January
* Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, from 18th to 21st January"
