Gilly suggests that India is the new arch-rival.

http://www.int.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=6&click_id=17&art_id=nw20080916114127205C706957

Meanwhile the tickets for next year's Ashes series are selling like hot cakes so maybe this claim is hard to justify. Ashes series still remain #1 in the eyes of the average Aussie fan.

Let me guess which series is up next for Aus?

Ah, that would be right....

well cricketing wise it is. no other nation comes close in the last 10 years

historically of course its england

Red wrote:http://www.int.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=6&click_id=17&art_id=nw20080916114127205C706957

Meanwhile the tickets for next year's Ashes series are selling like hot cakes so maybe this claim is hard to justify. Ashes series still remain #1 in the eyes of the average Aussie fan.

What tickets?
which venue?
pointers please !

The One wrote:well cricketing wise it is. no other nation comes close in the last 10 years

historically of course its england

Suggest you pay a fleeting visit to the UK during an ashes series to begin to understand the meaning of 'arch rivalry' !

Red wrote:http://www.int.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=6&click_id=17&art_id=nw20080916114127205C706957

Meanwhile the tickets for next year's Ashes series are selling like hot cakes so maybe this claim is hard to justify. Ashes series still remain #1 in the eyes of the average Aussie fan.

The start of the Ashes phoney war gets earlier and earlier.

Basil wrote:

The start of the Ashes phoney war gets earlier and earlier.

what did warney say?

The One wrote:well cricketing wise it is. no other nation comes close in the last 10 years

As series go, it has been the closest matched mainly due to Indias batting strength over that decade.

Let's not talk as though India have been the second best side throughout those years though. Think you would just have to ask Australians what series defeat would hurt more?

Merlin wrote:

The One wrote:well cricketing wise it is. no other nation comes close in the last 10 years

historically of course its england

Suggest you pay a fleeting visit to the UK during an ashes series to begin to understand the meaning of 'arch rivalry' !

This 'arch rivalry' .... reckon the BCCI can always try and buy it

JKLever wrote:

Merlin wrote:

The One wrote:well cricketing wise it is. no other nation comes close in the last 10 years

historically of course its england

Suggest you pay a fleeting visit to the UK during an ashes series to begin to understand the meaning of 'arch rivalry' !

This 'arch rivalry' .... reckon the BCCI can always try and buy it

BCCI are f*ckwits - they can only dream!

Ban India . . .

tac wrote:Ban India . . .

Goes without saying

The One wrote:well cricketing wise it is. no other nation comes close in the last 10 years

historically of course its england

And it seems just the other other day that the subi's here were talking Ind/Pak up as bigger than the Ashes.

Good times.

easy boys. i just said india is australia's only real 'cricket' competition on the test stage of the last decade or so. the ashes of course is a more iconic series with its richer history

just for comparison aus' record for series in this decade vs each team

vs india 6-5

vs ban 4-0
vs eng 14-4
vs nz 7-0
vs pak 6-0
vs sa 10-1
vs sl 6-0
vs wi 13-1
vs zim 2-0

The One wrote:easy boys. i just said india is australia's only real 'cricket' competition on the test stage of the last decade or so. the ashes of course is a more iconic series with its richer history

just for comparison aus' record for series in this decade vs each team

vs india 6-5

vs ban 4-0
vs eng 14-4
vs nz 7-0
vs pak 6-0
vs sa 10-1
vs sl 6-0
vs zim 2-0

FACTS.