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November 22, 2006
Posted by Ken Tinker on 11/22/2006 in Ashes Series 2006/07
It was Thursday morning when I decided to travel to Canberra for Friday's Prime Minister's XI match against the English Cricket team. Tickets for the game had long ago sold out, so I turned to the dark side to avoid missing the tour opener. Ebay's reputation has taken a battering recently regarding ticket scalping, and it was with no small guilt that I placed my bid. I justified it by reasoning that if I didn't buy the ticket, it would probably go to a member of the Barmy Army instead. I owed it to my country to buy that scalped ticket!
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June 21, 2006
Posted by Ken Tinker on 06/21/2006 in Ashes Series 2006/07
Unlike when the presale began, today when the MCG Ashes tickets sale got underway, I was in pole position. I had awoken early to beat any possible crowds, and made my way down to the Ticketmaster office. I had started a queue at 8:20am, 40 minutes before opening time. Living in Newcastle, some 10 hours drive from Melbourne, I guess I shouldn't have been surprised about being the only person there. Pulling out a list of questions, I waited for someone else to show up.
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June 1, 2006
Posted by Ken Tinker on 06/01/2006 in Ashes Series 2006/07
Australia remembers watching the last Ashes series like it was yesterday. We remember Ricky Ponting bleeding on the Lord's pitch, Dizzy Gillespie's plummet from grace, Flintoff's domination of Gilchrist, the tireless efforts of Shane Warne, and the unending arrogance of Pietersen.
Today, June the 1st, at 9am, Australia showed just how much we all remembered, when tickets for the Ashes went on sale to Australian Cricket Family members. Well, almost all of us...
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