After 19 years of Ashes hurt, cricket finally becomes the game of the people

ASHES TO ASHES

Searching for comfort after this winter’s Ashes mauling? Paul Edwards goes back 13 years to remember a time when cricket was the love of the nation, and England fans could finally put the ‘Botham’s Ashes’ VHS in the loft for good
It’s always the same with the Poms. They lose to Australia and then stick Botham’s Ashes in the video to take their minds off it.” It was 1997 and those words were spoken by a visiting Melburnian after watching hi...