Ashes Tickets Available via Ballot

Yorkshire County Cricket Club has announced that in view of high public demand for next summer's fourth ashes test to be held at Headingly; that they have established an online ballot system to decide the allocation of the few remaining tickets that are to be put on sale.

Australia play England at Headingley Carnegie between Friday August 7 to Tuesday August 11, 2009.

The online ballot will open on Monday December 1 and close on January 31 2009. To enter the ballot you simply have to fill out an online form that can be found on the official Yorkshire County Cricket site.

The draw will take place during February with the successful applicants be notified.

Each applicant will be able to apply for up to four tickets per day on the ballot form. The number of tickets available may be revised to two tickets per person per day in view of the number of applicants who register online.

Please note that Yorkshire CCC have stressed that applications will not be accepted over the telephone or in person under any circumstances. To avoid disappointment, interested parties should not come to the ground or telephone the club on December 1.

Should more ashes tickets become available in the future Yorkshire CCC will hold similar ballots.

Good Luck getting your hands on some ashes tickets!

Giles - Momentum Vital Ahead of Ashes

Ashley Giles, the former England spinner who played a crucial part with the bat during England's last ashes series victory in 2005, has reiterated what a number of other players have also stated and that is that form leading into the 2009 ashes series will be vital.

Giles believes it is crucial for the England team to perform well in India over the coming weeks in order to build some positive momentum ahead of next year's Ashes series. In particular as Australia have just slumped to a 2-0 series defeat in India (their first series loss since the 2005 ashes defeat).

England slumped to a 10-wicket defeat to the Stanford Superstars in the 20million-dollar match in Antigua at the start of the month but will now look to pick themselves for a challenging one-day and Test series in India. Of course the Stanford match is completely different to a test series and not a true reflection on the England team's form. A trip to India will be a far sterner test.

"There is no doubt it will be a hard tour. India are always a tough team whether you play one-day cricket or Test cricket," said Giles. "It is a challenge for the team - we have a massive year ahead of us and we want to get some momentum going."

Cardiff Ashes Ticket Sale Date Announced

Cardiff has announced that tickets for the eagerly awaited first ashes test of the 2009 series will go on public sale on:

Monday 3rd November at 9am.

You can purchase tickets via the website http://www.glamorgancricket.com/ or via the dedicated hotline: +44 (0)844 967 0701

The test match will take place between 8-12 July 2009 at Sophia Gardens, Cardiff and is the first test in the five test series.

The ashes will be coming to Cardiff for the first time after the venue beat won the honor ahead of two established grounds in Old Trafford and The Riverside Stadium, Durham.

The Demand for ashes tickets has been imense ever since ashes fever gripped the nation during that nail biting series of 2005; even the whitewash of the last series in Australia hasn't dampened our spirits.

Glamorgan chairman Paul Russell was quoted as saying "As expected, the biggest box office event in cricket, the 1st npower Ashes Test match is a big hit."

6,000 tickets are to be made available to the public on Monday 3rd November with a further 6,000 to go on public sale in January 2009.

"This will give as many fans as possible the chance to watch the biggest Cricket match ever to be played here in Wales."

Don't forget to phone the glamorgan hotline or visit the website first thing on Monday 3rd November to confirm your tickets for the hottest sporting event of the summer.