Cricket will be remembered

This poor sparrow was hit down by a cricket ball during a match between Cambridge University and MCC. Jahangir Khan, a famous bowler presenting university bowled a ball that hit this sparrow before reaching to the batsman Pierce on July 3^rd, 1936. The same bird received honor by stuffed and stapled with the ball that hit it.

Ashes, one of the most significant cricket events in the world of cricket. The story of Ashes series between England Australia (two cricket rivals) has a sad history of emotions of English cricket fans. It was August 29, 1882 when Australia first time defeated England on English soil. It was a death silence over the sky of England. 

"In affectionate remembrance of English cricket which died at The Oval, 29th August, 1882. Deeply lamented by a large circle of sorrowing friends and acquaintances, RIP. NB The body will be cremated and the Ashes taken to Australia." a young London journalist, Reginald Shirley Brooks, wrote this mock "obituary''. It appeared in the Sporting Times.

After that English team toured Australia for a series of three test matches. The English captain Lord Darnley set out the objective of recovering Ashes. After defeating Australia in the series by 2-1, Lord Darnley was presented a small urn containing the ashes of the bail used in the third match. The urn and its story then gave birth to the series of Ashes between two rivals for this small urn the most famous and smallest trophy of the world. Ashes series still happens after every two years between these two teams hosting each other simultaneously.

The text written on the urn is as follows:

“When Ivo goes back with the urn, the urn;
Studds, Steel, Read and Tylecote return, return;
The welkin will ring loud,
The great crowd will feel proud,
Seeing Barlow and Bates with the urn, the urn;
And the rest coming home with the urn.”