CARDIFF, WALES: Cricket Australia and the English Cricket Board have stunned the cricket community today by announcing that the first Ashes test will be played between Australia and a Cardiff under 12s side, the Cardiff Cowboys.
Australian captain Ricky Ponting said he was glad to be playing against a team he felt he and his men could match.
“It is a bit of an insult, but it will be a good experience for the boys. It might mean Nathan Hauritz will finally take some wickets,” said Ponting.
The move comes after an extremely early exit from the Twenty 20 World Cup by the Australian side.
“I think over confidence is what has messed us up in the World Cup,” Ponting said.
“I haven’t seen a lot of the Cowboys, but we won’t be taking anything for granted. They look like a very competitive side, and they’ve certainly got a better spin attack than we do.”
Craig Dixon, a Brisbane man who travelled to the UK with a group of Australians for the World Cup and the Ashes, said he will be glad to see some good, competitive cricket.
“Yeh, it’s been pretty shithouse so far,” he said. “The Aussies just keep getting bowled out and stuff, and it’s not very interesting. Me and the boys have to get really pissed and yell out funny shit to the players, lol [sic] ‘cause it’s heaps boring.”
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