The England cricket team were worthy winners of The Ashes having outplayed the Australians in each match since the first one at Lords which they lost. We mustn’t forget the England women’s team either who also triumphed over the Australians in their Ashes Test series earlier this summer.
Both teams were celebrating their wins in a parade through London.
England’s cricketers were given a rapturous reception in Trafalgar Square at the end of the Ashes victory parade to celebrate their win over Australia.
Captain Michael Vaughan thanked the “fantastic” thronging crowd and admitted: “This is beyond a dream.”
The team later enjoyed a Downing Street reception and went to Lord’s to hand over the Ashes urn for safe-keeping.
England beat Australia in a series for the first time since 1987 after drawing the final Test at The Oval on Monday.
“It’s been a long night,” said Vaughan, who clasped the replica Ashes urn throughout the celebrations. “We’ve celebrated in true English fashion and this is incredible.
I almost wish it wasn’t over I’d love to see many more matches of the quality we’ve had this year. In fact given that the matches will no longer be shown on terrestrial TV following Sky buying the rights I wonder if I’ll ever watch test cricket again.
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