Soldato
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Well.. thats very nice then isn't it 
14m viewers, HD....!
14m viewers, HD....!
2009 Ashes Series - England vs. Australia **Spoilers**
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Yep. Available in HD on the freeview channel SBS.
Viewing figures were ~14 million, which is quite good for a nation of 20 million people.
~14 million??? For live coverage of this series? That seems crazy!
Soldato
Cumulative figures? 14 million viewers in total for the whole 5 Test match series?
Caporegime
Yes, cumulative figures. They had an average audience of ~1 million per night.
Rosbif, a few points if I may:
(a) the overwhelming majority of British settlers in Australia were free men and women who emigrated voluntarily
(b) the overwhelming majority of Australians (~80%) are not descended from convicts
(c) those Australians who do have convict ancestry, are usually proud of the fact
While I'm on the subject, it's worth pointing out that Great Britain was (ironically!) the original convict nation. The government only began sending sent her vast criminal population to other countries when it became impossible to house them all. No other nation in history has ever had this problem. (Perhaps no other nation in history has been so prone to criminality?)
Britain's first country of choice was America, which received large numbers of convicts for ~40 years. The British only switched to Australia after being comprehensively thrashed by the Yanks in their war of independence.
I don't have convict ancestry myself, but you might be one of the many Brits who do.
Soldato
five have highlights on atm but they finish at 8 and they're of the whole series. Should be able to watch last night's on demand 5 at five.tv though.
Caporegime
Penny dropped yet, Evangelion?
LOL!
Well, you didn't win the Ashes by drawing, did you?
Well, there's an argument to suggest we did - had that game not been drawn, the urn would have been heading back to Australia
I understand that a winner's mentality (something Australians are regarded to have) is never to be satisfied with a draw, but equally in the grand scheme of things the difference between a draw and a loss, is just as much as between a win and a draw. Or in other words converting a loss into a draw is just as much of a victory as converting a draw into a win.
I understand that a winner's mentality (something Australians are regarded to have) is never to be satisfied with a draw, but equally in the grand scheme of things the difference between a draw and a loss, is just as much as between a win and a draw. Or in other words converting a loss into a draw is just as much of a victory as converting a draw into a win.
I caught the programme online and finally saw the run out and the highlights of all the final day's play
It made me reminiscent of C4's 2005 coverage. And I realised why Geoffrey Boycott wasn't on TMS, he was working for C5 
One thing about the Edgbaston test, ever since then I've always counted it as a bit of a robbery, you know, had we not lost ~2 days to rain then England would have won.
But the other day they were recapping the series and showed the scorecard. Australia may have been heavily behind on the 1st innings, but at stumps on day 5 they had a 262 run lead with only 5 wickets down. Clarke going along nicely at 100-odd not out and his partner had played himself in. It's not inconceivable that were it not for rain delays they could have set us a 4th innings target approaching 400.
But the other day they were recapping the series and showed the scorecard. Australia may have been heavily behind on the 1st innings, but at stumps on day 5 they had a 262 run lead with only 5 wickets down. Clarke going along nicely at 100-odd not out and his partner had played himself in. It's not inconceivable that were it not for rain delays they could have set us a 4th innings target approaching 400.
Another thing about this series, we won 4 out of 5 tosses and I think some people can underestimate the importance of winning the toss. I remember Mike Atherton was (in)famous for his bad luck in losing the toss and I think that is a not insignificant part of the reason he never won the Ashes despite a team I would argue was stronger than today's England side.
Arguably the 5th test and hence the Ashes in 2009 were decided on the flip of a coin, ultimately.
Arguably the 5th test and hence the Ashes in 2009 were decided on the flip of a coin, ultimately.
Very true, that was a huge toss to win. I think in 2005 we had similar luck with the coin, although Ponting made that huge mistake to put us into bat which helped!
Boycott has been on TMS.I caught the programme online and finally saw the run out and the highlights of all the final day's play
I think he means in 2005.