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Tuesday, 30 May 2006 |
Australian batsman Justin Langer says losing the Ashes is good news
Australian opening batsman Justin Langer has said that losing the last Ashes series was good news for world cricket.
Justin Langer,35, said: "We were successful for so long. But for us to lose to England showed other countries that the competition was still on.
"I think losing the Ashes was great for world cricket, English cricket and, to a degree, Australian cricket."
And he added that he thought the Ashes was Australia's top sports event, as important as the football World Cup is to English fans.
Justin Langer is already getting ready for what may be his last Ashes series and a training camp has been set up for all the Australian team in August.
Justin Langer and his fellow cricketers are determined to make it hard for England when they arrive in November.
Tickets will go on sale to Australian supporters on Thursday, and on then general sale from 19 June.
"This is the moment Australians have been waiting for," said Cricket Australia chief James Sutherland, and he described the series as "the biggest celebration of cricket in this country in living memory".
And team captain Ricky Ponting has been urging cricket fans to get their tickets early.
"The Australian team can't wait for this Ashes series to start and having a sea of green and gold supporters in the stand will give us a massive boost," Ricky Ponting said.
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