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Ashes urn bound for Australia.

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| August 18, 2005 | COPYRIGHT 2003 Financial Times Ltd. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

(From Bulletin Wire)

Byline: Adam Cooper

Australia's hold on the Ashes is not as strong as it would like, but at least the little urn is not far away from arriving on our shores.

The Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), the protector of the sacred little trophy, has confirmed the Ashes urn will tour Australia with the England cricket side in the summer of 2006-07.

But it won't be for long.

Regardless of who wins this series or the next, there are no plans for the Ashes to be permanently taken from its home, in the museum behind the Lord's pavilion in London.

The Ashes were last in Australia in 1988 to coincide with the …

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