Ashes

Twenty-four years! That’s how long it took England to win an Ashes series Down Under. In other words, that’s how long it took the ECB to form a team of South Africans.

In the pic: England's captain Andrew Strauss (R) and Paul Collingwood celebrate after England won the Ashes series and beat Australia in the fifth Ashes cricket test at the Sydney Cricket Ground January 7, 2011.

(Caricatures by Rajnikanth www.holdingwilley.com)