eBay becomes unofficial sponsor of the Ashes
England will play to home crowds in Australia for the first time, thanks to the work of unofficial Ashes sponsor and ticket outlet eBay. With the series attracting unprecedented demand, several world records could fall: biggest crowd at a Test, most number of times "Barmy Army" is chanted in a row, and biggest landing of scum from the British Isles in the southern hemisphere since 1788.