Contest of the decade
The Ashes win in 2005 trumps the Wimbledon final between Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer to be named the best sporting contest of the decade in the Independent .
Siddhartha Talya
25-Feb-2013
The Ashes win in 2005 trumps the Wimbledon final between Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer to be named the best sporting contest of the decade in the Independent.
The Ashes of 2005 was the apogee of sporting theatre, possessing the rare combination of being perpetually watchable to the point of addiction and being unwatchable to the point of fearing for your health. The years since have dulled neither its appeal nor its thrilling nature and that explains why it won the Greatest Contest in The Independent Poll of the Decade.
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Siddhartha Talya is a senior sub-editor at ESPNcricinfo