Cricket: Ashes fever sees matches sell out.

TICKETS for this year's Ashes series This is a list of Ashes cricket series played between Australia and England. Most Ashes series have consisted of five Test matches between the two countries. The Ashes series with the fewest Test matches was the 1887-88 Ashes series, consisting of only one Test. were snapped up within two hours of going on sale in Australia Australia (ôstrāl`yə), smallest continent, between the Indian and Pacific oceans. With the island state of Tasmania to the south, the continent makes up the Commonwealth of Australia, a federal parliamentary state (2005 est. pop. .

Seats for the first four days of the third Test in Perth and fifth Test in Sydney sold out in 35 and 40 minutes while Adelaide went in 120mins. Tickets for the Brisbane Test go on sale today and Melbourne tomorrow.

Most tickets were sold earlier this month to members of the Australian supporters' club in a bid to stop England fans dominating crowds.

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Title Annotation:	Sport
Publication:	The Mirror (London, England)
Geographic Code:	8AUST
Date:	Jun 20, 2006
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