Other titles:COLLECTION OF DEFENCE MEDIA OPERATIONS CENTRE (DMOC) VIDEOS [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: British and Australian troops hold their own charity version of "Ashes" cricket, billed as the Aegis Ashes after its main sponsor, at Tallil airbase.
Description: Interviews with the two cricket captains, Lieutenant Timothy Moore (British captain, spokesperson for 1st Mechanised Brigade) and Sergeant William Ross (the Australian captain) and one of his teammates (bad sound here). Steve Wilson, the regional director of the Reconstruction Operation Centre in Basra is also interviewed. This is followed by lengthy highlights of the cricket match itself.
Alternative Title:COLLECTION OF DEFENCE MEDIA OPERATIONS CENTRE (DMOC) VIDEOS [Allocated Series Title]
Colour:Colour
Digitised:
Object_Number:BFV 1030
Sound:Sound
Access Conditions:IWM
Featured Period:2001-2025
Production Date:2007-09-14
Production Country: GB
Production Details: Defence Media Operations Centre (Production company)
Houlston, Adam (Production individual)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: British Army, 1st Mechanised Brigade (regiment/service)
Australian Army (regiment/service)
Keywords: Tallil, Iraq (geography)
British Army post-2000 (theme)
Iraq post-2003 (theme)
