Backyard Ashes

Nov 7, 2013

1h 30m

★ 6.3

Where legends are born!

Overview

Dougie Waters loves nothing more than a weekend barbie and cricket match with his mates. But his paradise on earth is destroyed when his best mate and neighbour Norm is forced to leave town and their new boss, a pompous English administrator called Edward Lords, moves in. The animosity between the two men peaks during one fateful backyard cricket match when Dougie hits a ball that accidentally stuns Edward's prize winning cat, Dexter. The cat falls into the roaring BBQ and is instantly incinerated, leaving only ashes. Dougie's son captures footage of the unfortunate event on camera and it is uploaded onto YouTube where the video instantly goes viral! The idea of a backyard cricketing challenge is hatched, with the winner keeping the ashes of Edward's deceased cat, Dexter. The two teams battle it out in the greatest game of backyard cricket ever for the Backyard Ashes.

Genres

Comedy

Backyard Ashes Trailers

Cast

Dougie Waters

Andrew S. Gilbert

Edward Lords

Felix Williamson

Spock

Damian Callinan

Kerri

Maddison Catlin-Smith

Lilly Waters

Rebecca Massey

Glen 'Pigeon' Waters

Jake Speer

Norm

Stephen Holt

Denise

Genelle Mullins

Merv

John Wood

Bin

Waseem Khan

Taka

Shingo Usami

Shep

Jamie Way

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