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Ashes Countdown: Four Days To Cardiff

Ashes Countdown: Four Days To Cardiff
Ashes Countdown: Five Days To Cardiff

Ashes Countdown: Five Days To Cardiff

England's batsmen had some fun in a draw with Warwickshire, while Steve Harmison gave the selectors a nudge at New Road.

Ashes Countdown: Six Days To Cardiff

Ashes Countdown: Six Days To Cardiff

It's day two of the final warm-up games for England, Australia and the hopefuls in the England Lions team. Get all the latest news here...

Ashes Countdown: Seven Days To Cardiff

Ashes Countdown: Seven Days To Cardiff

A detailed look back at the action as the Ashes warm-up stepped up with England Lions v the Aussies and Warwickshire v England.

The Week Of False Hope

The Week Of False Hope

The phoney war is nearly over. The summer of sport has almost reached its showpiece. The Ashes are almost here, and I've almost lost my mind.

Soap Box Get all the latest news, reports, features, photo galleries and more ahead of the 2009 Ashes summer with our exclusive microsite.

"Why pick the 'specialist'? Picking a spinner because one feels one ought to is a very English sort of silliness. Australia will surely not be so daft."

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Columnists SkySports pundit Mike Atherton expects Australia to play a fourth seamer ahead of Nathan Hauritz in the opening Ashes Test in Cardiff...

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Soap Box Michael Vaughan and the hopeful Lions enjoy a smile as Peter May's Good Week, Bad Week sums up England cricket's recent exploits...

Prophet says...

Penny, a lot of Punter bashing is tongue-in-cheek, I think. He is one of the guys everybody loves to hate. Sure, he might not be the best Aussie captain ever but comparing Strauss with him is ridiculous. ...

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