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A picture paints a thousand words

Jack Russell - he of wonky hats, baked beans and painter fame - has unveiled his depictions of the Ashes this summer, as reported in his local rag, the Bristol Evening Post :

The Surfer
25-Feb-2013
The charismatic Russell, who scored two centuries and dismissed 165 batsmen during his test career, opened his new exhibition at the Jack Russell Gallery in High Street, Chipping Sodbury.
His work includes images from this summer's victories at Edgbaston and Trent Bridge, as well as from the dramatic drawn matches at Old Trafford and The Oval.
The collection consists of a dozen paintings, with prices for the originals expected to cost around £10,000.
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Hodge speak

On the day he made his Test debut, Brad Hodge writes that the wait is over, now it's time to put the head down and capitalise on a chance at the highest level.

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25-Feb-2013
On the day he made his Test debut, Brad Hodge writes that the wait is over, now it's time to put the head down and capitalise on a chance at the highest level.
Also read Andrew Ramsey's piece on how Michael Clarke is itching to silence his critics.
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Warne's tiger-like eyes

Harbhajan Singh tells Lokendra Pratap Sahi that he would like to be an achiever in the Shane Warne mould.

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25-Feb-2013
Harbhajan Singh tells Lokendra Pratap Sahi that he would like to be an achiever in the Shane Warne mould.
Also check out Clayton Murzello's interview with VVS Laxman, where he says he missed being part of the action when India beat Sri Lanka 6-1.
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India's beefcakes under the spotlight

As cricket grows sexier by the day, Mid Day asked a bevvy of India's television actresses who were their best-loved heroes

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25-Feb-2013


Shweta Tiwari: not what you would call a diehard fan
As cricket grows sexier by the day,
Mid Day asked a bevvy of India's television actresses who were their best-loved heroes. But not all those questioned where wild about the game ... take Shweta Tiwari:
I don’t find anybody good-looking in our present team ... I don’t like the game any more, because I feel they play for the money involved, and not for the country.
And Rakshanda Khan admitted that she had other priorities:
I don’t get the time to look at myself in the mirror, forget about watching an entire match.
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Pakistanis cheering the opposition?

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25-Feb-2013
“I am praying for England with full zeal and zest,” Nayyur Abbas, 18, said as he sat with his cousin, Haroon Shehzad, 16, in the top tier of the Waqar Younis enclosure. On his face was painted a St George’s Cross and on his walls at home are posters of Andrew Flintoff. “He is a great attacking bowler,” Nayyur enthused in the manner of a true connoisseur.
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Getting lost against Lara

Stuart MacGill tells The Australian’s Malcolm Conn about the day he “lost his way” bowling to Brian Lara

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25-Feb-2013
Stuart MacGill tells The Australian’s Malcolm Conn about the day he “lost his way” bowling to Brian Lara. “I didn't really know what to do so I was at the top of my mark just hoping I would survive the next delivery.”
Michael Hussey is preparing for the second Test after the first was “a real blur initially”. He is interviewed by Trevor Marshallsea in the Sydney Morning Herald and says: “I was doing well, I felt like I was preparing well, and then they sang that bloody national anthem and I couldn't feel my legs after that."
Two Tests into the Australian summer and there are already whispers about the lack of challenge provided by West Indies. Brendan McArdle writes in The Age the cricket calendar is “already flat”.
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