Warne's statue explained
Will
25-Feb-2013
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Well well. About a month ago, a 28-foot statue of Shane Warne was transported across London before being unveiled at Piccadilly Circus. Ever alert, the chaps at The Wisden Cricketer sitting a few desks away sent a spy along...but the statue had vanished.
Anyway, turns out that the statue is part of Cricket Australia's advertising for the 2006-07 Ashes which begins in November.
The first instalment of the six advertisements will hit television screens on Sunday night.
In the advertisements, a group of Australian workers take the Warne statue past a series of London landmarks and garner all sorts of reactions from locals.
The campaign, which culminates with the arrival of the Warne statue at Piccadilly Circus, will also be screened in the lead-up to next summer's Ashes series between Australia and England.