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England might have won the Ashes in last year's cricket series but the old rivalry wth Australia will be rekindled on the netball court next month.

The countries meet in the Co-operative international series, with the third and final match at The O2 arena on February 23.

The Canary Wharf crease has been getting used to top cricketers opening up here in recent years and its not over yet.

Sir Ian Botham and current England captain Andrew Strauss have both been here in recent weeks and now they are being followed by former test skipper Michael Vaughan.

One of cricket's all-time greats couldn't resist having a swipe at England when he turned up in Docklands this afternoon.

Former West Indies batsman Sir Viv Richards, scourge of bowlers during the 1970s and 80s, feels England still have plenty to prove despite reclaiming the Ashes in the summer.

England cricket captain Andrew Strauss is preparing for a tough tour in South Africa but he's confident his team are up there with the world's best.

Strauss led England to victory in this summer's Ashes series against Australia and he is determined to build on that success this winter.

England need to forget their Ashes euphoria and prove a point this winter according to one of cricket's all-time greats.

Sir Ian Botham, who was in Canary Wharf on Monday, thinks the forthcoming tour to South Africa is a bigger test for Andrew Strauss's team than Australia were in the summer, and he's expecting big things.

Cricket fans hoping to meet Andrew Strauss next week need to check their diaries.

England's Ashes winning captain is heading to Canary Wharf to promote his new book, Testing Times: On and Off the Field, but the signing has been moved to next Tuesday at Waterstone's in Jubilee Place mall.

He has 100 centuries to his name but Mark Ramprakash might always be seen as the nearly man of English cricket.

With 33,244 first-class runs in a 20 year career, Ramprakash has been one of the heaviest scorers in the domestic game but never hit those heights in the test arena.

The Ashes series is tantalisingly poised at 1-1 as England and Australia head into the final test match at The Oval.

England have to win to reclaim the famous urn and test veteran Mark Butcher is under no illusions about the scale of the task facing them.

"It's going to be a hell of a battle and one England are very much looking forward to."

England batsman Alastair Cook is relishing the chance of getting stuck into Australia next month, and he cannot wait for the talking to stop and the Ashes action to begin.

That guy outside your station with the end-of-the-world sandwich board was right.

Like a train robber prising open a swag bag of chocolate buttons, the world has just woken up to the fact that all of its money doesn't actually exist.

ENGLAND cricket star Alastair Cook is backing his new international captain and wants to know who writes Kevin Pietersen's scripts.

Pietersen, who was handed the England captaincy just three weeks ago following the resignation of Michael Vaughan, has enjoyed a fairytale start with a test victory and two one-day wins over South Africa.

Cook was full of praise for the way Pietersen has taken to the task.

He said: "I think it's very hard to turn down the England captaincy. It's the biggest honour in the sport.