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It's been another exciting sporting year and plenty of big names have appeared in the pages of The Wharf, including West Ham manager Gianfranco Zola, a quartet of England cricket captains and two heroes of the 1966 World Cup win.
We look back at what's been making the headlines locally and nationally over the last 12 months.
He guided England to their first Ashes win in a generation but this summer Michael Vaughan walked away from first-class cricket, and he's glad he did so.
The former England captain, who enjoyed his finest hour with that 2005 series win, retired in June after years battling crippling knee injuries, and he admitted hanging up his whites came as a relief.
A new college cricket club is set to appear in the new year.
Tower Hamlets College is to plough a £1,500 grant from the Mayor of London's Play Sport London initiative into the formation of the Tower Hamlets College Cricket Club in January.
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.
Rain didn't stop play for Sir Ian Botham when he put in an appearance in Canary Wharf today.
The ex-England cricketer was putting pen to paper to sign copies of his latest book, My Sporting Heroes, at Waterstone's in Jubilee Place mall, with plenty of Wharfers queueing up to meet him.
England cricket captain Andrew Strauss has had his Canary Wharf book signing next week cancelled.
Strauss was due at the Waterstone's store in Jubilee Place mall next Tuesday but England's progress in the Champions Trophy has put paid to that.
England cricket star Andrew Flintoff dropped into Canary Wharf this afternoon to meet his adoring public.
The popular all-rounder, nicknamed Freddie, was signing copies of his new book Ashes to Ashes at Waterstone's in Jubilee Place mall and drew a big crowd.
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.
One of England's all-time greats hopes the Ashes win will inspire the next generation of budding cricketers - but the players who achieved it should relish the feeling for years.
Former England captain Graham Gooch firmly believes for many of England's players the 2-1 series win will be the pinnacle of their careers.
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.
Dan Bourke discovers that the world's glacial summer game isn't whiter than white
I have found the opposite of being at your workstation.
It is watching pretty much every ball of a five-day Test match.
In bed.
"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.
For many youngsters a career as a professional sportsman is the realisation of a dream.
Imagine, then, the crushing disappointment when that dream is dashed by injury and illness. That's exactly what happened to Elliott Wilson who his professional cricket career ended at the age of 24.
“THERE’S too much international cricket. The administrators are only interested in money.�
Cricket legend Geoffrey Boycott was typically bullish when he came to Canary Wharf this week.
England might be riding high under new skipper Kevin Pietersen but the blunt Yorkshireman pulled no punches on how the game is at risk of being ruined by money.
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.
The Wizard is on holiday this week but he’s waved his wand and conjured up a standby. Michael Sharp, the Sorcerer of Stakes, gives us his magic tips.
IT’S all change at the top for the England cricket team, with Michael Vaughan and Paul Collingwood standing down as skippers of the Test and one day sides respectively.
Star batsman Kevin Pietersen will now lead our boys into the fourth test against South Africa, the country of his birth.
Pietersen is a class player, there is no doubt about it, and all we can do is hope it does not affect his batting.
