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South African-raised Jonathan Trott has been handed a chance to claim a spot in England’s feeble middle order for the Ashes decider at The Oval if he puts in a telling performance against Australia this weekend.

The 28-year-old Warwickshire batsman will play for the England Lions in the two-day match at Canterbury and can make a case to replace the likes of Ravi Bopara and Ian Bell next week at The Oval.

The aggressive right-hander is clearly at the forefront of the English selectors’ minds, having been named as part of England’s 14-man squad for the last Test at Headingley before being omitted from the final eleven.

The former member of the South African U/19 side has scored 910 runs at 82.72 in 12 first class matches this summer.

“The Lions provided strong opposition for Australia in the tour match earlier this summer and this fixture will provide selectors with an opportunity to look at a number of established players who have impressed in county cricket this year,” said national selector Geoff Miller.

England regained the Ashes with a 197-run win over Australia in the fifth and final Test at the Oval on Sunday.

Victory, achieved with more than a day to spare, saw England take the five-match series 2-1.

Australia, set what would have been a record fourth innings victory total of 546, were bowled out for 348 with Michael Hussey last man out for 121, when he was caught close in by Alastair Cook off spinner Graeme Swann.

“It’s a special moment. It hasn’t sunk in yet. We had to dig in and fight,” said England skipper Andrew Strauss.

“When we were bad in the series, we were very bad but when we were good we were very good.”

Australia captain Ricky Ponting said: “We gave it all we could, but it wasn’t enough. Full credit to England, they won the crucial moments and deserved to win the series.

“I think this series has shown that Test cricket is alive and well around the world.”

From 327 for five, the end came swiftly with four wickets going down for 16 runs in 32 balls, with fast bowler Stephen Harmison taking three for seven in 13 balls.

It was a remarkable turnaround for England, who’d lost the fourth Test by an innings and 80 runs at Headingley, and had only clung on for a draw in the series opener at Cardiff by a single wicket.

Andrew Flintoff’s inspiring performance, leading England to their first Ashes win at Lord’s after 75 years, was soaked in praise by the Australian media.
The newspapers were unequivocal in their praise of Flintoff, saying the injured all-rounder took England to victory ‘on one leg’. Flintoff defied the pain in his right knee to script the historic 115-run win for the hosts.

“Andrew Flintoff’s farewell stuns tourists,” says The Australian. Flintoff “snuffed out Australian hopes” of an unlikely comeback. “The Australians have now seen the momentum ripped away from them by Flintoff’s farewell heroics.”

“Beaten by the man on one knee”, said The Sydney Morning Herald, next to a picture of Flintoff, arms wide, one knee bent to the Lord’s grass after taking one of his five wickets.

In his Sydney Morning Herald column, eminent columnist Peter Roebuck wrote: “Inevitably Freddie Flintoff was the successful bowler, a larger-than-life figure responding to the battle cries issued by a large and transfixed crowd. Flintoff is twice the bowler when he is given the new ball.”

“Fiery Flintoff spell breaks Poms’ 75-year Lord’s jinx,” Herald Sun announced on its back page.

Pakistan’s controversial fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar has been ruled out for the one-day international series against Sri Lanka beginning later this month.

Interim cricket chief selector Wasim Bari observed Akhtar during a ’special’ fitness test conducted here at the National Cricket Academy (NCA), but denied to recommend the pacers name for selection saying he lacked match fitness.

“He (Akhtar) has not played any cricket recently so we will not consider him for the one-day series starting later this month,” Bari said.

Bari, however, said that Akhtar would be considered for the Champions Trophy scheduled to be held in South Africa in September.

“Surely, he will be considered for the Champions Trophy,” The Daily Times quoted Bari, as saying.

Akhtar last appeared in a one-day series against Australia in April-May in the United Arab Emirates. He was later axed the Twenty20 World Championship squad due to a skin infection.

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According to John Taylor, chairman of Sports Impact, a leading consultancy, “Brands want to be associated with winners and the whole country will see England’s cricketers in that category again now.”

When England won the Ashes in 2005, the stars were Andrew Flintoff and Kevin Pietersen. This time the poster boy will be Stuart Broad, 23, the Nottinghamshire all-rounder named Man of the Match yesterday after taking five Australian wickets.

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“He is intelligent, articulate and good looking, he can appeal to both males and females and is perfect to attract the elusive 18 to 30 male advertising market,” The Times quoted Taylor, as saying.

Broad opted not to take part in the lucrative Indian Premier League tournament, preferring instead to concentrate on the Ashes.

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