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Marcus North and Michael Hussey took advantage of a benign New Road pitch to move Australia to 438 for four by lunch, whereupon Ricky Ponting declared to allow his bowlers a second effort.
Australia's plans to embarrass England on their own soil this summer have been penned by an Englishman, while his predecessor as coach is spending a week with the hosts in the build-up.
Ravi Bopara conceded that retiring after a century was not his favourite sensation - but was grateful for the warm-up his fellow England batsmen were afforded in the warm-up match at Edgbaston.
Kevin Pietersen has been England's most prolific batsman ever since his first defining intervention with the innings which clinched the 2005 Ashes and sent his adopted country into raptures.
Marcus North is hoping to have cemented a place in the Australia side for the first npower Ashes Test after his century against England Lions at Worcester answered questions about his batting.
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Full Name: Charlotte Marie Edwards
Born: December 17, 1979, Huntingdon
County: Kent women
Other Teams: England women, Diamonds
Test Debut: England women v New Zealand women, Guildford, July 12-15 1996
ODI Debut: England women v South Africa women, Bristol, August 15 1997
T20 Debut: England women v New Zealand women, Hove, August 5 2004
Batting Style: Right-hand bat
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