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The Guardian - UK
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Is that Jimmy Hill facing the Aussies?

Kevin Pietersen Gerald Scarfe Five ad Telegraph
Kevin Pietersen by Gerald Scarfe in Five's ad for the Telegraph Photograph: Brooklyn Brothers/Channel Five

Is there a cricket match starting tomorrow, by any chance? As Sky's blizzard of Ashes pre-publicity fills the airwaves, Channel Five would also like to remind those who will be working rather than watching events through the day in Cardiff, that the cricket can be watched in the evenings in a handy highlights-sized package. To that end, Five is promoting its England v Australia coverage via a series of specially commissioned Gerald Scarfe illustrations for press ads, by creative agency Brooklyn Brothers, that will run in the Daily Telegraph from tomorrow. First up Kevin Pietersen. Born To Bat apparently. Pity that the cartoon looks absolutely nothing like Pietersen. More like Jimmy Hill, to be honest. Scarfe's take on Richie Benaud and "Freddie" Flintoff will follow.

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