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Special blue-coloured post boxes to celebrate launch of cricket World Cup

Fans will be bowled over by special blue-coloured post boxes introduced to mark the launch of the cricket World Cup.

The limited edition boxes will be situated close to tournament venues, including Lord's, Cardiff, Bristol, Nottingham, Birmingham and Leeds.

Other locations are in Southampton, Manchester, Chester-Le-Street and Taunton.

Former England Cricketers James Taylor and Charlotte Edwards join local students for a game a of cricket in Birmingham's Victoria Square for the launch of The ICC World Cup 2019 Volunteer programme. (BirminghamLive)

They will be placed near to each stadium or in cities where games will be held during the six-week tournament, which starts with England v South Africa on Thursday and ends with the final at Lord's on July 14.

The postboxes will be decorated with information about England players born in the area.

Mark Street, head of campaigns at Royal Mail said: "We take the opportunity to celebrate Great British traditions where we can, and what better occasion than the honour of being the host nation for the cricket World Cup.

"We are delighted to honour this quintessentially British sport and important occasion on our iconic postboxes."

Paul Smith, of the International Cricket Council (ICC), added: "This will help bring the tournament to life in our host cities.

"We saw the amazing interest around the Olympic Games postboxes and we expect these versions to do the same thing."

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