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...“They say that in New Orleans, if you wash your car, that water you used has to be pumped out of the city,” says Ricky Boyett of the New Orleans US Army Corps of Engineers....
...It was the role in Peep Show, alongside her friends from Footlights Mr Webb and David Mitchell, that brought her to national attention....
...■ Australia’s best bowlers were Mitchell Johnson, with 15 wickets at an average of 37, and Peter Siddle, with 14 wickets at 35....
...Ricky Ponting, Australia captain, recently suggested that fast bowler Shaun Tait should be considered for the Test squad, and he would prove a handful for any opposition batsman....
...But nothing can explain, for instance, how Australia’s best batsman, Ricky Ponting, got suckered into an ill-advised and badly executed hook. It could have been worse for Australia....
...Australia’s chief strike bowler, Mitchell Johnson, was aiming more in the direction of Willesden than the wicket....
...Graham Onions removed Simon Katich, bringing in his captain Ricky Ponting. He was again booed to the crease....
...Channel 4’s wildly uneven sequence of Comedy Showcase pilots threw up at least one gem, in the addictively scabrous shape of the Ricky Gervais-approved Phone Shop....
...A couple of local idiots booed Strauss; a couple of thousand booed Ricky Ponting, his Australian counterpart. Strauss insisted he wouldn’t panic....
...England captain Andrew Strauss rates at 365 to 385 with Australian captain Ricky Ponting, one of the most consistently prolific batsmen in history, at 400 to 420....
...Bonds, who denies the charges and ever knowingly having taken banned substances, was also named along with 77 other players in the Mitchell report that published claims of widespread doping in the game....
...Flintoff made 31, but his downfall – trying to uppercut Mitchell Johnson, he picked out short third man – was the moment the game went irrevocably Australia’s way....
...Led by Ricky Ponting, Adam Gilchrist and the Michaels Clarke and Hussey, the batting remains muscular, if lean beyond number six....
...In a corner of the Australian dressing room at Perth’s Waca ground sat a contented Ricky Ponting, beer in hand, reflecting on a job well done....
...But the (relatively) unlauded Extras (BBC), Ricky Gervais’s follow-up to The Office, carries a much-needed banner for British comedy....
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