PAD UP FOR WESTERN UNION FANTASY ASHES
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Sportinglife.com and Western Union, a worldwide leader in consumer money transfer services, have teamed up exclusively to bring you Western Union Fantasy Ashes - the chance for you to get involved as England and Australia fight it out in the 2001 Ashes series.
Win the game and we'll completely kit you out in top cricket gear!
We want you to pit your wits against cricket fans from all over the globe as the two old enemies battle it out for that famous little urn. The Ashes may be underway, but it's not too late to enter - click on the link at the top of the page!
Throughout the Ashes series we're asking you to predict the following for each of the Tests:
* Top scorer in the England first innings
* Top scorer in the Australia first innings
* England first innings score
* Australia first inning score
* England bowler taking most wickets in the match
* Australia bowler taking most wickets in the match
* Man of the Match (official choice by the sponsors)
* Number of lbws in the match
* Number of ducks in the match
* First batsman to be out in the match
* Bowler who takes first wicket in the match
Players will also select one joker category for each Test match – they will get double the points if they are right with this particular selection.
Each category will carry a points value for a correct prediction.
The overall winner at the end of the series will receive a Slazenger V500 cricket bat, as used by Alec Stewart and a full set of cricket equipment, including spare bat, a holdall, pads, gloves, helmet arm guard, thigh pad, box, shoes, sunglasses and whites all courtesy of Western Union.
Western Union is a supporter of cricket at all levels, including sponsorship of The Yorkshire County Cricket Club the Western Union Cricket Trophy, a national cup competition aimed at West Indian heritage sides, and the Western Union Cup and Quaid-e-Azam League for Asian sides across Yorkshire and Lancashire.
Western Union is a worldwide leader in consumer money transfer services. Consumers can quickly, safely and reliably transfer money at approximately 101,000 agent locations in more than 185 countries.
For more information visit www.westernunion.com or phone 0800 833 833 (24 hours).