England Must Stand Up and Be Counted ; Captain Strauss Tells His Men to Fight for Every Inch with the Aussies As War of Words Ends and the Real Battle Begins.

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ANDREW STRAUSS today leads England into a wide open Ashes series confident that he has a team of characters strong enough to stand up to Australia and handle the pressure of playing for one of the most famous prizes in world sport.

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England Must Stand Up and Be Counted ; Captain Strauss Tells His Men to Fight for Every Inch with the Aussies As War of Words Ends and the Real Battle Begins.

The battle for that fragile old urn always begins well before the first ball of the series is bowled -- and the Aussies were so far ahead at the same stage two and a half years ago that it was no real shock to the system when they went on to achieve a crushin...

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