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Old 11-01-2007, 05:59 AM in reply to Milo's post starting "He wanted to play for a team that was..."
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Originally Posted by Milo
He'd have been a celebrity over here and we'd have probably ruined him.
Worried that English cricketers might appear in too many adverts? Don't worry, Milo. In Australia, they seem to advertise any old crap that comes along. In fact, having been in Australia for three weeks, I think there were more television adverts featuring an Australian Cricketer than adverts not featuring them. Now, I can't remember all the products but they were advertising 3 Mobile, Weetbix, Johnnie Walker, some dire advert featuring Adam Gilchrist and the Barmy Army, Milo... the list goes on. You name it, and you can pay the money, they'll endorse it. Nothing different from that and Ian 'Shredded Wheat' Botham. In fact, the Australian Cricket team appear to be significantly worse for endorsements and over-exposure than their English counterparts.

In NZ, I think the only advert featuring a cricketer is the cringe-worthy effort of Stephen Fleming advertising Fujitsu air-conditioning.
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