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AUSTRALIA'S cricketers missed a propaganda trick before the Ashes yesterday by turning down a Royal Ascot invitation to watch Scenic Blast's victory in the Group One King's Stand Stakes.
Ascot media chief Nick Smith, responsible for attracting international horses to the meeting, sent a cheeky invite to the Aussies on the back of their early exit from the World Twenty20. Surprisingly for a team led by racing fan Ricky 'Punter' Ponting, they rejected what would have been a PR dream scenario in the winners' enclosure because they were travelling from Leicester to London.See the full content of this document
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