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Commercial for Cricket between Australia and England, “The Battle for the Ashes”, sponsored by Benson and Hedges. The Benson and Hedges brand and logo appear on screen. Shot of a gloved hand holding a cricket bat. A drawn image of a hand holding a sword flashes. Shot of hands putting on gloves and a similar but drawn image flashes on screen. Shot of feet putting on boot flashes to animated. A knee and the gloved hand holding the bat flashes to animated, where the hand is holding a sword. A man putting on a hat flashes to animated. Shots of men turning to look at the camera flash to animated. Two men running at each other are joined by ghostly animated soldiers. Shots of men pitching cricket balls. Batters hitting the balls change to animated men swinging swords. Men catch balls and celebrate. The UK flag, an urn and a wicket appear on screen, followed by the Benson and Hedges logo.