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"Codemasters has signed up England batsman Kevin Pietersen to promote its forthcoming sports game Ashes Cricket 2009.  Pietersen will be the title&amp;#039;s cover star as well as a playable character alongside the likes of Australia captain Ricky Ponting.  The game will feature full recreations of England&amp;#039;s major cricket grounds and commentary from Ashes legends Sir Ian Botham and Shane Warne. Pietersen said that he is &amp;quot;delighted&amp;quot; to be involved with the &amp;quot;official game&amp;quot; of this year&amp;#039;s England versus Australia series. &amp;quot;The game looks fantastic and I&amp;#039;m sure both England and Australia fans are going to relish the opportunity to take part in a virtual Ashes series,&amp;quot; he commented. &amp;quot;Representing your country in the Ashes is a huge honour and I can&amp;#039;t wait for it to start.&amp;quot; Ponting added: &amp;quot;I think it&amp;#039;s going to be massive. There [will be] guys all over the world playing against each other trying to recreate us playing against England at grounds like Lords.&amp;quot; Ashes Cricket 2009 will be released for PS3, Xbox 360, PC and Wii on August 28. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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