Video featuring Ashes 2005 winning captain Michael Vaughan and the ageless, Paul Nixon, who should have played more for England but nevertheless, he couldn't have asked for a better ending to his career than helping Leicestershire win the 2011 championship.

AEG is continuing to promote grassroots cricket in the UK running their campaign for a second successive year. The contest offers 40 teams a chance to win kits 11 of which will be designed by the winning teams themselves plus a top of the range AEG washing machine. There are other great prizes to be won, including an all expense paid trip to the 5 star Forte Village Resort in Sardinia (island in the Mediterranean Sea and an autonomous region of Italy), a chance to train with England cricket legends and a once in a lifetime cricket session at the home of cricket, Lord's. To apply, go to AEG's facebook page and tell us in no more than 50 words why your team should win the Ultimate AEG Kit and Laundry Package.

This post was sponsored by AEG.

In a bid to expand grassroots cricket in England, AEG in association with Super Skills travel will be offering 40 teams in UK a chance to win an ultimate laundry and kit package. The prize includes 12 bespoke Canterburry cricket kits which you will be designing yourself! That means, you will have kits which represent your team, with your logo. An AEG top of the range watching machine is also up for grab.

Here is your shot to watch the England cricket team train, up and close! Also, you can win training days at Lord's where you will be coached by Michael Vaughan, Paul Nixon and many other England legends. They will also pay a visit to your home club.

The competition is open to all teams in the UK. Don't miss this opportunity to shine, visit AEG Grassroots for more information and to apply. The last date is January 30.

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After fulfilling one of their earnest dreams, winning the Ashes down under, losing to the Aussies by 6-1 in a no one gives a damn series and their teetar-totter World Cup campaign, the English winter has finally come to an end. The players are relaxing back home.

Paul Collingwood's daughters were not too ecstatic by the prospect of reaching semi-finals. Here is what they said:

We hope you lose tomorrow, daddy. Then you can come home. 

While, their families are relieved, the cricketing fraternity is full of criticism. With not much happening in English cricket, the media is discussing who should be the next captain. The ones in contention are Stuart Broad and Alastair Cook. Yeah, you heard it right, Stuart baby dramatic Broad. Suggested by Michael Vaughan, who refuses to stop giving his senseless suggestions. He has a history of countless comments against Kevin Pietersen, ranging from saying the big bloke is insecure to reckoning he should be replaced by Eoin Morgan as an opener to citing his technique as a reason for his downfall. Stuart Broad is a winner, he is a fighter, but god knows if has the mind of a captain. He is 24, over-dramatic. Generally, when a player loses his composure, the captain confronts him. It will be the opposite if Broad will be the captain. If Strauss does step down as captain, which he should, Cook is my man. But hey, we are talking about one-day captaincy here and he wasn't even picked for World Cup! But if anyone can choose their captain before choosing the side, it's England as Strauss wasn't a part of the squad before he was chosen as captain. So he went from being a nobody during England's one-day series against South Africa at the end of the summer of '08 to captaining England in the Caribbean next year.

So, what after World Cup for England? Before their success in '09 and '10, they used to make changes every now and then. Probably because they have too many good players and only a few spectacular players. But the reason my mates, is rarely only one. The English are inconsistent and suffer from too many injuries. But that doesn't make them unlucky. Keeping themselves fit is part of their job. This year, too, the XI and even the 16 men world cup squad. They need solidification which can only be achieved with stability. So, no more changes!