1.- Members of England's women's 2005 Ashes winning cricket team sit with Britain's Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh in Buckingham Palace, London, Thursday, Feb. 9, 2006, after captain Clare Connor collected an OBE. Back row from left: Jo Watts, Katherine Brunt, Beth Morgan, Jenny Gunn, Rosalie Birch, Lydia Greenway, Arran Brindle, Isa Guha and Holly Colvin. Front row from left:Charlotte Dickenson, Laura Newton, captain Clare Connor, vice-captain Charlotte Edwards, Jane Smit and Clare Taylor.
2.- Members of England's 2005 Ashes winning cricket team sit with Britain's Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh in Buckingham Palace, London, Thursday Feb. 9, 2006, after collecting their honours at an investiture ceremony. Back row from left: Geraint Jones (Kent), Andrew Strauss (Middlesex), Simon Jones (Glamorgan), Kevin Pietersen (Hampshire), Stephen Harmison (Durham), Matthew Hoggard (Yorkshire), Paul Collingwood (Durham), Ian Bell (Durham). Front row from left: Phil Neale (Manager), Marcus Threscothick (Somerset), Michael Vaughan (Yorkshire), Queen Elizabeth II, the Duke of Edinburgh, Duncan Fletcher (Coach), Andrew Flintoff (Lancashire) and Ashley Giles
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