On Andy Beauchamp's street in the notoriously irritable south London neighborhood of Peckham, for example, almost every single doorstep is dressed with flower-filled planters and over-flowing window boxes after Beauchamp decided one day to start sticking plants in front of his neighbors' homes.

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Gough may not play every match because of the knee problem that saw him retire from Test cricket last year, but Flower still expects him to make an impact.

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