The Durham star is favourite to become one-day captain following Michael Vaughan's decision to step down.
Victory in Melbourne will take Williams ever closer to the coveted No.1 spot with the U.S. star a hot favourite to triumph.
But he made sure he was at the Dublin event, where all proceeds were being diverted to the star's favourite charity, Unicef, the United Nations fund for aiding children.
Their faces appear in advertisements around the country, and star-spotting is a favourite pastime in Mumbai's posher establishments.
Asian Tour number one Andrew Buckle, Indian star Shiv Kapur and local favourite Zhang Lianwei, the 2003 winner, will also tee it up in the co-sanctioned event.
But when Calcutta's icon Saurav Ganguly, Delhi's favourite Gautam Gambhir and Bangalore's biggest star Rahul Dravid end up leading the teams of Pune, Calcutta and Rajasthan, fan loyalties to home teams can begin to fray easily.
Denman was a short-priced favourite to go one better than when chasing stable-mate Kauto Star in the Gold Cup.
The Lancashire-born star was known to millions for starring in sitcoms like 1960s favourite Meet the Wife, playing Thora Blacklock, and In Loving Memory playing Ivy in the late 1970s.
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"I concentrate entirely on cricket now - the place of performance has changed, " said Sreesanth, who picks pop star Michael Jackson and Indian dancers Prabhu Deva and Javed Jaffrey as his favourite movers and shakers.
Kendall will now be favourite to take the captaincy on a permanent basis although former Lancashire skipper and England Test star John Crawley could also be an option.
Three people dressed as Star Wars Stormtrooper characters led the funeral procession and 200 balloons in Alex's favourite colours, orange and green, were released when the cortege arrived, Rev Leese said.
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