How often has he risen from the ashes to astound a skeptical marketplace?
Australia recovered from a disappointing Ashes to draw the Twenty20 series against England before taking an unassailable 4-1 lead in the teams' one-day meetings with a 51-run win in Brisbane on Sunday.
In the interim he has qualified as a teacher, while Jones has moved from second XI keeper to Ashes winner.
He concedes that prospect is less certain should all-rounder Andrew Flintoff also be sidelined with the knee problem that has been troubling him, and also predicted England will have to withstand a fierce backlash from the tourists as they look to retain the Ashes.
But, one win away from reclaiming the Ashes, Strauss wants to keep the momentum going England's way.
The 31-year-old opener, who had to return from the Ashes tour before the first Test, has been playing well for Somerset this season and was named in the provisional 30-man squad for the ICC World Twenty 20 in September.
When Manning went to retrieve Ladybug's ashes from the veterinarian's office, she asked the staff whether they knew of a way to sponsor the dog of a family less fortunate.
Next summer will come the great test when Pietersen's side seek to regain the Ashes from Australia.
And they want to rise up almost from the ashes and say: 'Wow!
His own deputy claimed the imam had added pages from the Koran to a bag full of ashes allegedly discarded by Rimsha.
England bowler Stuart Broad ruled himself out of the whole competition from the start in order to concentrate on the Ashes instead.
Sadly, the image of someone using hard work and talent to rise phoenix-like from the ashes of an unhappy youth is more myth than reality.
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"It's an inspiration to us all to see those sorts of teams come from the ashes, " said Hunter.
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The new batsman, Ravi Bopara, had to weather a stormy introduction to Ashes cricket - which included a nasty ball from Siddle which struck his throat.
Johnstone, the filmmaker behind "Rising From Ashes, " recalled how Adrien and his teammates used to shave the bottoms off soccer cleats to make their own bike shoes.
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Hughes's wretched performances in Ashes cricket continued when he nicked a good delivery from Bresnan to Prior, whereupon Michael Clarke came out to join Usman Khawaja in the middle.
He drew a charred stick from the edge of the ashes, touched the garden boy on the shoulder to make him stay as he was, then pulled a drawing book from his pocket.
But the opportunity to build a full retail-broking business in Japan from the ashes of Yamaichi clearly excites Merrill more.
Flintoff is battling an ongoing knee injury that has forced him to announce his retirement from Test cricket at the end of the Ashes series.
England's batting has come under fire after disappointing performances in the Ashes with only one century, from Andrew Strauss, in the series compared to seven scored by Australia.
Mr. ZIRIN: Well, I would argue that we're starting to see - and this is the promise of sports in the title - we're starting to see a new generation of athletes beginning - keep in mind, beginning - to pick up that mantle from the Alis, the Jim Browns and the Arthur Ashes.
Jones, who joined Worcestershire from Glamorgan two years ago, has endured an injury nightmare since helping inspire England to their first Ashes win over Australia for 17 years in 2005.
Many offer a range of facilities, including luxuries such as reflecting pools, landscaped gardens, advanced exhaust systems to clear smoke from incense offerings and GPS co-ordinates for customers eager to pinpoint the exact spot where their ashes will lie.
Meanwhile, some victims' relatives sued the city over its decision to move 1.6 million tons of materials from the trade center site to the Fresh Kills landfill, saying the material might contain victims' ashes and should have been given a proper burial.
The ashes of Tony Nicklinson, who suffered from locked-in syndrome after a stroke, are to be scattered at a rugby ground where he used to play.
Willie Reid, chairman of the Mortonhall Ashes Action Committee, said the purpose of the meeting was to give MSPs the story from the perspective of the parents.
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