He had already featured on the staff at New Road way back in 2003, when he made three second XI appearances, featuring alongside Stephen Moore, Steven Davies and future county skipper Daryl Mitchell.

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Other straight celebrity supporters include Cyndi Lauper, Clint Eastwood, Drew Barrymore, Kate Winslet, Anne Hathaway, Julianne Moore, Steven Spielberg, Miley Cyrus, Sean Penn, Pink, Russell Simmons, Natalie Portman, Jennifer Anniston and George Clooney.

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Rangers were without the injured Craig Moore, Ronald de Boer and Steven Thompson for their first appearance in the Champions League group stages in three years.

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Worcestershire will begin the new season without the services of Gareth Batty, Stephen Moore, Kabir Ali, Simon Jones and Steven Davies, who all left New Road at the end of the 2009 campaign.

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Among the Lions, Denly and Stephen Moore will look back with pride on their 172-run opening stand in the first innings, while Steven Davies and Adil Rashid also hit half centuries.

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