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Vol. 5 Num 451 Thu. September 01, 2005  
   
Sports


Oval Ashes profiteers caught out


Some lucky cricket fans who thought they had failed to get tickets for the final Ashes Test at The Oval have been given a second chance to attend.

Around 300 people who tried to resell tickets and broke the terms and conditions have had them cancelled.

That means around 1,500 tickets for each day have been re-sold to some of the 20,000 fans who went on the waiting list for tickets back in November 2004.

All the reclaimed tickets have now been sold and all five days are sold out.

"People are still phoning up but we're keen to let everyone know we are sold out for all five days," Surrey spokesman Sam Stretfeild told BBC Sport.