[1]Sydney, Nov. 29: A US woman with the Twitter name @theashes who was bombarded by messages about cricket was offered a free flight to Australia and started selling her own commemorative T-shirt on Monday.
The Massachusetts womanwas the subject of a Twitter campaign, #gettheashestotheashes, after snapping at microblogs about the Ashes series between Australia and England. “I AM NOT A FREAKING CRICKET MATCH!!!” read an exasperated message. Meanwhile #gettheashestotheashes sparked a torrent of interest with Qantas Airways offering a free flight from New York, as Ashes sponsor Vodafone pledged free tickets, a phone and a Ford dealer stumped up a car for her use.
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[1] http://archive.asianage.com/ashes-brings-big-fame-3011100jpg-053