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Last Updated: Saturday, 21 June, 2003, 01:39 GMT 02:39 UK
The back pages
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A photogenic English sporting hero with dubiously bleached hair smiles out from the back pages of most newspapers - and it's not David Beckham.

That fact alone is a mark of the impact made by James Anderson as his hat-trick helped England to a one-day victory over Pakistan.

Indeed, the Daily Mirror draws a comparison between cricket's new hero and Madrid's new player with the headline "Anderson is our new Goldenballs".

The king is dead, long live the king seems to be the view of most papers, glad to have another story to focus on, and the Daily Mail pronounces him "James the first".

THE HEADLINES
Daily Telegraph: Lewis - last of his kind
The Sun: Ron's on
The Guardian: New England up and running
The Independent: Trescothick's aggression inspires England
The Times: Anderson and Trescothick set searing pace for England
Daily Express: Jimmy's magical hat-trick spell
Daily Star: Real - we'll wait for Weng
Daily Mirror: I want the 7 on my Beck
Daily Mail: James the first
And as Angus Fraser says in The Independent: "Who needs David Beckham in England when you have James Anderson to brighten up the sports pages?"

There are, of course, plenty of other sporting events making the news and, for once, football is not dominating.

Apart from some muted speculation over Ronaldinho's potential move to Manchester, it is two other homegrown stars who challenge Anderson for the column inches.

The Daily Express spells out the high expectations that now follow England's rugby players by telling them "England expects" ahead of their clash with Australia.

Jonny Wilkinson is seen in the Daily Mail practising the kicks he will doubtless need to employ if England are to prevail in Melbourne.

The only thing that could prove more punishing than the Test match in Australia is Lennox Lewis' world title defence against Vitali Klitschko in Los Angeles.

Lewis has been criticised for being overweight ahead of the fight but looks in good shape in the Daily Telegraph, which describes him as the "Last of his kind".

If the champ does decide to trim down in the future he could do worse than head down to White Hart Lane, where the Mirror reports that Glenn Hoddle has his players at a "boot camp".

According to the paper, the Tottenham boss wants to keep his players "ticking over".

As highly paid professionals they will no doubt understand completely.


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