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England captain Michael Vaughan is backing a campaign, organised by Ashes Test series sponsors npower, to get the whole country singing 'Jerusalem' before the final Test starts at The Oval on Thursday.
The historic hymn has been played before the first four Tests and when Channel 4 play it at 10.25am on Thursday, npower are hoping the nation will join in.

Vaughan said: "The backing of the country is like having a 12th player on the field and the thought of having the whole country singing a hymn as emotive as Jerusalem is something that will get the boys stirred up just as we come onto the field."

Kevin Peake, npower's head of customer marketing, said: "Jerusalem has always been a fixture in the grounds prior to the game to excite the crowds, but we thought that uniting the country behind the team by a national singing of it would be a perfect start to this crucial npower Ashes Test match."

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