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Mark Ramprkash has recently won Strictly Come
Dancing with 12 million votes cast. Mark and his partner Karen
Hardy did it in spectacular style with their freestyle routine
to "Shout". "The crowning glory of a spectacular
night," said Bruno, adding, "That's entertainment."
"That has to be the winning dance," said Craig.
"I was right, the boy can dance," said Arlene. "Like
the song says 'you make me want to shout," said Len.
Mark and Karen managed to score full marks with 40 points
that helped see off the competition from Matt Dawson and his
partner Lilia.
Mark Ramprakash's life has been entirely dedicated
to cricket since the age of 17, when he signed as a professional.
Since then he's found fame playing for England, Middlesex
and Surrey, and in 2006 he achieved a career-best score of
301 not out against Northamptonshire.
I'm 38 this year,' says Ramprakash, 'and I've got to the
stage in my life when I want to diversify away from cricket.
But when I was initially asked to do the show, I said 'no'
it's so far from anything I've ever done before. I like nice
normal basic sports like football and golf. But then you look
at Darren Gough and you realize that you might be up to the
challenge. Darren made it legit, he made me realize that you
could step out of your comfort zone, and have fun and see
what you could do.'
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