Crowe to play cricketer

Oscar winner Russell Crowe is to star in a new cricket epic about the fabled 1932-33 Ashes series between Australia and England.

Oscar winner Russell Crowe is to star in a new cricket epic about the fabled 1932-33 Ashes series between Australia and England.

Crowe is slated to play Aussie captain Bill Woodruff in the film The Bloody Ashes, which will be produced by Brit movie-maker Matthew Vaughn.

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