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Arsenal superkid Oxlade-Chamberlain could've been England cricket star

Arsenal superkid Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain could've been a star for England at cricket.

The Ox impressed for England in victory over Belgium last night.

"He was just a remarkable sportsman," Tony Shrubsall, head teacher of St John's College junior school, told the Sunday Express. "London Irish rugby academy were after him and cricket-wise he was by far our best junior cricketer, both as a bowler and a batsman. He was just one of those children who, whatever he put his hand to, would be far better than average."

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