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Affiliate boston wcvb has the story. reporter: meet the newest international superstar, westfield s ashley kerekes, otherwise known as the ashes on twitter. it s that user name, a nickname her boyfriend calls her, that s making her famous. i had the twitter name at the ashes. little did i know that s a cricket tournament and it s a big deal. reporter: she found out fast when fans of the sport mistakenly thought her account was the official one for the cricket match between australia and england. people are sending me all these notifications. i was getting them in the middle of the night. i got a little annoyed. reporter: so the 22-year-old tweeted back. i sent a message saying, i am not a freaking cricket match. then i shut off the notification on my phone and forgot about it for a few days. reporter: during that time the mixed-up fans of cricket
Kimberly bookman from our affiliate boston wcvb has the story. reporter: meet the newest international superstar, westfield s ashley kerekes, otherwise known as the ashes on twitter. it s that user name, a nickname her boyfriend calls her, that s making her famous. i had the twitter name the ashes. little did i know that s a cricket tournament and it s a big deal. reporter: she found out fast when fans of the sport mistakenly thought her account was the official one for the cricket match between australia and england. people are sending me all these notifications. i was getting them in the middle of the night. i got a little annoyed. reporter: so the 22-year-old tweeted back. i sent a message saying, i am not a freaking cricket match. then i shut off the notification on my phone and forgot about it for a few days. reporter: during that time the mixed-up fans of cricket turned into real ones for ashley. and got others to check her out,