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Good start for India. But amazing that Afg have competed so well. Again bringing the WC plans into disrepute,

A little collapse here from India. But too late for Afg surely.

It's a tie!

Afghanistan could have easily won every game. Will be interesting to see how they go at the World Cup, albeit in completely different conditions.

Don't panic!

Superb. What a day for Afghani cricket.

Good recovery from BD. Wickets for Afridi II.

And BD make the final. Bravo.

Mitch Marsh and Josh Hazelwood nammed joint vice captain for OZ in test cricket

Didn't know Haze was captaincy material.

Mitch Marsh, is his place secure?

I thought Mitch3 was back with a bang.

BD giving themselves a chance v India. Especially as batting towards the end of the innings has been tricky.

Andrew Strauss has stepped down permanently from his role with the ECB, Flower will continue the role until a replacement is named

andy wrote:Andrew Strauss has stepped down permanently from his role with the ECB, Flower will continue the role until a replacement is named

Whoop whoop!

I did like one of the papers suggesting that it was another example of how brilliant a human he was. Apparently he bossed the job The next sentence then said "like he did with his commentary career".....

I couldnt decide if the whole article was a very well masked joke.

Rahul Dravid has coached India Under 19s to het anktner troohy.

Hard to say how good he actuLly is though.

Matthew 'The 3 Ps' Hayden is recovering from a bad injury suffered while surfing. Hope he recovers ok.