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No more Chanderpaul! Surely not! And surely not before playing Australia!

Siddle's lost his CA contract but still in the squad? Is that right?

Grazman, you can watch live via the Cricket Australia website and app.

Guptill.

Don't forgot Johnson, 1 off 7 and 0-68 off 6!

Hopefully not IN the Tasman!

They reached South Africa's same score for the same loss of wickets 33 balls earlier but they look like they may fall 50 or so behind. 111 off the last 6 overs they conceded! Even if they went for ten an over during that period they still could have won. After 32 overs Zimbabwe were 2-189. South Africa were 4-136.

Fantastic death bowling here from Pakistan. India were well placed all innings to run away with it and entered the final ten at 2-217 probably eyeing 320 plus. 56 runs from the first 5 overs threatened to blow them out of the match in my opinion. 5-27 from the final 5 overs. Could be a great evening of cricket, hopefully. On the umpiring, very poor on their behalf and it denied a well-deserved ton. Also denied england the indignity of securing the most meaningless century recorded in the game to go alongside the most meaningless hat-trick.

Zimbabwe a chance?

NZ are a lock for the semi in my book. Faulkner injury is probably the first cricket injury I've cared about since Mcgrath hurt his stomach when I was about 10. Bringing the grand total to 2.

Can't be worse than his batting...

Wonderful, wonderful cricketer and, by all accounts, person. 11 test double centuries!

Lee's average gets blown out by his economy rate. His strike rate was excellent. Never taking more than 5 in an innings says something about the way that he bowled. Certainly not a great of the game and his total wickets taken seems a little misleading. He was certainly a very good bowler who enjoyed a wonderful Australian career. Having him bat at number 9 was pretty handy, too.

How can you put in Agar instead of Ahmed? Apart from being a lesser bowler, there was a fair amount of effort put in to getting Ahmed eligibility and they haven't even played him! Would've thought a turning pitch would've been right up his alley.

How's that b grade park cricketer of a captain of ours going?

Hughes 13th man was a nice touch IMO

Shocking, heart-breaking news. Just stunned. Feel for all involved, especially his family and Abbott. Very sad.

Is that because related to having passports taken and working well below minimum wage?

The way you're carrying on about this, PF, the more I think that you're not right about things very often and you're feeling the need to squeeze every last drop out of this one.

Watching the game I was thrilled for him in what was a great performance. Loved watching a tough, young player tear it ip in a final.Each to their own.

Don't even.

Baum nails it. Well done girls - Lanning, what a jet!

Australia 57 off 55. Meg Lanning 126 off 65. Can bat. And now the Dutch are doing it again!

Those first 4 scores are from the first two tests. His test record is truly bizarre / and I thought Clarke was feast or famine!

Batting stats for all current test captains. I've given their average overall, their average when not captaining and their average when (since) captaining. Michael Clarke Overall 51.82 (8240 runs - 27 centuries from 105 matches) Captain 60.05 (3543 runs - 13 centuries from 37 matches) Non-Captain 46.97 (4697 runs - 14 centuries from 68 matches) Mushfiqur Rahim Overall 32.43 (2173 runs - 2 centuries from 38 matches) Captain 42.52 (978 runs - 1 century from 14 matches) Non-Captain 27.15 (1195 runs - 1 century from 24 matches) Alistair Cook Overall 46.51 (8047 runs - 25 centuries from 102 matches) Captain 47.02 (1834 runs - 7 centuries from 21 matches) Non-Captain 46.36 (6213 runs - 18 centuries from 81 matches) MS Dhoni Overall 38.77 (4459 runs - 6 centuries from 83 matches) Captain 42.18 (3037 runs - 5 centuries from 53 matches) Non-Captain 33.06 (1422 runs - 1 century from 30 matches) Brendon McCullum Overall 38.09 (5219 runs - 9 centuries from 84 matches) Captain 50.95 (1121 runs - 3 centuries from 14 matches) Non-Captain 35.63 (4098 - 6 centuries from 70 matches) Misbah-ul-Haq Overall 48.75 (3218 runs - 5 centuries from 46 matches) Captain 61.38 (2210 runs - 3 centuries from 27 matches) Non-Captain 33.60 (1008 runs - 2 centuries from 19 matches) Graeme Smith Overall 48.72 (9257 runs - 27 centuries from 117 matches) Captain 48.32 (8651 runs - 25 centuries from 109 matches) Non-Captain 55.09 (606 runs - 2 centuries from 8 matches) Darren Sammy Overall 21.68 (1323 runs - 1 century from 38 matches) Captain 22.43 (1032 runs - 1 century from 30 matches) Non-Captain 19.40 (291 runs - 0 century 8 matches) Brendan Taylor Overall 35.00 (1260 runs - 4 centuries from 19 matches) Captain 52.37 (838 runs - 4 centuries from 9 matches) Non-Captain 21.10 (422 runs - 0 centuries from 10 matches) Some interesting reading. Of note, IMO: Brendan Taylor of Zimbabwe. Averaging 21.1 in 10 matches, has belted 4 centuries at 52 since taking over as skipper. Mushfiqur Rahim is another of note. Smith's amazing record - 109 matches as captain after serving an 7 game apprenticeship. Leading the way he does with such minimal technique. (I actually started this two nights ago before I heard about his retirement - a great career, a shame that it ended on such a poor note form-wise, though that's often the way sport goes) And the first bloke's average as captain hasn't been too bad, either. Clarke and Misbah have really blossomed since captaincy. Amazingly, Misbah has passed 50 24 times in 47 innings since taking over, though Clarke's centuries have been impressive. He has a touch of feast or famine about him.