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Ian Mason | @thedimpause

Afghanistanโ€™s highest score in ICC ODI tournaments 325-7.

Ibrahim Zadran hits 177 - the highest ever score in the Champions Trophy.

So Iโ€™m no longer optimistic - โ€œtoothless Englandโ€ is the phrase the BBC is using ๐Ÿ

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Over bowled by Joe Root just hit for 23 ๐Ÿซฃ๐Ÿ

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So far so good in todayโ€™s Champions Trophy match ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ ๐Ÿ

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Finished reading: Goodbye to All That by Robert Graves ๐Ÿ“š

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๐Ÿ”— Champions Trophy 2025: Australia-South Africa abandoned in Rawalpindi ๐ŸŒง๏ธ ๐Ÿ

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๐Ÿ”— Seven planets align in UK skies this week for last time until 2040

Mars, Jupiter, Uranus, Venus, Neptune, Mercury, and Saturn will all be briefly visible in the evening sky

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Listening to Robert Wyatt ๐ŸŽต

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Went for a walk because it’s raining in Rawalpindi and the cricket hasn’t started. Photographing with Hipstamatic again ๐Ÿ“ธ ๐Ÿ˜„

A rustic wooden fence stands in front of a small stream and rocky area surrounded by dense, leafless vegetation.A brick labeled TANYBRYN ABERDRE is partially submerged in a rocky, water-filled environment.A rusted, cylindrical metal object lies on wet, rocky ground surrounded by clear water.A serene lake surrounded by bare trees reflects a cloudy sky, with a distant hill and power lines visible in the background.A wheelbarrow sits on a muddy hill overlooking a landscape with leafless trees and a cloudy sky.A muddy path meanders through a leafless forest area, with a fallen fence lying across it under a cloudy sky.A scenic view of a valley with green fields and hills under a cloudy sky, illuminated by sunlight breaking through.A solitary tree stands on a distant hill under a blue sky, reflected in the calm waters below.

๐Ÿ“– more

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๐ŸŽฅ Asteroid City (2023) โ˜…โ˜…โ˜…โ˜…โ˜…

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This package from Finland worried me slightly ๐Ÿ˜€๐Ÿ’ฟ๐ŸŽต

Auto-generated description: A wrinkled paper package features a radioactive symbol, several Finnish addresses, a cartoon snake, and text in Finnish alongside contact details for a business.

According to Google Translate the text by the snake means: REMEMBER, NEVER BE FOOLED!

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๐ŸŽต My Top weekly artists as logged by last.fm: Gui, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Callas, Picchi, Stignani, Vaghi, Sutherland (44 plays), Manic Street Preachers (26), Kim Deal (11), The Doors (10), Bill ‘Ravi’ Harris & The Prophets (6)

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Todayโ€™s breakfast bowl

Auto-generated description: A bowl on a wooden table contains hash browns, a sausage, scrambled eggs, and cherry tomatoes.

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England giving Australia some catching practice ๐Ÿ˜ž ๐Ÿ

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Australia ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡บ v ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ England ๐Ÿ, Wales ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ v ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช Ireland ๐Ÿ‰, England ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ v ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ Scotland ๐Ÿ‰, Aston Villa v Chelsea โšฝ๏ธ. Choices, choices, choices โ€ฆ

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ICC Men’s Champions Trophy 2025 starts today with Pakistan ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฐ v ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฟ New Zealand in Karachi.

Then it’s a feast of daily ODI matches for a couple of weeks, with Australia ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡บ v ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ England to look forward to on Saturday ๐Ÿ

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