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For those who don't know the ICC Champions Trophy is currently running in India and today England are playing Australia.

Australia won the toss and sent England into bat and combination of Australia not bowling and fielding well enough and some exxellent England batting see Englan through to

78-0 off 17 overs. With Bell batting particularly well and Damien Martyn dropping a sitter!

It's early days yet but England are well placed, especially not having lost a wicket.

Good luck to the poms and may the best team win

COME ON AUSSIE!!!

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Oh yeah, and it's on Sky Sports 2 if anyone else is interested.

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A couple of quick wickets sees Australia trying to claw their way back into this game and a maiden from Lee just then. England still very well placed.

Bell got out trying to play an uppish drive over cover and was easily caught by 'Mr Cricket' Hussey.

Didn't see how Pietersen got out though, I'd stepped to grab some milk and bread and a nice coffee ... mmm, coffee.

Eng 100-2 off 23.2 overs.

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Flintoff has a rush of blood early in his dig and skies one to deep midwicket where 'Mr Cricket' once again makes it look all too easy.

Flintoff gone for 4, bowler Watson.

110-3 off 25.5

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Pietersen was caught behind by Gilchrist off Johnson for 1 by the way. I've just seen the scorecard.

Dunno who this Yardly character is batting now, never heard of him! When's Vaughan back?

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Symonds strikes in his first over!

Strauss gone, caught behind off a gem of a delivery. Stauss played a good knock for his half century but perhaps he needed to hang around and anchor the innings?

The momentum is swinging back towards Aus ... still a long day to come yet though.