My dead Facebook friends still get happy birthday wishes and cheerful photos posted on their walls.

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My colleagues and a couple of waiters then sang "Happy Birthday" with varying degrees of enthusiasm.

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We were a little bit disappointed we couldn't finish things off last night, being my birthday it would have been nice to get one more wicket, but I'm pretty proud and happy with what the boys have achieved over the last few weeks.

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