Trott's 33 came off only 17 balls, including two sixes, and saw him move into the all-time top 10 run scorers in Twenty20 cricket, with 1, 437 - 345 of which have come this season - and to the top of the run scoring charts in the English competition.

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There is also a new music show, CBBC Top 40, which will run down the charts on a Sunday, with the number one revealed simultaneously with the Radio 1 chart.

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At least till the day Rackspace, Amazon and their ilk revert to valuation metrics that value investors can understand, there is a possibility that the century-long run of stock charts of exponential growth might resume.

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Singles by X Factor winners have had a stranglehold on the Christmas charts in recent years - a run which was ended last year when an online anti-X Factor campaign helped get Rage Against the Machine to number one.

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