"It was something I wasn't expecting so early in my career but I'm delighted to be captain, " he told BBC Radio Stoke.

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He beat (Novak) Djokovic before in Miami so I wasn't expecting it to be easy.

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"I wasn't expecting such a landslide victory for Labour, " he said after the count in Naxxar, outside the capital Valletta.

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"I wasn't expecting it, so it was pretty cool, " Morneau said.

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"I wasn't expecting it, " said Prior, who is set to go straight into the side for the second of seven one-day games against Australia in Hobart on Friday.

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"I wasn't expecting to hit him, " he added.

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"It really wasn't what I was expecting, " she said.

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"I was expecting something better from us -- it wasn't our best performance, " Lamouchi told reporters.

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