But such is the anticipation that Cricket Australia has been forced to announce the itinerary six months earlier than normal for home series.

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Rather than carom from character to character, as the series once did, the new episodes focus primarily on a single character, beginning with the ostensibly normal son, and the series' center of gravity, Michael Bluth (played with po-faced conviction by Jason Bateman).

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It was a sunny month across all of the UK with sunshine amounts generally close to 150% of normal, making it the sunniest April in the series from 1929.

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The Cardinals, always a strong draw anyway, are up 2, 000 a game this year to just over 40, 000, a normal bounce for a team coming off a World Series victory.

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"It's easy to say 'the series is over, let's let this calm down and cricket will return to normal', " said Strauss.

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With Detroit enjoying an off day before the next series against the Yankees, Verlander was on schedule to start Game 3 of the ALCS on his normal four days rest.

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