It seemed as though Spurs might be reprieved and make Sunderland pay for their profligacy, but the final key moment in this astonishing game came from Zenden, who acrobatically volleyed into the top corner following Henderson's looping cross.

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Dhoni, who made an astonishing 183 not out in the third game, hit three sixes and nine fours in his 80 off 73 balls.

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"The success of our game Temple Run in 2012 was nothing short of astonishing, " said Keith Shepherd, co-founder of Imangi Studios.

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For the past half decade, but especially in the last two or three years, there has been an astonishing amount of extraordinarily well-played tennis, in particular among the game's top four players Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray and it's created a little bit of a frenzy to pile superlatives upon these matches, to the point where it's probably gotten overbaked and ridiculous.

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