Labuschagne capitalised on his start by making 185 as Australia piled on 580 – a first-innings lead of 340 – at the Gabba on Saturday. And the hosts closed in on a 1-0 series lead late in the day, taking three wickets before stumps to reduce Pakistan to 64-3. That left Pakistan trailing by 276 runs and facing a heavy defeat with Shan Masood (27) and Babar Azam (20) unbeaten at stumps....
“Obviously I think Australia will defeat India,” Hayden, member of Australia’s World Cup winning squads in 2003 and 2007, was quoted as saying by news.com.au on Wednesday. The 43-year-old said India’s two spinners Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja will play a big part on Thursday considering the Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG) pitch which might assist the spinners. “I’ve been impressed with the Indian bowling line-up. They’re particularly strong in the spin department with Ravi Jadeja and Ashwin and those two could be the key to the game,” Hayden was quoted as saying by news....
Spain’s Sport website named the A-League as the World Cup-winner’s “preferred destination” this week, although Japan’s Vissel Kobe is also seen as one of his possible next moves. China’s Chongqing Lifan Tuesday denied reports that the 33-year-old legend will be joining them “as a player”, but left the door open to future cooperation in some capacity. Football Federation Australia’s website indicated the governing body planned to contact Iniesta’s agent after he announced he will leave Barcelona at the end of the season following two decades of phenomenal success....
Australia got off to a disastrous start with the bat as they lost Aaron Finch in the first over but debutant Marcus Harris and veteran Usman Khawaja steadied the ship before Harris was dismissed against the run of play. Australia went to lunch at 57/2, trailing India by 193 runs. Khawaja is unbeaten on 21 while Ishant Sharma and R Ashwin picked up a wicket apiece for India. Let us take a look at how the wickets fell in the first session on day 2....
The Adelaide Oval has historically offered batting-friendly pitches, and India batted reasonably well during their last visit in 2014 when they posted scores over 400 and 300 in the first and second innings respectively. The problem then was that India’s bowlers didn’t deliver. The pitch at the Oval has changed significantly since. In fact, since that Oval Test against India, no team has scored more than 250 on that pitch....
Hosts Australia led by Aaron Finch won the first game at Gabba, Brisbane by four runs (thanks to the DLS method). The second game played at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) was eventually called off due to incessant rain. India held the upper hand in that game having restricted the Aussies to 132-7 in 19 overs before rain curtailed the proceedings. Needing a victory to level the series, Virat’s men bounced back with a brilliant display of bowling to restrict the hosts to 164/6 in 20 overs and not allowing them to score a single maximum throughout their innings....
Many believe that this is India’s best chance to win their first ever Test series in Australia - as long as they get their team selection right. Here is a selection of what could be India’s best XI in the first Test, taking into account past performances against the Aussies and current form. Openers: Murali Vijay and Rohit Sharma An injury to the in-form Prithvi Shaw has left a question mark as to who are going to be India’s openers....
While he made a spectacular comeback during the Ashes against England last year, followed by a carefully crafted 96 against South Africa in their own backyard, Marsh’s form has hit a roadblock in recent times. He, along with brother Shaun Marsh, had a poor tour of UAE, leading to questions and doubts from all quarters regarding their place in the squad. Both however responded strongly with dominating innings for Western Australia on their return to Shield Cricket....
Despite losing four wickets for 99 runs, MS Dhoni and Kedar Jadhav’s brilliant unbeaten partnership of 141 runs helped Team India win the match by six wickets and 10 balls to spare. This was the Indian team’s last match before the 2019 World Cup. Before this series, the Indian team won the ODI series in New Zealand, 4-1 and then won the three match series on Australian soil, 2-1; with Hardik Pandya ruled out of the ODI series against Australia due to an injury....
FIFA have organised ticket sales into two phases - one before the World Cup draw on December 2 (AEDT) and one after. The first phase allowed fans to go into a ballot for a limited amount of team series tickets and matches for which the contestants were not yet known. Following the ballot, a first come, first served period followed with left over tickets for the phase made available...
Closing arguments were presented Tuesday in the trial of former Minneapolis police officers Tou Thao, Alexander Kueng and Thomas Lane in Saint Paul, Minnesota, the Associated Press reported. Thao’s lawyer, Robert Paule, said that his client believed the officers were acting in Floyd’s best interests by holding him until paramedics arrived at the scene. A prosecutor argued that the officers “chose to do nothing” as Floyd, a Black man who died during the incident, begged for air, AP reported....
Sadio Mane, Mohamed Salah and Daniel Sturridge scored to lead the Reds to an impressive 3-0 victory over Bayern at the tournament the German club hosts at the Allianz Arena. Earlier in the day, late goals from Fernando Torres and Luciano Vietto had secured a 2-1 victory for Atletico Madrid over Napoli, setting up a meeting for Torres with his old club. The latest Liverpool transfer rumours Napoli and Bayern will play in the third-place play-off early on Wednesday evening before Atleti and Liverpool clash following the conclusion of that game....
Tonight marks the eighth season of what I think is the greatest reality TV show of all time. “Survivor” has its rats and “American Idol” its Sanjayas, but only “Big Brother 8” can promise the ingeniously ridiculous premise of boredom. Think about it, you don’t need to sing or dance with a star or even pretend that Donald Trump is (haha) actually powerful. On “Big Brother 8,” you can sleep in, sit around an air-conditioned house, lift weights, play cards, drink beer and watch your other housemates vote each other out over petty arguments like, “Shannon used Hardy’s toothbrush to scrub the toilet!...
Research by Deloitte and Snap Inc., the parent company of Snapchat, predicts that by 2025, 75% of the global population, including almost all smartphone users, will be frequent AR users. According to the Deloitte-Snapchat report, Gen Z and Millennials are both 71% more likely to use AR frequently than older people, in part because adoption has been driven by social media use. More than 300 million people already engage with AR every day on Snapchat....
Portsmouth announced the launch of its interactive matchday programme today. The new partnership with Navigate Digital and Blippar has resulted in this interesting and new development. For the tech crazy fans, here’s how to go about it: Just download the Blippar app before Saturday’s game against Oxford, from the Appstore, via GooglePlay or Blackberry World and then launch it. The accessibility of exciting video content that can be accessed within the programme that can carry Blippar logo depends on the available network capacity, at least until the stadium gets equipped with wifi capacity....
In only his eighth Cup Series start, and first as a full-time Cup driver, Cindric became just the second-youngest driver ever to win the Great American Race. Austin got a big push across the start/finish line from teammate Ryan Blaney to hold off Bubba Wallace, who scored his second runner-up finish at Daytona. An excited Cindric said after celebrating the win. Austin Cindric grabbed the race lead on the overtime restart with two laps remaining in the race....
The team announced that Matthews’ recovery time will be at least six weeks. Toronto has not yet announced when its camp will begin, but its first preseason game is set for Sept. 25. MORE: NHL 2021 awards Matthews played with a wrist injury for most of the 2021 season, yet still led the league with 41 goals. He felt increasing discomfort in the wrist as he ramped up his offseason activity this week, the Leafs said in their announcement....
The hosts managed to add only 90 runs before their first innings folded up 301 runs earlier in the day after resuming at their overnight score of 211/6. For India, Vijay Shankar struck a much-needed unbeaten 51 and leg-spinner Amit Mishra chipped in with a handy knock of 27 to help team cross the 300-run mark. For the visitors, Steve O’Keefe (6/82) was the pick of the bowlers as he singlehandedly demolished the home team’s batting....
However, the organisation is expected to dump the Brisbane Test as the national side’s season springboard in order to trial a second day-night Test match following the raging success of the concept last summer. Last year, Adelaide Oval staged the first day-night Test match against trans-Tasman challengers New Zealand. The day-night format, which featured a pink ball instead of the traditional red variety to help batsman to see under floodlights, proved an instant hit with 47,441 people attending the opening day to witness the historic occasion....
The 2008 report noted that fire seasons will start earlier, end later and generally be more intense. Furthermore, it stated that this effect will increase over time but should be “directly observable by 2020.” This season—which started in September, a month earlier than usual—fires have burned more than 8 million hectares of land, killed at least 24 people, left more more than one billion animals dead, and created smoky conditions in major cities, New Scientist reported....
