Emergency warnings have been issued
as a heatwave pushes temperatures into the mid 40s in some regions across the
country. Adelaide is sweltering through some of the most extreme weather
conditions; parts of Adelaide hit 38C by midday, leading to the summer’s first
emergency alert by South Australia’s State emergency service. The mercury rose
to 37C by 10am in some suburbs, and Roseworthy on the outskirts of the city
reached 41C by noon. The warning is in place for the next three days - with
temperatures set to soar to 40C tomorrow and 37C on Thursday, before cooling
slightly to 29C on Friday.
The extreme heat comes as the Tour
Down Under cycling event starts in Adelaide today. The Australia vs India second One Day
International is also got under way at
the Adelaide Oval. Mohammad Siraj is
making debut coming in place of Khaleel.
India lost at Sydney – some blamed
Dhoni for his slow innings. India's ODI
vice-captain Rohit Sharma believes No. 4 is the "ideal" position for
MS Dhoni as India continue to jostle with their middle-order combinations ahead
of the World Cup.
Dhoni made 51 off 96 balls in the
first ODI against Australia at the SCG. He added 137 in 28 overs with Rohit to
repair the early damage after India were 3 for 4, but it was an innings that
could again divide opinion on Dhoni's diminishing strike rates at the twilight
of his career. As such, his form has prompted much debate following a lean 2018
where he averaged 25 with a strike-rate of 71.42, without a half-century in 13
innings. These returns were comfortably his lowest in any year since his ODI
debut in December 2004. However, there is little doubt over his place in
India's 15-member World Cup squad.
Normally a batsman would be grateful
for an extra ball in a T20 match, but not this time. A miscalculation from the
on-field umpires led to Michael Klingerbeing dismissed in controversial
circumstances in the BBL match against Sydney Sixers at Perth Stadium. Facing Ben Dwarshuis in the second over of
Perth Scorchers' chase, Klinger fell to the seventh legal delivery of the over
when he upper cut a short ball to third man where Steve O'Keefe held a low
catch. The catch went to the third umpire to confirm it was a clean take,
meaning there was an extended stoppage in play, and by then the potential of it
being a seven-ball over had been spotted by the host broadcaster, but the Laws
stated that the dismissal had to stand. A quick tally up of the previous six
deliveries confirmed there hadn't been any no-balls or wides missed.
Law 17.5.2 reads: "If the umpire
miscounts the number of valid balls, the over as counted by the umpire shall
stand." Cricket Australia issued a statement confirming there was no way
to overturn the dismissal, but send they would address the error in their
post-match review. A CA spokesperson said: "It appears there was a
miscount of balls in the over, and the seventh ball was allowed by umpires. As
the ball was bowled it is deemed live and consequently the decision stands. The
incident will be followed up in Cricket Australia's general match review
process and feedback will of course be taken on board."
There is something to read about of that Group
B match on Jan 13 at Bangkok, Thailand Women's T20 Smash : the match between
UAE & China. The score card reads
:____________ what is unique ?
Vijay Shankar has replaced Hardik
Pandya .. in Mar 2018 in Nidahas T20 tri-series final, he was playing for the
first time with India needing 69 off 40 balls. Bangladesh's Mustafizur Rahman
was the bowler - Vijay desperately kept
swiping across the line and missed four successive balls. Then went for a leg-bye. Critics wrote badly of him on that pressure
situation as it boiled down to 12 off 6.
5th ball Vijay was
out, DK hoicked Soumya Sarkar over extra-cover for a 6 winning the match – an year
earlier, Dinesh Karthik had struggled to score runs in Sri Lanka. That is the game, one day the player trolled,
and after sometime, he could be back with hard work and after a good tour
against a strong New Zealand A.
The other player who has got a chance
now is Shubman Gill whose rise is nothing but meteoric. Gill's first call-up to
the national squad may have come in unexpected circumstances - with India
forced to replace Hardik Pandya and KL Rahul - but it's something Indian
cricket watchers had expected would happen, sooner rather than later. He is a
raw talent and made runs stylishly in U19 WC; he was the Man of
the Tournament in India's victorious Under-19 World Cup run. Gill's first innings upon return from India
A's tour of New Zealand in December was a monumental 268 against Tamil Nadu. In
the next match, he made 148 as Punjab nearly pulled off a chase of 338 in the
fourth innings.
In that match : Women's T20 Smash at
Bangkok, Jan 13 2019 - China were bowled out for 14, the lowest women's T20I
total ever, sinking to a 189-run defeat against UAE. The margin of victory was the largest ever in
women's T20Is, pushing Namibia's defeat of Lesotho by 179 runs in August 2018
to second place. UAE had elected to bat first in a Group B game at the ongoing
Thailand Women's T20 Smash, a 10-team tournament underway in Bangkok, and put
on 203 for 3. China's reply lasted only 48 minutes and 10 overs, and featured
six ducks with a top score of four. The tournament, which also features other
fringe women's international sides such as Nepal, Malaysia, Hong Kong, Bhutan,
Indonesia and Myanmar, along with a Thailand A team, is to provide much-needed
game-time to the countries ahead of the ICC Women's 2020 World Cup Qualifiers. The men’s team, in October 2018, had been
bundled out for 26 against Nepal in the World T20 qualifier and Nepal achieved
the target in just 11 balls.
With regards – S. Sampathkumar
15th Jan 2019.
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