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Pietersen said, “I am dumbfounded that it hasn’t happened before now. You can have two London franchises, a Manchester franchise, a Birmingham franchise. You can get bigger crowds, all of the best players together in the middle of summer and you can get massive global coverage. The 34-year-old also expressed his reservations about the extended gap between two matches in English T20 competition, which according to him is difficult to adjust to....

With the series level at 1-1 going into the decider at Bristol, the Indian team will be looking forward to getting back to their winnings ways and register their first ever T20I series win on English soil. Meanwhile, England will look to continue their great form and and seal the series with a comprehensive win in the third T20I against India. England vs India, 3rd T20I Details: Match Date: 08 July 2018, Sunday...

Under the new regulations, incidents involving players who deceive a match official into awarding their team a penalty or sending off an opponent can be reviewed by a three-man independent panel. “This process would be similar to the one used now for a red card offence (violent conduct/serious foul play/spitting at an opponent) which was not seen at the time by the match officials but caught on camera,” the FA said in a statement....

The saltwater crocodile was filmed in the Daintree River in Queensland by the Solar Whisper Daintree River Crocodile and Wildlife Cruises. “He’s called Scarface as he’s a gangster and he has many scars on his face,” David White, who owns the company, told Newsweek. “He’s the boss croc of the Daintree river and I have been watching him for more than 20 years. He’s an A-lister as he’s a celebrity and the paparazzi—that’s me—are crazy about him....

The Sabres dealt him to Dallas, hours after shipping Tyler Myers and Drew Stafford out of town in a deal to land Evander Kane. It’s a bit of a turnaround for a guy who a year ago may have been thought of as the long-term heir to Ryan Miller, but the Sabres are in tank/asset acquisition mode. Everything must go to prepare for the arrival of Connor McDavid/Jack Eichel! MORE: Kane dealt to Buffalo | Dwayne Gretzky Enroth’s arrival in Dallas is a signal to many that this is a move to counter Kari Lehtonen’s apparent fall from grace....

In fact, “Topdog” has an epic feel made all the more thrilling by Parks’s linguistic panache. It’s also hilarious. At one point, Booth rips off a store and comes home sporting his haul: two suits, two shirts, two ties, even two pairs of shoes. He then puts on a strip show that’s better than anything in “The Full Monty.” If “Topdog” has a flaw, it may be that Parks flaunts her comic and verbal dexterity at the expense of building to her fatal climax....

Now it’s more important than ever that developers test their online-focused experiences to ensure they work as promised on day 1. Some developers may even be more inclined to run beta or alpha tests of their games to give players both a sense of the experience and to test real world load. Waiting until launch is no longer going to cut it. That’s exactly what Epic Games is doing with their new PC-only game Fortnite, which just recently sent out its first wave of alpha test invites....

A major part of the Epic vs. Apple case revolves around Epic wanting to persuade the court that Fortnite is more than a video game, with its Creative mode and its “Metaverse.” Obviously, that means that Apple wanted to say that Fortnite was strictly a video game, as well as many of the other apps on its platform that may not necessarily fit that definition. The result of the battling, biased viewpoints was a muddy definition of what a video game is....

Probably most important to address with Gears of War 3’s Season Pass is the fact that 2400 MS Points nets you all future DLC without having to pay anymore. The wording of the 33% discount caused some confusion, but it’s really just a one-time fee that entitles you to more multiplayer, single player, and horde/beast mode content. With that cleared up, Epic has also revealed that the DLC will not just be for fans of the multiplayer but will also continue the single player experience in some capacity — and this is not cut content....

As expected, the free Epic Games Store game for December 19, 2020 is none other than The Long Dark. Originally released in 2017, The Long Dark is an open world survival game where players have to survive in a freezing wilderness. Like many other survival games, The Long Dark players have to keep their hunger, thirst, temperature, and more in mind if they hope to make it through alive. It includes a regular survival mode, a story mode, and a Challenge mode, giving survival game fans plenty of content to play through....

This week’s free Epic Games Store titles offer quite a lot in terms of gameplay and combined with their predecessor, The Spectrum Retreat. It was available from July 1 to July 8, making up for a consistent sci-fi theme that will continue with the new batch of games. In fact, both titles available starting this Thursday share a heavier sci-fi setting and background compared to the previous free games of the past two weeks....

England’s leg-spinner Adil Rashid lauded the bowlers for maintaining a good line and length to put the visitors back in contention in the third cricket Test against India here on Sunday. India posted 271/6 in their first innings, trailing England by 12 runs at the end of the second day’s play with Ravichandran Ashwin (57 batting) and Ravindra Jadeja (31 batting) at the crease. Rashid (3/81) struck in only the second over after tea as the well set Chestehwar Pujara (51) was caught by Chris Woakes on the leg-side....

Australia have not won an Ashes series on English soil since 2001 but this series may well afford them the opportunity. England’s problems are far greater than a World Cup hangover. The top-order is less than stable and very much in need of runs. England have not had a solid opening partnership since Andrew Strauss and Alastair Cook. In addition, Joe Root has been under constant pressure to perform and Australia’s potent bowling attack may well be poised to exploit these frailties....

Set pieces have been the main source of goals at the tournament in Russia — 42 percent, no less — and England has been the master of that department on its run to the semifinals. Eight of its 11 goals so far have come via free kicks, corners or penalties, which is four more than any other team and the most since Portugal also scored eight set-piece goals at the World Cup in 1966....

A nine-wicket defeat at The Riverside leaves Dimuth Karunaratne’s side facing an uphill battle to make the last four, with 10 fixtures remaining in the group stage. We take a look at how the qualification picture is shaping up ahead of a massive weekend. ALREADY THROUGH - Australia The defending champions have improved as the tournament has gone on and look capable of claiming a sixth World Cup title. Mitchell Starc - the leading wicket-taker when they triumphed in 2015 - is again the most prolific bowler in the competition, while David Warner leads the run-scoring charts after returning from his year-long suspension....

Gareth Southgate’s side have moved above Croatia after 5-0 and 5-1 wins over the Czech Republic and Montenegro respectively. The Three Lions – who made the semi-finals of last year’s World Cup – next face Netherlands in the UEFA Nations League semi-finals on June 6. Belgium retain top spot in the rankings ahead of world champions France and Brazil after back-to-back wins last month against Russia and Cyprus. A new-look Germany have moved up three places to 13th, while Ronald Koeman’s Netherlands fall two spots to 16th....

Sri Lanka need an unlikely 362 to win while England require 10 wickets to wrap up a 3-0 series victory. With rain easing at Lord’s, lunch was taken at 1230 local time. Sri Lanka had reached 32-0 on Sunday when 43 overs were lost to heavy showers. England made 416 in their first innings, Jonny Bairstow top-scoring with 167 not out, and bowled Sri Lanka out for 288. The hosts declared their second innings on 233-7....

Dravid has seen Pant grow from the U-19 level to performing well for the India A side. After the Delhi lad earned his maiden test call-up, the legendary batsman praised the southpaw’s performance during India ‘A’s tour of UK. “Rishabh has shown that he could bat differently. He has the temperament and skills to bat differently,” Dravid told bcci.tv. In the ongoing test series against England, the Indian team is struggling, especially with the bat....

So it will not come as a surprise if India pushes England to its limits for a victory making this Test a riveting one as well. Now, being the no. 1 Test team in the world, losing the series 4-1 will be more deplorable than losing 3-2. Having said that through the course of the series there were many records that were broken and both teams will get another crack at it in the fifth Test....