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BRISBANE (Reuters) - England captain Joe Root won the toss and chose to bat first in the opening Ashes test against Australia in Brisbane on Thursday, with the hosts confirming opener David Warner and batsman Shaun Marsh were fit to play. Australia’s vaunted pace attack will therefore have first crack at the England batsmen on a green-tinged Gabba pitch and under a cloudy sky as the tourists bid for their first win at the Brisbane fortress since 1986....

Kathiawar managed to score a mere 238 before being bowled out on the first day itself, and the day ended with Maharashtra registering an impressive score of 132-1. By the end of the second day, the score stood at a mammoth 587-2, with B.B. Nimbalkar standing strong at 301. The incident As the third day approached its end, Nimbalkar had already broken the record of the highest first-class score by an Indian cricketer, eclipsing the legendary Vijay Merchant’s 359 for Bombay against Maharashtra in 1943-44....

Yet another memorable moment came when Bangladesh defeated South Africa in the ‘Super Eight’ stages of the same tournament. In recent times, Bangladesh registered its first ODI series victory over India in 2016 and also reached the final of Asia Cup in 2012, 2016 and 2018. While Bangladesh has enjoyed a resurgence in international cricket, there have been a few cricketing nations which have failed to impress. Here are the three teams you may not know played the World Cup before Bangladesh....

These two teams find themselves in somewhat similar positions at a time when more than half of the tournament is over. They have both won only a single game, having played 5 and 6 matches respectively. Needless to say, this would be a must-win game for both. In light of the upcoming encounter, here’s a look at how these two teams have fared in their previous World Cup clashes....

Yesterday, we saw Spain and Portugal play out a 0-0 draw. Neither side created too many chances (though Portugal looked a bit more likely to score), so it was no surprise that the match went to a penalty shootout, the second of the tournament so far. Now, in a penalty shootout, the list of players nominated to take penalties has to be given to the referee before the shootout starts....

Real Madrid face further injury concerns over midfielder, Angel di Maria and defender, Pepe as they ended the match in bad shape. Manager, Carlo Ancelotti, however doesn’t seem too concerned over the injuries, “I don’t think Cristiano’s problem is a big thing, but Pepe didn’t end the game in good shape and we will see with Di Maria, although that shouldn’t be too serious either” he said. The loss to Valldolid meant Real Madrid’ s title hopes have all but ended....

In case you didn’t know… Former clubs, teammates and fans worldwide sent birthday wishes to Ronaldo throughout the day, as the Juventus star celebrated his 34th year yesterday. The Portuguese ace also shares his birthday with fellow football stars Neymar Jr and Carlos Teves. After his big break at Manchester United, the five-time Ballon d’Or winner spent nine successful years at Real Madrid, where he won four UEFA Champions League titles, two La Liga trophies and several individual accolades....

Walcott further elaborated the fact that he liked Ronaldo because of the fact that he was won everything in football bar the World Cup and in his mind, there was no doubt as to who the better player was. In case you didn’t know… The debate between Messi and Ronaldo has shown no signs of slowing down. The two of them have shared the last 9 Ballon d’Or awards between themselves with Cristiano Ronaldo claiming his 4th Ballon d’Or trophy in 2016....

Not many would have expected Ronaldo to reach the peak of football given his physicality at that time. However, since the time he signed for Manchester United, Ronaldo found himself a footballing father, Sir Alex Ferguson, who guided him and helped him become the world’s best player. Ronaldo never looked back from there, and made his dream move to Real Madrid in 2009. In his 10-year stay at the Bernabéu, Ronaldo won four Ballon d’Or awards, four Champions League trophies, and became Real Madrid’s all-time leading goal scorer....

(Found via Unifrom Swag) UPDATE: In case you wanted to know a little more, the @NorthSacCanes have chimed in.

AOL Time Warner executives are unamused by the video, part of Disney’s militant lobbying against the merger. Apparently at least one Disney employee sympathizes with them. Someone identifying himself only as “Mickey” (Mouse?) mailed an early version of the video to AOL. He also faxed a copy of the video script, which apparently emanated from “Good Morning America,” owned by Disney’s ABC network. “Pass this on to the boys at the top,” Mickey instructed, referring to AOL’s Steve Case and Time Warner’s Gerald Levin....

The SXFI Theater is not that. No, these are wireless USB headphones, designed for movie lovers who watch films or listen to music on their PCs and games consoles (and also play games, but note that there’s the SXFI Gamer headphones which are cheaper, but aren’t wireless). So, a pretty niche product. You can’t use them wirelessly with your phone on the tube, train or bus. For that, you’ll want the SXFI Air....

“Crick in the Neck” Is Not an Official Medical Diagnosis Neck cricks are also referred to as neck kinks and neck creaks. Regardless of what you call them, a crick in the neck can be quite painful. But is it anything to worry about? First things first: “Crick in the neck” is not an official medical diagnosis. Rather, it’s a phrase likely coined by some unknown person that took off to the point where it is now commonly used to describe temporary but often intense pain and/or muscle spasm at the top of your shoulder, in your neck, or at the bottom of your skull....

The former New Zealand coach replaced West Indian Phil Simmons at the helm following the 2015 World Cup and will step down after two and half years in the role. Last month, the International Cricket Council (ICC) voted to admit Afghanistan and Ireland into the elite group permitted to play traditional five-day test matches. As new full members of the ICC, Ireland and Afghanistan will take the total of countries playing tests to 12....

Just before my exams started, the 2015 World Cup’s cheer was in the air. It was almost as if the whole world had stopped at a certain point, just to see those exquisite cricketing shots by the famous cricketers by any means on air. Where ever you may have gone, in India, every street is ignited with a fever of its own, the fever of cricket. No matter how small that area of play is, it’s unlimited for the cricket fans playing....

Every team that wants to do well makes sure that they have a pool of good all-rounders to chose from, making them in huge demand in the T20 format. This is evident from IPL auctions where franchises are seen raising the bids higher than expected to avail the services of a world-class all-rounder. Let’s have a look at six all-rounders who have managed to achieve the double of scoring more than 1000 runs as well as picking up 50 wickets or more in the history of the IPL....

Here are some tweets from cricketers: Ravindra Jadeja: Yuzvendra Singh Chahal: — Ravindrasinh jadeja (@imjadeja) May 11, 2014 Suresh Raina: Irfan Pathan: — Suresh Raina (@ImRaina) May 11, 2014 Rohit Sharma: Darren Sammy: — Rohit Sharma (@ImRo45) May 11, 2014 S. Sreesanth: Parthiv Patel: — Sreesanth (@sreesanth36) May 11, 2014 Ajit Agarkar: Aaron Finch: — Ajit Agarkar (@imAagarkar) May 11, 2014 Glenn Maxwell: David Warner: — Glenn Maxwell (@Gmaxi_32) May 11, 2014...

Cricut Will No Longer Require Subscriptions for Unlimited Printing Ashish Arora, the CEO of Cricut, wrote a post on the Cricut Blog to inform users that a subscription will no longer be required for unlimited uploads to Design Space, Cricut’s cloud-based cutting software. The company first introduced a cap on printing that would prevent users from uploading and printing more than 20 designs a month. If a user wanted to cut out more designs than that, they’d have to pay a monthly subscription....