Former England captain Nasser Hussain has dubbed Alastair Cook, who announced his retirement from the game on Monday, the greatest batsman that the country has ever produced.from Top Cricketnext News- News18.com https://ift.tt/2CgwuCC
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Former England captain Nasser Hussain has dubbed Alastair Cook, who announced his retirement from the game on Monday, the greatest batsman that the country has ever produced.
Ehsan Mani has been elected as the Chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) unopposed for a term of three years, it was announced earlier today. Mani will succeed Najam Sethi, who stepped down from the role on August 21.
Former India captain Sunil Gavaskar has said that is only to be expected that “questions will be asked” about Virat Kohli’s captaincy after India’s series loss in England. While Kohli has laid to rest his demons from India's previous Test series in England by amassing over 500 runs, his decision making as captain hasn’t met with the approval of several former players, and Gavaskar has become only the latest to join the chorus.Last week Xiaomi showed off a render of the upcoming Mi Mix 3 flagship that revealed its notch-dodging slider mechanism, and now product management director Donovan Sung has followed up with a photo confirming another feature: 5G support. The phone is set to be launched in October, far earlier than any 5G networks are going to be up and running, but Sung says the company “can’t wait for the official rollout of 5G next year.”
As for what we can expect from Xiaomi’s precise implementation of 5G, Sung cites download speeds that are “more than 10x faster than 4G speeds,” which isn’t much to go on given the huge variation in 4G technologies. The photo shows the Mi Mix 3 using various bands at a test facility, including one LTE connection...
Sony announced a new pair of compact cameras last week with some incredible zoom capabilities, going from as wide as 24mm to as zoomed in as 720mm. This isn’t the first of Sony’s compact cameras to have that exact zoom range, but this year’s models add 4K shooting and, in one instance, a touchscreen. That should turn them into far more capable cameras that get closer to rivaling Sony’s much loved RX100 series.
The new models, HX99 and HX95, are about the size of an iPod (if you can remember the last time you held one of those), just thicker, and weigh around half a pound. That’s about the same as Sony’s RX100 cameras, but there’s one critical difference: the RX100 line uses a larger one-inch image sensor, whereas these cameras have a...
It’s been the subject of creepshots on public transit. It’s reportedly been stolen and sold for thousands on the black market a full two months before its official announcement. And in the latest leak of Google’s upcoming Pixel 3 XL, well, someone accidentally left the thing in their Lyft. It happens to the best of us, right? It’s understandable that people with test units might be letting their guard down a bit since this phone has already been so thoroughly leaked.
The driver, a Pixel 2 XL owner himself, quickly realized that he was handling the latest Pixel; there’s no mistaking that notch. After shooting a few photos and sending them to Android Police, he returned the pre-production Pixel 3 XL to its rightful (and probably...
Stamping out the spread of child sexual abuse material (CSAM) is a priority for big internet companies. But it’s also a difficult and harrowing job for those on the frontline — human moderators who have to identify and remove abusive content. That’s why Google is today releasing free AI software designed to help these individuals.
Most tech solutions in this domain work by checking images and videos against a catalog of previously identified abusive material. (See, for example: PhotoDNA, a tool developed by Microsoft and deployed by companies like Facebook and Twitter.) This sort of software, known as a “crawler,” is an effective way to stop people sharing known previously-identified CSAM. But it can’t catch material that hasn’t already...
Three years ago, almost to the day, I was anguished to find Kodak, the once-great photography brand, slapped atop some random selfie sticks. Now, walking through the same IFA halls in Berlin, I find Polaroid’s name emblazoned on some dreadful laptops. These two companies — or, rather, whatever vulture capitalists have taken ownership of their names after their businesses went bust — are engaged in a miserable race to see who can put their name to the worst possible product.
Today’s example from Polaroid is truly an eye-searing disaster. Just one of a group of plasticky, creaky, and underpowered “Polaroid” laptops with washed-out screens, this particular specimen ships with Windows 10 (the good), but only 2GB of RAM / 32GB of storage (the...
Any hopes of respite for Steve Smith and David Warner were quashed with Cricket New South Wales (NSW), their home association, unlikely to challenge their 12 month bans.
In seven away Tests this year, each time Kohli has been batting in the middle, it has taken precisely one ball to signal the innings’ death knell.
But there is hardly any doubt about the legacy that Cook will leave behind as a batsman. His career numbers speak volumes of his dominance ever since he made his debut in 2006.
It will have lasted 161 matches and spanned 12 years, but by next week the Alastair Cook era will be at an end.
Graham Gooch hailed Alastair Cook as the "rock of England's batting" after his protégé announced Monday he would retire from international cricket following this week's fifth Test against India at The Oval.
Australia Test captain Tim Paine will not be a part of the team's pre-season camp in Brisbane ahead of the tour to UAE where the team will play a two-Test series against Pakistan. Paine awaits the birth of his second child with wife Bonnie Maggs.
Abhinav Mukund-led India Red takes on India Blue, led by Faiz Fazal, in the final of the Duleep Trophy, the first tournament of the 2018-19 domestic season, at the NPR College ground here, beginning on Tuesday
A below-average showing from India A’s middle order on Day 2 of the first unofficial Test against Australia A saw them dismissed for just 274, a mere 31-lead that the visitors had already gotten past at the end of day’s play at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru on Monday.
England opener Alastair Cook has announced an end to his international career, with his last match being the fifth Test against India at The Oval.
Former Australia all-rounder Shane Watson feels that the faltering Indian batsmen will fare much better against Australia later this year compared to how they performed against England in the ongoing five-match series.
England opener Alastair Cook has announced his retirement from international cricket. The final Test against India at the Oval, starting on Friday, will be his last international assignment.
There were some fine moments of individual brilliance but India failed to click as a unit in the fourth Test against England. Here's Cricketnext's report card of Kohli and his men.Last week Xiaomi showed off a render of the upcoming Mi Mix 3 flagship that revealed its notch-dodging slider mechanism, and now product management director Donovan Sung has followed up with a photo confirming another feature: 5G support. The phone is set to be launched in October, far earlier than any 5G networks are going to be up and running, but Sung says the company “can’t wait for the official rollout of 5G next year.”
As for what we can expect from Xiaomi’s precise implementation of 5G, Sung cites download speeds that are “more than 10x faster than 4G speeds,” which isn’t much to go on given the huge variation in 4G technologies. The photo shows the Mi Mix 3 using various bands at a test facility, including one LTE connection...
Sony announced a new pair of compact cameras last week with some incredible zoom capabilities, going from as wide as 24mm to as zoomed in as 720mm. This isn’t the first of Sony’s compact cameras to have that exact zoom range, but this year’s models add 4K shooting and, in one instance, a touchscreen. That should turn them into far more capable cameras that get closer to rivaling Sony’s much loved RX100 series.
The new models, HX99 and HX95, are about the size of an iPod (if you can remember the last time you held one of those), just thicker, and weigh around half a pound. That’s about the same as Sony’s RX100 cameras, but there’s one critical difference: the RX100 line uses a larger one-inch image sensor, whereas these cameras have a...
It’s been the subject of creepshots on public transit. It’s reportedly been stolen and sold for thousands on the black market a full two months before its official announcement. And in the latest leak of Google’s upcoming Pixel 3 XL, well, someone accidentally left the thing in their Lyft. It happens to the best of us, right? It’s understandable that people with test units might be letting their guard down a bit since this phone has already been so thoroughly leaked.
The driver, a Pixel 2 XL owner himself, quickly realized that he was handling the latest Pixel; there’s no mistaking that notch. After shooting a few photos and sending them to Android Police, he returned the pre-production Pixel 3 XL to its rightful (and probably...
Stamping out the spread of child sexual abuse material (CSAM) is a priority for big internet companies. But it’s also a difficult and harrowing job for those on the frontline — human moderators who have to identify and remove abusive content. That’s why Google is today releasing free AI software designed to help these individuals.
Most tech solutions in this domain work by checking images and videos against a catalog of previously identified abusive material. (See, for example: PhotoDNA, a tool developed by Microsoft and deployed by companies like Facebook and Twitter.) This sort of software, known as a “crawler,” is an effective way to stop people sharing known previously-identified CSAM. But it can’t catch material that hasn’t already...
Three years ago, almost to the day, I was anguished to find Kodak, the once-great photography brand, slapped atop some random selfie sticks. Now, walking through the same IFA halls in Berlin, I find Polaroid’s name emblazoned on some dreadful laptops. These two companies — or, rather, whatever vulture capitalists have taken ownership of their names after their businesses went bust — are engaged in a miserable race to see who can put their name to the worst possible product.
Today’s example from Polaroid is truly an eye-searing disaster. Just one of a group of plasticky, creaky, and underpowered “Polaroid” laptops with washed-out screens, this particular specimen ships with Windows 10 (the good), but only 2GB of RAM / 32GB of storage (the...
Aside from a little-known Marvel sequel called Avengers 4, Star Wars: Episode IX is without a doubt the most secretive Hollywood tentpole currently in production.
That hasn’t stopped curious on-lookers from posting set photos from afar though, with a recent batch revealing John Boyega (Finn), Oscar Isaac (Poe Dameron) and Naomi Ackie’s unnamed character partaking in what appears to be some form of reconnaissance mission for the Resistance, as they begin to mount one final counter-offensive against the invading First Order. There was also another helping of set pics earlier today, which teased a mysterious jungle setting.
But a new post on social media has now drawn our attention away from the set and towards the legendary Billy Dee Williams. Yes, the actor’s set to reprise his iconic role of Lando Calrissian for the final chapter in the Skywalker Saga and to show us that he’s taking the job seriously, he’s now shared a new training video via Twitter, which you can see below.
I can’t think of a better to start my day. Feeling fit, healthy and better than ever. Taking care of body and mind go hand-in-hand.
@Gunnar pic.twitter.com/4YGkzwknqu
— Billy Dee Williams (@realbdw) September 3, 2018
Sure, there’s nothing particularly revealing about this clip, as again, it’s not taken from the Episode IX set but rather a gym where Williams is training, but it’s nice to get a look at the actor preparing for the project regardless. After all, it’s been a long, long time since we’ve seen his version of the smooth talking Lando up on the big screen.
Of course, we’ve still got no idea how he’ll factor into things, as Lucasfilm is keeping any and all plot details tightly under wraps, but it’s been reported that Abrams will pull from all Star Wars eras – prequels included – as he sets about bringing the curtain down on the Sequel Trilogy, which he’ll do when Episode IX breaks new ground for this most beloved franchise on December 20th, 2019.
While half the internet seems to be predicting the death of Iron Man in next year’s Avengers 4, a new fan theory suggests that at least one notorious individual assumed Tony Stark would be meeting his end before the credits even rolled on Avengers: Infinity War.
This alleged failed forecaster is none other than the Mad Titan himself, Thanos, and this recent speculation all stems from one little line delivered by the intergalactic conqueror: “I hope they remember you.” When taken out of context, these words could almost be seen as strangely flattering, but when spoken by Thanos at the end of his fight with Iron Man, the connotations are clear that Stark is expected to die soon.
Yet, despite Thanos stabbing the Avenger before erasing half of all life from the universe with the snap of his fingers, Robert Downey Jr.’s character remains standing. Could it be that Thanos incorrectly assumed that Stark would be killed in one of these two events? If so, then perhaps this implies that the element of surprise will play a major role in the upcoming sequel, with Stark managing to take advantage of his supposed death as a means of catching the tyrant off guard.
Granted, this could all be a bit of a stretch. You’d think that if someone as careful as Thanos had really wanted Stark to die from the stab wound, he would’ve properly finished the job before leaving, especially since the subsequent snap left his foe with a 50% chance of survival. Then again, Infinity War co-director Joe Russo’s statements on the film’s audio commentary track strongly support the idea that Thanos was trying to kill Stark in this scene, with the director saying:
“Almost no one ends up being a threat to the agenda except for Tony, who I think feels he has this sort of existential connection to Thanos. It’s the one moment where he is actively…since brutally murdering Loki for disobedience, where he actively is going to murder someone for standing in his way.”
Regardless of what Thanos’ intentions were, it’s a safe bet that Stark will play a major role in the final fight, with Avengers 4 set to bring the saga full circle when it hits theaters on May 3rd, 2019.