“I have a design for a plane,” said Elon Musk in a wide-ranging interview for the Joe Rogan Experience podcast broadcast live Thursday night on YouTube. The interview included the two men drinking whiskey and smoking weed.
Musk thinks his electric airplane would be better than current planes, capable of vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) and supersonic flight at high altitudes. The Tesla and Space X CEO admitted, however, that it’s not a priority for him. “Electric cars are important, solar energy is important, stationary storage of energy is important,” said Musk. “These things are much more important than creating electric supersonic VTOL.” Musk then became visibly emotional in describing our addiction to fossil fuels, calling it...
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Just like that the English international summer is almost at an end. After four Tests crammed into five weeks, the circus arrives at The Oval for one final hurrah.
Catch all the live updates from the fifth and final Test match between England and India at the Oval on Cricketnext.com's live blog.
“I think the guys deserve a hell of a lot of credit for the way they fought. We didn’t get everything right. We maybe didn’t bowl as well as we can do. We maybe didn’t field quite as well as we know we can, but to get into the position we did, to get into the position where we had the total to defend we ended up with, was a phenomenal effort."
Meanwhile, Bangladesh skipper Mashrafe Mortaza said his team is capable of beating India.
“We are going there full of confidence. We are ranked higher than the West Indies but those were still tough games. Winning there gave the team a lot of confidence.”
Just like that the English international summer is almost at an end. After four Tests crammed into five weeks, the circus arrives at The Oval for one final hurrah.
The final was contested between Worcestershire and Sussex at Lord’s, which will forever remain etched in history as the first-ever major one-day final to be played at the “Home of Cricket”.
"All I can say is that no Indian team has won in Sri Lanka for a long time. But we have won in the West Indies, in England, Test matches in Australia and South Africa."
With the series no longer alive, there is a slight end of term feeling to proceedings in south London, although the impending retirement of Alastair Cook has at least provided a subplot to a game that might otherwise struggle for huge meaning.
Ishan Kishan (25 not out) and Writtick Chatterjee (13 not out) saw the team through to stumps at 128 for 5. They need 231 more runs to avoid an innings defeat.
The uncertainty over Shakib's fitness ahead of the 2018 Asia Cup has put the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) in an awkward position.
Negotiations between the PCB and Australian coach Darren Barry didn't prove successful last month after which the board approached Bradburn.
All-rounder Moeen Ali will continue to bat at number three, where he was promoted ahead of Joe Root in the fourth test.
"With Virat Kohli not playing, Rohit and Dhawan will be the two key men with the bat for India."
Hong Kong will join India and Pakistan in Group A and will start their Asia Cup campaign against Pakistan on September 16.
A cricket match between Hinckley Amateur Thirds and Hathern Old Seconds at Swallows Green, Hinckley, Leicester came to a halt when a macaw started flying low around the ground before landing on the right shoulder of Tom Flannery - one of the home team's fielders.
The ongoing Test series has been punishing beyond words. But for the players it has been downright arduous. More so on off days. Had Charles Dickens been around, who knows what he would’ve written.
Follow all the live action as Hong Kong take on UAE for a spot in the Asia Cup.
