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McDonald's loses Big Mac trademark. Burger King adds 'Like a Big Mac, but actually big.'
Big Macs that were served in the State Dining Room of the White House. McDonald's lost its trademark for the famous sandwich in the European Union. (Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images)
By Taylor Telford
Taylor Telford
Reporter covering national and breaking news
After McDonald's lost its trademark for Big Mac in the European Union, Burger King in Sweden revamped its menu in a snarky hat tip to the rival fast-food chain.
Imitation, it turns out, is also the sincerest form of trolling.
A few days ago, McDonald's lost the trademark to "Big Mac" across the EU at the EUIPO. @BurgerKing responded as trollishly(?) as possible. #IPhttps://t.co/mUgLKBe7uz pic.twitter.com/wgSgRYH7HB
— Keith Lee (@associatesmind) February 7, 2019
In early February, Swedish outposts of Burger King featured menus with names grounded in Big Mac comparisons, including: "The Kind of Like a Big Mac, but Juicier and Tastier" and "The Big Mac-ish but Flame-Grilled Of Course." Other options were even more derogatory: "The Burger Big Mac Wished It Was" and "The Anything But a Big Mac."
McDonald's lost the Big Mac trademark after a legal battle with Supermac's, an Irish fast-food chain. (The name comes from owner Pat McDonagh's nickname in his heyday as a college Gaelic football player.) McDonagh started the chain in 1978 and has faced opposition from McDonald's over the naming of the chain's offerings, like a burger called Mighty Mac, which shares many ingredients with the Big Mac. McDonald's suggested that the similarity in names might confuse customers. Supermac's argued that McDonald's legal interventions were preventing the chain from expanding outside Ireland.
But the European Union Intellectual Property Office decided in January that McDonald's hadn't proved "genuine use" of the Big Mac trademark in the E.U., leaving the Big Mac name up for grabs. Supermac's rejoiced, painting the case as an example of trademark bullying — when a well-known company tries to aggressively enforce its trademark rights, even in situations where the other party isn't in direct competition with the well-known company.
"We're delighted. It's a unique victory when you take on the golden arches and win," McDonagh said of the ruling, the Guardian reported. "This is a victory for all small businesses. It prevents bigger companies from hoarding trademarks with no intention of using them."
"McDonald's just lost its trademark for the Big Mac for suing a much smaller player. … It's too much fun for us to stay away," said Iwo Zakowski, chief executive of Burger King's Swedish operation, according to a Guardian report.
Given the similarity of food and names, this case doesn't meet most standard definitions of trademark bullying, said Kyle Kroll, an intellectual property attorney with Winthrop & Weinstine. But according to Kroll, accusations of trademark bullying generally carry more ideological weight than legal significance.
"What Supermac's is promoting in their response to the EUIPO decision is that this was an example of trademark bullying because it's a David versus Goliath scenario," Kroll said. "The term is thrown around a lot by smaller companies to engender some sympathy."
In a statement provided to The Washington Post, McDonald's said it plans to appeal the EUIPO decision.
"We are disappointed in the EUIPO's decision and believe this decision did not take into account the substantial evidence submitted by McDonald's proving use of our BIG MAC mark throughout Europe. We intend to appeal the decision and are confident it will be overturned by the EUIPO Board of Appeals," the statement said. "Notwithstanding today's decision, McDonald's owns full and enforceable trademark rights for the mark 'BIG MAC' throughout Europe."
Burger King's marketing campaign was created by Stockholm-based ad agency INGO. The agency released a video of customers awkwardly navigating the newly renamed menu to announce the campaign.
@McDonalds lost the EU trademark to the #Bigmac and this is how @BurgerKing has launched in Sweden. The cheekily-named items are: Like a Big Mac, but Actually Big. In true Burger king style, the 'beef' between the brands was created by creative agency INGO #marketing pic.twitter.com/E7Ir1GtaCO
— Simon Greally (@GreallySimon) February 5, 2019
This is the latest in a string of saucy standoffs between Burger King and McDonald's. In December, Burger King offered a promotion where customers could get a Whopper for a penny if they ordered through the Burger King app from a McDonald's parking lot.
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On this episode I'm joined once again by John Turner, director of debate at Dartmouth College and angry fist shaker at clouds, and also new guest Sean Kennedy, PhD candidate and coach at a minorly successful program called the University of Kansas. Our plan was to introduce a few different kritiks for the upcoming immigration topic but we never really got past competitiveness.
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Graduate from Oregon State University, with a Bachelor's of Science in Liberal Studies, a self made degree plan, that focused on media, writing, film, and women, gender and sexuality studies, aptly titled "Writing for and about film with a feminist perspective". I inherited my love of halloween and horror movies from my mom. My favorite horror movie is Scream, which is highly ironic considering I was deathly afraid of Ghostface, who I had very vivid nightmares about that I still remember perfectly, as a child. Some of my other favorites are Hereditary, A Nightmare On Elm Street, Beetlejuice, The Shining, The Conjuring, and much more! Even though I've pretty much been a life long fan of horror I still have a lot of catching up to do when it comes to the classics, ergo my Millennial Morgan Plays Catch Up reviews, which I plan to bring back soon. My passion project for the site is our digital zine, called Fright Like A Girl that's all about women in horror, made by women who love horror! In my free time, besides writing for the site, and working on my dream of becoming an actress and film maker, I enjoy making youtube videos (MJ Sawan on youtube), playing video games, going to conventions like Texas Frightmare, and Horror Hound, and cosplaying! I've cosplayed as Nancy Thompson from A Nightmare On Elm Street, Ripley from Aliens, and more. You can follow me on twitter, @frightlikeagirl, where I tweet A LOT about movies of all types, and the people in them.
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The hardstyle brand originated in The Netherlands before branching out to Australia, Belgium, Croatia, Germany, Austria, Chile and the USA. Now, the festival will be headed to South Korea!
Q-Dance is working with organizers of the World DJ Festival in South Korea for a new event. This new festival will be called SOUNCE Parade and is set for May 6th. The lineup has not yet been released, but more information is expected in the coming weeks.
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MESA - When people hear there is badminton being played in the Valley, Guy Chadwick expects one of two reactions. "We have two kinds of surprise," Chadwick said. "We have the surprise, 'Oh, there's actually badminton here in Arizona?' because they're people that know about it, real badminton, in other places.
Suns coach Earl Watson fights for civil rights in his own way
By Tamsyn Stonebarger | Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2016
PHOENIX - Earl Watson's father was one of the first African-American men to join the integrated Army, as mandated by President Harry Truman in 1948. So, Watson was taught from an early age to respect the flag.
Arizona Olympian, Paralympian among those honored at Pentagon
By Claire Caulfield | Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2016
ARLINGTON, Virginia - It's a long way from Eloy, Arizona, to Arlington, Virginia. Even longer when you add stops in London and Rio de Janeiro.But that's the path Army Staff Sgt. Joe Guzman took to reach the Pentagon for an event this week honoring Olympians and Paralympians in the U.S. military.
Ultra-runner targeting record for 800-mile Arizona Trail run
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FLAGSTAFF- Running 800 miles may seem like insanity to some people, but Michael Versteeg knew he'd get around to trying it one day.
Legacy lives on at Arizona Open Wheel Racing Museum
By Tyler Rubin | Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2016
PHOENIX – There is a lot of racing history packed within the walls of the Arizona Open Wheel Racing Museum in east Phoenix, and it all started as a gimmick that a local businessman cooked up to draw racing fans into his stores.
Coyote goalie's mask a canvas for Canadian artist
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GLENDALE - Every hockey goaltender must wear a protective mask, but the masks often do more than protect the goalie from slap shots flying toward the net at more than 100 mph.
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TEMPE – After beating the Tampa Bay Buccaneers 40-7 on Sunday, the Arizona Cardinals certainly earned a day off.
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PHOENIX - A 368-mile round-trip car ride awaits Bruce Clark-Frye each week to get treatment at Phoenix Children's Hospital – the place his parents say is their best hope for their child to one day be cancer-free.
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The presence of international players in the NBA has boomed since the original USA Basketball "Dream Team" won a gold medal in the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona. At the start of last season there were 100 foreign-born players in the NBA, representing 37 countries, according to the league.
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PHOENIX - Grand Canyon University has invested millions of dollars in transitioning its athletic programs to NCAA Division I.
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Digital guy David Skok to leave the Boston Globe
On July 7, 2016 July 8, 2016 By Dan KennedyIn Media
David Skok. Photo via the Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy.
Big news from the Boston Globe: chief digital guy David Skok is leaving later this year. I'm trying to do this on my phone. So, for now, the memo from editor Brian McGrory will have to suffice.
Friday update: Skok's departure is especially significant given that the Globe is in the midst of a major reinvention effort as well as another round of downsizing. Skok is a huge part of solving a big problem for the Globe: although it has made strides in becoming a round-the-clock digital news organization, as McGrory notes below, most of its readers continue to view the print edition as the main event. That's true at newspapers generally—even the Washington Post, perhaps the most digitally focused newspaper in the country.
No one is irreplaceable, but it's not going to be easy for the Globe to find someone as knowledgeable and respected as Skok.
Here is the Nieman article co-authored by Clayton Christensen, Skok, and James Allworth that McGrory mentions below. And here is a talk Skok gave at Harvard's Shorenstein Center in April 2015.
McGrory's message to the newsroom follows.
When I journeyed to Toronto one summer day three years ago to meet David Skok, I brought with me no small number of demands. The Globe had a new and beautiful website, but we needed far more traffic to make it matter. The newsroom had many digital ambitions, but lacked someone to point us in the right directions. We could hear the music, but were slow to pick up the rhythm. Basically, we needed to find the most capable and disciplined digital journalist in the industry to guide us toward an entirely better place.
David's work launching a confederation of news sites that spanned Canada was widely lauded, and his paper on disruption, co-authored with Clay Christensen during his Nieman fellowship, served as something of an instruction manual for many in the business. In a part of the industry filled with hucksters spouting jargon, it was immediately apparent to me over dinner that David stood far apart. He very much belonged at the Globe.
The rest has been nothing short of transformational. In the two-and-a-half years since David arrived on Morrissey Boulevard, globe.com readership and revenues have soared. Last year was a record year for traffic, and this year we're already up by nearly 20 percent. We now have a fresher, bolder, more relevant, and increasingly provocative site filled with a heady mix of digital-first journalism that captures the moment and deeper enterprise presented in ways that are geared toward the web. Our social and video teams are producing visual and social journalism that rivals many digital native news sites. Most important of all, this entire room has arrived at an understanding of what it means to be a digital-first operation and why it's vital to our future. It's often easy to lose sight of how far we've come as we focus on how much work is left to do.
I've buried the lede here, certainly because the next line pains me so to write, but here goes: David has decided to leave the Globe. He's seeking his next professional challenge, which he very much hopes will lead him back to Canada. I've asked him to continue to lend his insights to our vital reinvention initiative, and he has agreed. We're both thinking of a departure around the end of the year, give or take.
David's legacy here can be distilled rather easily. While self-proclaimed digital gurus are always chasing the newest new thing – More video! A landing page for newsletters! – David takes a distinctly different approach. He constantly and consistently preaches quality – quality story-telling, quality editing, quality decision-making. He wags his finger at anyone seduced by the siren song of page views – "Vanity metrics," he calls them – and recites from memory what specific stories led to the most subscriptions. The reason behind this is very simple: David is a journalist first, a digital visionary second.
More recently, he has taken his managerial skills outside of the newsroom, imposing a rare sense of order in our digital efforts building-wide. He has had no problem whatsoever holding demanding department heads at bay because of precious resources, while holding his own team accountable for its time.
One other note that probably shouldn't come this far in: David is a world-class colleague, smart, humane, funny in his own Canadian way, and a person of some of the highest integrity I've ever seen. Add to that the fact that he quite simply never lets up on himself.
There's no need to say goodbye to David just yet; as I said, that won't occur until later in the year. But David wanted to give me, and us, plenty of notice. The front office will make announcements imminently on who will take over the digital operations in other parts of the building, and I'll begin putting together a plan for the newsroom. It could involve a specific person, a different structure, or some combination of the two. Please stay tuned.
Perhaps the greatest tribute to David's work is the extraordinary digital team that he's assembled over the past couple of years, so infused with authority and confidence that it will prosper long after he is gone. We are on the verge of even greater things, and that doesn't change at all.
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Hey all, anyone have luck using ADrums with fruity loops, particularly their built-in FPC drumming plugin? It works fine except the hi hat. I've tried mapping the midi for better control but it has a lot of glitches and doesn't seem to read the pedal at all. This is could be a limitation of the plugin itself.
Also, any other plugins (preferably free) that you all use with your DAWs? I'm on windows 7 / 64.
We haven't tried Aerodrums with Fruity Loops yet but it will probably interest you to know that we're working on some big improvements to our hi-hat logic which we will release in the next software update. The main issue with the current version is that it sends superfluous hi-hat pedal close notes which results in the hi-hat being choked when it shouldn't be.
When I use Aerodrums with built in sounds on Wasapi mode, everything works fine. I tried Aerodrums with Fruity Loops via midi (LoopBe1). It works, but I could not get a good enough latency (I use Asio4all). Would I get better results with an external USB soundcard (ex. PreSonus or m-audio) ? Any other suggestion ?
Hello, did you try lowering Asio4All's audio buffer size? (You can access the setting by clicking on Asio4All's icon (green play button) in Window's task bar notification area (bottom right)).
I didn't have to. I reconnected everything and it works fine now. Computers are mysterious sometimes. Thank you anyway.
All I need now is to figure out the correct hi-hat mapping, a subject already mentioned in this discussion.


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A preview of Ashes 2021-22, with official coverage starting at 11PM UK time.
Official coverage of the 2021-22 Ashes series gets underway at 11PM tonight UK time, on five live sports extra for radio fans like me and on BT Sports for TV fans. The preliminaries have been turbulent for both sides, though at least England's woes have largely been weather related (no on-field preparation time due to ridiculous amounts of rain), whereas for the second time in a few years an Australian test skipper has stepped down mired in scandal.
England welcome Ben Stokes back into the fold after a layoff for mental health reasons. Sensibly Pope, a massive talent and one seemingly well suited to Aussie pitches has been preferred for the number six slot to the perennially underachieving at test level Jonathan Bairstow (a magnificent ODI opener and a fine T20I number four, the two international roles he should now make his sole focus). The basic question left is between Woakes (for extra batting depth and arguably bowling variety), Broad (for maximum bowling firepower) and Leach (there is some talk of going without the spinner, but with Stokes back there is no excuse – three front line pacers plus Stokes as back up is plenty in that department). My own final 11 would be: Burns, Hameed, Malan, *Root, Stokes, Pope, +Buttler, Robinson, Wood, Broad, Leach but I would not unduly quarrel with Woakes being picked ahead of Broad.
Cynics would say that the loss of Tim Paine probably leaves Australia better equipped both batting and keeping wise than they were with him in post (Alex Carey makes his test debut as keeper-batter). Pat Cummins, who was Paine's vice captain takes over the captaincy for this series (it is not common for a specialist fast bowler to be given this role – the last for England was Bob Willis who held the reins from 1982 to early 1984, and the only one ever to perform the role for Australia was Ray Lindwall in the 1950s – he stepped in on the field due to an injury). Mysteriously, Steve Smith, who could surely never be trusted with the captaincy again, has been appointed vice captain. Australia have a tried and not very trusted at no5 in Travis Head, a newbie at no six in Cameron Green and a debutant keeper in Carey. They have an experienced pace trio of Cummins, Hazlewood and the express paced but sometimes erratic Starc, and the second best test off spinner currently playing the game (sorry Nathan Lyon, Ashwin is definitely ahead of you). Their batting has three proven stars in Warner, Labuschagne and Smith.
While neither could be described as top class both of England's openers, Burns and Hameed, have demonstrated an ability to bat time in test matches, and they provably gel well as a pair – three test century opening stands together already. Malan at number three is frankly a backward looking selection, but he may perform well. Obviously the skipper, batting in his regular number four slot, will be crucial to England's chances, and at least the Burns/Hameed combo should insure that he is not too often coming in with the ball still new and shiny. It is a huge relief to have Stokes back in action, and a good series for him could well swing things England's way. This is the series for Pope, who enjoys the type of pitches that Australia usually provides, to establish himself beyond question in England's middle order, and I am expecting big things from him. Buttler has a respectable test batting record, and though he is not the equal of Foakes as a keeper I can understand why England have opted for him. The bowling, even with Anderson rested due to a minor calf issue, looks impressive. Robinson has been a revelation since his elevation to the test match ranks, Wood is quick and performs well away from home, Leach pays less than 30 per wicket and takes only just short of four wickets per game in his career to date and could well be crucial in this series, Broad has previously had success at the Gabba, and Woakes if picked will probably perform well.
Australia are in some turmoil, with four of their top seven genuinely questionable, though their bowling unit is its usual formidable self. Also Cummins is new to captaincy and there are at least two major ways a bowling captain can err – they can bowl themselves into the ground in an effort to lead by example, and they can go the other way and not give themselves enough overs. Also captaincy can have an adverse effect on form – Ian Botham took 7-48 in his last bowling innings before becoming England captain and 6-95 in his first after resigning the role, but never managed a five-for as captain.
A further factor in the equation is that due to their quarantine policy Perth (where England have only ever won one match, under Brearley in 1978) is off the roster, and if the weather forecasts are correct the opener at the Gabba is highly likely to be drawn.
Thus, even though it is half a century since an England team regained The Ashes down under (three retentions in that period, in 1978-9, 1986-7 and 2010-11), I really believe that England have a genuine chance. Australia will start as favourites and rightly so, but if England get everything right the upset is a definite possibility.
My selected XI before the news about Anderson.
Author ThomasPosted on December 7, 2021 Categories Cricket, PhotographyTags Ashes 2021-22, Australia, Ben Stokes, cricket, England, Jack Leach, Ollie Pope, Ollie Robinson, Photography, The Ashes2 Comments on Ashes Ahoy
Stokes Out For Three Months
A look at ways for England to cope with the enforced absence of Ben Stokes, a look at the cricket that is happening today, an answer to the teaser in my last post and some photographs.
This post looks at how England might cope without Ben Stokes, who will definitely be missing the first test series of the home summer against New Zealand, though he may be able to turn out against India later in the summer. There are also brief mentions of today's cricket.
REPLACING STOKES
There is no such thing as a like for like replacement for Ben Stokes. The question is then whether you want five genuine bowling options or whether your primary concern is to deepen the batting. If you are worried about the batting then the logical approach based on current evidence is to play either Pope at five and Lawrence at six or vice versa, then rounding out the order with +Foakes, Woakes, one of Archer/Stone/Wood depending on form and fitness, Leach and one of Anderson/Broad depending on form and fitness. If you prefer five bowlers, then you pick one of Pope/ Lawrence to bat at five, gamble on +Foakes at six, have Woakes at seven and avoid a diplodocan tail by selecting one of Oliver Edward Robinson, Lewis Gregory or Craig Overton at eight, and then the 9/10/11 on the basis I have already explained. Two sample line ups using the different approaches are below:
Four Bowlers XI Five Bowlers XI
Dom Sibley Dom Sibley
Rory Burns Rory Burns
Zak Crawley Zak Crawley
*Joe Root *Joe Root
Ollie Pope Ollie Pope
Dan Lawrence +Ben Foakes
+Ben Foakes Chris Woakes
Chris Woakes Oliver E Robinson
Olly Stone Olly Stone
Jack Leach Jack Leach
James Anderson James Anderson
Sample England line ups (please read full post) – do you gamble on four bowlers being sufficient and aim for a strong batting line up, or do you insist on having five front line bowlers?
Feel free to comment on these ideas and make suggestions of your own.
TODAY'S CRICKET
It is day two of the second round of County Championship fixtures. Mohammad Abbas has obliterated the top half of the Middlesex batting order (at low water mark, facing a tally of just over 300 they were 14-5, Abbas 5-3) down at the Rose Bowl. In the game I am principally focussed on, the west country derby at Taunton, Gloucestershire are 113-3 in reply to Somerset's 312, with Tom Lace the most recent casualty, to an entirely self inflicted dismissal. In South Africa the home side are going nicely in their T20I vs Pakistan, 64-1 after seven overs, while the IPL action for the day starts in just under an hour, and the question is will the mere kings (Punjab Kings) be able to get the better of the super kings (Chennai Super Kings)?
SOLUTION TO TEASER
In my previous post I set a teaser from brilliant.org. I now provide the answer.
The selection of these multiple choice options left a hack just waiting to be exploited, though as far as I am aware I am the only solver who actually admitted to having done so. The total area of the circle is 36pi, which is just over 113 units. No way are either 24 or 36 big enough to be the largest possible, while 144 is larger than the total available area and therefore clearly impossible. This leaves 72 as the only possible answer, and sure enough, it is the correct answer. Had one their largest available answer been 84 or 96 this hack would not have been available (note that 108 is too close to the total available area to be a really convincing alternative) and I would have had to actually work out a proper solution. I now share with you an authentic solution, published by David Vreken:
Author ThomasPosted on April 16, 2021 Categories Cricket, Mathematics, PhotographyTags Ben Stokes, County Championship, County Cricket, cricket, IPL, Jack Leach, Mathematics, Photography, T2oI, Test CricketLeave a comment on Stokes Out For Three Months
India v England ODI Series Goes To Decider On Sunday
A brief account of today's second #INDvENG ODI, telling the story of a remarkable chase.
This post is an account of the match that has just finished in Pune.
Morgan and Billings were both injured, being replaced by Dawid Malan and Liam Livingstone, while Reece Topley came in for Mark Wood, leaving England without an out and out speedster. For India Shreyas Iyer was injured and Rishabh Pant was selected in his place. Stand in skipper Jos Buttler won the toss and decided that England would bowl, which at the time looked questionable.
THE INDIAN INNINGS
India started steadily, and built through the middle overs. Rashid Khan and Moeen Ali both bowled reasonably well but neither looked like getting wickets, and after 40 overs India were 210-3. Then, as in match one, England had a horror show in the final ten overs, as the Indian score mushroomed to 336-6. Though he picked up a couple of wickets among the mayhem Tom Curran has surely bowled his last for England. Moeen Ali was economical, but never looked like taking a wicket. India's total looked formidable.
ENGLAND'S CHASE
Roy and Bairstow got England away to a strong start, but when Roy was out the game was far from settled either way. Ben Stokes came in at no3, and reached 50 from 40 balls, though he was a trifle fortunate to be given the benefit of the doubt on a very close run out caused by the fact that he had failed to realize the danger and was jogging rather than running full pelt. Having got himself a start Stokes proceeded to go absolutely berserk, blasting 49 from his next 11 balls before edging one behind to miss out on a century by the narrowest of margins. Bairstow and Buttler fell in quick succession, but England were so far ahead of the rate that even losing three wickets so quickly was barely a set back. Some solid blows from debutant Liam Livingstone and Dawid Malan took England home, Malan enjoying one moment of good fortune when an edged shot flew through third man for four – had India posted anyone in the slip area they would probably have been in business. I will draw a veil over the Indian bowling figures, none of which their owners would wish to be publicised. Hardik Pandya, supposed tn be an all rounder, was not called upon to bowl while his team mates took horrendous punishment. England had 6.3 overs as well as six wickets to spare when they completed the task and levelled the series.
England need to find a way of not being destroyed in the final ten overs – it has happened in both matches this series, though they made up for it today with the bat. They also have a virtual obligation to select leg spinner Matt Parkinson for the final game, given that he has been in bio-secure bubbles since January and played no cricket. India have a quandary in the spin bowling department – Kuldeep Yadav and Krunal Pandya were both slaughtered today. Also there are questions about their batting in the first 40 overs – it is not great to be reliant on a massive burst in the final 10, especially when it is not guaranteed that said burst will be enough: they scored 126 in overs 41-50 inclusive today and England made the chase look like an absolute cake walk. Sunday's grand finale starts at 9:00AM UK time (an hour later than the first two games because British Summer Time kicks in overnight between Saturday and Sunday, with 12:59AM becoming 2:00AM as the clocks move forward an hour).
Author ThomasPosted on March 26, 2021 Categories Cricket, PhotographyTags #INDvENG, Adil Rashid, Ben Stokes, cricket, Dawid Malan, Jonny Bairstow, Liam Livingstone, Moeen Ali, ODIs, Photography4 Comments on India v England ODI Series Goes To Decider On Sunday
T20I Series in India Goes to a Decider
An account of today's #INDvENG T20I cricket match and a solution to yesterday's mathematical teaser, plus some photographs.
This post looks at an extraordinary game of cricket that has just taken place in India. I also provide a solution to the mathematical conundrum from brilliant.org that I posed yesterday and of course a few photographs.
England were unchanged, India had two changes. Ishan Kishan had a minor injury and was replaced by Suryakumar Yadav. Yuzvendra Chahal was dropped and replaced by another leg spinner, Rahul Chahar. Eoin Morgan won the toss and chose to bowl.
Neither of India's openers were massively convincing, and Kohli at no 4 also failed with the bat. However, Suryakumar Yadav played a quite magnificent innings, at one stage threatening to record a century, and Rishabh Pant also played very nicely. India put up 185-8 in the end, a total that looked defensible but not unassailable. Jofra Archer took four wickets, Mark Wood was also impressive, but Adil Rashid had an off day for once, and Jordan, Stokes and Curran were all unimpressive as well.
THE ENGLAND RESPONSE
Buttler failed, Malan got a bit of a start but did not go on, Roy reached 40 for the third time of the series and for the third time of the series got out with a seriously big score apparently beckoning. Bairstow and Stokes batted well together before Bairstow was out, and then it looked like Stokes and Morgan were taking England close. However, both fell to Thakur in consecutive deliveries at the start of the 18th. Curran and Jordan played decently for the rest of that over, but then Curran fell in the 19th. A four off the last ball of the 19th by Archer reduced the requirement to 23 off the final over. Thakur, who had put India in command with his bowling at the start of the 18th now lost his bearings and at one point the ask was down to ten off three balls, but then he regathered his nerve, and India emerged victorious by eight runs, setting up a final game decider on Saturday. Although the standard of play was high an both sides it is not really acceptable for 40 overs of cricket to occupy four and a quarter hours of playing time as happened today.
SOLUTION TO A TEASER
Yesterday I set you the following:
In total there are 512 small cubes in the structure. Of these 216 (6x6x6) are purely internal and therefore unpainted, eight are corner cubes and painted on three faces, which leaves 288 cubes painted on either one or two faces. The cubes painted on one face are those in the centre of each visible face, which number 36 on each face = 216 in total. This leaves 72 cubes painted on two faces, and 216 – 72 = 144. For a cube with side length n, there will eight corner pieces, (n-2) ^ 3 centre pieces that are thus unpainted, 6 ((n-2)^2) pieces that are painted on one face only and 12 (n-2) pieces that are painted on exactly two faces. Though these equations only start to work once n is greater than 2 – a 2 x 2 x 2 cube has eight blocks each of which are painted on three faces.
Author ThomasPosted on March 18, 2021 Categories Cricket, Mathematics, PhotographyTags #INDvENG, Ben Stokes, cricket, Eoin Morgan, Mathematics, Photography, Rishabh Pant, Shardul Thakur, Suryakumar Yadav, T20I2 Comments on T20I Series in India Goes to a Decider
India's Day In Ahmedabad
A look at the events in day 1 of the fourth and final test of the India v England series.
The fourth and final test of the India v England series started at 4:00AM this morning UK time, at Ahmedabad. This post looks at a day that may very well have booked India their place at Lord's for the World Test Championship Final.
England sprang a major surprise by naming what amounted to eight batters and three bowlers: Sibley, Crawley, Bairstow, *Root, Stokes, Pope, Lawrence, +Foakes, Bess, Leach and Anderson. I do not believe that Bairstow has a place in test squad, let alone the XI, and relying on three frontline bowlers plus bits and pieces is a massive gamble. Australia tried this strategy at The Oval in 1938 and were on the wrong end of what remains the worst defeat in test history, the margin an innings and 579 runs (England 903-7 declared, Australia 201 and 123, with two batters, Fingleton and Bradman injured during the long England innings and unable to bat). India meanwhile made only one change, Mohammad Siraj coming in for Jasprit Bumrah. England had selected themselves a team that meant they virtually had to win the toss to have a chance. They did so and chose, correctly, to bat first…
THE PLAY
It is never the case that winning the toss means winning the match – you have to make the right decision which England did, and you have to play good cricket, and that is where England slipped up. There was early life for the pacers, but it was the arrival in the attack of Axar Patel, left arm orthodox spin, which started England on their downward spiral. Sibley, obviously spooked by events of the previous two tests, was so anxious to cover possible turn that he was not in the right position to play one that went straight on, and his stumps were rattled. Crawley having hit one four early in an over attacked again a couple of balls later and holed out on this latter occasion. Root got a good ball from Siraj and was trapped LBW and that was 30-3. For a time Bairstow and Stokes went well, but then Bairstow got in a mess against Siraj and was LBW for 28 (he had enjoyed some good fortune along the way too, including a boundary from a shot that had there been a second slip would have been catching practice for them). Pope dug in in support of Stokes, but just after completing a fine 50 Stokes lost a bit of concentration and allowed a ball from Sundar to cannon into his pads. Lawrence then joined Pope and they seemed to be recovering things once again before Pope was unluckily dismissed when he played a ball into his pad from whence it looped up to forward short leg. Foakes was out cheaply. Then, just as a 50 seemed on for him, Lawrence departed for 46, and almost immediately Bess followed to make it 189-9. Leach and Anderson at least saved England the embarrassment of a sixth successive sub-200 total, pushing the score up to 205 before the end came. Patel, who currently has the best bowling average of anyone to take over 20 test wickets (he is on about 10.5 per wicket, with Lohmann, a 19th century great who took 112 wickets in 18 test matches, on 10.75), had 4-68, while there were three scalps for Ashwin and two for Siraj.
Anderson got Gill in the first over of the reply, but that was the limit of England's success for the day, Rohit Sharma and Cheteshwar Pujara reaching the close with their side 24-1, 181 adrift. England bowled far better than they had batted but remain well behind the eight ball. This was the best cricket pitch of the series by some way, with players of all types firmly in the game and although one should not generally make judgements until both sides have batted once the instinctive feeling, with few balls doing anything mischievous, is that England fell in the region of 100 short of a decent total. Axar Patel now has 22 wickets in five test innings.
I would say that the ordering of results by likelihood after this day of play is as follows: India Win – defo odds on, England win – substantial odds against but not absolutely out of the question, Tie – now only the third least likely of the four results, though as always long odds against, Draw – not happening.
Author ThomasPosted on March 4, 2021 Categories Cricket, PhotographyTags #INDvENG, Axar Patel, Ben Stokes, cricket, Dan Lawrence, Dom Sibley, James Anderson, Photography, Test Cricket, Zak Crawley1 Comment on India's Day In Ahmedabad
Quintuple Nelson, No Balls and Dropped Dollies
This is my account of the second day of the test match in Chennai, though I start by congratulation Sixers on their triumph in the Big Bash League – they won very comfortably over Scorchers in the final, with Vince scoring 95. About the only thing they could have done better was to have given the final over to Vince with occasional medium pace, in view of the fact that they had 30 to defend and AJ Tye was one of the batters in for the Scorchers.
ENGLAND IN CONTROL
England started the day on 263-3, Root 128 not out and Stokes coming in as the new batter after the loss of Sibley. Stokes and Root were still in occupation at lunch and the score had moved past 350, with Stokes starting to score rapidly. Stokes fell for 82 to make it 387-4, Pope was in next and contributed 34, his dismissal making it 473-5. Four runs after that Root finally fell for a magnificent 218, the highest score ever by a visiting batter at this venue, beating the 210 Dean Jones made in the first innings of the second ever tied test in 1986. Two of the other three doubles by overseas batters at this ground came in a single innings during the 1984-5 tour when Gatting and Fowler scored 207 and 201. Buttler was never at his most convincing, and he and Archer fell in successive balls to Ishant Sharma making it 525-8, with Leach walking out to join his Somerset colleague Bess. A ninth wicket should have fallen when Bess hit one straight to Rohit Sharma, but India's opener was obviously already thinking about batting and dropped an absolute dolly of a catch. By the close England had reached 555-8, with Bess unbeaten on 28, and Leach on 6, which included a straight driven four. Ominously for India after almost two whole days of looking like an absolute road the pitch started offering turn and bounce just before the end of day two, something that Bess and Leach will have noted.
For India Jasprit Bumrah looked formidable at all times, Ishant Sharma bowled economically and his two wickets were just reward for his efforts, Ashwin commanded respect most of the time, but the two younger spinners, Washington Sundar and Shahbaz Nadeem, both looked inadequate. Also in picking Sundar and Nadeem alongside Ashwin and overlooking Kuldeep Yadav India had left themselves with three very orthodox finger spinners. Yadav would have posed more of a challenge to England.
India were guilty of frequent no-balling, erring 19 times in total in this regard. In this match the the third umpire has been given sole responsibility for calling no-balls, and each such call was indicated by the sounding of a klaxon. Kohli was also at fault for his use of DRS – India lost all three of their of reviews in a fairly short period of time, and two were burned up in a manner that would have had Tim Paine blushing. The third (actually chronologically the second) was less outrageous, but DRS is supposed to be for the obvious mistake, not for use in an attempt to swing a close one your way, and the ball was clearly going over the top of the stumps. Having followed the series in Australia closely and heard almost every ball of this England innings thus far I am going to risk bringing down a tide of wrath on my head by saying that Rahane is a far superior skipper to Kohli, and that he should have that job, while Kohli plays purely as a batter. After these reviews had been burned a few close calls went against India, but they had only themselves to blame for the fact that they could not send them upstairs.
England will bat on tomorrow – their approach has made it clear that they are hoping to bat just the once in this game, unless the face either a) a tiny chase in the fourth innings or b)circumstances indicate they would be best served by having a lash for 20 to 30 overs before putting India back in for the fourth innings. An example of situation b could arise if England make say 580 in total, India are all out for a total in the upper 300s, either just avoiding the follow on or being close enough to doing so that it makes sense to rest the bowlers, somewhere around halfway through day four, and England look to score as many as they can be midway through the evening session and then get India back in. It would therefore make little sense to declare at this point – when Buttler and Archer fell in successive balls there would have been a case for a declaration to give a tired Indian side a brief mini-session to negotiate today. Ishant Sharma is on 299 test wickets, while Root moved past Alec Stewart to third on the all time list of England test run scorers, and you have to go down the list to Hanmond, 7,249 at 58.45 to find someone with a higher average. Hammond also features in another context here – the last England batter to score 150+ in an innings of each of three straight test matches was Hammond in 1928, when he scored 251 in the first innings at Sydney, 200 in the first innings of the next match at Melbourne and 119 not out and 177 in the fourth match at Adelaide. Gooch on 8,900 is next in Root's sights and he may well get there this series the way he is going. Cook, on 12,472 is further in the distance, but I am now firmly expecting Root to get there before he is done. England need to win this series by two clear matches to make the final of the World Test Championship, while a series win of any sort will put India into the final, and the results not covered in the foregoing will see Australia face New Zealand in that final (the black caps are already booked in thanks to Australia's very late cancellation of their trip to South Africa).
For the moment, England have done a fine job over these two days, but even with the pitch apparently starting to offer more to the bowlers taking 20 wickets will not be an easy task.
A combination of the cricket and solidly grey skies mean that I have few new bird pics, so I got one of my favourite old railway maps out to augment the gallery…
Author ThomasPosted on February 6, 2021 Categories Cricket, PhotographyTags Ben Stokes, cricket, Dom Bess, England, India, Jack Leach, Joe Root, Ollie Pope, Photography, Test Cricket2 Comments on Quintuple Nelson, No Balls and Dropped Dollies
Seriously Strange Selections
A look at the selections and the early stages of the third test match between England and the West Indies at Old Trafford.
The third test match is under way at Old Trafford. If England win they regain the Wisden Trophy, any other result and the West Indies retain it. Future series between these sides will be contested for the Botham-Richards Trophy, named after two legends of the game and close friends, although Beefy's record against the West Indies does not really justify his name being on this trophy.
Ben Stokes is fit enough to play but will not be able to bowl, which led to England opting for five front line bowlers. Less defensibly given those circumstances they also opted to persevere with the inadequate Jos Buttler, who will bat at six and keep wicket. Zak Crawley misses out, meaning that England have gone in with Sibley, Burns, *Root, Stokes, Pope, Buttler, Woakes, Bess, Archer, Broad, Anderson. I think that to go with five bowlers they should have given the gloves to Pope, keeping Crawley in at no3 and dropping Buttler. I would also have preferred Curran over Woakes for the extra variation offered by his left arm.
THE WEST INDIES
Rahkeem Cornwall plays, certainly the heaviest top level cricketer since Warwick Armstrong, and possibly the heaviest since the mighty Alfred Mynn who was in his pomp in the 1840s. Surprisingly Alzarri Joseph rather than the obviously exhausted Shannon Gabriel was the player to miss out. It is no great surprise that West Indies have opted for extra batting strength in the circumstances.
THE PLAY SO FAR
The West Indies won the toss, an in spite of having picked the extra spinner in Cornwall and a weather forecast that suggests that only today of the first four days will be uninterrupted, both of which argue strongly for batting they have decided to bowl first, the selfsame decision that backfired badly on them on the second match of this series.
Dom Sibley was out early, for a duck. Burns and Root batted reasonably well together until Burns unaccountably given the circumstances took a sharp single and a direct hit ran Root out to make it 47-2. That brought Stokes to the crease far too early for comfort, although the West Indies had already had a warning that their choice of which fast bowler to leave out for Cornwall had been wrong when Gabriel limped from the field. With the score at 92 Stokes was bowled by Kemar Roach, the latter's 199th test wicket (the last West Indian fast bowler to reach 200 was the legendary Curtly Ambrose), bringing Pope to the wicket. So far Pope is looking very impressive, and England need a big score from him. With Burns and Pope together, the biggest all Surrey partnership at test level stands to the credit of Ken Barrington and John Edrich who once shared a second wicket stand of 369 against New Zealand. Burns has just completed his 50, which he should regard as establishing base camp – the main ascent for him begins here.
THE OFF SPINNING RIVALRY
A curio of this match is that the West Indies have a player named Cornwall as their principal off spinner, and his opposite number for England, Dom Bess, was born in Devon. Which side of the Tamar will prevail?
LINKS AND PHOTOGRAPHS
We start with the solution to yesterday's teaser:
Powers of two have last digit 2,4,8,6 and then back to 2 and so on ad infinitum. 1,000 being a multiple of four 2^1000 thus has a final digit of 6, which in turn means that 2^1001 ends with a 2.
A video from Richard Murphy of Tax Research UK answering the 'how are you going to pay for it?' question:
Please watch the video in full – it is five and a half minutes.
Now for my usual sign off…
Author ThomasPosted on July 24, 2020 Categories Cricket, Mathematics, PhotographyTags Ben Stokes, cricket, Dom Sibley, Joe Root, Mathematics, Old Trafford, Photography, Rahkeem Cornwall, Rory Burns, Test CricketLeave a comment on Seriously Strange Selections
England's Triumph At Old Trafford
An account of the test match that finished yesterday evening with a victory for England, a look forward to the decider which starts on Friday, some links and some photographs.
This post looks back at the test match that concluded yesterday evening in Manchester and forward to the one that starts at the same ground on Friday morning.
THE TALE OF THE TAPE
Thursday morning at Old Trafford was grey and rainy, and so play got underway late. England were deprived of Archer due to that player's misconduct in between the Ageas Bowl and Old Trafford, had already decided to rest Wood and Anderson, while Crawley was correctly retained with Joe Denly losing his place, presumably permanently. Thus England's line up read: Sibley, Burns, Crawley, *Root, Stokes, Pope, +Buttler, Woakes, Curran, Bess, Broad. This was a very strong batting line up, but there was no genuine pace in the bowling attack, with the possible exception of Stokes. The West Indies were unchanged.
Jason Holder won the toss for the West Indies and immediately made the first mistake of the match when he allowed himself to be influenced by the overhead conditions and chose to bowl first on a very flat looking pitch. At first things did not look too bad for the West Indies as Burns and Crawley fell cheaply, and even when Root was third out the score had only reached 81. At this point Ben Stokes got into the action, and was scarcely to be out of ti again for the rest of the match. Sibley was looking secure at one end, and now Stokes displayed considerable resolve and patience to stay with him. By the end of the first day the fourth wicket pair were still in occupation and the score was 207-3, and the decision to bowl first stood revealed as a ghastly howler on Holder's part. On the second day Stokes and Sibley consolidated their position, with Sibley reaching his second test century just before lunch, and Stokes completing his tenth such score just afterwards. Finally, with the score at 341 Sibley fell for 120, having also completed a century of a much rarer kind – 100 balls left alone in the course of a single innings. GThe stand of 260 was the second highest ever for any wicket at Old Trafford, though some way short of England's all time fourth wicket record stand, the 411 put on by Peter May and Colin Cowdrey versus the West Indies at Edgbaston in 1957. Pope fell cheaply, bringing Buttler to the crease at 352-5, and with an opportunity, undeserved in many opnions including mine, to cash in on tired bowlers. Ben Stokes was finally dislodged for 176, his second highest test score, with the score at 395, Woakes fell first ball which brought Curran to the crease. At 426 Buttler who had made a less than impressive (given the ultra favourable circumstances) 40 was caught off the bowling of Holder. One run later Curran was out. Dom Bess, in company with Stuart Broad, played a useful cameo reaching 31 not out before Root declared with the score at 469-9. John Campbell was out in the mini-session of batting the West Indies had before day 2 closed, Alzarri Joseph was sent in as nightwatchman and took them through to the close, at which point they were 32-1. Day three was washed out, a big dent to England's hopes. In the middle of the fourth afternoon the West Indies were 235-4 and the draw was a strong favourite. Then that man Stokes intervened again, bowling a hostile spell in which he accounted for the obdurate Kraigg Brathwaite and destabilized the West Indies innings. Stuart Broad then bowled a magnificent spell with the second new ball before Woakes took a couple of late wickets, and the West Indies were all out for 287, giving England a lead of 182. With quick runs needed England sent in Buttler and Stokes. Buttler proceeded to be bowled for a third-ball duck, a dismissal which really should end his test career (he is a magnificent limited overs player but has never been anything special in long form cricket), which brought Zak Crawley to the wicket. Crawley made 11 before he too fell, and England closed the 4th day on 37-2, with Stokes and Root in occupation. England, as they had to in the circumstances, needing a win to keep both the Wisden trophy and their slender hopes of the World Test Championship alive, went on the all out attack on the final morning, blazing 91 off 11 overs before declaring at 129-3, with Stokes 78 not out and Pope 12 not out off seven balls. This left the West Indies needing 312 to win and with 85 overs to get them.
Broad bowled superbly with the new ball, and the West Indies rapidly plunged to 37-4. Blackwood and Brooks then put on exactly 100 together before that man Stokes broke the partnership, dismissing Blackwood for 55. Woakes then cleaned up Dowrich for a duck, bringing skipper Holder in to join Brooks. Holder and Brooks took the score to 161 before Curran pinned Brooks LBW, which went to review where it came up as umpires call, the third time a West Indian had suffered that fate in the innings. Holder and Roach offered some resistance before Bess made the crucial breakthrough, bowling Holder for 35, to make at 183-8, and leave three tailenders tasked with holding out for more than 20 overs to save the game. Alzarri Joseph scored nine, was then caught by Bess of the bowling of Stokes to make it 192-9. I had an evening engagement and was not able to catch the fall of the final wicket, that of Kemar Roach, caught by Pope off the bowling of Bess. England took that wicket just after umpire Richard Illingworth had signalled the start of the last 15 overs of the game and had won by 113 runs, meaning that the third match of this series will be a 'winner takes all' battle.
STOKES THE COLOSSUS
Stokes' performance in this match saw him displace Jason Holder at the top of the test match all rounders rankings, and it also saw him rise to no3 in the world batting rankings behind Virat Kohli and 'sandpaper' Steve Smith. Stokes' participation in this match was as follows: 176 off 356 balls spread over 487 minutes at the crease in the first innings, 1-29 off 13 overs in the second, with that wicket coming in the spell that destabilized the West Indies innings, 78 not out off 57 balls to set up the declaration in the third innings and 14.4 overs for figures of 2-30 (he was unable to complete his final over, the last two balls of it being bowled by Joe Root). At Lord's in 1952 Mulvantrai Himmatlal 'Vinoo' Mankad scored 72 in the first innings, bowled a marathon stint of 73 overs in the England reply, scored 184 in the third innings and bowled a further 24 overs in the second England innings, this all round effort all coming to nought as his side were beaten anyway. In first class cricket there are George Hirst's spectacular dominance over Somerset in 1906 – 111, 117 not out, six first innings wicket and five second innings wickets, George Giffen's 271 not out, 7-70 and 9-98 for South Australia versus Victoria, while in 1874 WG Grace had a spell of sustained brilliance in which he combined centuries with ten wicket match hauls five times in the space of six matches. At club level there is the feat of Dr M E Pavri, an Indian all rounder who apparently bowled at a lively pace (he toured England in the 1880s, long before his country were promoted to test status, and there is a story of him sending a stump nine yards backwards in a match at Norwich), and who decided on one occasion that teammates were unnecessary, taking on an XI all on his own. In that game he batted first, scored 52 not out before deciding that he had enough runs to serve his purposes, and then without fielders to aid him dismissed the opposing XI for 38 to win the match.
ENGLAND PLAYER RATINGS
Dom Sibley – 9 – a magnificent display of concentration in his only innings, though he was reprieved when Jason Holder dropped a fairly regulation chance, so it was not an absolutely blemish free effort.
Rory Burns – 3 – a failure with the bat, nothing notably good or bad in the field.
Zak Crawley – 4 – a first baller in the first innings, and also failed in the second innings thrash for runs, managing 11 off 15 balls, which does at least represent a half decent scoring rate.
*Joe Root – 6 – two scores in the twenties, though in the second innings he was good foil to Stokes while the latter was lashing out. He was possibly a little conservative in the matter of the second innings declaration, but overall he captained well.
Ben Stokes – 10 – he batted England into a commanding position with his first innings effort, his bowling intervention in the first West Indies innings was crucial in reopening the possibility of an England win, his second innings batting effort in altogether different circumstances was precisely what the team needed, and he again made the crucial breakthrough in the final innings when he broke the Brooks/Blackwood partnership. I reckon even Craig Revel-Horwood would have rated this performance a 10.
Ollie Pope – 5 – failed in the first innings, 12 not out off 7 balls in the second to help England to the declaration and he performed the last action of the game, taking the catch that dismissed Kemar Roach.
+Jos Buttler – 3 – his first innings 40 was unimpressive given the circumstances, he responded to being given the opportunity to open the innings and bat in his best T20 fashion with a third ball duck, and although he held on to three catches in the match this must be the end of the road for Buttler the test cricketer.
Chris Woakes – 6.5 – failed with the bat in his only innings, but bowled well in both innings, reminding everyone that he is always difficult to play in English conditions.
Sam Curran – 6 – only 17 with the bat, but bowled quite well. It was with his dismissal of Brooks in the second innings to make it 161-7 that moved victory from possible to probable.
Dom Bess – 6.5 – his 31 not out in the first innings was a useful knock, he was economical though not penetrative in the first West Indies innings, and it was his delivery to bowl Jason Holder that effectively sealed the destiny of this match, while he completed a trio of late interventions by then catching Alzarri Joseph and finally picking up the wicket of Roach to complete the victory.
Stuart Broad – 8.5 – he bowled a magnificent spell with the second new ball in the West Indies first innings to ensure that England would have a substantial advantage and bowled another fine spell with the new ball in the West Indies second innings which left them in tatters at 37-4.
LOOKING FORWARD TO FRIDAY
It is possible that England will want to play two spinners in the decider, and they could also maintain their rotation policy with Broad and Anderson, although I suspect that even in King's Lynn I will not need the assistance of a radio to hear Mr Broad's response should be told that he is being rested for the decider, and there is also the question of whether to play Archer in the decider. Of the three specialist batters who failed in this match two, Burns and Pope already have test hundreds, and it seems likely that the third, Crawley, will be joining them sooner rather than later, so I am not unduly worried about them. Buttler, just to re-emphasize the point has to go. Thus I offer up three potential line ups, two of which have permutations:
The first line up brings in Archer for his extra pace but sticks to one spinner and a choice between Broad and Anderson. The second line up accommodates two spinners but runs the risk of having Stokes as third seamer. The third line up is gamblers line up, entails Pope as keeper, a job he has done in test cricket, and five regular bowlers, with Stokes as back up. If England do decide to go with two spinners that would be my preferred option, although the second line up does at least have variety going for it – right arm fast (Archer), left arm medium fast (Curran), off spin and left arm orthodox spin plus x-factor Stokes. England need a win to regain the Wisden trophy and retain an interest in the World Test Championship, while the West Indies have not won a series in England since 1988, and so although a draw would see them retain the Wisden trophy it would not be a great result for them. So far this has been a splendid series, with England bouncing back well after the loss in Southampton.
TYING THINGS TOGETHER
The full scorecard for this fine match can be viewed here, courtesy of cricinfo. My other posts about this match are:
For a different view, here is the fulltoss blog's account.
I have a varied trio of links to share today:
First, from Gwent in south Wales, news of a pair of bitterns breeding, a first for 200 years in that part of the world, courtesy of birdguides,com.
Richard Murphy of Tax Research UK takes the FT to task for offering up an 'economically incompetent view of tax'.
Thirdly a teaser from brilliant, which is an absolute cinch if you spot how to solve it and basically impossible if you do not:
And now it is time for my usual sign off…
Author ThomasPosted on July 21, 2020 Categories Cricket, Mathematics, Nature, Nature Photography, PhotographyTags Ben Stokes, cricket, Dom Sibley, Mathematics, Nature, Nature Photography, Photography, Test Cricket, Vinoo Mankad, WG GraceLeave a comment on England's Triumph At Old Trafford
England Dominant At Old Trafford
A look at the extraordinary developments in the test match at Old Trafford, a suggestion of a tweak to DRS regulations and some photographs.
The second test match between England and the West Indies at Old Trafford is now approaching its climax. In yesterday's post I outlined various scenarios that could lead to an England victory (see also Saturday's post), though I acknowledged that it seemed unlikely. Now I take the story on.
SECOND HALF OF DAY FOUR – ENGLAND KEEP THEIR HOPES ALIVE
When the West Indies were 235-4 the draw would have been the heavy favourite with the bookies, with time seemingly set to run out on England. A spell by Ben Stokes of 11 overs, in which 57 of the 66 deliveries he bowled were bouncers softened the West Indies up, and then Broad, Woakes and Curran used the second new ball with devastating effect, and suddenly the West Indies were all out for 287 and England led by 182. With quick runs for a declaration the order of the day Stokes and Buttler were sent in to open the England second innings. Buttler was castled for a duck, putting his test future in jeopardy, Zak Crawley came in at three, and was out for 12 with five overs remaining in the day. Root came in at four, and he and Stokes were still in possession at the close with England 37-2, 219 runs to the good. That left England needing to make things happen fast on the final day. 7
THE FINAL DAY SO FAR
England needed quick runs for a declaration, and many (including me) reckoned that they needed to score them in at maximum 11 overs, which would give them 85 at the West Indies, which crucially would allow the use of a second new ball to polish off the tail if required. Stokes was dropped early off an absolute sitter and the West Indies swallowed up some time by spectacularly burning off their three reviews on three of the most blatant not outs you could imagine. Ten overs into the day the England lead stood at 299, and a declaration would have made sense. However, England batted on for one more over, boosting their lead to 311 and giving themselves the anticipated 85 overs to bowl the West Indies out. Broad and Woakes bowled splendidly with the new ball, and the West Indies were three down by lunch, a wonderful morning for England. Since lunch Broad has added the wicket of Roston Chase, giving him three for the innings, while Woakes picked up the other, the wicket of Kraigg Brathwaite, the big sticker in this West Indies line up. The West Indies are now reeling at 42-4, needing a purely academic 270 more to win, while England need six wickets. So far this day has gone perfectly according to England's script, and from a draw being clear favourite mid afternoon yesterday it is now looking very like at an England win.
AN ADDITION TO THE DRS
Having seen the West Indies burning up their three reviews in the field this morning clearly as a device to soak up time I now think that a coda to current DRS regulations is required. This would be a 'vexatious review', whereby if the TV replay umpire from the evidence they see deems it clearly spurious (e.g sending an LBW upstairs when the delivery in question has pitched about a foot wide of leg stump and was going even wider) the culprit does not just lose that review, they lose their teams entire allocation of reviews for the innings.
Author ThomasPosted on July 20, 2020 Categories Cricket, PhotographyTags 'vexatious review', Ben Stokes, Chris Woakes, cricket, DRS, England, Phiotography, Stuart Broad, Test Cricket, West Indies1 Comment on England Dominant At Old Trafford
England V Rain In Manchester
Bringing my coverage of the test match up to date, plus some photographs.
Welcome to my latest update on developments at Old Trafford.
DAY 2 – ENGLAND ESTABLISH CONTROL
In yesterday's post I covered the play up to England through Stokes and Sibley taking the score to 280-3. Sibley was out with the score of 341 and Pope did not last very long, but Stokes was still there and going well. At 395, with his own score on 176 Stokes attempted reverse sweep Roach and was bowled, Roach's first wicket of the series after 71 overs. Chris Woakes was then out first ball, which prompted the revelation that Roach's previous test wicket before these two had been a second in successive balls. Buttler reached 40 before he was eight out at 426, a decent innings, but not enough given that he was facing tired bowlers and really should have been able to punish them more severely. One run later Curran was out, bringing Broad in join Bess. These two displayed some sensible aggression, and boosted the score to 469 before England declared giving themselves a bowl in the last hour of the day.
Broad and Woakes took the new ball, before Curran and Bess came on right near the end of the day. Curran broke through, with an LBW against John Campbell. Alzarri Joseph came in as nightwatchman, and he too would have been out had Curran reviewed an LBW against him right at the end of the day. The West Indies were 32-1 at the close.
DAY THREE – RAIN
So far there has been no play on day three due to rain. The information from Manchester is that there may be time for a couple of hours play once the weather clears. The weather is due to be better tomorrow and Monday. Those two days will be extended to 98 overs, meaning that even if there is no cricket at all today there will be 196 overs left in the day. The biggest news of the day so far concerns Jofra Archer who has been hit with a fine and given a written warning for breaching bio-secure protocols but will be eligible for selection for the third match of this series.
It is very unlikely that the West Indies will win this game, although thirty-odd years of following cricket have taught me never to rule anything out completely. England need 19 more wickets, and in view of today's disruptions they will have to enforce the follow-on if the opportunity arises. Also, which probably offers WI their biggest hope, the fact that England need to win to have a chance of regaining the Wisden Trophy means that they need to go after any opportunity of winning even if it is very high risk – if as is not entirely impossible England find themselves needing 100 in the final innings off 10 overs they have to go all out to get them. Whether England manage to press home their advantage or not they have responded superbly to what happened at the Ageas Bowl, although it would be nice if they could produce their finest without needing a preliminary metaphorical kick up the backside.
Author ThomasPosted on July 18, 2020 Categories Cricket, PhotographyTags Ben Stokes, cricket, Dom Sibley, England, Jofra Archer, Old Trafford, Photography, Test Cricket, The Follow-on, West Indies2 Comments on England V Rain In Manchester


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Sports Direct International Plc, the UK sportswear group owned by billionaire Mike Ashley, has announced that it has paid 8 million pounds (10.2 million US dollars) to buy UK retailer Evans Cycles after it fell into administration.
Commenting on the Wednesday announcement in a statement, Mr Ashley said: "We are pleased to have rescued the Evans Cycles brand. However, in order to save the business we only believe we will be able to keep 50 per cent of stores open in the future. Unfortunately some stores will have to close." Sports Direct said it plans to keep half of Evans' 62 stores.
Matt Callaghan, joint administrator and PwC partner at Evans added: "2018 has been a very difficult trading year for the business, in part due to the impact of the extended winter weather in the early part of the year and a lack of cash to invest in stores and develop the online platform."
The move comes as Mr Ashley extends his reach on the UK high street, having bought House of Fraser out of administration for 90 million pounds in August.
Sports Direct acquires House of Fraser for 90 million pounds
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Music Keynote: Adam Horovitz and Michael Diamond of Beastie Boys with Amazon Music's Nathan Brackett
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A Keynote Conversation with Adam Horovitz and Michael Diamond of Beastie Boys with Amazon Music's Nathan Brackett
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SEOUL, Sept. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — BIGBANG's G-Dragon finished a three-city Japanese tour, drawing in a total crowd of 260,000, according to his agency Thursday.
The singer-rapper wrapped up the Japanese leg of his 29-city world tour Wednesday at the Tokyo Dome in the Japanese capital, according to YG Entertainment. The combined audience at the five concerts reached 260,000, according to the company.
G-Dragon released his fourth solo album "Kwon Ji Yong" in June and stormed major music charts in South Korea upon its release. The record, named after his real name, at one point conquered Apple's iTunes album charts in 39 countries upon its release.
"Kwon Ji Yong" is scheduled to be released in Japan on Nov. 1, while BIGBANG also plans to hold a tour in the country that month.


As part of our third and final discussion titled 'Reconnecting the subcontinent', we aim to dwell deeper into connectivity issues within the region, analysing it from a conceptual and diplomatic practitioner's perspective. We also aim to look at the softer linkages in the neighborhood, particularly people-to-people ties, and the role that media can play in advancing regional cooperation.
Yamini Aiyar is the President and Chief Executive of CPR. In 2008, she founded the Accountability Initiative at CPR. Under her leadership, the Accountability Initiative has produced significant research in the areas of governance, state capacity and social policy. She is also a TED fellow and a founding member of the International Experts Panel of the Open Government Partnership. She has been a member of the World Economic Forum's global council on good governance. Previously, she has worked with the World Bank's Water and Sanitation Program and Rural Development unit in Delhi, and was also a member of the decentralisation team at the World Bank that provided policy support to strengthen Panchayati Raj (local governance) in India.
Meenakshi Gopinath is Founder and Director of WISCOMP (Women in Security, Conflict Management and Peace), an initiative that seeks to promote the leadership of South Asian women in the areas of peace, security and regional cooperation. She is also mentor of Lady Shri Ram College, New Delhi. She was the first woman to serve as member of the National Security Advisory Board (NSAB) of India. Prof. Gopinath is a member of multi-track peace initiatives in Kashmir and between India and Pakistan. Her interests include issues of human rights and gender, conflict transformation and Buddhist and Gandhian philosophy.
Nimmi Kurian is Professor at the Centre for Policy Research, New Delhi and Faculty Advisor, India China Institute, The New School, New York. She was Fellow (2008-2010) and India Academic Representative (2010-2015), India China Institute, The New School, New York. Her research interests include Asian borderlands, comparative regionalism and sub regionalism, Indian foreign policy, constituent diplomacy and trans boundary water governance. She is one of the contributors to the India Country Report as part of the Bangladesh China India Myanmar Economic Corridor (BCIM EC) Joint Study Group, Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India. She is also part of the Asian Borderlands Research Initiative, a network of scholars interested in the reconfiguration of theoretical and methodological approaches to the study of borderlands.
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Nayanima Basu is the Foreign Affairs Editor for ThePrint. She has been a journalist for over 14 years and have covered several aspects of India's foreign policy and issues related to strategic affairs. She was probably the first woman journalist in the country to have given the beat 'Economic Diplomacy' to cover in 2008 for Business Standard, a publication she worked for almost seven years. Nayanima has worked for various other publications, reporting and writing on policy issues across all the key ministries ranging from the Ministry of External Affairs, Ministry of Defense, Ministry of Finance and Ministry of Commerce and Industry among others. She has also contributed articles for several international news portals and journals. Prior to joining ThePrint, Nayanima was working with the U.S.-India Business Council at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce on public policy and policy advocacy. She is presently working on her book which deals with strategic issues that are played out behind the official curtains.


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Chilliwack Mounties executing a search warrant at a Gillanders Road marijuana grow-operation on March 14, 2017 where 3,200 plants and 32 kilograms were seized. (Paul Henderson/ Progress file)
Guilty verdict for one of two men in large illegal marijuana grow-operation in Chilliwack
Charges dismissed against property owner where 3,200 plants, 32 kgs of dried weed found in 2017
Jul. 4, 2020 7:00 a.m.
A 40-year-old man was found guilty on two charges connected to a large illegal marijuana grow operation uncovered on a Rosedale property more than three years ago.
While Mao Quan Lin was found guilty in Chilliwack Provincial Court on July 2, charges were dismissed against his co-accused Chang Hu Xu, the property's owner.
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• READ MORE: VIDEO: RCMP seize 3,200 marijuana plants at Chilliwack farm
Six people were arrested as part of the search warrant being executed on March 14, 2017. That day City of Chilliwack staff and a BC Hydro worker were on the scene with RCMP as police removed multiple garbage bags from a farm building.
The five-acre property was owned by Chang Yu Xu as of Oct. 21, 2016, according to city records.
Xu and Lin were both charged with running the illegal grow-op, but Xu applied to have the search warrant quashed, arguing that police asked for a telewarrant when a Chilliwack judge was not available, but they should have gone to another courthouse instead.
Xu's lawyer argued that police took a "relaxed approach" in that they had information from city hall as early as September 2016 about the possible grow-op but didn't act until March 2017.
At the time of the bust, police did not even confirm that illegal marijuana was being grown on site, but a source that had done work on the site told The Progress that during a visit he saw multiple medical marijuana growing permits from Langley and Surrey displayed inside the building.
After Judge David Silverman dismissed Xu's application on July 24, 2019 to quash the warrant, a four-day trial was scheduled for August.
• READ MORE: Large Chilliwack marijuana grow-op bust from 2017 to go to trial
On July 2, 2020, Lin was found guilty, while charges against Xu were dismissed.
Lin is next due in court July 14 to fix a date for sentencing.
• RELATED: Chilliwack's largest ever marijuana grow-op case finally over with no verdict
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Some of the 3,200 plants and 32 kilograms seized from a Gillanders Road marijuana grow-operation on March 14, 2017 in Chilliwack. (RCMP)
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White-throated sparrows have changed their tune, B.C. study unveils


The Zoeller Haus restoration team included (L-R) Erasmo Arreola, Melissa Haberstroh, Robert Thornton, Travis Roberson and Danny Kreifels.
Frank Zoeller was a senior at Southwest Texas State Teachers College in San Marcos in 1949 when Barbara arrived on campus as a freshman co-ed from Luling. It wasn't the first time their paths had crossed.
Six years later in a turn of affection, Frank Zoeller's heart went out to Barbara. The two married in 1954 and remained so until Frank's death in 2014.
Frank Zoeller was the son of Fred and Atlanta ("Attie") Zoeller. Fred's grandfather, architect Phillip Zoeller, arrived in the Texas hill country from Germany in 1846. Phillip Zoeller designed Kendall County's original courthouse along with its first jail.
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The Fred Zoeller family lived behind their grocery while building a "country home" on the outskirts of Boerne. Today, the Zoeller Haus stands behind Frost Bank at Main Street and Bandera Road.
Not just anyone could have envisioned the home's former glory. Raccoons, bees, even a porcupine had taken up residence there. The building had drainage issues. Support beams were rotting out. Transients frequently used it for shelter.
So, Thornton and his partner, Travis Roberson, decided to deepen their due diligence on the Zoeller Haus.
Initial discussions with the City of Boerne about utilities proved challenging, but Roberson kept digging and ultimately found a solution that benefited both Frost Bank and the historic home.
The revelation opened the door to further conversations with Frost. Thornton and Roberson showed bank executives the Schwarz Homestead they restored across from the Boerne Post Office. The property is now a multi-use commercial development that hints at days gone by.
Roberson and Thornton are creating a niche with their character-laden developments.
Back at the Zoeller Haus, ten months of renovation transformed the home into modern professional office space. The property is presently available for lease. Thornton and Roberson hope to find tenants they can build a strong relationship with.
Thornton and Roberson work closely with interior designer, Melissa Haberstroh, and home designer, Dave Morris. Construction specialists, Erasmo Arreola and Danny Kreifels, guide execution.
Mr. Thornton, who has spent nearly three decades in high-end home construction under the trade name GREAT HOMES, sees a difference between traditional development and renewal projects like Schwarz and Zoeller.
For example, to save the patina on the Zoeller Haus' metal roof, Roberson sourced a pricey product used to preserve lighthouses on the East Coast.
"Some builders would have ripped off the roof and started over," he said.
For as much as Roberson and Thornton look back at the history of their projects, they're also looking forward.
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"With our projects, we try to re-create both what was there and what could have been there," Thornton remarked.
Thornton and Roberson are also considering plans to restore an iconic shuttered gas station on Oak Park Drive, a structure that has inspired the dreams of passersby for more than fifty years.
In addition, the construction duo envisions a mixed use structure along Cibolo Creek adjacent to Main Plaza on Yoalana Street. The property will likely include residential and commercial uses.
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Mary Rhinehart, Executive MBA 1998, Named Chairman of Johns Manville
by Daniels College of Business | Nov 3, 2014 | Executive MBA, News | 0 comments
Mary Rhinehart, already president and CEO at Johns Manville, is adding "chairman" to her titles at the 156-year-old Denver-based building-products manufacturer.
Warren Buffett, chairman and CEO of JM parent Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A, BRK.B), made the announcement Thursday.
"With more than three decades of comprehensive experience at JM, Mary Rhinehart has proven not only her ability to succeed at every level, but also her commitment to the business and passion for JM's employees and customers. Mary is the right choice for chairman of JM," Buffett said.
Prior to becoming president and CEO in November 2012, succeeding Todd Raba, Rhinehart was CFO at JM, and before that was general manager of several of the company's business units. She has been with the maker of insulation, roofing and other products for 35 years.
"I am proud to assume the role of chairman of Johns Manville and am grateful for the confidence Berkshire Hathaway has placed in me," Rhinehart said. "Moving forward, JM will continue to win by delivering powerful experiences to our customers and employees — experiences which will create lasting relationships, sustainable competitive advantage and profitable growth."
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