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England Complete their "Perfect Test"
England v India, 3rd Investec Test, Ageas Bowl, 5th day
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| Anderson after dismissing Rohit Sharma |
Skipper Alastair Cook remarked during the presentation that it was "indeed a perfect test match for the team".
Yes indeed it was, their Batsmen put runs on the board, most importantly Cook scoring 95 & 70*, their fast bowlers cleaned up India's 1st innings, and the part-timer Moeen Ali displaying the attributes of an All-Rounder.
The Off-Spinner bagged 6 wickets to grant England to a cruising 266-run victory over India on 5th day that leaves the series at 1-1 with 2 matches to go.
India crumbled to 178 all out in their 2nd innings on Thursday morning thanks to Ali's superb figures of 6/67, his 1st 5-wicket haul in tests.
England thus, secured their 1st Test victory since they beat Australia at Durham last August, ending their 10-mach winless streak.
Moeen dismissed Jadeja, B Kumar & Shami within 12 deliveries, before he bagged the final wicket of Pankaj Singh.
Earlier, James Anderson, led England off to the perfect start by getting the key wickets of Rohit Sharma & MS Dhoni.
India's lone warrior Ajinkya Rahane played with tremendous composure scoring his 2nd half-century of the match, but his unbeaten 52 was in vain as he got little to no support from the other end.
Anderson got Sharma to edge one faintly through to the debutant wicket-keeper Buttler before dismissing Dhoni in similar a fashion with a ball that swung away from the right-handed batsman.
Just then captain Cook made a crucial bowling change, by bringing Moeen who bowled Jadeja before getting Kumar's wicket, who edged on to his pad and the ball looped up to Anderson at gully.
He continued to trouble the Indian batsmen & bowled Shami and Singh to wrap up a well-deserved victory for the side.
The 4th Test will take place on 7-11 August at Old Trafford, Manchester.
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Rafael Nadal's US Open title defense in Jeopardy
Nadal pulls out of Rogers Cup |
| Nadal after Winning US Open 2013 |
Rafael Nadal has withdrawn from Rogers Cup due to a wrist injury.
“I’m extremely disappointed that I am unable to defend my Rogers Cup title this year,” said Nadal, who beat Canada’s Milos Raonic in last year’s final in Montreal.
“Unfortunately I injured myself yesterday during practice and after checking with my doctors I will have to stay out of competition for at least two to three weeks. I am sorry to the tournament and to all of the fans.”
Tennis fans in Canada will not be able to witness the Spanish 28-year-old champion defend his title in Toronto.
Nadal is also expected to miss the Western & Southern Open in Cincinnati, the other big summer hard-court Masters tournament, after the Rogers Cup. It opens up speculation about whether the 14-time Grand Slam champion will be fit enough to defend his U.S. Open title when that event kicks off on August 25. The New York Times reports that Nadal’s wrist will be casted for 2-3 weeks.
“We know Rafa is a fan favourite and our fans will be upset by his absence” “But we also know that if Rafa could play he would as he has a great respect for our event and his Canadian fans.” said Karl Hale, Rogers Cup tournament director.
Kallis calls Quit on International Career
Jacques Kallis retires from all forms of International Cricket
Jacques Henry Kallis, one of the greatest all-rounders the game has ever seen, announced his retirement from Test cricket last year though he had planned to finish his career at the ICC Cricket World Cup next year in Australia/New Zealand in February-March.
However, he surprisingly decided to call it quits on a glorious One_day Career as well just 6 months before the Cricket Extravaganza.
"I realised in Sri Lanka that my dream of playing in a World Cup was a bridge too far," he said.
"I just knew on that tour that I was done. The squad that was in Sri Lanka is an amazing one and I believe they have a good chance of bringing the trophy home in March.
"I would like to thank Cricket South Africa, the team, the team sponsors, my sponsors, the fans and all the people who have been involved in my career. It has been an amazing journey."
Kallis will still play Cricket at Club Level though.
"I am not retiring from all cricket as I have a two-year contract with the Sydney Thunder and, if possible, to help the Kolkata Knight Riders defend the IPL title we won earlier this year," he said.
Kallis is the only cricketer to have piled on more than 11,000 runs & take 250 wickets in both Test & ODI cricket.
He truly was a pillar of strength in the South African team for more than a decade. He ends his ODI career with 11,579 runs in 328 matches including 17 hundreds at an astonishing average of 44.36
"He is undeniably one of the greatest players ever to have graced our wonderful game and he has certainly been the Proteas standard-bearer of excellence for nearly two decades." said Cricket South Africa chief executive Haroon Lorgat.
"South Africa has been blessed with one of the world's greatest cricketing talents in Jacques Kallis,"
England Clinch 10 Gold Medals on Day 6
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| Ben Proud |
Australia suffered their first Commonwealth relay defeat in eight years in the men's 4x100m medley relay at the hands of England, who wrapped up 10 Swimming Gold Medals to close their swimming meet.
19-year-old sensation Ben Proud claimed his second gold of the Games by beating star duo Cameron McEvoy and James Magnussen in the men's 50m freestyle.
World Champion in 100m freestyle, Cate Campbell handed the Aussie women 4x100m medley relay gold after Daniel Tranter won the men's 200m individual medley to take Australia's final gold medal tally to 19.
England won the final race though, the team of Chris Walker-Hebborn, Adam Peaty, Adam Barrett and Adam Brown clocked a Games record time 3min 31:51sec to become the first English team to beat Australia in the 4x100 medley relay since 1950 games.
Updated Medal Tally after Day 6:
| Rank | Country | Gold | Silver | Brozne | Total |
| 1 | Australia | 34 | 31 | 36 | 101 |
| 2 | England | 33 | 33 | 27 | 93 |
| 3 | Canada | 16 | 5 | 18 | 39 |
| 4 | Scotland | 13 | 11 | 13 | 37 |
| 5 | New Zealand | 11 | 9 | 11 | 31 |
| 6 | India | 10 | 15 | 11 | 36 |
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Sushil Kumar and Amit Kumar bag Gold Medals for India
2014 Commonwealth Games Glasgow Day 6
Wrestlers bring laurels for India
Sushil Kumar defeats Qamar Abbas (Pakistan) in men's 74kg freestyle wrestling to win India's 10th gold.
Amit Kumar beats Ebikweminomo Welson (Nigeria) 6-2 in 57kg freestyle wrestling to win gold.
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| Amit Kumar in Action |
Liverpool weighing in on Marco Reus
Reus turns down new contract with Dortmund
The 25-year-old attacking midfielder has turned down a new contract with Borussia Dortmund.
However Dortmund boss Jurgen Klopp stays adamant that none of the 2 German Internationals do not want to leave. Earlier Manchester United were courting for Mats Hummels & now for Marco Reus with Liverpool just looking to edge them out in case of Reus.
Reus had turned down a new offer from Dortmund as his current contract expires in 2017, claimed German Newspaper Bild.
Meanwhile, Shinji Kagawa may head back to old club Dortmund after he failed to shine at Manchester United.
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England Pile On Runs On 2nd Day
England v India, 3rd Investec Test, Ageas Bowl, 2nd day
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| Debutant Jos Buttler launching an assault on the Indian Bowlers. |
England declared on 569/7 & then Anderson got Dhawan out early as India ended the day on 25/1 in 14 overs.
The Three Lions were led in by their centurions, Ballance and Bell, with Cook following behind after a hard day's work.
Led by Captain Cook's 95, England scored 569 runs for 7 wickets in the 1st innings of the 3rd Test. B Kumar was the most successful bowler for India, scalping 3 wickets. Buttler scored a quick-fire 85 in the end. At one stage of the innings he 2 back-to-back sixes off Pankaj Singh and then scored a boundary to gather 21 runs from the 163rd over.
Earlier, Ian Bell & Gary Ballance were near-perfect for England, they seldom missed, rarely edged & looked completely dominating as they raised the run-rate in the first session. It looked like a perfect day for batting. Ian Bell never looked like a man who has been out of form for a long time and hasn't scored a test.
MS Dhoni changed the bowling 15 times in as many overs in order to extract something from the Indian Attack. B Kumar, who has constantly been India's go-to man, couldn't do much himself. Shami continued his undisciplined bowling & Pankaj Singh lost his steam after bowling impressively at the start of both days.
England declaration meant that Indian openers had 14 overs to survive but it was a huge task cut out the way Broad & Anderson squared them up time and again. Both of them were swinging the ball at high speed consistently.
While M Vijay fended off most of them well enough, it was Dhawan who edged one to Alastair Cook at 1st slip after Anderson attack him from round the stumps. Poor Dhawan couldn't be blamed entirely for the dismissal such was the quality of the England Attack that it looked impossible stay for those 14 overs.
In the end Vijay & Pujara guided India to 25/1 on stumps without any further loss.
In the end Vijay & Pujara guided India to 25/1 on stumps without any further loss.
13-year-old Erraid Davies wins Bronze at Commonwealth Games
Commonwealth Games 2014, Glasgow, Scotland
Schoolgirl Erraid Davies won a bronze medal in the women's 100m breaststroke final at Glasgow Games 2014 after the 13-year-old set a new personal best for the 2nd time in the day.
Davies, Scotland's youngest-ever Comonwealth Games competitor, had come 2nd in the heat on Sunday morning & fought her way to the bronze medal in the last quarter of the final.
Supported largely by the crowd, she finished just behind Australian silver medallist Madeleine Scott in 1 minute and 21.38 seconds, with New Zealand's Sophie Pascoe took the gold.
"I'm really happy. It's another PB and I could really hear the crowd in the last 25m. Mum and Dad are here to watch and I'm not sure what we'll do to celebrate later." she said.
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Commonwealth Games 2014 Day 4 Results
Day 4 of the 2014 Commonwealth Games saw the track-and-field athletes trot out for the first time and the conclusion of the popular Rugby Sevens tournament, giving fans in Glasgow plenty to look forward to.
Here's the list of every medal won on Sunday:
| Sport | Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Athletics | Men's Marathon | Michael Shelley (AUS) | Stephen Chemlany (KEN) | Abraham Kiplimo (UGA) |
| Athletics | Women's Marathon | Flomena cheyech Daniel (KEN) | Caroline Kilel (KEN) | Jess Trengove (AUS) |
| Athletics | Men's 5000m | Caleb Mwangangi Ndiku (KEN) | Isiah Kiplangat Koech (KEN) | Zane Robertson (NZ) |
| Athletics | Women's Long Jump T37/38 | Jodi Elkington (AUS) | Bethy Woodward (ENG) | Johanna Benson (NAM) |
| Cycling | Men's Keirin | Matthew Glaetzer (AUS) | Sam Webster (NZ) | Mohd Azizulhasni Awang (MAL) |
| Cycling | Men's 20km Scratch | Shane Archbold (NZ) | Glenn P O'Shea (AUS) | Remi Pelletier (CAN) |
| Cycling | Women's Sprint | Stephanie Morton (AUS) | Anna Meares (AUS) | Jess Varnish (ENG) |
| Cycling | Women's 25km Points | Laura Trott (ENG) | Elinor Barker (WAL) | Katie Archibald (SCO) |
| Cycling | Women's Time Trial B2 | Sophie Thornhill (ENG) | Aileen McGlynn (SCO) | Brandie O'Connor (AUS) |
| Lawn Bowls | Women's Singles | Jo Edwards (NZ) | Natalie Melmore (ENG) | Colleen Piketh (SA) |
| Lawn Bowls | Women's Fours | South Africa | Malaysia | New Zealand |
| Rugby Sevens | / | South Africa | New Zealand | Australia |
| Shooting | Men's Double Trap | Steven Scott (ENG) | Matthew French (ENG) | Asab Mohd (IND) |
| Shooting | Women's DoubleTrap | Charlotte Kerwood (ENG) | Shreyasi Singh (IND) | Rachel Parish (ENG) |
| Swimming | Men's 100m Free | James Magnussen (AUS) | Cameron Mcevoy (AUS) | Tommaso D'Orsogna (AUS) |
| Swimming | Men's 50m Back | Ben Treffers (AUS) | Mitch Larkin (AUS) | Liam Tancock (ENG) |
| Swimming | Men's 4x200m Free Relay | Australia | Scotland | South Africa |
| Swimming | Women's 200m Back | Belinda Hocking (AUS) | Emily Seebohm (AUS) | Hilary Caldwell (CAN) |
| Swimming | Women's 50m Fly | Francesca Halsall (ENG) | Arianna Vanderpool Wallace (BAH) | Brittany Elmslie (AUS) |
| Swimming | Women's 200m Medley | Siobhan O'Conner (ENG) | Alicia Coutts (AUS) | Hannah Miley (SCO) |
| Swimming | Women's 100m SB9 Breast | Sophie Pascoe (NZ) | Madeleine Scott (AUS) | Erraid Davies (SCO) |
| Table Tennis | Women's Team | Singapore | Malaysia | Australia |
| Weight Lifting | Women's 63kg | Olauwatoyin Adesanmi (NIG) | Obioma Okoli (NIG) | Punam Yadav (IND) |
| Weight Lifting | Men's 77kg | Sathish Sivalingam (IND) | Ravi Katulu (IND) | Francois Etoundi (AUS) |
And here's the updated medal tracker, which saw a change at the top of the board:
| Rank | Country | Gold | Siler | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Australia | 26 | 21 | 26 | 73 |
| 2 | England | 23 | 17 | 17 | 57 |
| 3 | Scotland | 11 | 8 | 11 | 30 |
| 4 | Canada | 7 | 3 | 8 | 18 |
| 5 | India | 6 | 9 | 7 | 22 |
| 6 | New Zealand | 6 | 5 | 10 | 21 |
| 7 | South Africa | 5 | 5 | 8 | 18 |
| 8 | Wales | 2 | 8 | 8 | 18 |
via:http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2143073-commonwealth-games-2014-day-4-results-updated-medal-table-and-glasgow-schedule?search_query=commonwealth%20games%20day%204
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