5 highest-scoring tied matches in ODI history

Edit Yahoo Daily News 23 Jun 2016
While a draw is almost as common as a win or a loss, a tie in cricket is almost as rare of a goalkeeper scoring a goal ... Courtesy of an Ian Bell fifty and Ravi Bopara steadying the ship, England needed 48 from the last six overs with four wickets in hand,when the rain first made its presence felt ... At 56/3 in the ninth over, Sri Lanka looked as though they might struggle to get a par score....

Barinder Sran holds nerves, India win series

Edit Yahoo Daily News 23 Jun 2016
One day they hate you, the next day you’re their champion. One day you are madandara, the next day you’re a shasha, ‘hopeless’ and ‘hero’ respectively in Shona—the local tongue ... Chigumbura had got them close, very close, to a historic T20 series win over the mighty Indians. And then, he had failed to get them over the line ... Going into the final over, Sran had been left with 21 to defend, which at that point seemed like a formality....

Pakistan lose women’s ODI series

Edit Dawn 23 Jun 2016
After Pakistan opted to bowl first at the County Ground, openers Lauren Winfield and Tammy Beaumont both hit maiden ODI centuries as England posted a mammoth 378-5 in 50 overs — their highest total against Pakistan ... Pakistan, in reply, mustered 166 all out in 47.4 overs ... ENGLAND 378-5 in 50 overs (L....

India beat Zimbabwe by three runs, seal T20I series 2-1

Edit Indian Express 23 Jun 2016
Maruma injected some life into the proceedings with a lively hand but it wasn’t enough as Barinder Sran, after a poor start to the 20th over, recovered well to defend 21 runs ... One over to play ... Bumrah, as expected, is spot on in the death overs ... Was hit for three sixes in his four overs ... FIFTY up for Zimbabwe in the eighth over of the innings ... Zimbabwe 40/1 after six overs ... Bumrah to bowl the last over of the powerplay....

7 must have apps for commuters

Edit Deccan Chronicle 23 Jun 2016
You may think doing all of this may drain your mobile data. But wait, we have a list of 7 smartphone apps that help you make good use of that time- whether you are in your car, train or walking to reach your destination in good spirits using very little of your mobile data ... The best part is you can watch all these videos on offline mode letting you get entertained while using almost no data....

Struggling Nola huddles with his pitching coach

Edit Philadelphia Daily News 23 Jun 2016
MINNEAPOLIS - As batting practice neared conclusion Wednesday, Bob McClure searched for Aaron Nola. The two men had a date with a computer in the bowels of Target Field ... Overthrowing? Yes, definitely." ... "I'm not overly concerned about it," McClure said. "I am concerned about it, but not overly concerned because he's just too good....

India vs Zimbabwe: We got more out of T20s than ODIs, says MS Dhoni

Edit Indian Express 23 Jun 2016
India skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni summed up the limited-overs tour of Zimbabwe as “good exposure” for the youngsters but insisted that the players learnt more from the T20s than the ODIs ... Needing 21 runs off the final over, Zimbabwe almost achieved the target as they required just four runs from the last ball, but Barinder Sran, player of the series, held his nerves for a dramatic finish to the game....

If we know so much about disease, where are all the cures? (University of Salford)

Edit Public Technologies 23 Jun 2016
Data into drugs … it's not that easy. But the quantity of data available to researchers is fast becoming a problem. Over the next few years, the computing resources needed to store all the genomic data will be mind boggling (almost 40 exabytes) - far exceeding the requirements of YouTube (one to two exabytes per year) and Twitter (0.02 exabytes per year) ... Then there's the problem of sharing data....

NHL not worried about potential NFL relocation to Las Vegas

Edit Yahoo Daily News 23 Jun 2016
Las Vegas owner Bill Foley was open to an NFL team coming to Las Vegas, which has over 2 million people, and said he would support the franchise but noted how he didn’t believe his team would have to compete with the NFL in regards to the sports entertainment dollar in Las Vegas ... market overly dependent on the gaming and tourism industry.” ....

Harsha Bhogle column: Indian cricket gets ready to go pink

Edit Yahoo Daily News 23 Jun 2016
And we need to see how the ball fares on an abrasive surface though I would like to believe that most Indian pitches are inherently abrasive! But the fact that the ball didn’t need to be changed for seventy five overs is a welcome sign ... Almost everything in our game has evolved from helmets and bats to reverse swing to the doosra to the many hued lap shots....

BAMU to fill vacant teaching posts

Edit The Times of India 23 Jun 2016
Aurangabad ... Bamu has 42 departments on its campus having 259 sanctioned teaching posts. As per the data furnished by the university, almost half of the posts of professor have been lying vacant, while no appointments have taken place yet on one-third posts of associate professors. The recruitment position for the posts of assistant professors is similarly worse with almost one-fourth of them not filled yet ... RELATED. From around the web....

Brookfield and China Three Gorges said to bid for Duke plants

Edit China Daily 23 Jun 2016
NextEra Energy Inc is the largest US utility owner with market value of $57.3 billion, according to data compiled by Bloomberg ... The country last year was the world's biggest investor in clean energy with $110.5 billion, almost double the US investment, according to data from Bloomberg New Energy Finance ... year, according to data compiled by Bloomberg....

Asia stocks, sterling rise as Brexit anxiety abates

Edit Yahoo Daily News 23 Jun 2016
"Markets seem to have almost entirely priced in a 'Remain' vote win, meaning that the market moves and volatility around the vote may be far less than many had been expected," wrote Angus Nicholson, market analyst at IG in Melbourne. "Nonetheless, markets are still incredibly nervous and some sharp market moves are likely over the next 24 hours," he said....
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