Aaron Finch’s men look in fine nick, as do England (barring the game against Sri Lanka on a slow pitch), but it is very difficult to take a call regarding who the favorite is to win this game. It will be a balanced contest, with Australia maybe holding a tiny edge due to their slightly better current form. Here, we look at three key players who can win the game for the Kangaroos on Tuesday....
In case you didn’t know… The poor weather in England has given the event the unwanted record for the most number of abandoned games at a World Cup, surpassing the two each at the 1992 and 2003 editions. Three games have already been washed out during this World Cup due to heavy rain. More matches are expected to be affected by rain in the upcoming weeks. The ICC have only kept reserve days for the semi-finals and the final....
Australia won the toss and chose to bat on a fantastic batting track at Trent Bridge. As has been the case in the World Cup so far, skipper Aaron Finch and David Warner notched up a big opening partnership. With this partnership, Warner and Finch now have two hundred-run partnerships and three fifty-run partnerships in 6 matches. Both the batsmen took on a positive approach and brought up their fifties in quick time....
Afghanistan captain Gulbadin Naib won the toss and decided to bat first. It was a flying start by the Afghan openers as Naib and Rahmat Shah added 27 runs. But Shaheen Shah Afridi dismissed Naib and Hashmatullah Shaidi in successive deliveries to put the brakes on the scoring. At the end of 10 overs, Afghanistan were 46 for 2. After the power play, Imad Wasim struck by dismissing Rahmat Shah for 35....
Chasing a massive score of 337, Pakistan were in the game at the start but a middle-overs breakdown courtesy Kuldeep Yadav and Hardik Pandya helped India to a clinical 89-run win. Rohit Sharma was adjudged the Man of the Match for his brilliant knock. Let us have a look at what all records he broke during his brilliant innings. Here are the records which were broken during yesterday’s game: Rohit Sharma became the first Indian to smash centuries in consecutive matches against Pakistan in ODI history....
Though Somachandra de Silva of Sri Lanka did a commendable job earlier, the man who was almost entirely responsible for this transformation was Abdul Qadir, inarguably the world’s best leg-spinner in the eighties. Other wrist spinners like Laxman Sivaramakrishnan, Narendra Hirwani, Mushtaq Ahmed, Anil Kumble, Shane Warne, Stuart MacGill and Danish Kaneria followed in his wake with great success. Qadir was the nemesis of many a side. The diminutive man with big strides in his diagonal run-up, bouncy action and a follow-through resembling the steps of some quaint oriental dance form, was often cause for mirth among the spectators, but left batsmen bemused and perplexed....
Luckily for those players, this week brings some exciting bonuses that are going to greatly speed up the World of Warcraft Legion rep grind for a few days. There are a handful of perks to take advantage of, so players who still have rep left to grind won’t want to miss this opportunity to play catchup and possibly finish off those rep grinds once and for all. RELATED: World of Warcraft Dodges a Bullet With the Arbiter’s Story in Shadowlands...
The Sons of Hodir were originally introduced as part of the Storm Peaks storyline leading up to Ulduar and the battle against Yogg-Saron. Unlike many other factions throughout World of Warcraft’s history, the Sons of Hodir are one of the few where players start out hated and will be attacked on sight. Though doing their questline nowadays will immediately take one to honored, Timewalking further boosts the reputation to instantly put them at exalted without grinding any dailies....
For the entire month of September, Impressive Influence will double the reputation earned for most Legion and BfA factions. While this will help unlock allied races such as the Vulpera (which are currently restricted behind reputation), there are other things players should focus on to earn extra cosmetics and make a bit more gold before the next expansion. RELATED: World of Warcraft 100 Percent Bonus Reputation Buff Returns Emissary Quests Since the World Quest system was implemented in Legion, players can have up to 3 emissary quests active at a time....
Since vanilla World of Warcraft, fishing has been a relaxing activity that requires an open body of water and time. However, the fish and other rare materials that can be caught are necessary components of other endgame professions like cooking. This tradition continues in Shadowlands, with the best food for Mythic+ and Castle Nathria requiring significant amounts of fishable crafting reagents. Thankfully, there are several locations through each of the four main zones where players can fish relatively undisturbed....
Before providing a full walkthrough of the Training Regimen World Quest, it is important to note that many fans are currently reporting that it is bugged. Specifically, these players indicate that they are simply unable to click on Gatamatos, making it impossible to retrieve the beast and advance. The prevailing theory at the time of writing is that this bug occurs if a fan picked Larion during Shadowlands’ Pride or Unit quest, and unfortunately there is no apparent workaround for the issue at the moment....
Not all Burning Crusade zones are made equally, however. Some new areas saw WoW’s traditional fantasy setting give way to new science-fiction influences with great success, while others were less able to stick the landing, so here’s how zones which will be making their second debut compare in World of Warcraft: Burning Crusade Classic. RELATED: World of Warcraft Burning Crusade Classic Confirmed for 2021 S-Tier The Burning Crusade introduced some of WoW’s most beautiful zones....
Most World of Warcraft fans think of the five major dragonflights when they consider dragons, and understandably so. The Black, Blue, Bronze, Green, and Red dragonflights were charged with the protection of Azeroth, and have been both allies and adversaries over the years. However, World of Warcraft has established several minor dragonflights over its history; some of which may play a role in the upcoming expansion. RELATED: A World Revamp for World of Warcraft is Long Overdue...
RELATED: World of Warcraft The Burning Crusade Classic: The Best Mounts in Outland, Ranked The new continent in WotLK, Northrend, had a cold-weather aesthetic, some of the rare mounts in this expansion are Arctic and Ice Age animals. This is also when the proto-drake mounts were introduced as a way to one-up the nether drakes of Outland, and they’re available as drops, rewards for killing world bosses, or given in completion of certain achievements....
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The Russia-held tournament helped to put several names on the global map this summer, and it also helped to enhance the lofty reputation of some impressive talents. And make no mistake about it, there will be a whole slew of transfer activity playing out over the next month or two purely because of what took place in Russia. With all of that in mind, then, here are five players whose value has skyrocketed due to their exploits in Russia....
The second World Cup semi-final sees Croatia take on England at the Luzhniki Stadium on Wednesday to decide who meets France in the final. France had beaten Belgium 1-0 in the first semi-final on Tuesday. Both England and Croatia have defied expectations to reach the semi-finals and also had the luck of the draw going their way as they avoided the heavyweights. But they still had an arduous road to the semis....
So instead of those same tedious awards, why not come up with some more intriguing ones? The first set of these awards are individual ones: best defender, best dribbler, best passer, and best newcomer. All of these are pretty self-explanatory and help award players whose quality may have gone unnoticed in the World Cup. The second set of awards pertains to teams or games including the awards for Best Game (Highest Quality), Best Game (Most Entertaining) and the best team goal helping us appreciate some of the better aspects of the World Cup....
The World Cup teams are divided in eight groups of four, with three games played first in the group stage. The knockout stage pits winners of the groups against second-placed teams. MORE: World Cup schedule, how to watch live Brazil, Germany, France and Spain are the biggest favorites to win the World Cup . The next tier of challengers includes Argentina, Belgium and England. AccuScore simulations have hit their target remarkably well in the past, and there are once again some disagreements with the current markets....
In case you didn’t know… One of the greatest South African batsmen of all time, AB de Villiers announced his retirement from international cricket in the year 2018. This news created havoc in the cricketing world. However, AB de Villiers grabbed the headlines when he requested the South African Cricket Board to come out of retirement and play in World Cup 2019. But, the board denied him. Also Read: Cricket South Africa reveals the reason behind turning down AB de Villiers’ offer to play the World Cup...
