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☆ Beryl strengthens into a hurricane in the Atlantic, forecast to become a major storm
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-29 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

A major hurricane is considered Category 3 or higher, with winds of at least 111 mph (178 kph). Beryl also is the strongest June tropical storm on record that far east in the tropical Atlantic, according to Klotzbach. Beryl is the second named storm in what is predicted to be a busy hurricane season, from June 1 to November 30 in the Atlantic. He said one was the first hurricane of 1933, the most active hurricane season on record. An average Atlantic hurricane season produces 14 named storms, seven of them hurricanes and three major hurricanes.

Persons: Beryl, Philip Klotzbach, St, Vincent, Michael Lowry, Sabu Best, Tomer Burg, Brian McNoldy, Mia Mottley, Musku, Ralph Gonsalves, Storm Alberto, Lowry, Mark Spence, I'm Organizations: Barbados, Colorado State University, National Hurricane Center, University of Miami, South Africa, Grenadines, Cricket, Atmospheric Administration Locations: Caribbean, Barbados, Lucia, Grenada, St, Grenadines, Martinique, Dominica, Tobago, Florida, Jamaica, Mexico, Miami, India, South, Bridgetown, Pittsburgh, Trinidad and Tobago, Port, Spain, South Florida

☆ Nadella, Narayen among tech CEOs investing in cricket's American dream
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-07 | by ( Seema Mody | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Somasegar and Nadella are among the key owners of Seattle's cricket team, named the Orcas. Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella and Adobe CEO Shantanu Narayen are among the executives investing in the new U.S. professional league, Major League Cricket. Other cricket investors include Iconic Ventures, Madrona Venture Group and executives from Google . As the Men's T20 Cricket World Cup , co-hosted by the U.S. for the first time, ramps up, investors have pumped nearly a billion dollars into their American ambition. Venture capitalist Anurag Jain, part owner of Major League Cricket team the San Francisco Unicorns, said the U.S. national team is primarily made up of players in the league.

Persons: Somasegar, They're, Soma Somasegar, Satya Nadella, Shantanu Narayen, Monank Patel, StubHub, Anurag Jain, Satyan Gajwani, Gajwani, Rangaswami, —, Jessica Golden Organizations: Microsoft, CNBC, Madrona, Adobe, Major League Cricket, Iconic Ventures, Madrona Venture Group, Google, U.S, team, ICC, Grand Prairie Cricket, Pakistan, Sunday, The New York Times, Venture, San Francisco Unicorns, U.S ., Times Internet Locations: Bellevue , Washington, America, U.S, Pakistan, Dallas, West Indies, India, Nassau County, New York, of India, North America, South Asia, Australia

☆ Disney's $8.5 billion Reliance merger is a streaming wars win in sports-obsessed India
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-29 | by ( Shreyashi Sanyal | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Disney announced Wednesday that the companies will be merging their respective Star India and Viacom18 units into a newly created Star India joint venture, valued at roughly $8.5 billion on a post-money basis, excluding synergies. The merger is expected to have more than 750 million viewers in the rapidly growing Indian market. Cricket feverDisney acquired Indian streaming service Hotstar and Star TV channels in 2019 and had exclusive streaming rights to cricket's lucrative Indian Premier League (IPL), which it had turned into a paid service by 2020. Disney lost 4.6 million customers for its streaming service, Disney+ Hotstar, in India during the first three months of last year. "I think I said six months ago that they're [Disney] going to see profitability in streaming by the end of 2024.

Persons: Pavlo Gonchar, Walt Disney, Mukesh Ambani, Nita Ambani, Ambani, Jamie Lumley, Lumley, Jason Ware, CNBC's Organizations: Disney, Getty, Walt, Reliance, Star India, Cricket, Star, Indian Premier League, IPL, Indian Premier League cricket, CNBC, Albion Financial Locations: India

☆ Sri Lanka free to compete internationally but U-19 World Cup moved to South Africa
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-21 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

A secutiry person is seen outside the Sri Lanka's cricket board, after Sri Lanka Cricket's (SLC) membership of the International Cricket Council (ICC) has been suspended with immediate effect for government interference, in Colombo, Sri Lanka November 11,2023. REUTERS/Dinuka Liyanawatte/ File photo Acquire Licensing RightsNov 21 (Reuters) - Sri Lanka are free to compete internationally but next year's Under-19 Cricket World Cup will now be hosted by South Africa, as the International Cricket Council (ICC) confirmed the terms of suspension of Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) on Tuesday. Sri Lanka's membership of the ICC was suspended with immediate effect for government interference on Nov. 10, after Sri Lanka's ministry of sport dismissed SLC's board and replaced it with an interim committee. This followed the country's poor performance at this year's World Cup but the sacking was stayed by Sri Lanka's Court of Appeal. "However, funding to SLC will be controlled by the ICC and the ICC Board confirmed Sri Lanka will no longer host the ICC U19 Men's Cricket World Cup 2024, which will now be held in South Africa."

Persons: Dinuka, Sri Lanka's, Trevor Stynes, Christian Radnedge Organizations: Sri, International Cricket Council, ICC, REUTERS, Sri Lanka Cricket, ICC Board, SLC, ICC U19 Men's Cricket, Thomson Locations: Sri Lanka, Colombo, South Africa, Sri Lanka's

☆ Cummins says World Cup triumph pinnacle of Australia's stellar year
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-19 | by ( Shrivathsa Sridhar | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

AHMEDABAD, India, Nov 19 (Reuters) - Australia skipper Pat Cummins said Sunday's World Cup final win over India that earned his nation a record-extending sixth title in the format marked the pinnacle of a spectacular 2023 season for the team. "That's huge, I think that's the pinnacle of international cricket, winning a one-day World Cup. And yeah, it's just the whole cricket world stops with this World Cup. To win a World Cup in India, it's been a fantastic eight weeks. The World Cup's got such rich history, I'm sure it's going to be around for a long time," Cummins added.

Persons: Pat Cummins, Rohit Sharma's, Cummins, It's, it's, Mitchell Starc, masterminding, Pat, Starc, That's, gee, Australia's, Shrivathsa Sridhar, Toby Davis Organizations: India, Cummins, England, Australia, Thomson Locations: AHMEDABAD, India, Australia, Ahmedabad

☆ Moeen backs England to end slump with aggressive approach
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-25 | by ( Shrivathsa Sridhar | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

"The thing is, Bazball is in test cricket. One day cricket's different and we've been playing different all the time," Moeen told reporters ahead of Thursday's match against the 1996 champions at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium. "We've been playing aggressive cricket throughout since 2015 and done it quite well. Probably the lack of that way of cricket has cost us a little bit in this tournament. "We haven't been playing that way in my opinion and we need to play that way without slogging the ball.

Persons: Moeen Ali, Brendon, Baz, Moeen, Matthew Mott, we've, We've, We're, you've, Shrivathsa Sridhar, Christian Radnedge Organizations: England, Thomson Locations: BENGALURU, England, Sri Lanka, South Africa, Bengaluru

☆ Win over England can kick-start Afghanistan cricket: Trott
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-16 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Afghanistan posted 284 after half centuries from Rahmanullah Gurbaz and Ikram Alikhil, before bowling out England for 215 to claim just their second victory at a World Cup - eight years after their maiden win over Scotland in 2015. "This is significant, certainly in the manner and by the margin as well," Trott told reporters on Sunday. "What Afghanistan cricket can achieve, hopefully this will be the sort of kick-start." Women's sport in Afghanistan has also suffered since the Taliban returned to power in 2021. "It's not just cricket that the guys are playing for," Trott said.

Persons: Arun Jaitley, Ikram Alikhil, Rashid Khan, Mark Wood, Jonathan Trott, Rahmanullah, Trott, It's, " Trott, that's, Aadi Nair, Peter Rutherford Organizations: Cricket, ICC Cricket, REUTERS, England, Scotland, Thomson Locations: England, Afghanistan, New Delhi, India, Zealand, Chennai, Bengaluru

☆ Cricket, flag football, lacrosse, squash, baseball-softball make 2028 Games cut
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-16 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Lacrosse, squash and baseball-softball had also been proposed by LA Games organisers for inclusion and received approval at an IOC meeting in Mumbai. The LA Games proposal is for a six-team Twenty20 cricket tournament for men and women. The tournament is played in the same T20 format that the game will feature in during the LA 2028 games. Flag football is a non-contact format of American football played by teams of five. American football last featured as a demonstration sport in 1932 LA Games.

Persons: Niharika Kulkarni, Sudipto Ganguly, Karolos, Toby Chopra, Peter Rutherford Organizations: International Olympic Committee, 141st IOC, REUTERS, Rights, Los Angeles Games, Lacrosse, LA, IOC, Games, Cricket, Twenty20, Indian Premier League cricket, Olympic, Paris Games, Summer, Thomson Locations: Mumbai, India, Rights MUMBAI, Tokyo, Paris

Learn moreYou've picked an excellent game if you're just tuning into the Cricket World Cup. We have everything you need on how to watch a free India vs. Pakistan live stream today, and better yet, it will set you up for a range of other free matches during the tournament - more details on those other games below. As mentioned in our guide to free Cricket World Cup live stream roundup, there are multiple free games on an Australian streaming channel. How to watch India vs. Pakistan and other free Cricket World Cup live streamsAustralia is one of the only countries with a free Cricket World Cup live stream, courtesy of streaming service 9Now (some will be on sister channel 9Gem; check the full TV guide listings here). Watch India vs. Pakistan.

Persons: We've, Here's, 9Now, ExpressVPN Organizations: Cricket, India, Pakistan, Sri, Zealand, England, ESPN Plus, Cricket World, Sky Sports Cricket Locations: India, Pakistan, Australia, 9Now, Sri Lanka, England, Africa, Netherlands, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Australian, United States

☆ Cricket-mad India is hosting the World Cup – and tickets are reselling at astronomical prices
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-13 | by ( George Glover | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

India is hosting the Cricket World Cup over the next two months. Secondhand ticket prices have soared – although some fans say the process to buy them has been poorly-managed. AdvertisementAdvertisementCricket-mad India is currently hosting the sport's flagship event, the ODI World Cup – but fans who want to see the national team play live might have to pay thousands of dollars for the privilege. Tickets are reselling on secondhand marketplaces for sky-high prices, while supporters are complaining that the process to buy seats for marquee games has been poorly managed. AdvertisementAdvertisementThe official website for the World Cup says tickets for future India matches are "coming soon" – even though the Rohit Sharma-led side are slated to take on New Zealand in Dharamsala in just 10 days' time.

Persons: Bloomberg he’d, —, Nikhil Wadhwani, he'd, –, Wadhwani, Rohit Sharma, Taylor Swift, Olivia Rodrigo Organizations: Cricket, Bloomberg, Service, Pakistan's, scalpers, New Zealand, NBA, England Locations: India, Pakistan, Ahmedabad, Mumbai, New, Dharamsala, Australia

Quite a few of the hospitals have seen a sudden influx of patients booked in for check-ups involving a night's stay to coincide with the most anticipated match of the World Cup. The Ahmedabad Hospitals and Nursing Homes Association has discouraged its members from accommodating such fans. India and Pakistan head into the showdown having both won their opening two matches at the tournament. The city has been declared a 'no-drone zone' on Saturday, and 11,000 security personnel will be deployed for the high-profile match, Ahmedabad police commissioner GS Malik said. On their first tour of India since the 2016 T20 World Cup, Pakistan were accorded a warm welcome in Hyderabad, where they played their first two matches.

Persons: Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, Pakistan's Shaheen Shah Afridi, Amit Dave, Tushar Patel, Bharat Gadhavi, Hemish Patel, Patel, Airfare, Narendra Modi, Donald Trump, Anthony Albanese, GS Malik, Shaheen Afridi, Jasprit, Liyakat Khan, Samiya, Hasan Ali, Khan, Amlan Chakraborty, Ken Ferris Organizations: Cricket, ICC Cricket, Pakistan cricket team, India, India REUTERS, Ahmedabad Medical Association, Reuters, Nursing Homes Association, THREE, Control, BCCI, Australia, Pakistan, Asia, Indian Express, Thomson Locations: Ahmedabad, India, DELHI, AHMEDABAD, Pakistan, Indian, Mumbai, Hyderabad, Sri Lanka, New Delhi

☆ Mongolian cricket takes step back as records tumble in loss to Nepal
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-27 | by ( Ian Ransom | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

HANGZHOU, China, Sept 27 (Reuters) - The windswept nation of Mongolia has rarely been known for cricket but now has a place in the record books after suffering the biggest defeat in T20 internationals through a 273-run hiding by Nepal at the Asian Games on Wednesday. His batting partner Dipendra Singh Airee also came off with the record for the fastest fifty in T20 internationals, reaching the milestone in nine balls in his unbeaten 52 which included eight sixes. Mongolia were dismissed for 41, the biggest contribution from 23 extras, including 16 wides by the Nepali bowlers. The north Asians will have a chance to atone when they play the Maldives in their second match on Thursday. Reporting by Ian Ransom; Editing by Christian RadnedgeOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Kushal Malla, strode, South Africa's David Miller, India's Rohit Sharma, Wickramasekara, Dipendra Singh Airee, Mongolia's, Sandeep Lamichhane, Ian Ransom, Christian Radnedge Organizations: Asian Games, Zhejiang University of Technology, South, Thomson Locations: HANGZHOU, China, Mongolia, Nepal, Hangzhou, Czech, Afghanistan, Ireland, West Indies, South Africa, Maldives

HANGZHOU, China (AP) — The Asian Games offer a preview of what could soon be coming to the Olympics. India's women won the gold medal on Monday at the Asian Games, defeating Sri Lanka in the 20-overs format. WORLD RECORDIndia set the first world record of the Asian Games in the 10-meter team rifle event. NORTH KOREA MEDALNorth Korea, appearing in its first international multi-sport event since the 2018 Asian Games, took bronze on Sunday in judo. The Asian Games involves about 12,400 competitors from 45 nations and territories with 481 gold medals on the line.

Persons: That's, Sri Lankans, Minnu Mani, Hashan Tillakaratne, Cricket's, Rudrankksh Patil, Divyansh, Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar, Chae Kwanglin, ___ Organizations: Games, Los Angeles Games, Brisbane, Asian Games, Sri, Bangladesh, ”, Asian, Cricket, Olympic, IOC, Olympics, Paris Games, WORLD, Indian, NORTH KOREA, China Locations: HANGZHOU, China, Sri Lanka, India, Pakistan, ” Bangladesh, North Korea, CHINA, Japan, South Korea, Indonesia

☆ India captain Rohit plays down hype around Pakistan blockbuster
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-01 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

COLOMBO, Sept 1 (Reuters) - India captain Rohit Sharma played down hype around Saturday's Asia Cup blockbuster against Pakistan, saying their focus is on using the tournament to fine-tune their preparations for the home World Cup later this year. For us, we don't want to look into all those things," the opener deadpanned in the pre-match press conference on Friday. "What is going to help us is - keep doing the right things on the pitch and make the right decisions that take us forward as a team." The six-team tournament assumes more importance for India as they chase their first global title in more than a decade at the home World Cup in October-November. "When we finish the tournament, hopefully we can achieve that and go into the next one and half months of the World Cup."

Persons: Rohit Sharma, Rohit, Shaheen Afridi, Amlan Chakraborty, David Holmes Organizations: Asia, Pakistan, India, Thomson Locations: COLOMBO, India, Pallekele, Pakistan, New Delhi

☆ Australia digests 'hollow' Ashes retention in Manchester rain
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-24 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

"Rarely could the Ashes have been secured in more hollow circumstances, with almost two days of rain saving Australia from what appeared certain defeat," wrote Malcolm Conn in the Sydney Morning Herald. "Despite being robbed of victory by the weather, England have only themselves to blame for being on the wrong side of history," Conn added. "England were in charge of the first test at Edgbaston before the cult of Bazball resulted in an over-optimistic declaration and reckless batting." Gideon Haigh, writing in the Australian, was kinder to the English but equally wary of any sort of celebrations over the retention of the Ashes. Reporting by Nick Mulvenney; Editing by Jamie FreedOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: John Sibley SYDNEY, Malcolm Conn, Conn, Gideon Haigh, Haigh, Nick Mulvenney, Jamie Freed Organizations: England, Old, Old Trafford Cricket, Australia, Manchester, Sydney Morning Herald, Edgbaston, Thomson Locations: Australia, Old Trafford, Manchester, Britain, England, Edgbaston

☆ Wagner wills New Zealand to miracle one-run win over England
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-28 | by ( Ian Ransom | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

Feb 28 (Reuters) - New Zealand pulled off a remarkable one-run win over England on Tuesday as lionhearted paceman Neil Wagner's heroics saw the hosts become just the fourth side in test history to win a match after being asked to follow on. Wagner took four wickets and two crucial catches at Wellington's Basin Reserve, where the hosts recorded only the second one-run victory in test cricket following West Indies' famous 1993 win in Adelaide. Enter Wagner, who had bled more than eight runs an over in the third innings when England romped to a 267-run win in the series-opener at Mount Maunganui. "It's a special one this and we'll celebrate it well," said Wagner, who finished with 4-62 in the fourth innings. Over the home summer, England chased down fourth-innings targets above 250 in three successive tests to whitewash New Zealand.

☆ Starc threatens De Bruyn with Mankad after batsman crosses the line
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-29 | by ( Ian Ransom | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

MELBOURNE, Dec 29 (Reuters) - Mitchell Starc threatened South Africa number three Theunis de Bruyn with a 'Mankad' dismissal on Thursday after the batsman wandered way outside his crease at the non-striker's end during the second test in Melbourne. "Just stay in your crease, it’s not that hard," Starc barked at him. During the post-match media conference, Starc said he would consider dismissing players with the Mankad in future if he saw them taking off early like De Bruyn, earning a firm endorsement from his captain Pat Cummins. Starc said De Bruyn had been leaving his crease early on day three in Melbourne as well. Starc will not have the opportunity to Mankad De Bruyn in the next test, having been ruled out of the match due to an injured tendon on the middle finger of his bowling hand.

☆ A sports tech startup lost millions — then made it big. Here's how its millennial founders staged a comeback
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-23 | by ( Goh Chiew Tong | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +8 min

Losing millions of dollars when they were 24 years old was a defining moment for entrepreneurs Harsh Jain and Bhavit Sheth. More than a decade after its launch, their company Dream Sports says it's now valued at $8 billion dollars, with 160 million users to boot. Dream Sports is a sports tech firm from India that owns Dream11, the biggest fantasy gaming platform in the country. Harsh Jain and Bhavit Sheth launched their startup Dream11 when they were just 22 — but it quickly "crashed and burned." That is something they learned from losing a large sum of money in the early days of their company, Jain added.

☆ Colombia's oil theft soars, leaving trail of environmental harm
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-23 | by ( Oliver Griffin | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +9 min

Reuters accompanied a police unit tasked with tackling oil theft in September to two sites near Tumaco, a Pacific port in southwest Colombia that is the terminal for the country's Transandino oil pipeline. The animals, the trees - everything is totally burned," said Colonel Johan Pena, commander of the police unit charged with tackling oil theft in Narino, a province bordering Ecuador that is known for cocaine production. Reuters approached more than a dozen environmental groups, rights advocates, government agencies and international organizations who either said they had no detailed information on the extent of the environmental damage in Colombia from oil theft or did not respond to questions. Oil spills on land smother soil pore spaces, restricting microorganisms' access to oxygen, said Martha Daza, a professor at Cali-based university Universidad del Valle's school of engineering of natural resources and the environment. Regional health authorities in Narino did not immediately respond to questions about the health impact of oil spills.

☆ Small talks to defuse big pressure around Indo-Pak game
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-15 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Excitement is already building for the Oct. 23 blockbuster between the former champions in Melbourne but India captain Rohit sought to downplay the hype around one of cricket's greatest rivalries. "At the Asia Cup, and now here, whenever we meet, we talk about how things are back home, how the families are," Rohit said. "The previous generation of cricketers told us they too used to chat about these things -- 'how's life? Whenever we come across, I try to tap into his experience since he has served India for such a long time. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterReporting by Amlan Chakraborty in New Delhi; editing by Michael PerryOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

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