It’s time to bin VAR and give referees the chance to correct their own grievous mistakes using a cricket-style review system.

For two seasons, men in a Stockley Park bunker have been killing football with their jobsworth interference – or negligent failure to intervene when there is a demonstrable injustice.

Fans don’t want VAR. The technology is fine, but the application of it has been useless.

What we want is the chance to overturn ludicrous decisions – right here, right now – without external intervention to preserve football’s integrity.

So here’s the deal. When a manager (or head coach) feels aggrieved by a rotten decision, he has 20 seconds to consult a laptop screen or pitchside monitor – every professional club uses them now for analytical purposes – and raise the alarm through the fourth official.

On the occasion of International Women’s Day, the world body of cricket – the International Cricket Council (ICC) on Monday announced the expansion of women’s cricket events post the 2023 cycle. The ICC tournaments for women cricketers will have more teams from 2026 onwards with the governing body announcing its expansion plan for the game to mark international women’s day. ICC said the T20 World Cup will have 12 teams instead of 10 from the 2026 edition. The ODI World Cup will also be expanded — from eight teams to 10 — from the 2029 edition.

“More teams will compete in both the Women’s World Cup and the Women’s T20 World Cup from 2026 onwards as part of the ICC’s long-term commitment to growing the game globally and in a sustainable fashion,”CC stated in a media release.

The revised formats will give more teams the chance to compete on the global stage and importantly provides members with a window to grow the game domestically to challenge internationally as the changes take place.

Two 50-over World Cups will be played in 2025 and 2029 while four T20 World Cups have been scheduled for 2024, 2026, 2028, and 2030.

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The sport’s governing body has also announced the advent of a new tournament, called Women’s T20 Champions Cup and it will be played in 2027 and 2031.

Manu Sawhney, ICC Chief Executive said, “We have a clear focus and commitment to an ambitious long-term growth plan for the women’s game. We have been building momentum around the women’s game for the last four years investing in global broadcast coverage and marketing to drive fan engagement.

“The results speak for themselves with the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2020 attracting record numbers, 1.1 billion video views, making it the most-watched women’s cricket event of all time and having 86,174 fans attending the final at the MCG, a record attendance for a women’s cricket event.

“This decision to expand our women’s events builds on these foundations and allows us to give more member countries greater opportunities to compete on a global stage. This means that more teams will also get the opportunity to compete in the qualification pathways for the respective ICC events over the coming years. I am sure these initiatives will go a long way in helping us achieve our strategic goal of continuing to build strength and depth in the women’s game,” he added.

In 2020, the Women’s T20 World Cup final was contested between Australia and India in front of a record audience at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG). More than 80,000 people turned up to watch Australia lift the title.

ECC vs GHG Dream11 Tips And Prediction

Empire CC vs GYM Helsinki Gymkhana Dream11 Team Prediction Finnish Premier League – T20 – Fantasy Cricket Tips For Today’s ECC vs GHG at Kerava National Ground: In an exciting Finnish Premier League T20 contest on Tuesday evening, Empire CC will take on GYM Helsinki Gymkhana at the Kerava National Cricket Ground. The Finnish Premier League T20 ECC vs GHG will begin at 8.30 PM IST on July 21. ECC are currently on the second spot of the points table with seven wins and two losses in nine matches so far. Empire CC have already qualified for the semifinals.

On the other hand, GYM Helsinki Gymkhana, have been seen struggling to get going in the season. They are currently on the fourth position in the standings with four wins, four losses and one draw in the competition so far.

TOSS – The toss between Empire CC and GYM Helsinki Gymkhana will take place at 8 PM (IST).

Time: 8.30 PM IST

Venue: Kerava National Cricket Ground

ECC vs GHG My Dream11 Team

Wicketkeeper: Jonathan Scamans (C)

Batsmen: Muhammad Imran, Vanraaj Padhaal, Shahid Gondal, Muhammad Gawas

All-rounders: Amjad Sher (vc), Raaz Mohammad, Pankaj Saharan

Bowlers: Abdul Ghaffar, Shoaib Tahir Qureshi, I Yousuf

ECC vs GHG Probable Playing XIs

Empire CC: Jonathan Scamans (wk), Vanraaj Padhaal, Mahesh Balasaheb Tambe, Abdul Ghaffar, Muhammad Imran, Shoaib Tahir Qureshi, Kushagra Bhatnagar, Amjad Sher, Zeerak Ijaz, Raghavendra Sathyanarayana, Yasir Ali.

GYM Helsinki Gymkhana: Simaranjit Brar (wk), Muhammad Gawas, Pankaj Saharan, Atti Rehman, Ahmad Jaleel, Faisal Shahzad, Javed Jan, Irfan Yousefzai, Mohammed Azhar, Shahid Gondal, Muhammad Hassan.

ECC vs GHG Squads

Empire CC: Udaybhaskar Nandini, Bineet Panda, Jonathan Scamans, Yasir Ali, Zeerak Ijaz, Richard Savage, Hemanathan Kumar, Chandra Sekhar, Muhammad Imran, Vanraaj Padhaal, Ravi Kumar, Hyde Hytti, Raaz Muhammad, Raghavendra Sathyanarayana, Mahesh Balasaheb Tambe, Amjad Sher, Abdul Ghaffar, Taimoor Yousaf, Vishal Verma, Srihari Gowri Srinivasan, Kushagra Bhatnagar, Jo Hadley, Shoaib Tahir Qureshi.

GYM Helsinki Gymkhana: Muhammad Hassan, Simaranjit Brar, Qais Yousufzai, Shahid Gondal, Muhammad Gawas, Nouman Raza, Ahmad Jaleel, Mohammed Azhar, Noufal Khalid, Pankaj Saharan, Faisal Shahzad, Zubair Tariq, Umair Akhtar, Irfan Yousefzai, Atti Rehman, Javed Jan.

Check Dream11 Prediction/ ECC Dream11 Team/ GHG Dream11 Team/ Empire CC Dream11 Team/ GYM Helsinki Gymkhana Dream11 Team/ Dream11 Guru Tips/ Online Cricket Tips and more.

Posted March 20, 2016 20:28:00

Greg Inglis is one of rugby league’s best players, but it appears his mathematics ability leaves a bit to be desired.

The Rabbitohs were trailing St George Illawarra 8-6 with just seconds left on the clock in a brutal encounter at a sodden SCG on Sunday when Inglis inexplicably decided a one-point field goal was his best option.

“Put that on the blooper reel, I will sit back at have a laugh at it,” Inglis said.

“It was a bit of a brain explosion at the end there, not much else I can say about it.”

As the ball sailed to the right of the goalposts, bemusement spread across viewers, team-mates, opposition and commentators alike.

In a matter of seconds the play started being referred to as Inglis’ ‘Terry Lamb moment’.

Lamb, one of Canterbury’s favourite sons, had a similar brain fade in round 14 of the 1992 season when the Bulldogs were trailing the Knights 12-10 in Belmore.

The five-eighth received the ball on the right side of the field and hit the ball as sweetly as he ever had, sending it straight over the crossbar.

Like in Inglis’ case, he was swiftly reminded that 12 minus 10 equals 2 and the one point awarded for his field goal was not enough, but at least he had an excuse.

Newcastle’s John Schuster had scored a late try, but Lamb “had a blackout” and did not see the conversion go over, leading to his embarrassing effort.

Inglis had no such luxury as the Rabbitohs had been trailing by two points for more than half the game when he tried to slot his one-pointer.

“Greggy has been terrific for us many times in making decisions.He’s made plenty of good ones,” coach Michael Maguire said after the game.

Safe to say Sunday’s game-ending play will not go down as one of the “good ones”.

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Results | Fixtures

Karnataka rode on skipper Ravikumar Samarth’s knock of 192 off 158 balls and a stroke-filled 101 by 20-year-old left-handed Padikkal (off 119 balls) to post an imposing 338/3 and then bundled out the opposition for 258.

Kerala’s decision to put Karnataka into bat at the Air Force ground backfired badly, as Samarth and Padikkal toyed with their attack with a massive 249-run partnership for the first wicket.

Samarth, a 28-year-old right-hander, hammered 22 boundaries and three sixes in his 158-ball knock. He completed his century in 112 balls and was aggressive right from the start, while Padikkal hammered 10 boundaries and two maximums.

It was a Samarth-Padikkal show as Karnataka were going strong at 196/0 after 35 overs having laid the foundation for a mammoth total. While Padikkal continued his fabulous show in the national ODI tournament and in the process scored his 4th consecutive List A century and became the first Indian to do so, Samarth surpassed veteran Wasim Jaffer’s unbeaten 170 to register the highest score in a Vijay Hazare knock-out match.

After Padikkal fell in the 43rd over, Samarth upped the ante while Manish Pandey (34 not out) played his role to perfection. Samarth fell in the 49th over but had ensured that his side went past the 315-run mark.

For Kerala, right-arm medium pacer Basil NP (3/57) was the pick of the bowlers, while others had an off-day. Former India speedster S Sreesanth conceded 73 runs in his 10 overs.

Chasing 339, Kerala was in a spot of bother at 15/2 as pacer Ronit More (5/36) dismissed Robin Uthappa (2) and Rohan Kunnummal (2) early. M Prasidh Krisha (1/22) removed Vishnu Vinod (28) as Kerala slumped to 52/3.

Two-down Vathsal Govind (92; 6×4, 3×6) and skipper Sachin Baby (27) did the repair job with their 59-run fourth wicket stand, but offie K Gowtham (2/73) did the trick by sending back Baby as Kerala was reeling at 111/4. Vathsal, who was then joined by Mohammed Azharuddeen (52; 5×4, 2×6), had different plans as they took on the opposition bowlers, and forged a 92-run stand for the fifth wicket.

Seasoned leggie Shreyas Gopal (2/64), however, brought Karnataka back into the contest, by taking two quick wickets. First, he dismissed Azharuddeen and then Akshay Chandran, while Govind became More’s third victim, as the three dismissal paved the way for Karnataka’s win. Kerala was eventually bowled out for 258.

Brief Scores:

Karnataka 338/3 (Ravikumar Samarth 192, Devdutt Padikkal 101; Basil NP 3/57) beat Kerala 258 (Vathsal Govind 92; M Azharuddeen 52; Ronit More 5/36, Shreyas Gopal 2/64) by 80 runs.