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Business Standard
an hour ago
- Sport
- Business Standard
How to bat in English conditions: Here's what India legend Tendulkar said
India will be up against England without their experienced batters—Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli—in the five-match Test series. In the absence of the two stalwarts, the Indian batting line-up is touted to be weak in English conditions, where the Duke ball swings significantly whenever there is cloud cover. Check India vs England 1st Test full scorecard and match details here So, how should the Indian batters approach their innings in those changing conditions? India's great Sachin Tendulkar, who played five Test series in England between 1990 and 2011, laid out a template for batters. Tendulkar feels that batters need to be adequately flexible in tweaking their game as per conditions. Tendulkar has emphasised the importance of mental flexibility and situational awareness when facing challenging conditions in England. Speaking ahead of India's five-match Test series, the Master advised batters not to stick rigidly to their natural game. "You need to respect the conditions and bat accordingly," Tendulkar said. "It cannot be one-way traffic that my game is like this and I am going to play like this only." According to him, adapting to the moment is crucial. "If we respect that, then a lot of things can fall into place." Rigid approach comes with risk Tendulkar cautioned that being inflexible, regardless of conditions, could lead to costly mistakes. 'If one is adamant and doesn't believe in changing too many things, then sometimes you end up paying a heavy price,' he warned. The ability to shift gears, he said, helps a batter know when to attack and when to defend. Despite their inexperience at the international level in England, Tendulkar backed players like Karun Nair and B Sai Sudharsan, pointing to their county stints with Northamptonshire and Surrey. 'They have played in South Africa, New Zealand, and Australia. All these experiences teach you a lot,' he said.
Yahoo
2 hours ago
- Automotive
- Yahoo
Section of the A3 to close over the weekend
A section of the A3 will close in both directions over the weekend as the £317m Wisley interchange upgrade continues in Surrey. National Highways has said the closure will be between the M25 Junction 10 and the Painshill Roundabout in Cobham, lasting from 21:00 BST on Friday until 06:00 on Monday. The works include installing an overhead road sign holder, drainage work in the central reservation and installing trenches for technology across all lanes. Diversions will be in place across the weekend. The same section of the A3 will be closed again from 4 to 7 July, say National Highways. The works are part of a project to ease congestion on the A3 and the Wisley Interchange and are due for completion in 2026. Follow BBC Surrey on Facebook, on X and on Instagram. Send your story ideas to southeasttoday@ or WhatsApp us on 08081 002250. M25 and A3 interchange to be closed over weekend M25 closure: Motorists told to still visit Surrey Drivers told to 'take the train' during M25 closure National Highways
BBC News
2 hours ago
- General
- BBC News
Extra school bus service launched in Surrey after parent petition
A cancelled school bus has been replaced by an extra trial service after parents put pressure on Surrey County Council (SCC). SCC advised children to "bring torches" to walk to school after announcing plans to axe a free school bus taking children from Molesey to Esher High School from September, said the Local Democracy Reporting Service (LDRS).But parents started a petition to put on an extra 814 service to accommodate the children with part of the £12bn transport funding granted to SCC by the council said it had worked with Falcon buses on the issues raised by parents, and had agreed on an extra trial service at no cost to the council. 'A win for children' The extra bus will run for the first half-term of the 2025/26 academic year, according to the council. After that, demand will be analysed to see if the service will continue, says SCC. Matt Furniss, cabinet member for highways, transport and economic growth at Surrey County Council, said: "We're very aware of the challenges raised by parents and carers and have worked with Falcon to address these."As with all bus services, we need to ensure they are used to make them viable, so I encourage parents and carers to take up this new provision. "This additional bus is being provided by Falcon at no cost to Surrey County Council." The LDRS has previously reported that it understood cutting the bus route from September would save about £180,000 per year. Esher and Walton MP Monica Harding previously wrote to SCC council leader Tim Oliver about concerns over the walking route and said it was a shame families had to wait so long for the council to make a decision. She said: "This is a win for school children in Esher who were facing walks of up to three miles across unlit heathland with concerns about safety, after Surrey County Council decided to withdraw the Esher High School bus service.""I'm glad that this time local families have been heard. We now need to know that this much-needed bus provision will be sustained over the longer term."
BBC News
2 hours ago
- Automotive
- BBC News
Section of the A3 in Surrey to be closed over the weekend
A section of the A3 will close in both directions over the weekend as the £317m Wisley interchange upgrade continues in Surrey. National Highways has said the closure will be between the M25 Junction 10 and the Painshill Roundabout in Cobham, lasting from 21:00 BST on Friday until 06:00 on Monday. The works include installing an overhead road sign holder, drainage work in the central reservation and installing trenches for technology across all will be in place across the weekend. The same section of the A3 will be closed again from 4 to 7 July, say National works are part of a project to ease congestion on the A3 and the Wisley Interchange and are due for completion in 2026.
Telegraph
4 hours ago
- Health
- Telegraph
‘Thanks to two years on the NHS waiting list, I'm now an inch shorter'
In March 2022, Jason Foster tripped over his dog, fell down the stairs, and broke his back. The pain was harrowing. Even worse, he says, it was matched by the agony he faced during his 20-month wait for surgery on his T12 wedge fracture, owing to the inefficiency of the NHS. 'For almost two years, I survived on stoicism and morphine,' says Foster. Following the accident, which occurred while he was renovating his late mother's house near Taunton, copy-editor Foster, 55, was referred back to a hospital in south London, near his Surrey home. 'I had an X-ray, and was told I'd need to have an operation,' he says. 'They then sent me on my way with pain relief, a walking stick, and a spinal brace to stop me going 'full Jenga'. No-one told me how long I would have to wait.' Over the next few months, the hospital made three appointments for him, which it then cancelled before the allotted times. 'I turned up on another morning, and it was the doctor's day off,' says Foster. 'When I asked one receptionist some hard questions, she called her senior colleague who said I had 'hurt her feelings'.' In August 2022, to his great relief, Foster was finally called in for surgery, but the consultant on the rota that day didn't agree that an operation was the best course of action, so Foster was sent home again. 'Meanwhile, I had a hole in my back and was getting shorter by the day, because my vertebrae were crushing into one another,' he says. The question of 'urgency' Cancelled appointments, lost paperwork, a black hole of communication – anyone who uses the NHS will be used to this catalogue of failures. Perhaps the most concerning thing is that these delays don't just affect routine appointments, but those also deemed ' urgent '. According to a King's Fund report released in May last year, the NHS declares that 92 per cent of people waiting for elective (non-urgent) treatment, such as cataract surgery or a knee replacement, should wait no longer than 18 weeks from referral to their first treatment. 'This standard was last met in September 2015,' the King's Fund said at the time. 'Since then, performance has declined steadily, until the Covid-19 pandemic, when it deteriorated rapidly.'
