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Sydney, Jan 11: Shane Warne has once again got involved in a spat on Twitter after he scoffed at Big Bash League (BBL) team Adelaide Strikers' team selection for their match against Perth Scorchers.

According to News. com. au, Warne wrote on his official Twitter account: "Terrible team Adelaide picked, what were they thinking!"

 The Melbourne Stars spin great contemptuously told the Adelaide players they''ll be watching the BBL semi finals on television but his mocking comments sparked a response from the Strikers'' official Twitter account, the paper reported.

London, Jan 11: England captain Alastair Cook has urged his players to cement their number one status in the ICC ODI rankings with a series win against India, starting today in Rajkot.

Cook said England would be recognized as the undisputed champions of fifty-over format only after a series win against India, the Daily Mirror reports.

Technically England is world''s best one-day side albeit by a fraction from South Africa who drew 2-2 with them in the summer.

Washington, Jan 11 : US President President Barack Obama will take oath of office on two Bibles this time- one owned by Martin Luther King Jr and one by Abraham Lincoln.

Obama''s ceremonial swearing in on the Capitol steps January 21 falls on MLK Day.

According to Politico, the King Bible was one that King used on the road for inspiration and preparing sermons and speeches, including during his time as a pastor in Montgomery, Alabama.

Sydney, Jan 11 : Late visionary Apple co-founder Steve Jobs has topped a list of the world's best chief executives, according to a report.

The global list, compiled by French business school Insead for Harvard Business Review, ranked the former Apple head first.

Jobs was followed by Amazon's Jeff Bezos in second and Samsung's retired boss Yun Jong-Yong in third, the Sydney Morning Herald reports.

Wellington, Jan 11 : An Apple executive has dismissed reports suggesting that the tech giant is working on a less expensive version of its popular iPhone.

Apple will not resort to a cheaper iPhone to expand its market share, the firm's marketing chief Phil Schiller told a Chinese newspaper in an interview.

During the interview with the Shanghai Evening News, Schiller pointed out that though Apple commanded just 20 per cent of the smartphone market, it had 75 per cent of the profit.

New York, Jan 11 : Some classified cables allegedly leaked to the whistle blowing website Wikileaks by US soldier Bradley Manning ended up in the hands of Osama bin Laden, prosecutors have claimed.

US military prosecutor Capt. Joe Morrow said during a pretrial hearing, that the terror mastermind had an Al-Qaeda lieutenant bring him some of the secret State Department and military reports allegedly leaked by Manning.