Melbourne, Nov 4 : Former Australia captain Mark Taylor has said that current skipper Ricky Ponting should have known better than to become embroiled in an ugly on-field spat with Brett Lee.
Ponting and Lee were involved in a heated exchange during the second Test against India when the pacer was not given a bowl on the fourth morning of the match.
Australia maintained the reason for overlooking Lee was because of a slow over rate, but it was clear Ponting, who even turned to the rarely used medium pace of Mike Hussey, had lost confidence in his spearhead, who has struggled through the entire campaign.
Taylor, now a Cricket Australia board director, said the Australian skipper should have shown greater discretion.
Washington, Nov 4 : A new research by ecologists has determined that natural selection favors only some species based on their rate of metabolism, meaning how fast a species consumes energy, per unit mass, per unit time.
A team from the University of California (UC) Riverside undertook the research.
The researchers studied 3006 species, the largest number of species ever analyzed in a single study. The species list encompasses much of the range of biological diversity on Earth – from bacteria to elephants, and algae to sapling trees.
To the researchers’ surprise, they found that the mean metabolic rate of the species at rest fell on a narrow range of values – 0.3 to 9 Watts per kilogram.
Washington, Nov 4 : Hollywood legend Clint Eastwood is set to give up his acting career for the director’s chair.
The 78-year-old star has hinted that his forthcoming starring role in Gran Torino will be his last.
He has cut back on his acting career in recent years to concentrate on directing.
"It''ll (Gran Torino) probably be my last. I''ll be drummed out of it after this one,” Contactmusic quoted Eastwood, as telling Ireland''s Sunday World newspaper.
London, November 4 : Robbie Williams, a former member of the hit pop group ‘Take That’, might join his band mates on stage for their UK stadium tour next year.
The 34-year-old, who split with the immensely successful boy band in 1995 following his turf with frontman Gary Barlow, has been recently spending quality time with the band at his Beverly Hills mansion, as per a source.
The English songwriter, who entered the Guinness Book of World Records when he sold more than 1.6 million tickets for his 2006 world tour in just one day, is said to have mended differences with the his ex-band buddies.
New York, November 4 : Oscar-winner Charlize Theron, who was sued by Swiss watchmakers for a breach of contract, has settled the 20 million dollar suit.
According to the official documents filed in the Manhattan Federal Court, the suit is set to be dropped once it reaches its final stages within 30 days, reports the New York Daily News.
Rate two-way in solid action; bids on dips from profit-taking shorts some desks report. Drop through early support finds stops and new lows attract technical selling.
Semi-official names on the offer near the highs with stops reported on a move over the 1.2900 area. 1.2700 handle fails to hold on a dip and stops likely cleared. Hook reversal showing from the toolbox suggests aggressive traders can buy the rate on dips.
Rate possibly getting spillover effect from GBP. Support also from cross-spreaders as they unwind Yen. Official interest noted traders say.
Washington, Nov 4 : Hollywood legend Clint Eastwood is set to give up his acting career for the director’s chair.
New York, November 4 : Oscar-winner Charlize Theron, who was sued by Swiss watchmakers for a breach of contract, has settled the 20 million dollar suit.
