Mike Gatting said he was “delighted” with the “ball of the century”, which launched Australia leg-spinner Shane Warne’s career as one of cricket’s greatest bowlers.
Warne died of a heart attack on Friday at the age of 52 in Koh Samui, Thailand.
Getting made this comment in an interview with the Daily Mail in 2013, the 20th anniversary of one of the most famous deliveries of all time.
Warne, making his Ashes debut at Manchester’s Old Trafford ground, pitched his first ball outside the leg-stump and then unceremoniously spun England batsman Gatting to clip him at the top of the off-bale.
Warne won six consecutive Ashes series, with 708 Test wickets, after helping whitewash the series 5–0 in Sydney in January 2007.
The late Richie Benaud, himself a former Australia leg-spinner, commented during his televised commentary: “Getting has absolutely no idea what happened to him – and he still doesn’t know.”
Gatting told the Daily Mail: “We saw some of it, but nothing special.”
“We thought we’d see him, see what he’s about and what he can do, but it was a remarkable delivery. There are people who think I should have pulled it off but I’ve never tried to lunge at a spinner. I was more concerned about throwing the ball in the back of my legs.
“I covered most of it and made sure it didn’t spin behind my legs and if it did anything else, I was in the right position to react, but it went fast as well as a long way It was a leg break and I knew he put a lot of revs on it and we knew the wicket could turn, but not that much!”
Legendary umpire Dickie Bird, who was on the bowler’s end when Warne falsely sent the ball down, still had what he said was “one of the best deliveries ever” during his 23 years of umpiring in international cricket.
“It was a great delivery,” Bird said. “It obviously goes a long way, but the key was the way it swung so quickly and pitched on such a big line outside leg stump. As soon as he threw it, I turned to him and said, ‘ Shane, you gotta put your name in the record book’. By God, he didn’t do half!”
Gatting continued: “I’m happy to be bowled by it because it would have been some fair guy who played only 10 Test matches and got 27 wickets, I would have been really upset.
“Anyway, he turned out to be the best spinner ever, so don’t mind you so much.”
Regional political parties in Jammu and Kashmir have said that the international community is aware of the ground situation in the union territory and it is high time for the Indian government to correct the defects and take immediate corrective measures.
Political parties in Jammu and Kashmir were reacting to a statement issued by the US Senate Subcommittee on Near East, South Asia, Central Asia and Counter Terrorism on March 2, in which they expressed concern over the human rights challenges and the fact that there will be no assembly elections. were happening. Held in Jammu and Kashmir
National Conference Lok Sabha member from South Kashmir Hasnain Masoodi said, “We are warning the Indian government about this. The situation here could not have been noticed. The Indian government should not have created this impression.” He said the “world’s largest democracy” cannot allow bureaucrats to rule over 13 million people of Jammu and Kashmir.
BJP general secretary in Jammu and Kashmir Ashok Kaul said such statements were issued when there was an emerging situation.
Kaul said, “The Indian government has always said that elections will be held here. After the process of delimitation is complete, the voter list and polling stations will be designated and then the assembly elections will be held.”
Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari abruptly cut his address to the state legislature amid sloganeering by leaders of the Maha Vikas Aghadi and the Bharatiya Janata Party. The Congress said the governor’s conduct was not being met by his office and he should be ‘remembered’ by the Centre.
The commotion started as soon as the governor addressed the state assembly. MVA leaders started chanting Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj ki Jai, while BJP leaders demanded the resignation of minister Nawab Malik. Within a minute of the sloganeering, the Governor stopped his speech and left the House, leaving everyone stunned as it had never happened before in Maharashtra.
NCP state president Jayant Patil said, “This has never happened in the legislative history of the state. The Governor left without completing his speech due to BJP’s indisciplined sloganeering.
He said the governor did not even bother to wait for the national anthem to play.
State Congress President Nana Patole said that the party is considering moving a proposal to recall the Governor by the President. “He is behaving more like a BJP leader than a governor. If he wants to continue as governor then he will have to stop working as a BJP leader,” said Patole
The Secrets Out: The return of Victoria’s Secret is gaining traction.
After several years in the making, the lingerie and beauty retailer – once seen by many as the epitome of exclusive – hasrebranded itself as an inclusive advocate for women,And, judging by the statistics, it seems to be working.
Victoria’s Secret marketing downvotes include photos of pregnant women.
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“Welcome all customers”Martin Waters, CEO of Victoria’s SecretLingerie, told analysts during Thursday morning’s conference call. “Our customer file continues to grow in 2021 as well. So after years of degradation, we added to the file. We are looking at a younger clientele with higher average spend, higher margins. And we’re also seeing third parties want to work with us. Not many third parties knocked on our door during 2016 [to] 2019. 2019. Now some of the best brands in the world are coming to us and talking to us about collaboration. And we know that when we have successful third parties in our business we get an incredibly high frequency of purchases and we also get high crossover with the core business. So there are proof points everywhere, at least not people [who] We know and love is proud of us again.”
Victoria’s Secret has rebranded itself as an all-inclusive brand for all women, including women of all different shapes, sizes, backgrounds and ages.
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The change predates 2018, a year after revenue at the lingerie brand (then part of L Brands) began to decline, thanks to changing consumer preferences and the #MeToo movement, which reacted to Victoria’s Secret’s unattainable beauty standards.
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But these days, Victoria’s Secret is an entirely different company — after L Brands split from Bath & Body Works last August to become its own stand-alone firm on the public market. The hyper-skinny model has been replaced with a more inclusive cast;The stores have been updated;The fashion show is gone:The board has been changed (now with a majority of women); Former head and founder Les Wexner is retired, and the product assortment includes things like mastectomy bras, maternity, sportswear, and oversize. There’s a tween line coming out this spring.
Buyers and investors alike seem pleased. Victoria’s Secret – parent company of the Victoria’s Secret lingerie, beauty and pink brand –disclosed fourth quarter earnings result wednesdayImprovement in top-line revenue after market close. Investors were also satisfied: The company’s shares rose more than 4 percent at the beginning of Thursday’s session.
“The haters are gone,” Waters said on the call. that initial noise of [brand] Repositioning is far from being a dangerous thing. We just don’t hear about it. Social media posts are received overwhelmingly positive. When we first announced our position, we got a significant amount of mail from people who said, ‘This is terrible. You are burning the earth. You are spoiling our brand. We love like never before, why are you changing it?’ And when we took a closer look, all those people… It was mainly from men and people who don’t subscribe to the values we subscribe to.
“Are there women who were shopping with us who no longer find the brand attractive?” The water continued. “I don’t think so. We still sell provocative merchandise. We still embrace very sexy. Some of our best-selling items are in the collections that are the most provocative. Valentine’s Day is a holiday we celebrate and we Be yourself and we are shamelessly sexy at that time of year.
“But we can do other things too,” the CEO said. “And I hope you see that when we launch Mother’s Day in a few weeks, which I think is one of the best campaigns we’ve launched. So for us, it’s about a balance. Victoria Instead of the Secret brand being just one thing that’s sexy, it’s about Victoria’s Secret that the brand advocates for women in all aspects of their lives – whether it’s motherhood, that date night, company at home, Be it sports. Whatever it is, we want to be there for him in every aspect of life’s journey.”
Victoria’s Secret CEO Martin Waters said one of the company’s missions is to have “the best bra in the universe”.
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Growth drivers in the most recent quarter included sleepwear, beauty and bras.
“Victoria’s Secret has to have the best bra in the universe. That’s our mission,” Waters said. “That’s what we’re going after. [But] It’s not just about bras. We have grown a lot in pink business. We have grown a lot in the beauty business. And so the lifeline of the business comes from innovation and new product development.”
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Todd Mick, executive director of fashion apparel at market research firm NPD Group, said: “Victoria’s Secret has always been an innovator. They got some kind of sleep. But we’re really counting on them. A lot of good things are happening. Are: Specifically, their Pink brand is really committed to size, inclusivity and body positivity. We think they’ll be the kids to make a comeback.”
This spring, the retailer’s latest creations will include a partnership with plus-size lingerie brand Elomi,$7 million invested in female-founded businessesAnd a new, digital tween line called Happy Nation.
Of the latter, Waters said, “we see this as a very optimistically inclusive brand that fills a void in the tween market. It builds on our core competence. In undies and . [first] Real expertise in bras and clothing company, young people in the pink business, marketing expertise in that space. So it’s a natural adjacency for us. And we at Happy Nation are leveraging our knowledge and beauty to build a truly young beauty business that we think can be incredibly exciting.
The landing page for the yet-to-be-launched teen brand Happy Nation for Victoria’s Secret.
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Of course, the company is not without challenges.
Waters called sportswear, which he said remained mostly flat last quarter, and buy online, pick up in stores, as areas of improvement.
“We were late to the party with BOPIS, there was no point in saying it any other way,” the CEO said. “We really only got into the business during the latter half of 2021, where I think there are 450 stores with BOPIS capacity. This spring, we’ll be rolling out in all stores. So all stores in the fleet will have BOPIS capability. Its take-up has been relatively light. I don’t know if it’s because people in our category don’t want to shop online and in-store, or it’s because we only have half the fleet. I don’t know We will continue to make it work. And even though it’s only a relatively small take-up, it’s an important part of our all-channel, our multichannel of our go-to-market strategy. That’s why we are committed to it.”
There are also macro trends at play, including continuing supply chain issues, inflationary pressures and the current crisis in Ukraine, all of which have the potential to affect both business spending and consumer-spending habits.
In terms of increasing prices, Waters said, “It’s less about increasing the prices of the goods we already have and more about developing goods that are better than anyone else and, therefore, priced higher.” orders. And with that comes better price and innovation.”
He added that the company ended the most recent quarter with inventory up 35 percent, “thanks to supply chain delays coming to the fore and moving goods forward so we’re in a good position to enter spring. So.” We like where we are. It’s not perfect by any stretch of the imagination, but we’re in a much better inventory position than we were six months ago and I feel like we’re getting on top of supply chain pressures The ones that have been out for the last year or so.”
Despite the success, the company guided its current-quarter revenue estimates because of continued supply-chain disruptions (which the company said would cost them about $140 million more in the first half) and the absence of last year’s stimulus checks.
But analysts don’t seem surprised.
“We remain a buyer of VSCO as we continue to track the fundamentals of the turnaround, particularly as it transitions back from mass air (90 percent air mix in 4Q) to ocean freight with high transitivity.” Struggles with levels,” Ike Borucho, senior retail analyst at Wells Fargo, wrote in a note. His firm rated the stock as “overweight” and set a price target of $75 per share.
Shimon Siegel, managing director and senior retail analyst at BMO Capital Markets, said: “While VSCO does not have a long history of stand-alone operations, sales and sales. [earnings-per-share] Beat guidance over the past two quarters and sales in the most recent quarter were ahead. We maintain our outperformance as VSCO remains affordable.
More than any number, the hundred has a special place in cricket – an achievement to be celebrated and a measure of quality. 11 years after he made his Test debut against West Indies at Sabina Park in Kingston, Virat Kohli stands on his 100th Test debut.
This is a feat that only 11 other Indians have achieved in 90 years of Test cricket. It should be celebrated for all the wonderful memories that Kohli has given to cricket fans and it also marks his brilliance as a batsman.
Kohli himself will be happy to reach this stage, as he has always attached great importance to Test cricket. (“… because this is real cricket for me”). He diligently worked to make India the best Test team in the world, in which he also got success to a great extent. During his seven-year captaincy reign, India dominated the opposition at home and conquered several boundaries abroad.
“I honestly never thought that I would play 100 Test matches. It has been a long journey. We played a lot of cricket while playing those 100 Test matches. God has been kind. I worked really hard for my fitness. A big moment for me, for my family, for my coach,” Kohli said in a video posted by BCCI.
But Kohli will not be satisfied, as it is his nature. He is in pursuit of excellence in everything he does and everything he has achieved in his cricketing career is a byproduct of that one-minded pursuit. The hundredth Test is also another milestone in his long journey.
In his message ahead of Kohli’s 100th Test, Sachin Tendulkar also hinted at the discovery of Kohli, in different words.
Tendulkar told bcci.tv, “…we played cricket together for India and not for long, but with all the time we spent together, it was clear that you were eager to learn things. Keep working on the game and keep getting better.”
But this milestone comes at a time when Kohli is probably going through his second toughest phase as a cricketer. (The hardest part was when he lost his father as a teenager but still came to the field to save the Delhi team in a Ranji Trophy game.)
Recently, he stepped down as T20I and Test captain and was dropped as ODI captain. Although he has said that he quit the captaincy to reduce his workload, circumstances and the words of some BCCI office-bearers gave it a different look.
The lean patch from Kohli’s bat hasn’t helped either. He hasn’t scored a century in 932 days. His last Test century came in November 2019 and ODI century in August the same year.
This is an anomaly. Because, he is someone who has scored centuries at a better clip than any batsman in the history of cricket.
Take it as a sample, Kohli has scored 43 ODI hundreds since his ODI debut in August 2008. The second best in this period is Rohit Sharma with 29.
In Test cricket, since their debut in June 2011, only Australia’s Kohli and Steve Smith have scored 27 centuries each. (Smith has played 77 Tests).
But if we look at the total number of international centuries since Kohli’s debut in 2008, he is way ahead of everyone with 70 centuries in all formats combined. South Africa’s Hashim Amla is second with 50 international centuries, while Australia’s David Warner is third with 43 centuries and Rohit is at the fourth position with 41.
It will not be an exaggeration to say that Kohli is the most prolific all-format century collector of all time. He has scored a century in every 7.25 innings, which is better than the greats like Sachin Tendulkar (7.82), Ricky Ponting (9.40) and Kumar Sangakkara (10.57).
On Friday, when India take on Sri Lanka in the first Test in Mohali, Kohli will take on Indian whites for the 100th time. He can score many more hundreds, but this century is special and worth celebrating.
Oakland, Calif. Ukrainians working in Western tech companies are banding together to help their besieged homeland, aiming to eliminate misinformation websites, encouraging Russians to go against their government, and medical The speed of supply is to be accelerated.
They are seeking to persuade firms such as Internet security company Cloudflare Inc., Alphabet Inc.’s Google and Amazon.com Inc. to do more to counter Russia’s invasion of Ukraine through email campaigns and online petitions.
“Companies should try to isolate Russia as soon as possible,” said Oleksiy Oreshko, a Google employee software engineer and a Ukrainian American. “Sanctions are not enough.”
He was one of nine tech workers interviewed by Reuters who are of Ukrainian heritage or are Ukrainian immigrants and answering a call by Kyiv to create a volunteer “IT army”.
Several companies have severed Russian ties because of new government trade sanctions, but activists are demanding more.
They are especially appealing to cybersecurity companies, asking them to spare Russian subscribers, especially publishers, of what they say is propaganda. If this happens, publishers will be more vulnerable to online attacks.
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Igor Seletsky, chief executive officer of Palo Alto-based software maker CloudLinux, has requested Cloudflare to drop several Russian news websites.
“Given that Switzerland also took sides, I think it will be an important statement if Cloudflare will do the same,” he wrote in an email to top executives, which he shared with Reuters.
Cloudflare said it has terminated some customers due to the restrictions and began reviewing the accounts flagged in Celetsky’s email, saying it was proceeding with caution because cutting ties could jeopardize customer security. There will be danger.
Inspired by the bombings outside his parents’ home last week and concerned for the safety of some of his Ukrainian colleagues who hadn’t checked in recently, Vlad Goloshuk asked a group of companies to help put pressure on Russia. appealed to.
More than a dozen of those security and web hosting providers said they would do what they could. Some have given up on Russian customers or were considering doing so, according to answers shown to Reuters by Goloshuk, CEO of BrightestMinds, a company that helps businesses generate sales leads.
Philip Lipnyakov, who works for Spanish delivery app Glovo and has backed efforts to take down Russian websites, said he hopes the “IT war” will protect Ukraine.
The disruptions will “send a message, from average citizens to higher officials, that, ‘Hey, this is unacceptable,'” he said.
Ukraine’s deputy minister for digital transformation told Reuters on Wednesday that the online forces now number more than 250,000 people who put forward their ideas. Officer Alexander Bornyakov said this “IT army” has reached more than 50 million in Russia, partly through 100,000 phone calls using an automated recording seeking Moscow’s retreat.
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At Google, hundreds of workers, including Ukrainian heritage, have signed an internal letter addressed to CEO Sundar Pichai, which, according to a company software engineer, called Search to provide more support to Ukraine and modify services such as Maps and advertising tools. Calling the Giants. Condition of anonymity.
Google declined to comment. In recent days, it has banned Russian state media from advertising and distribution tools and increased security measures for users in Ukraine.
Activists are also looking at ways to disrupt the lives of Russian citizens, with the aim of undermining support for the war within Russia.
An online petition organized by Stas Matvienko, CEO of restaurant order-forward company Allset in Los Angeles, has called on US developers of entertainment, payments, dating and other apps to block access to Russia.
Big Tech’s financial and supply chain muscle could also help.
Silicon Valley-based humanitarian aid group Nova Ukraine has urged Amazon to donate worker time as well as space for straps and other vital supplies on its cargo planes and vehicles headed to neighboring countries such as Poland.
“They have the scale that no one else has,” said Igor Markov, a director at Nova Ukraine and a technical research scientist.
Amazon declined to comment. This week it said it would donate up to $10 million to organizations providing aid in Ukraine.
Organizing online aid for Ukraine has consumed Julia Nechaeva, product director of Amazon’s live streaming unit Twitch.
“I’ve only opened my work computer three times since last Wednesday,” she said. “To let my manager know I’ll be shut down and use charity matching.”
Mumbai: Ed-tech firm Scalar has acquired online learning platform AppliedRoots for $50 million in a cash and stock deal.
A senior company executive told ET that the deal will enable it to strengthen its data science, artificial intelligence and machine learning capabilities.
The acquisition, the third in the last 12 months, comes two months after raising $55 million in Series B funding from investors led by LightRock India.
Last year, it acquired Coding Minutes and Coding Elements.
Launched in April 2019 by Anshuman Singh and Abhimanyu Saxena, Scalar’s parent entity InterviewBit commands a post-money valuation of $710 million, as previously reported by ET.
“This acquisition will help us grow rapidly in the AI and ML space,” Saxena told ET. “We have a long runway and the capital raised will try to take the business further through organic and inorganic routes.”
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Applied Roots was bootstrapped by Srikanth Varma Chekuri, Murali Krishna Warri, Naveen Reddy Bade, Brahma Reddy, Srinivas Reddy and Sathish Atcha.
It offers an online diploma course in AI and ML.
The platform also provides GATE CS preparation and applied coding tracks to technical professionals. The company said its team has served more than 40,000 learners over the past four years. The entire team, along with its founders, has joined Scalar.
“Our immediate goal will be to support the efforts and projects being undertaken in the Data Science & ML team. We will also include a separate Data Analyst sub track within the Data Science program,” said Chekuri, co-founder of AppliedRoots.
Sklar has raised about $76 million to date. It would like to acquire more companies this year. “We are open to smaller acquisitions, where we are looking at large scale for access to talent, distribution or geography,” Saxena said.
Scalar is currently looking at an annual revenue run rate (ARR) of $60 million.
“We expect to reach an ARR of $150 million by the end of FY13,” Saxena said.
The company is looking to expand its presence in software development programs for beginners and data analytics/engineering.
“Our business is cash flow positive and profitable and therefore we are not worried about the runway of the company as we have cash. “We are not looking to raise a fresh round of capital immediately,” Saxena said.
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