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Aus vs Zim, 2022 - Wessly Madhevere hopes for a run at No. 3 after successful last-minute call-up

Wessly Madhevere is eager to establish himself as Zimbabwe's No. 3 in ODIs after making the most of an unexpected opportunity in the opening match against Australia in Townsville.

Madhevere only found out shortly before the game started that he was in the team when Sean Williams was ruled out having taken a blow on the elbow at training on Saturday. An indication of how late the change was made came from the hasty scribbles on the team sheet.

"To be honest I didn't know I was going to play," Madhevere said. "Was told [on Saturday] I wasn't going to play but found out that Sean wasn't doing too well with the elbow and that's when the coach told me that I was playing.

"I normally get nervous the day before, especially when I know I'll be playing, but today I was kind of relaxed."

Madhevere went on to make his fourth ODI fifty and a new career-best of 72 to give Zimbabwe a platform from where they could have accelerated at the death, but after he gave a return catch to Adam Zampa's final delivery they lost 6 for 15 to be bowled out for 200 with 15 balls unused.

However, Madhevere wants to take on the No. 3 role in a more permanent capacity having made 5 and 2 in the position on the previous occasions he had batted there, in the recent series against India.

"I see myself batting there, it's one of the crucial positions when you want to be exposed to the pressure, so that's one of the key areas and I quite like that challenge," he said. "It also helps me grow as a cricketer if I get exposed to it right now, then it will be easier for me in the future."

He built steadily against seam and spin, reaching his fifty from 67 balls, and said he found the Townsville surface similar to those he had played on while at school in South Africa.

"I quite enjoyed it," he said. "Got exposed to those kind of conditions while I was at school so I knew what was happening."

Madhevere added that he felt 250-260 would have been a competitive total and Zimbabwe are hopeful that spin will be become more of a factor in the remaining two games. Sikandar Raza caused a few problems with his offspin while legspinner Ryan Burl collected three wickets as the Australians played aggressively against him.

The second ODI takes place on Wednesday.

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Suspect on the run after shooting leaves at least 1 injured at county fair

At least one person has been shot in what police say was a targeted shooting at the Washington County Fair in Fayetteville, Arkansas.

The incident occurred at approximately 10:30 p.m. when Fayetteville Police Officers responded to a report of a shooting at the annual Washington County Fair that is taking place this year From August 23 to 27.

“Upon the officers arrival they located one victim, and immediately began to render first aid,” said the Fayetteville Police Department in a statement published on social media. “The victim was then transported to a local medical facility.”

Local media was initially reporting that several other injuries were reported due to a stampede following the shooting but authorities have not yet confirmed this.

The Fayetteville Police Department said that their initial investigation has led them to believe that this was a targeted incident and not a random act of violence but did not elaborate further.

Authorities did confirm, however, that the suspect involved in the shooting was able to flee the scene of the crime and is currently on the loose. It is not clear if police know the identity of the suspect or not.

Officers are currently on the scene and investigating the incident and their investigation is ongoing.

The Washington County Fair was founded in 1857 and is the largest and most established county fair in Arkansas, according to the Washington County Fair Association.

This is a developing story. Please check back for updates.

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Bollywood film Shamshera's poor run at box office continues

Bollywood film Shamshera‘s poor run at the box office continues as it has not earned INR50 crores even after 12 days of its release.

Shamshera, which stars Bollywood couple Ranbir Kapoor in a double role, made its debut on July 22. The film got mixed reviews and has been declared disappointing as far as the box office collection is concerned.

It earned INR0.7 crores on the 12th day of its release. The film’s total collection is INR48.5 crores so far. It looks like its collection will be close to INR75 crores if the situation does not improve.

It is pertinent to mention that Shamshera got produced at a massive budget of INR150 crore. The film has not earned one-third of its budget so far.

It is Ranbir Kapoor’s seventh flop movie of his career.

Shamshera – which sees Ranbir Kapoor, Vaani Kapoor and Sanjay Dutt in the cast, tells the story of a tribal leader who relentlessly fights for his tribe’s freedom & dignity in the fictitious city of Kaza.

Khila Bisht and Neelesh Mishra have co-written the film. Karan Malhotra has directed and written its screenplay.

Aditya Chopra produced the film while Sudhanshu Kumar and Bharat Rawail are the executive producers and supervising producers respectively.

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WI vs Ind - Rohit Sharma 'okay with odd failure' as India ramp up the run rate

India are ready to embrace the "odd failure" in their quest to ramp up the run rate across phases of a match, in the lead-up to the T20 World Cup, their captain Rohit Sharma has said after winning the first T20I against West Indies.

"We want to try certain things when we bat in the first six overs, when we bat in the middle overs, and how we finish off the games," Rohit said after India's 68-run victory. "So, there are three facets of the game we want to try to improve, and how we can get the best out of each player. We've given specific roles to specific players to come and do the job for the team. Today, we did it. There's no guarantee that it will happen every game, but we got to try and back those ideas of going out there and trying to execute certain skills with the bat.

"And while doing that we will have some odd failures here and there, but we are pretty much okay with that. We want to try to do certain things when we bat, and I think we're able to achieve certain things. So, all in all, I thought it was a great effort and we want to continue to do that."

Speaking to BCCI.tv, Karthik said Rohit and India coach Rahul Dravid had built a team environment that gave players security, despite failures. "I'm really enjoying this set-up - the kind of calmness that seems to be around this set-up in terms of the coach and the captain, I think a lot of credit must go to the both of them. I think they have set up an atmosphere where they are dealing with failure in the most rational way possible. They are also bringing on board people who can help players [alluding to Paddy Upton's appointment as mental-conditioning coach] and try and be themselves. I think that was something that could have been missing before. At times when I didn't do well, I felt treated the same way and the dressing-room atmosphere is very calm and good."

In T20Is in 2022, India have scored at a rate of 9.46 per over, their best in a year where they have played more than one match. Only New Zealand (10.21) have scored at a faster clip than India.

Rohit, though, cautioned his batters against going too hard on pitches that aren't conducive to such an approach and urged them to be smarter with their decisions.

"But, again, we need to understand what sort of pitch we play on," he said. "Certain pitches will not allow you to do that, so you got to take a backward step and see how you can play in those overs because the guys have a lot of skill and they've played on all sorts of pitches back home. So, they just need to back those skillsets with the bat in the middle overs."

That India eventually scored 190 for 6 after being 138 for 6 in 16 overs was down to Karthik's blows in the last two overs. Such a total, Rohit said, seemed beyond India's reach at the halfway mark of their innings.

"The nature of the pitch… we knew it was going to be slightly tough," Rohit said. "The shot-making wasn't that easy at the start and at the same time, we do understand that guys who are set need to carry on as long as possible because there was some grip for the spinners. The odd variation wasn't easy to pick.

"But the way we finished off the first innings getting to 190 was a great effort because I really thought this wasn't a pitch where you can get 170-180 when we were batting in the first half of the game and when we finished the first ten overs."

'Difficult to read pitches in the Caribbean' - Pooran
West Indies captain Nicholas Pooran admitted that his side's indiscipline played a part in India posting a total that was above par.

Kyle Mayers dropped Suryakumar Yadav on 10 at short cover, Alzarri Joseph kept offering pace and bowling short to Rohit, Jason Holder missed his yorkers at the death, and then their batting unravelled in the chase. To add to West Indies' woes, they could have just four fielders outside the 30-yard circle during the end of India's innings due to an in-match penalty for slow over rate.

"I did feel like they got 20 runs more," Pooran said after the game. "And that was basically with our indiscipline. Obviously, with the over rate there in our last two overs and an extra guy in the circle, it was a big challenge for our bowlers. But we need to be a bit more disciplined."

West Indies picked just one spinner for the game - Akeal Hosein, who took 1 for 14 from his fours overs - while India went with three - Ravi Bishnoi, R Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja, who shared five wickets among them. Did West Indies misread the conditions in what was the first international match at the Brian Lara Stadium?

"In hindsight, it is difficult to read the pitches in the Caribbean, to be honest," Pooran said. " We can go back and say maybe we missed a trick, but in hindsight, anything could happen. The last two overs went for 40-odd [36] runs. Maybe 160 would've played differently for us, but we will definitely reflect on the decision that we made and will definitely try to get better in the days to come."

The teams travel to Basseterre in St. Kitts for the second and third T20 internationals on August 1 and 2.

Deivarayan Muthu is a sub-editor at ESPNcricinfo

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