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Funding/Support: This study was supported by The University of Chicago Institute for Translational Medicine and the Clinical and Translational Science Awards program [UL1 RR024999]. Dr Arora is supported by National Institute on Aging [K23 AG033763]. Dr Meltzer is supported by a Midcareer Career Development Award from the National Institutes of Health [1 K24 AG031326-01].
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Systematic screening and treatment of sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) or obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) in presurgical patients would impose a significant cost burden; therefore, it is important to understand whether SDB is associated with worse postoperative outcomes. We sought to determine the impact of SDB on postoperative outcomes in patients undergoing four specific categories of elective surgery (orthopedic, prostate, abdominal, and cardiovascular). The primary outcomes were in-hospital death, total charges, and length of stay (LOS). Two secondary outcomes of interest were respiratory and cardiac complications.
Data were obtained from the Nationwide Inpatient Sample database. Regression models were fitted to assess the independent association between SDB and the outcomes of interest.
The cohort included 1,058,710 hospitalized adult patients undergoing elective surgeries between 2004 and 2008. SDB was independently associated with decreased mortality in the orthopedic (OR, 0.65; 95% CI, 0.45-0.95; P = .03), abdominal (OR, 0.38; 95% CI, 0.22-0.65; P = .001), and cardiovascular surgery groups (OR, 0.54; 95% CI, 0.40-0.73; P < .001) but had no impact on mortality in the prostate surgery group. SDB was independently associated with a small, but statistically significant increase in estimated mean LOS by 0.14 days (P < .001) and estimated mean total charges by $860 (P < .001) in the orthopedic surgery group but was not associated with increased LOS or total charges in the prostate surgery group. In the abdominal and cardiovascular surgery groups, SDB was associated with a significant decrease in adjusted mean LOS of 1.1 days and 0.35 days, respectively (P < .001 for both groups), and adjusted mean total charges of $3,814 and $4,592, respectively (P < .001 for both groups). SDB was independently associated with a significantly increased OR for emergent intubation and mechanical ventilation, noninvasive ventilation, and atrial fibrillation in all four surgical categories. Emergent intubation occurred significantly earlier in the postoperative course in patients with SDB. In the subgroup of patients requiring emergent intubation, LOS, total charges, pneumonias, and in-hospital death were significantly higher in those without SDB.
In this large national study, despite the increased independent association of SDB with postoperative cardiopulmonary complications, the diagnosis of SDB was not independently associated with an increased rate of in-hospital death. SDB had a mixed impact on LOS and total charges by surgical category.
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What are your strengths on the baseball field?
"I hit the ball for power and average and I can spray the ball to all fields. I'm decent with my glove and I have a good arm for right field."
When you say you have a good arm, what kind of outfield velocity do you have?
"90 to 93 throwing from right field to home plate."
Talking to your summer travel team coach, he said you have big-time talent. How long have you know that you have a special talent to play baseball?
"My coach Paul Byrd, who played in the big leagues for 15 years, told me when I was 13-years-old that I had a gift with the bat and my arm."
Being just 13, did you understand the significance of that?
"I was still on the bench back then because I was still a competitive swimmer. It was a very jaw-dropping experience for my family and I. After that year, I found out that my abilities were different than others."
You weren't just your normal swimmer, were you?
"I own three national records in swimming. It was 12U and I own three national records in that age group."
But you gave up swimming when you were 13 didn't you?
"Yes sir, I did. It was a big decision for me to drop the swimming. But I did it based on what Coach Byrd told me." (He was such a great swimmer, he was considered an Olympic Hopeful for the 2012 US Olympic team when he decided to quit competitive swimming.-Gene)
Swimmers are normally in great shape. Did the swimming help you with baseball?
"Yes sir, it does. I still swim to this day to keep in shape. It strengthens by back and core which helps me in the outfield and also when I swing the bat. When you swing the bat you use your core. I'm not a big dude, maybe 180 to 185 and I'm being modest and I'm still hitting the ball pretty far. My mom says swimming is my edge."
Recruiting-wise, who is showing interest in you?
"LSU, Clemson, South Carolina, Mississippi State, Ole Miss are showing interest. Offers-wise, I have them from Georgia and Georgia Tech."
You are here at Mississippi State playing a doubleheader with your team. Do you feel like Mississippi State is going to offer? You also mentioned that LSU is looking at you. Do you feel like they will offer you as well?
"I hope so. This (Mississippi State) facility (Palmeiro Center) is amazing. It's a great experience just to play here. And I hope LSU offers me as well. Both schools are incredible. And both think I have a lot of room to grow. And they can't wait until I get to my senior year." (Mississippi State did offer Seth a few days ago.-Gene)
You are just now going into your sophomore year and you have a lot of colleges recruiting you, some have even offered. How do you handle that considering how young you still are?
"As my mom says, keep a humble heart. By keeping a humble heart, it keeps everything in perspective. When you go 0-for-3, that is going to happen. That's why you have to stay humble. You take it step by step and play every game like it is your last."
What are you looking for in a college?
"Anywhere I go I want to be able to grow my talents. You hear about kids who get drafted in high school then drop when they go to college. I want to go somewhere where I can get bigger, stronger and faster and be picked by a big league team."
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Election of Del Mar Thoroughbred Club executive vice president Craig Fravel as the National Thoroughbred Racing Association's new board chairman was considered such a momentous occasion that it took 19 days for the NTRA to issue a press release on the subject--and only after receiving an inquisitive call from a reporter. Fravel is replacing D.G. Van Clief Jr., the longtime Breeders' Cup executive who stepped into the role of NTRA chairman following Tim Smith's departure as chairman, CEO, and commissioner in 2004. Van Clief remains NTRA commissioner and CEO, though there is pressure from some Breeders' Cup trustees for Van Clief not to be the head of both organizations. (Van Clief is also on the board of trustees of Blood-Horse Publications.) Fravel said the delay in announcing the change wasn't the NTRA's fault, that he was heading off on vacation following the March 1-2 board meetings of the Breeders' Cup and NTRA, and that he wanted to speak with his boss, Del Mar president Joe Harper, before the news was made public. Fair enough. However, around the same time Fravel was elected NTRA board chairman, Philadelphia Park president Bob Green was named to the NTRA board representing the East region racetracks. No announcement of that significant appointment has yet been made by the NTRA, which has communications staffs in both New York and Lexington. Green, it should be remembered, was one of the leaders of a Mid-Atlantic membership revolt in 2001 that eventually led to the NTRA's decision not to establish a betting hub in Oregon that would attempt to serve as the industry's account wagering solution. The decision not only limited the NTRA's ability to sustain itself financially, it created a chaotic account wagering environment that forces some fans to hold more than one account to bet on their favorite tracks. The view here is that the decision to abandon a wagering hub was Smith's biggest error as commissioner. Philadelphia Park rejoined the NTRA this year, and Green's stealth appointment to the board signals that all is forgiven. Green replaces Bruce Garland, a senior executive vice president of the New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority who announced his retirement in February 2005. Garland wasn't the only "retiree" serving on the NTRA board. Jim McAlpine, who represents Magna Entertainment on the NTRA board, retired in October as the company's vice chairman of corporate development. McAlpine stepped down a year ago as Magna CEO, yet he remains its NTRA board representative.
Meanwhile, the NTRA's television campaign for 2006 has been virtually left at the starting gate. The kickoff 90-minute telecast to the "Citgo Racing to the Kentucky Derby" series on ESPN March 18 was delayed by more than 45 minutes when the World Baseball Classic ran over its allotted time. One week later, only 15 minutes of the scheduled one-hour telecast of the March 25 Lane's End Stakes (gr. II) program from Turfway Park was shown because a tennis match lasted longer than expected. ESPN was under contract to show the baseball and tennis to their conclusion. But both fractured racing telecasts, it should be noted, ended at their appointed hour and were not given additional time. From a newsprint standpoint, the March 25 weekend races in Dubai and Turfway Park rated a small headline and nine lines of coverage in USA Today's "Update" sportsbriefs. That's less coverage than the regional finals for college hockey received, but four lines more than was given to the women's world curling championships. The media doesn't appear to be taking horse racing or the efforts of the NTRA very seriously. Perhaps there's a reason for that.
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LEWISBURG, Pa. – Critically ill patients at Evangelical Community Hospital will now have access to an enhanced level of care from a newly established eICU® program, offered through a partnership with Geisinger Health System.
Utilizing Philips VISICU technology, the program's team of Geisinger critical care physicians and nurses will remotely analyze patient data from monitors, life support systems, electronic health records, medical orders and other sources of information, and assist the critical care staff at Evangelical Community Hospital when a patient is trending toward a serious health event.
"The new eICU program will offer advanced care for our most critically ill patients" said Doyle Ashburn, D.O., medical director of critical care, Evangelical Community Hospital. "By using this new technology many patients who may have previously required transfers to tertiary hospitals, can continue to receive their care at Evangelical."
The program will complement care delivered by critical care physicians at the bedside, according to John McIlwaine, D.O., director of the eICU at Geisinger Health System. Real-time voice and video communications, as well as data, will be utilized to ensure continuous remote monitoring of intensive care patients at Evangelical Community Hospital.
"Patients in the intensive care unit are at the highest risk because of their illness' complexity. The vision of this program is to enhance patient safety, and the efficiency of care that is delivered," said Dr. McIlwaine. "We are extremely pleased in our partnership with Evangelical Community Hospital in offering this advanced technology to those in the region who need these very critical services."
Data suggests hospitals with eICU programs realize reduced mortality rates and patient lengths of stay.
Evangelical Community Hospital is a non-profit organization that employs approximately 1,300 people and has more than 170 employed and non-employed physicians on staff. The Hospital is licensed to accommodate 127 overnight patients, 12 acute rehab patients and 18 bassinets. The Hospital serves residents throughout the Central Susquehanna Valley, including those living in Snyder, Union, Northumberland and Lycoming Counties, and has earned the HealthGrades Patient Safety Excellence Award for four consecutive years. For more information visit www.evanhospital.com
Geisinger is an integrated health services organization widely recognized for its innovative use of the electronic health record, and the development and implementation of innovative care models including ProvenHealth Navigator, an advanced medical home model, and ProvenCare program. The system serves more than 2.6 million residents throughout 44 counties in central and northeastern Pennsylvania. For more information, visit www.geisinger.org. Follow the latest Geisinger news and more at www.twitter.com/geisingerhealth and www.facebook.com/geisingerhealth.


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It was no surprise at the UN conference on racism that President Ahmadinejad would go through his litany of hate and stupidity as he attempted to prove there was only one nation in the world guilty of racism–Israel. As his speech of hate began at least 23 nations walked out of the auditorium, but Norway decided to remain and found itself attacked by many for listening to the outpouring of ignorance from the Iranian leader. Norway's Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Store insisted he remained in order to follow Ahmadinejad with his own speech which attacked the Holocaust denier. Store told the audience that speeches filled with hate and anger only "threatens the very focus of this conference. Through his message (Ahmadinejad) has made Iran the odd man out. And Norway will not accept that the odd man out hijacks the collective effort of the many." He went on to note violations of human rights and the practice of racism in Iran which hardly makes that nation the conscience of the world.
The Israel government let Norway know of its displeasure at the failure to walk out. President Sarkozy defended nations which remained to fight racism on the conference floor rather than refusing to attend or walking out the door. There is much to recognize in the view that nations should attend the conference and confront those who spout hate and ignorance rather than giving them complete control over what happens. We respect the efforts of Norway and France to openly confront the forces of racism which, unfortunately, have too much power in the UN.


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Hair Loss
by Alakananda Devi (Alakananda Ma), M.B., B.S. (Lond.)
Her head was bare;
Ovid (Publius Ovidius Naso), Metamorphoses--Meleager and Atalanta (l. 68), (Dryden's translation)
You collect your straggling hairs on each side, Marinus, endeavoring to conceal the vast expanse of your shining bald pate by the locks which still grow on your temples. But the hairs disperse and return to their own place with every gust of wind; flanking your bare poll on either side with crude tufts….Why not confess yourself an old man? Be content to seem what you really are, and let the barber shave off the rest of your hair. There is nothing more contemptible than a bald man who pretends to have hair.
Martial (Marcus Valerius Martialis), Epigrams (bk. X, ep. 83)
As the above quotes remind us, hair has since ancient times been considered an object of beauty and baldness a sign of old age and unattractiveness. The 'comb-over' was being ridiculed even in ancient Rome. In this article we will consider the physiology, diagnosis and management of abnormal hair loss.
Human head hair has rather different physiological characteristics than the fur or hair of other mammalian species. Specifically, unlike your cat or dog, we do not undergo seasonal moulting. Head hair passes through three phases. The anagen or growth phase lasts from two to eight years, during which time the hair is in active growth. At any given time, approximately 80% of hair is in the anagen phase. Next comes the transitional catagen or involution phase, during which the growth activity ceases. This phase lasts 10-14 days. Finally comes the telogen or resting phase
The telogen phase is the point at which the hairs move into resting state. This phase lasts for 90-100 days, culminating in shedding of the hair (1). It is normal to shed 100-200 hairs a day; while loss in a greater amount is consistent with a diagnosis of alopecia or abnormal hair loss (2).
A complaint of hair loss call for a specific type of clinical examination focused on the hair. First look at the overall appearance of the hair noting length, colour and thickness. Are there any bald patches? Is the hairline receding (men) or is there thinning along the parting (women)? Note the presence of acne or abnormal hair growth elsewhere, indicative, in women, of virilization. Now, moving to the hair itself, look at the hair tips against a contrasting card (black for light hair, white for dark hair). Are the ends split? Do hair tips show a normal tapering or are they blunt? Blunt tips indicate damaged or cur hair. Is the hair abnormally fine? Examine the scalp for abnormalities such as inflammation, exudate, erythema or scaling. Next, conduct a pull test by grasping a tuft of hair (about fifty hairs) between thumb, forefinger and middle finger. Gently and firmly pull the hairs away from the scalp. In a normal situation, two to five telogen hairs will be pulled out, whereas in excessive shedding, six or more hairs will easily be obtained.
Ayurvedic texts describe the pathology of hair loss as follows. "Pitta present at the root of the hairs, getting increased in association with vata, makes for falling of the hairs. Then kapha and rakta together block the follicles of the hairs not allowing fresh ones to grow." Madhava mentions two kinds of hair loss, indralupta (alopecia areata) and khalitya (male pattern baldness) (4,5).
Within Western pathology there are three types of hair loss conditions. Hair cycle disorders arise secondary to systemic conditions which cause a large number of hairs to enter the telogen phase at the same time. Conditions which may produce hair cycle disorder include childbirth, thyroidconditions and severe depleting situations such as high fevers, infections, chronic illness, major surgery, protein deficiency, anorexia nervosa, crash diets and certain medications. (6)
Hair Shaft Damage arises as a result of inappropriate hair care and can easily be remedied by alterations in the hair care regimen.
Hair follicle disorders include those meticulously described by Madhava. Khalitya is now described as androgenetic alopecia, a benign if cosmetically displeasing genetic condition in which head hair is gradually replaced by vellum hair as on the rest of the body. This condition is more noticeable in men because male pattern baldness leads to receding hairline and evident bald areas, whereas in the female pattern it leads to thinning along the central parting and the hairline does not recede noticeably. It is quite normal for this condition to begin in the teens or twenties, a fact that often distresses young male patients. A much more severe hair follicle disorder is indralupta or alopecia areata, an autoimmune condition. In this case, as Madhava describes, inflammation (pitta) affects the hair follicles, preventing normal hair growth. This can lead to patchy or occasionally, complete hair loss which may affect not only head hair but also eyebrows, eyelashes and body hair.
Although the most common cause of hair loss, khalitya, is a genetic condition that cannot be cured, a good hair care regime can help support the life, growth and health of the hair.(4) A number of Ayurvedic herbs are keshyam or hair growth promoting. Most famous among these is bhringarj (eclipta alba), also known as kesharaja. "Bhringaraj is pungent in taste, penetrating, drying, hot in potency, and diminishes excess pitta and vata. It acts as a hair and skin tonic." (7). Bhringaraj has remarkable hair growth promoting properties. (8), Active compounds for hair growth are sitosterol and wedelolactone, which are effective in promoting hair growth in androgenic alopecia (9). Another excellent herb traditionally used in Ayurveda for hair growth is hibiscus. (10). Aloe Vera has demonstated effectiveness for hair growth and so makes a good anupan for keshyam herbs. Amlaki is such an excellent hair growth promoter that it could serve as a herbal alternative to minoxidil (Rogaine) the allopathic treatment of choice (11). Other herbs with significant keshyam properties include brahmi, bibitaki and Haritaki (4). Coconut oil (12) has proved particularly effective preventing damage to hair and healing damaged hair while sesame oil provides antioxidants directly to the hair. "Anointing the head with oil cures diseases of the head, makes the hair soft, lengthy, abundant, unctuous smooth and black."
In approaching hair loss, first determine by history and hair examination whether this is a hair cycle, hair shaft or hair follicle disorder. Also consider iron deficiency as a possible cause of hair loss. In hair cycle disorders, if there is a current underlying condition such as hypothyroidism, it must be addressed. Hair thickness can then be restored using good hair care and a keshyam formula such as Healthy Hair. In hair shaft disorders, emphasize Ayurvedic hair care and give keshyam herbs to speed the recovery process. This condition is completely reversible. In khalitya, the situation is unfortunately quite normal for this individual but, as mentioned above, can be best managed with optimal hair care and herbs such a Bhringaraj. Khalitya may also be a normal and essentially benign condition for women, unless there is evidence of virilisation, such as amenorrhoea or oligomenorrhoea, acne and hirsutism. In the event that these features are present, referral to an endocrinologist is indicated. For allopecia areata, systemic treatments for inflammation and auto-immunity, such as kaishore Guggulu, should be used along with keshyam herbs.
Alakananda Devi (Alakananda Ma) is director of Alandi Ayurvedic Clinic in Boulder, Colorado, and principal teacher of Alandi School of Ayurveda, a traditional ayurvedic school and apprenticeship program. She can be reached at 303-786-7437 or by email at: firstname.lastname@example.com.
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- Srikantha Murthy tr. Madhava Nidhanam, Chaukhambha Orientalia, Varanasi 2007 Ch 55, v .28
- V.M. Jadhav, R. M.Thorat, Kesharaja: Hair Vitalizing Herbs International Journal Of Pharmtech Research CODEN( USA): IJPRIF ISSN : 0974-4304Vol.1, No.3, Pp 454-467, July-Sept 2009
- Dr Bharat Vaidya, personal communication
- Paradi Mirmirani, MD How to Approach Hair Loss in Women http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/569800
- Sitaram, Bulusu , tr. Bhavprakasha of Bhava Mishra, Chaukhambha Orientalia, Varanasi 2006 p 293
- R. K. Roy, Mayank Thakur and V. K. Dixit, Hair growth promoting activity of Eclipta alba in male albino rats Archives of Dermatological Research Volume 300, Number 7 / August, 2008 357-364
- Adhirajan, N., T. Ravi Kumar, N. Shanmugasundaram and Mary Babu In vivo and in vitro evaluation of hair growth potential of Hibiscus rosa-sinensis Linn in: J. Ethnopharmacol 88 235-239 2003
- Inaoka, Y., Fukushima, M.& Kuroda, H., Hair tonics containing aloenin, Jpn. Kokai, Tokkyo koho, 1988, 3: J P 63198615
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- Srikantha Murthy tr. Sushruta Samhita, Chaukhambha Orientalia, Varanasi 2005 vol 2 pg 225


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England 344-5
Root, Ali and Prior have helped turn 120-4 into 344-5. Things looked very tough for Sri Lanka from pretty much 2pm onwards. England will fancy their chances of motoring past 400 tomorrow morning.
89th over: England 344-5 (Root 102, Prior 76) Pradeep returns to bowl the final over of the day. Fine fleet-footed running gives Root two more – and not for the first time the scorer applauds his batting partner after completing the runs. You do get a sense that these two like batting together, that their styles in the middle compliment each other nicely. The final ball is blocked away by Root and that ends what has turned out to be a very useful day for England.
88th over: England 341-5 (Root 100, Prior 76) Herath returns in order to squeeze one more over into the day. Root, on 97, taps his first wide of midwicket then scurries like his life depends on it. The crowd roar crescendos as they run the second, then erupts as they make it back for a third. Root punches the air in delight. It has been a fantastic knock from England's No5, one that justifies his placement in the order. Prior, not to be outdone, launches Herath over the top of mid on for four.
87th over: England 334-5 (Root 97, Prior 72) A lovely Root straight drive, just a push, rattles within a foot of the stumps at the non-striker's end and races to the boundary for four. That takes him to 96 – he's got a couple of overs to get over the line tonight and you sense the Lord's crowd willing him to do so. Prior top-edges an aggressive, slightly wild, pull shot for a couple more.
"I remember on day one of Edgbaston in 2005 England scored (I think) 407 on the first day," writes Dave Voss. "Given that we've been a bit more attritional in general since that series it got me thinking, is today the most runs england have scored in a day since then?" Dunno (he said helpfully). I doubt it. Anyone?
86th over: England 327-5 (Root 92, Prior 70) Eranga gets his chance with the new ball. He drifts listlessly to leg and finds himself tucked away for four to fine leg by a Matt Prior who is going through the gears in vintage style. He's added 18 in 14 balls since going past 50.
85th over: England 321-5 (Root 91, Prior 65) Prior, having snaffled the strike from the last ball of Pradeep's over, smites the first ball of Kulasekara's over – wide, short filth – for four past point. Then taps away a single off the next. The bowler bounces back with a jagging delivery that beats Root's inside edge, then isn't a million miles away from bowling him behind his pads with the next. England instead pick up a couple of byes.
84th over: England 314-5 (Root 91, Prior 60) Pradeep offers up a couple of simple singles, then Prior chases after the widest of wide ones and can't make contact. Just one wicket puts Sri Lanka right back in it, but the momentum is all one way at the moment.
83rd over: England 309-5 (Root 90, Prior 56) Kulasekera looks to tempt Root outside off with a consistent line-and-length. Root keeps his powder dry until the very last delivery, which seams past a groping outside edge.
We've moved on from the counting song theme really, but this video is too bizarre to ignore. Here's Sam Collier: "I think the world's finest counting song has been omitted from the thread. Let me amend that. Cornelius with Count Five or Six …"
82nd over: England 309-5 (Root 90, Prior 56) Pradeep gets the new ball at the Nursery End. Prior smites him through the covers for a 50 that is very, very warmly received by the Lord's crowd. It's a big knock for him and a big knock for England too. The next also reaches the rope – a slightly mistimed cut that just beats the diving fielder. A single from the last brings up the 100 partnership.
81st over: England 299-5 (Root 89, Prior 48) New ball time, then, and Kulasekara is back into the attack. He sends down a couple of looseners with the old one then makes the change. This could be a pivotal half hour or so. I have a feeling – that I have no time to check, so forgive me if this proves wildly inaccurate – that Matt Prior's troubles against Australia were in part due to him regularly coming to the crease in the 70-somethingth over and then falling to the new ball in the 80s. Do feel free to correct me if that proves to be garbage. Both batsmen look comfortable enough here, though, with Root glancing the last down to fine leg for four.
80th over: England 294-5 (Root 85, Prior 47) Sri Lanka need something to get their juices flowing and the new ball, due after this over, might just be it. Kulasekara and Pradeep are warming up, but Mathews still has six more balls to send down with this battered old cherry. The penultimate delivery is overpitched and whipped through wide midwicket by Root. Herath gives chase – sort of – to the boundary, but gives up on it very early. The ball trickles to the rope, but only just, with Herath 20 yards away and barely jogging. That was majestic from the spinner. Wonderful stuff.
79th over: England 289-5 (Root 81, Prior 46) Root tucks Herath away for a couple. And that's about it.
78th over: England 287-5 (Root 79, Prior 46) Prior guides Mathews neatly away for four to third man, a low-risk, low-effort, beautifully controlled shot. He's nearing what would be only his second 50 in 20 Test innings since his form disappeared to parts unknown somewhere between March and May 2013.
77th over: England 282-5 (Root 78, Prior 42) Sri Lanka are beginning to leak singles – and the drip, drip, drip is becoming a steady stream. Even Herath can't stem the flow here.
76th over: England 278-5 (Root 77, Prior 39) With batting looking pretty easy for this pair, and Lord's sitting comfortably and sleepily under glorious blue skies, Prior looks to inject a little excitement by trying to get himself run out. He's just about home and Jayawardene failed to break the stumps, but the England keeper throws in a full-length dive for full effect.
75th over: England 274-5 (Root 76, Prior 36) Herath – who is the very epitome of what a left-arm spinner should be (dinky, a touch on the tubby side, useless in the field, wearing a constant frown of barely suppressed rage) – continues. It's another tight, accurate over, with Root able only to extract a solitary single.
74th over: England 273-5 (Root 75, Prior 36) Prior – dealing almost exclusively in dots and twos against Angelo Mathews – pulls hard for, yep, two and then blocks out a couple of straight ones. And then he late cuts for two more. The last ball: a dot.
73rd over: England 269-5 (Root 75, Prior 32) The dangerous Herath returns. Prior grabs a single.
72nd over: England 268-5 (Root 75, Prior 31) Prior taps Mathews away for two twos, then plops a single into the on side. He's looked far more like his old self today (that early scare apart). Root dinks a couple more wide of midwicket to end an innocuous over from the Sri Lanka captain. So England have eased from 120-4 to 268-5, courtesy of three men playing for their places (to varying degrees). It's hardly been a riotous success of a first day for Peter Moores today, but that stat is something of a result.
71st over: England 261-5 (Root 73, Prior 26) Eranga, the most ineffective of the Sri Lankan seam trio, slides one on to Prior's pads. The England wicketkeeper tries to glance it away and misses, but four leg byes bring up the England 250 anyway. A few balls later a short wide one offers Root the chance to free his arms, and he clonks through cover point for four more. And a sumptuous drive from the last brings for more runs and produces one of those cricket ground purrs from the Lord's stands. Beautiful shot, beautiful noise. Fourteen from the over.
70th over: England 247-5 (Root 65, Prior 25) Afternoon all. Root has just very nearly played on with a miscued slog-sweep against Herath, but that's the only scare. The batsmen milk three singles.
69th over: England 244-5 (Root 64, Prior 23)
Prior leans over, lifts the brow of his helmet and a stream of sweat runs off his pate and down his nose. I know very much how he feels, except for the running and the sweat, and am thus passing the baton back to John Ashdown, who will take you through to stumps. Bye!
68th over: England 239-5 (Root 61, Prior 21)
Herath has switched ends, and Prior sends his second delivery trundling past point to move to 20. Other than coming a hair's breath from a second-ball duck Prior has looked very good.
67th over: England 234-5 (Root 61, Prior 16)
Eranga bowls and Root clips the ball through square and runs a couple, bringing the score to 234-5 and bringing us right back here:
66th over: England 232-5 (Root 59, Prior 16)
Another couple of singles, and with not a great deal happening in the middle, the nation's sports photographers have been forced to attempt arty black-and-white shots of spectators on stairwells. A sad pass. Never happened with Pietersen in the team, etc.
65th over: England 230-5 (Root 58, Prior 15)
"Leaving aside Prior's personal form, could he have been instructed to pile 'em on very quickly, as a part of England's strategy?" wonders John Starbuck, as Prior adds another run to his haul. "If so, it would be welcome signs that the new set-up intends to do things differently." It would, but then I doubt he's been instructed to do anything of the sort.
64th over: England 229-5 (Root 58, Prior 14)
Pradeep bowls, and both batsmen help themselves to a single single. "Here in Singapore I can't watch any of the world cup as it is all on in the middle of the night. Test cricket on the other hand starts at a very favourable 6pm and I can catch the whole days play," writes Harry Lingard. "Anyway that's beside the point. I was wondering if any bored cricket statistician had ever worked out the average score at the fall of each wicket for all test matches, or perhaps just the last 10 years. Would make quite interesting reading. Hope someone has or will because I wouldn't know here to start." Anyone?
63rd over: England 227-5 (Root 57, Prior 13)
Prior storms into double figures with a delightful cover drive off the first ball of the over, and he has already found the boundary almost as often as Root, who has faced 91 more deliveries.
62nd over: England 223-5 (Root 57, Prior 9)
The batsmen grab a single each before Root chops Pradeep's final delivery through third man for four. "Prior to today Root is averaging 45 at home and 29 away," writes Jason Streets. "It seemed interesting when I was working it out but I can't think of anything else to add."
61st over: England 217-5 (Root 52, Prior 8)
Herath continues, and Prior shuffles back and straight-arms the ball down the ground for four, the over's only action.
60th over: England 213-5 (Root 52, Prior 4)
We won't get another 30 overs today, but they will play until 6.30pm local time. "Inspired by the numerical theme, I've had a look at what we can predict based on the early scoring," writes Andrew Russell, as England scamper a couple of bonus runs after an overthrow. "England's first four batsmen out scored 14, 17, 23 and 56, a sequence which is clearly accelerating. Statistically illiterate use of Excel predicts that if this rate of increase continues, the next batsman out will have scored 98, the one after that 156. Admittedly, this method goes on to predict that the last man out will score 539, leaving his partner stranded somewhere around 600 and the total score well north of 2000. Some might take this to demonstrate the flaws in the model; I say we should dare to hope."
59th over: England 210-5 (Root 52, Prior 1)
Well wasn't that quite the over? For a few minutes there the OBO was streaked with orange like Joe Root's teatime Party Rings. Crikey.
Saved by a whisker!
The ball was on its way stumpwards, but it hit Prior's pads if not exactly outside the line then close enough to it for the umpire's original decision to stand.
REVIEW! Is Prior out lbw here?
Herath thinks so. Paul Reiffel thinks not. Who's right?
WICKET! Ali c Jayawardene b Herath 48 (England 209-5)
There'll be no maiden half-century for Ali, who lets his focus slip for a moment and edges straight to Jayawardene at slip.
58th over: England 209-4 (Root 52, Ali 48)
It's pretty hard to criticise Root's innings today. It's been pretty conservative – he's mustered just two boundaries – but appropriately so, in the circumstances. "What is this nonsense about jam on Joe Root's crumpets?" asks Chris Bourne. "You have butter on crumpets – lashings of it – and jam on your scones. With ginger beer. Lashings of ginger beer. Lashings of runs would be nice too, but I'd settle for a half-century and buttered crumpet any day." I can only apologise.
57th over: England 207-4 (Root 51, Ali 47)
That's half a century for Root, whose career Test average stands at 38.73, while at Lord's it's 87.25.
56th over: England 204-4 (Root 48, Ali 47)
Root snags a single to haul England to 200 and himself to a tally of 1,000 Test runs. Moments later Ali top-edges a short ball to fine leg for four to lead England on their first steps to a third hundred.
55th over: England 199-4 (Root 47, Ali 43)
Herath bowls, and Joe Root, with the taste of jam now slowly fading from his tongue following his teatime crumpets, waits patiently until delivery five before clipping the ball through midwicket for three.
54th over: England 196-4 (Root 44, Ali 43)
We're back! And Joe Root, taste of jam still on his boyish tongue from his teatime crumpets, slashes Kulasekara's second delivery for, well, a single.
A better session for England, and now we can all sit down, relax and try to get over the excitement of it all. There'll be a lot more sensible batting to come before the day's out.
53rd over: England 195-4 (Root 43, Ali 43)
Thirimanne's first over of the day features a few singles and then, off the final ball of the session, a boundary for Ali, who cuts through point. "I don't get all the comments about the scoring rate," writes Chris Mardo. "Tom Fordyce over at the Beeb has described England's innings as 'pedestrian', despite us scoring at 3.7 an over during the day and 2.9 in the last 10 overs. Has the limited overs scoring rate demon infested our brains a little too much? These two young gents are doing exactly what's needed after our most experienced (and best) batsman fell just after lunch. If this is 'pedestrian' then long may it continue!" It's a problem felt most keenly by us livebloggers, desperate as we are for at least one interesting thing to happen in each over. If nothing interesting happens for several overs, we're prone to getting irrationally narked. Certainly, in the context of the innings England needed stability at all costs, so they'll be pleased.
52nd over: England 188-4 (Root 41, Ali 38)
After over 51's one-run excitement, Herath bowls a maiden. Ali's first 19 runs came off 17 deliveries, his second 19 runs came off 61.
51st over: England 188-4 (Root 41, Ali 38)
Ali snaffles a single. In about 120 seconds you'll be able to scoop a seat at Lord's for bargain-bucket prices, so there's no excuse (unless you live in a different continent, obviously)
50th over: England 187-4 (Root 41, Ali 37)
Runs! Four runs! A couple of singles and a two for the suddenly free-scoringish England.
49th over: England 183-4 (Root 38, Ali 36)
Unlike the previous occasions when the score hasn't changed for several overs, which were mainly down to me not updating the score, this time the score has genuinely not changed for several overs.
48th over: England 183-4 (Root 38, Ali 36)
Herath bowls out a maiden to Root, and Onno Giller recommends his favourite random foreign language cover version. Seu Jorge is not in my good books, his daughter (and agent) having totally ignored my repeated and really quite desperate attempts to get him to contribute to my World Cup national anthem reviews. Still, nice tune, I guess.
47th over: England 183-4 (Root 38, Ali 36)
Eranga bowls, the ball slams into Root's pads, and the bowler appeals vociferously, totally ignoring the massively obvious edge that has been spotted by the umpire, both batsmen and all his teammates.
46th over: England 181-4 (Root 37, Ali 35)
"A novel idea," writes John Cook of the pacing of Ali's innings, "but playing each ball on its merits?" That's clearly what it's settled down to, which is after all his job, but he did start off at quite a lick – 19 runs off his first 17 deliveries, then 16 runs off his next 41 deliveries, including a six.
45th over: England 177-4 (Root 36, Ali 32)
We are now officially halfway through our day, at least on over count. This session has been a little lacking in action, but for Bell's wicket and a couple of stray sixes, but as far as England's concerned that's probably all good.
44th over: England 173-4 (Root 33, Ali 31)
Ali cover-drives with the toe of his bat, and runs three. I quite like the way he's pacing his innings, even if – or rather, particularly because – it has no obvious rationale.
43rd over: England 169-4 (Root 32, Ali 28)
Root's single off Pradeep's first delivery gives Ali five balls to continue his post-six run avalanche. He does not.
42nd over: England 168-4 (Root 31, Ali 28)
Herath's first delivery is smashed over midwicket for six Ali, the ball landing a couple of yards beyond the rope. It's such a lovely shot, and so unexpected, that Ali wisely gives us the rest of the over to sit back and savour it.
41st over: England 162-4 (Root 31, Ali 22)
Pradeep bowls, and England score a couple of singles and a two. Just to update this whole 1-2-3-4 thing in line with current scoring, this song's got a one-six-two in the chorus. And also quite a lot of noisy guitars.
40th over: England 158-4 (Root 28, Ali 21)
Two singles off the latest over from Mathews, whose six overs so far have gone for 14 runs in total. Meanwhile, if we're going to get our 90 overs today, Sri Lanka need to do a certain amount of skate-donning, I'd say. "Any conversation on 1,2,3,4s must mention U2's abysmal song Vertigo," insists Tom Ireland, where Bono unashamedly shouts 'Un, dos, tres, catorce!' ('One, two, three … fourteen!')" Yes, I do believe it probably should.
39th over: England 156-4 (Root 27, Ali 20)
Kulasekara, refreshed, bowls. Root, refreshed, prods the ball through square for a couple. Paul Ilechko points me towards "the best ever Spanish language countdown" and, other than the fact that it's a countup really, he's surely right.
38th over: England 154-4 (Root 25, Ali 20)
Not long ago I was exulting over the rapid run rate. No more. Another maiden, this from Mathews, and the players get over their exertions with a drink. Meanwhile, if we're allowed foreign-language counting, and also counting that doesn't go all the way from one to four, then I'm allowed to sneak in one of my favourite random foreign-language cover-versions. And so I will:
37th over: England 154-4 (Root 25, Ali 20)
That's a maiden over from Kulasekara. Yes it is.
36th over: England 154-4 (Root 25, Ali 20)
Mathews' over is marginally more interesting than his previous one. Root scores three off it. James Evans has gone beyond mere one-two-three-four: "How about ein, zwei, drei, vier?"
35th over: England 151-4 (Root 22, Ali 20)
Root gets three with a back-foot tip-toed push down the ground, leaving Ali to score the single that brings up 150 for England and prompts a gentle smattering of applause from the fine denizens of Lord's.
34th over: England 146-4 (Root 18, Ali 19)
Angelo Mathews bowls an entire over to Mr-run-a-ball Ali without anything of any significance happening at all. Sorry.
33rd over: England 146-4 (Root 18, Ali 19)
Ali edges the ball again, along the ground again, and it goes for four again. The next delivery also goes to the boundary, in very different style – this time a perfectly-timed cover-push. His 19 runs so far have come off just 17 deliveries
32nd over: England 135-4 (Root 18, Ali 8)
Kulasekara bowls, and Root celebrates by pushing the first delivery past gully for four. The last delivery is a bouncer, which Root swishes his bat at without making contact. "In the spirit of Crocodile Dundee, writes David Hopkins, quite ignoring the fact that you can only really hear the "1-2" and that the song is therefore inadmissible, or alternatively factoring that in but correctly guessing that I'd use it anyway because it's good, "that's not a 123-4. This is a 123-4,"
31st over: England 131-4 (Root 14, Ali 8)
Eranga bowls, and Ali spend half the over admiring that scoreline before flashing the ball through square leg for four, and edging the next along the ground though a vacant fourth slip for another.
30th over: England 123-4 (Root 14, Ali 0)
Root chops the ball into the ground, over gully and away for a couple, and then spends the remainder of the over enjoying the fact that the score is 123-4. Here's a good 1234 for you (there is also a five involved) …
29th over: England 121-4 (Root 12, Ali 0)
A leg bye and a no-ball is the extent of England's scoring, with Ali able to watch his first few deliveries swing well wide. These are testing times for England, who rather need a very good partnership approximately nowish.
OUT! Bell lbw b Eranga 56 (England 120-4)
It wasn't high! The ball was on its way towards the top of the stumps, HawkEye informs us, but still very much into the stumps, and Bell's handsome knock is over!
REVIEW! Is Bell out lbw here?
Looked a decent shout on first viewing, maybe a bit high, but Sri Lanka are clearly convinced …
28th over: England 119-3 (Bell 56, Root 12)
Herath keeps going, despite that 26th-over six, and you can almost see Bell bristling with let-me-at-him Scrappy Doo excitement. But he scores no runs from his three deliveries, Root having snaffled three with a push through midwicket.
27th over: England 116-3 (Bell 56, Root 9)
Ian Ronald Bell has half a century, passing 50 with a languorous cover-drive. He's been in splendid nick so far. "Obviously May the 4th is the most important day of the year in certain circles," writes Alan Synott, harking back to the morning fourth-fad. "And you don't tend to hear much about the first, second and third walls either, although the fourth is usually broken."
26th over: England 105-3 (Bell 47, Root 7)
Herath bowls. After a quick single from Root, Bell blocks the first delivery he faces, prods the second nowhere in particular, and then skips forward to thrash the next down the ground for a spectacularly handsome first-over-after-lunch six.
The players are back out, and cricket is afoot. Dab the corners of your mouths with your napkins, now – lunch is over.
Accuse me of nitpicking if you like, but if you're going to let some kid accompany the captains for the coin toss, you might as well choose a kid who's vaguely interested in actually watching the coin toss.
"Gatting is currently on TMS, thus missing lunch," notes Simon Ward. "Quite remarkable." Yeah, but he won't have missed his elevenses, I'll wager.
Or there's always this, available to one and all at the Lord's Food Village. Mmmmmmm … gloop …
Hello world!
As I dolorously masticate upon my noontide sandwich at my desk, this particularly well-illustrated blogpost on "elevenses" at Lord's has raised unusual levels of jealousy. Mmmmmmmm … pies …
So, Sri Lanka's session but Ian Bell looks in sublime form. Simon Burnton will be here after the break to lead you through the afternoon session. I'll leave you with some fantastic fourth editions:
"Superman IV: The quest for Peace was my first VHS video in the late 80s," writes Alec Cochrane. "We'd lived in a Betamax household due to my dad's insistence that it was superior technology and had to watch lots of recordings off TV whilst I was off school ill. The only things we'd recorded were the first three Superman films, the Snowman and Yellow Submarine. Needless to say when I got my first ever pre-recorded movie to watch I was really excited and actually I really enjoyed it. But then again I didn't have much to compare it to."
"As regards fourths, the fourth edition of the video game Grand Theft Auto was Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, which is often spoken of as being the best of the series," writes Tim Jones. "It certainly is in my opinion, but then I always drive around in flannel suits with the sleeves rolled up listening to Video Killed The Radio Star."
"The fourth doctor, Tom Baker, is often considered to be the best, although I was more of a Sylvester McCoy fan myself," notes Tom van der Gucht
And from our Australian sports editor, Tom Lutz: "The fourth dimension! Time itself!"
25rd over: England 98-3 (Bell 41, Root 6) Pradeep will bowl the final over before lunch. Root looks to leave, but inside edge the penultimate delivery away for a single. Bell dabs away the last. And that's lunch.
24rd over: England 96-3 (Bell 41, Root 5) Sound the Obligatory Over Or Two Of Spin Before Lunch klaxon – here comes Herath. Bell twinkles his toes and blocks, blocks, blocks.
Meanwhile, Blackadder Goes Fourth, suggested by Mark Engineer, might be the best shout so far. Led Zep IV, with which I have to admit I'm not entirely au fait, is also getting some inbox traction.
23rd over: England 95-3 (Bell 41, Root 4) "The Forth rail bridge was an absolute cracker - an engineering art form refined to perfection, and never since bettered." Well played Moussa Haddad. Well played. Bell is watchful for a couple of balls against Pradeep then dabs one off his hip for four to fine leg and tonks a pull through midwicket for four more. He's playing superbly, majestically. And, predictably, just as I type in that final 'y' Pradeep zips one through the gate, narrowly missing the inside edge.
22nd over: England 87-3 (Bell 33, Root 4) A defensive push from Bell does enough to beat the diving fielder at extra cover and rattle away for four. A clip for three off the last makes it seven from the over and means Bell keeps the strike.
Best fourths? A few shouts for Star Wars IV, which was sort of the first film and, anyway, isn'tas goodasTheEmpireStrikesBackthereIsaidit.
21st over: England 80-3 (Bell 26, Root 4) This probably has to go down as Sri Lanka's morning regardless, but one more wicket in this next 20 minutes or so and they'll lunch feeling very pleased with themselves indeed. Root gets off the mark with a cracking drive through the covers. Pradeep responds with a couple of bouncers.
20th over: England 75-3 (Bell 25, Root 0) So out strides Joe Root Mk IV. He's been in the side as No3, opener, No6 and now No5. Has any fourth incarnation ever been the best version? Rocky IV? Nope. Henry IV? Nope. The fourth Beatles album? Nope. That fourth pint? Nope, never eclipses the first or second. Bell takes a single off Eranga, then Root plays out five dots.
19th over: England 74-3 (Bell 24, Root 0) So, just as England were getting on top, Sri Lanka drag themselves back into it, with Ballance offering a helping hand courtesy of an ill-advised drive outside off. Similar to the Robson dismissal in that it came via a decent-ball-average-shot combo.
WICKET! Ballance c P Jayawardene b Pradeep 23 (England 74-3)
Pradeep, who brought a swift end to Sam Robson's first international innings earlier, returns. Ballance tucks him through midwicket for a boundary that brings up the 50 partnership. It's taken 73 balls. A short wide one outside off again gives Ballance the chance to cut but, just as he did earlier this morning when presented with the same opportunity, he tries to smash the leather off the thing and misses out. And from the next – fuller, moving away a touch – Ballance is tempted into the drive and sends a snick through to the keeper.
18th over: England 70-2 (Ballance 19, Bell 24) A maiden from Eranga to Bell.
Here's a missive from our very own Andy Wilson: "As it's the first day of the Test summer, a quick steer for those who haven't already seen this and might be interested, to the National Cricket Playing Survey being run by the ECB for the second year. It doesn't take long to fill in, and the more respondents the better - apparently they've already had more than 10,000. Here's the link. There are a few other incentives, including tickets for one of the one-dayers against India later in the summer."
17th over: England 70-2 (Ballance 19, Bell 24) Shot of the morning! Mathews strays to full and Bell punches him back down the ground for four. But the bowler bounces back to beat Ballance's outside edge.
"Cook. He's England's best bat. Shouldn't the team be centred around him as a batsman rather than as captain?" writes David Ferguson. "I'm surprised there wasn't more discussion of giving Broad the captaincy (I've always thought it makes more sense having a bowler as leader on the field anyway) - not because Cook wasn't any good as a captain but because he has a more important contribution to make as an unencumbered batsman." I take the point – and I think it's perfectly well-argued and fair one – but surely, given the current precarious situation, messing about with the captaincy is one of the last things on the agenda?
16th over: England 65-2 (Ballance 19, Bell 19) Bell flicks one neatly off his hips for two, a routine shot that he still somehow manages to make aesthetically appealing. The next isn't quite such a visual delight – a leading edge that squirts away. They scurry fot three.
15th over: England 59-2 (Ballance 18, Bell 14) Kulasekara finally gets a rest, so Angelo Mathews and his wobbly medium-pacers take the strain. Bell, untroubled thus far, middles a push-drive through the covers for four.
14th over: England 55-2 (Ballance 18, Bell 10) Eranga bustles in once more and asks Billy Bowden the question as a leg-side delivery catches something on the way past Bell. It's pad. Three singles from the over.
"There is a whiff of 'Stevie G' and 'Lamps' about the Cookie thing," writes Tom Hopkins. "Steve McClaren got a load of grief for that (at least until it was eclipsed by the greater crime of umbrella usage) and I wouldn't put copying any feature of that England set up on a list of things to do."
13th over: England 52-2 (Ballance 17, Bell 8) Kulasekara switches to round the wicket, and he finds Ballance's edge with one that swings prodigiously away from the left hander. It drops a yard or two short of the slip cordon. A bit more width, though, gives the Yorkshire batsman the chance to free his arms but he cuts uppishly and Silva, at backward point, gets his fingertips to it. It would've been a stonking catch but instead it's four runs that bring up the England fifty.
12th over: England 48-2 (Ballance 13, Bell 8) Shaminda Eranga comes into the attack for the first time. Bell welcomes him to the fray by thwocking a no ball through the covers for four.
"Just out of interest, do you know what the zebra has to do with the price of fish?" wonders Alec Cochrane of the pre-series trophy-shot. It's the symbol of the sponsors (for reasons I'm not exactly clear on). Can't think why Cornhill Insurance never used to insist on such gimmicks.
11th over: England 41-2 (Ballance 13, Bell 2) One from the over. "This is interesting," begins Andrew Hurley. "Cook averages 31.566 in the last 16 Tests, stretching back to pre-summer 2013. Shouldn't this form justify his place being questioned a little more? This is the last two years, and the Test average is 40 - this is still not good enough for a modern opener. When you hear the CE of the ECB, Downton, calling him 'Cookie', it gives the impression of the worst kind of in-club, and you quickly realise he will never be dropped." I think Cook's current form is currently in the box marked "Worrying" rather than the one that says "For the chop". Given the uncertainty elsewhere in the lineup, this is no time to drop the captain. Though Shane Warne on Sky has asked whether the captaincy could be affecting his batting …
10th over: England 40-2 (Ballance 13, Bell 1) Ballance, beginning to settle into his task, has a huge, furious waft – 'AVE IT! – outside off and connects only with fresh air, but then turns Pradeep into the on side for a single. Bell drops-and-runs to get off the mark from his 10th ball.
9th over: England 37-2 (Ballance 12, Bell 0) "Looking at Cricinfo for a second, I notice that England's most successful recent opening partnership is in fact Cook and 'Straight Outta' Compton," writes Kevin Wilson. "17 innings at almost 60. Even Cook and Strauss only averaged 41. Not a slight on Robson, more a little reminder of how quickly he was discarded." Yep. With every single-figure innings and 20-something for one in the scorebook, that decision looks worse. But it's been made, they're not going to go back. Ballance nudges Kulasekara low through the slips for four. Good shot.
8th over: England 33-2 (Ballance 8, Bell 0) Ballance flails Pradeep away for four nerve-settling runs through point, then biffs one down the ground for three more. A stone-cold beauty, pitching on off and seaming away, of delivery beats Bell's outside edge by a whisker and the stumps by not much more. "I think it would be remiss of me not to relate how my cricket team's skipper (and ex-colleague) used to deal with sweaty cycling kit," writes Sam Fox (not that one). "He'd cycle in, rinse out his kit at the same time as he showered, before draping the kit over the top of his PC to dry. It was always nice to pop round his desk to catch a glimpse of his grundies drying on a CD-tray …"
7th over: England 26-2 (Ballance 1, Bell 0) Sound the trumpets, unfurl the banners, and be upstanding for the Sledgehammer of Eternal Justice, Ian Ronald Bell. Kulsekara blots an otherwise fine over by wanging one down the leg side and seeing the ball bobble away for four leg byes.
WICKET! Cook b Kulasekara 17 (England 22-2)
Urgh. Kulasekara offers Cook a touch more width. The England captain looks to cut, but instead drags the ball onto his stumps. That was an ugly dismissal, one that – worryingly – smacked of a man out of nick.
6th over: England 22-1 (Cook 17, Ballance 1) "Forgotten tops?" begins Colin Walker. "Pah – try forgetting your trousers. The horrible sinking feeling as you rummage through your bag in increasing desperation as the realisation dawns that your shoes and trousers are sat on top of the washing machine. Fifteen minutes can easily pass as you sum up the courage to step out of the lift in full lycra and confront a wall of guffawing colleagues. It's been three years now, but the lycra will never again see the light of day." Some fine line-and-length stuff from Pradeep again has Cook under pressure again. There's a third play-and-miss of the morning. Still, the England captain adds three more to his tally after Pradeep strays to leg.
5th over: England 18-1 (Cook 14, Ballance 0) Cook aims to tuck a full one from Kulasekara away to square leg, but instead squirts a leading edge away through point for four, then gets beaten once more with a lifting delivery outside off.
4th over: England 14-1 (Cook 10, Ballance 0) In Robson's defence it was a decent ball, just drawing the shot and fading away. Still, not a particularly auspicious start for the youngster. Anyway, that's over.
WICKET! Robson c P Jayawardene b Pradeep 1 (England 14-1)
Pradeep, whose presence in this Sri Lanka side isn't everyone's cup of tea, continues. "People complain about England's selection policy, but what, pray, was the point of Dhammika Prasad bowling his heart out and taking all those wickets in the warm-up?" writes Ranil Dissanayake. "He's been kept out by the human lowlight reel, Nuwan Pradeep. Chunter chunter, grumble gumble, and so on." He's bowled neatly enough here, and he's done for England's first debutant. It's a poor shot from Robson in truth – a nervous grope outside off to one that wobbled away just a touch and does enough to find the edge.
3rd over: England 11-0 (Cook 7, Robson 1) After a couple of overs spectating at the non-striker's end, Sam Robson gets to face his first ball in Test cricket. This New England team desperately need some consistency at the top of the order – they need Robson to grab this chance. And he's off the mark from his second, pushing into the covers and scurrying away to make sure of avoiding a debut duck. Cook dabs away for a couple more.
Conflicting views here. "I feel your pain regarding his sweaty cycling top," writes Tom van der Gucht. "I have a daily 8 mile commute through the a Yorkshire dales and arrive at school sweaty and rosy cheeked. Sadly the washing facilities aren't that hot, and I have to use the hand wash and taps to give my pits a quick soap up, dab myself down with a brown towel (that I've kept in the men's toilets for over 20 months now) and treat myself to a shower in a can. My workmates don't buy into my 'you don't wash the towel because every time you use it as it's being cleaned by the soapy water you wipe off your body' philosophy and I'm becoming increasingly unpopular... Snobs."
But … "I think you should nip out and buy a new top," writes Luke O'Sullivan. "In this hot weather it's not fair on your colleagues to be sitting around in a sweaty cycling top. Yuk."
2nd over: England 7-0 (Cook 4, Robson 0) "If Ian Copestake really wanted to retire in style, he'd have crafted that pun run around the Sri Lankan team," notes Ant. Or at least not forgotten Ian Bell. Nuwan Pradeep, a little quicker than Kulasekara, charges in and yelps an appeal as he gets one to swing back into Cook's pads. An inside edge comes to the rescue.
1st over: England 7-0 (Cook 4, Robson 0) The ever-under-rated Nuwan Kulasekara will open the bowling from the Pavilion End. The first ball drifts across the England captain and reaches the gloves of Prasanna Jayawardene at shin height. The second, though, beats Cook all ends up and he's a touch fortunate to see the ball flash past the edge. Then runs! The first Test runs of the English summer. Kulasekara drops too short, too wide and Cook carves him square for four. Then … is this an astonishing drop from Prasanna Jayawardene? Um, no. It looked for a moment that Cook had edged straight into the keeper's gloves, who then managed to spoon the chance away for three runs. But, after an interminable delay, the umpire signals byes. Jayawardene off the hook, to some extent at least.
Here we go then. The umpires emerge, Sri Lanka go into a huddle and Alastair Cook strides out, with Sam Robson just a step behind.
An email. From Ian Copestake. "I think this is a good England side on Ballance, and what with the run out scandal to Cook up some tension, a bit of Prior never did a team any harm, then we might have a Broad chance to Robson runs and Plunkett a victory out of defeat. The pitch might give Sri Lanka an Anderson but if we survive Ali doors then, pack your bags, as we might be en Root to Jordan. (Please take this as my offical retirement from OBO contributions, Ta!)"
Alastair Cook says he would have batted anyway, so it's an interesting decision for Sri Lanka to have stuck England in. It's never an automatic decision at Lord's – indeed since the turn of the century teams have tended to prefer to field first – but I tend to agree with the consensus in the Sky Sports commentary box that it's a safety-first move from Mathews.
So the OBO Test summer here at Guardian Towers hasn't started all that well …
The teams
England: Cook, Robson, Ballance, Bell, Root, Ali, Prior, Jordan, Broad, Plunkett, Anderson.
Sri Lanka: Silva, Karunaratne, Sangakkara, M Jayawardene, Thirimanne, Mathews, P Jayawardene, Kulasekara, Herath, Eranga, Pradeep.
The toss
Angelo Mathews call heads … and it is heads. And on this green-tinged Lord's pitch Sri Lanka are going to have a bowl.
Chris Jordan, Moeen Ali and Sam Robson have all just been presented their Test caps by Mike Gatting. That, according to OptaJim on social media's The Twitter, means England have handed out nine debuts in their past seven Tests, but the day after that final spirit-sapping defeat at the SCG that trio were among the names you could have pencilled in as part of the England XI come May. Plenty would have expected Gary Ballance to feature (though perhaps not at No3). Liam Plunkett though? Who saw that coming? Yet we expect the now Yorkshire man to come steaming in in an England Test shirt for the first time since 2007. That'll be confirmed shortly because the toss is imminent.
So it's finally here. Today is the day. The build-up has gone on for months, column inch after column has been dedicated to its discussion, the squads have been picked, the teams have been analysed to death, and the captains are desperate to get their hands on the trophy. This trophy:
See what I did there? You know, because the World C… yep, fine, you got it. Test cricket is back on the sporting menu in England at last and plenty has happened since that controversial climax at The Oval last August.
5-0 happened. Kevin Pietersen happened. Andy Flower happened. Peter Moores happened. And now Alastair Cook and his side have to start all over again.


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How to Bring Your Lunch to Work: A Guide With 7 Easy Tips and Recipesby Joseph Erdos in Recipes, May 24th, 2013
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Kohn Pederson Fox to Design the Greenest Resort Casino in the Nation
Mohegan Sun Massachusetts is expected to be the greenest resort casino in the nation, with one of the highest LEED scores of any such facility in the industry.
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The Massachusetts chapter of the American Institute of Architects (AIA MA) praised Mohegan Sun Massachusetts' design for its creativity, sustainable features, and strong connections to public transportation, the beach, and the surrounding community.
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Designed by New York-based Kohn Pedersen Fox, Mohegan Sun Massachusetts, located in Revere, will be a $1.3 billion LEED Gold project with sustainability and environmental efficiency incorporated into all aspects of design and construction. Forty percent of the power generated from the property will be supplied in a carbon neutral manner, while 50 percent of the site is open space.
"Mohegan Sun Massachusetts will be a true destination in every sense of the word— building on the unique character of Revere and featuring large amounts of open space that connect seamlessly to public transportation, the beach, and our neighboring communities," says Mitchell Etess, CEO of the Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority. "We have invested much time and resources to create an outstanding design that includes the best sustainability features. It is unlike any other project in the nation and another clear demonstration of why Mohegan Sun Massachusetts is the best choice for the Commonwealth."
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Mohegan Sun Massachusetts will also feature 5,000 square feet of greenhouse space to help supply an onsite restaurant with fresh produce, and landscaped courtyards throughout. Other features include onsite bicycle accommodations, electric vehicles, solar panels on the roof to generate renewable energy, and energy-efficient lighting and Energy Star-rated equipment.
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A one MW gas-fired co-generation plant will enable Mohegan Sun Massachusetts to offset power grid demands, while a solid food waste recycling program will create electricity and anaerobic digestion. An innovative drainage system and water-conserving fixtures will target a 30 percent reduction in water consumption.


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