the umpire and two umpires gave sheikh shakib al hasan two opportunities to withdraw the appeal. wo chances effectively to say, hold on a minute, this doesn't sit right with me. and both time shakib al hasan, the bangladesh captain, said, no, i'm happy it's in the rules. he wasn't ready. within two minutes i want to follow through and it created quite a scene. as an ex—player, i wouldn't be comfortable. you know, iwasn't captain a great deal, but i'm a wicket keeper. i was always in the thick of the action. i would not have been comfortable, appealing and following through with an appeal. we've all done things as players in the heat of the moment, have said something to somebody or done something. and at the end of the day, you take it back and think, i wish i couldn't have done that. i wish i could go back in time in the heat of the moment. i think when shakib al hasan was given the opportunity from the captains to take a step back, do you want to follow through with this appeal? do you want to uphold this moment in time? that's going to create a lot of animosity, a lot of hyster

captain shakib al—hasan also appealed for that and explained his reasoning.elders came to me and said if you appeal the law says he is out, because he has not taken his card within the timeframe. i appealed on whether to call him back or not, i said he was out and then call him back it does not look good. we played in the u19 team world cup for a long time, i have known him for a long time, since 2006. unfortunate, but within the rules. earlier, niall o'brien, the former ireland international, gave us his take on what's been perhaps the most controversial incident of the cricket world cup so far. what i'm led to believe from speaking to people at the venue, the umpire, the two umpires gave two opportunities to withdraw the appeal. two chances to say effectively "hold on, this does sit right with me" and both times the bangladesh captain said, "no, i'm happy, i'm within the rules, he wasn't ready within two minutes i want to follow through." it created quite a scene. as an ex—player i would not be comfortable. as wicket—keeper i was always in the thick of the

opener pathum nissanka made 41 as did sadeera samarawickrama, wickets for the captain shakib al hasan. the liverpool footballer luis diaz has pleaded for his father's kidnappers to free him immediately and end what he calls "this painful wait". it's been over a week since diaz's parents were seized at gunpoint in his hometown of barrancas in colombia, with his mother later found. diaz scored a stoppage time equaliser for liverpool in sunday's 1—1 draw at luton town in the premier league, when it looked likejurgen klopp�*s side were heading for defeat. diaz wore a t—shirt with the words freedom for father on it. in a statement afterwards he said "my mother, my brothers and i are desperate, anxious and have no words to describe what we are feeling. this suffering will only end when we have him home with us." after the game there was no words necessary, we just gave each other a hug, that's all. we know he is... ..0k, but desperately waiting for the right news. that's all. we had moments like this in the past. i understand 100%, that's a nice story. honestly, it is super positive and gre

42nd over. 0pener pathum nissanka made 41 as did sadeera samarawickrama, wickets for the captain shakib al hasanis father's kidnappers to free him immediately and end what he calls "this painful wait". it's been over a week since diaz's parents were seized at gunpoint in his hometown of barrancas in colombia, with his mother later found. diaz scored a stoppage time equaliser for liverpool in sunday's 1—1 draw at luton town in the premier league, when it looked likejurgen klopp's side were heading for defeat. diaz wore a t—shirt with the words freedom for father on it. in a statement afterwards he said "my mother, my brothers

captain shakib al—hasan also appealed for him to be timed out. together in cups and i've known him for a long time, it is unfortunate but it is within the rules. ronnie 0'sullivan is through to the last 32 of snooker�*s international championship. to three in china, to set up a meeting with jak jones next. the world number one beat fellow englishman markjoyce by six frames to three in china, to set up a meeting with jak jones next. elsewhere, there were surprise exits for the world champion luca brecel and neil robertson. and that's all the sport for now. good evening. an unusually strong solar wind meant that last night's aurora borealis was seen as far south as kent, here in the uk. now, we've still got some clear skies, but the aurora won't be as strong tonight. we're looking out to the atlantic, though, now for our next area of rain to come in not for tomorrow, but for tomorrow night. so we've still got the low pressure with us, and that will continue to push showers eastwards across scotland, in particular as that lowjust drifts its way east

asalanka helped them to 279 all out, but captain shakib al hassan and hossain shanto�*s half centuries— finished off with the winning runs from tamzim hasanh the win, mathews though, fuming, after that defeat for his side. we've done nothing wrong. i had two minutes to get to them and get myself ready, which i did and then there was an equipment malfunction and because obviously, it was disgraceful for them and because obviously, it was disgracefulfor them if and because obviously, it was disgraceful for them if they want to play cricket like that and stoop to that level, i think there's something wrong, drastically. afghanistan are getting ready to face australia on tuesday. they still have a chance of reaching the semi—finals. they were joined by a famous visitor to theirfinal training session on monday, a certain sachin tendulkar dropped in to wish them the best, coach jonathan trott knows his team must win — and then beat south africa on friday if they're to be in contention we give ourselves a good chance and if we give ourselves a good chance, we really looking forward to it. as a dentist to ground to play out with a dentist to grou

asalanka helped them to 279 all out, but captain shakib al hassan and hossain shanto's half centuries— finished off with the winning runs from tamzim hasan