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United News of India
17-05-2025
- Sport
- United News of India
Bairstow hits 89 but Surrey keep Yorkshire in check
London, May 17 (UNI) Captain Jonny Bairstow made a sparkling 89 and Adam Lyth passed 50 for the sixth time this season, but Yorkshire squandered a promising position on the first day against Surrey. For the 16th County Championship game in a row at the Kia Oval the side who won the toss bowled first, but at 203-5 just before tea, with Bairstow at his attacking best, Yorkshire were in the ascendancy on a typically green-tinged pitch offering some seam movement and good carry on Friday. Matthew Revis had helped Bairstow put on 49, but former Yorkshire team-mate Matt Fisher had Revis caught behind off the last ball before the interval and after tea Surrey took control. Bairstow was cruising towards a hundred when he top-edged a sweep and although Yorkshire's tailenders did secure a batting point their last five wickets fell for 52 in a total of 255. In 13 overs before the close, Surrey openers Rory Burns and Dom Sibley reached 46 without loss. Bairstow is expected to miss next week's game against Nottinghamshire so he can join Mumbai Indians, and some of his shots would not have looked out of place in the IPL. They included a sumptuous straight drive off Nathan Smith - his 10th four – which brought up a 63-ball fifty in front of an appreciative crowd of more than 5,000, the BBC reported. Three more boundaries followed and having passed 50 for the fourth time this season he looked odds-on to convert it into a hundred. Surrey turned to off-spinner Dan Lawrence, however, and he made the breakthrough when Bairstow top-edged a sweep to deep backward square leg, an anti-climactic end to a fine innings. As the situation demanded, Lyth's approach was more circumspect, but his was still a crucial contribution in the first half of the day. The left-hander and opening partner Fin Bean were relatively untroubled as they put on 52 in 75 minutes before Bean, who had been dropped at leg gully by Lawrence on eight, drove at Tom Lawes and was soon regretting it. Kurtis Patterson, the Australian batter making his Surrey debut, took a good catch at third slip. Lawes and Jordan Clark shared six wickets and were the pick of the Surrey attack. Clark's extra bounce undid James Wharton while Lawes benefited from Ben Foakes' athleticism when Jonny Tattersall fended the ball off his hips and the Surrey keeper dived full length to his left to hold the catch. Lyth reached his fifty off 117 balls and it took an outstanding ball to remove him, a brutish lifter from New Zealander Smith which he gloved to Foakes. George Hill edged to second slip where Sibley held a juggling catch to give Clark his second wicket, but in the hour before tea Bairstow and Revis were caused few alarms. Once they departed in the space of nine overs, however, Surrey made short work of Yorkshire's lower order. Lawrence, diving to his right, took a fine return catch to dismiss Ben Coad while Jordan Thompson played well for his 30 before a top-edged pull, expertly held on the long leg rope by Jason Roy, gave Lawes his third wicket. Clark needed only four deliveries with the second new ball to pin Jordan Buckingham on the boot and finish things off. UNI BM
BBC News
04-04-2025
- Entertainment
- BBC News
'Seeing the King play a carrot recorder was surreal'
A community music leader said it was "surreal" to witness the King playing a carrot recorder at Windsor Revis, director of Sheffield Music School, was invited to a reception for hundreds of people who contribute to music in their local areas."I really want the people of Sheffield to know about the music here, and this raises our profile - I was so grateful to be invited," she said."There was a bit of a surreal moment… I was standing with champagne in my hand, turned around, and there was the King playing a carrot. You don't see that every day." The London Vegetable Orchestra brought instruments, including the carrot recorder, to the 350 guests included leaders of community music groups and music-related projects, many of whom are side effects from cancer treatment led the King to cancel a string of engagements last week, but he was described by guests as "in great spirits". As well as the school, Ms Revis directs Tracks, a project offering workshops and performance project had been struggling to fund all the services it wanted to offer, until Ms Revis made a successful bid to the Ed Sheeran Foundation earlier this grant will be used to set up a new youth club and take on more alternative provision visited the music school last May and took an interest in the Tracks project, which Ms Revis said was "incredible"."I'm a big Ed Sheeran fan - not just because he gave us money," she joked. Listen to highlights from South Yorkshire on BBC Sounds, catch up with the latest episode of Look North
BBC News
14-02-2025
- Entertainment
- BBC News
Sheffield TRACKS music project gets 'incredible' Ed Sheeran boost
A project in Sheffield which helps young people to get into music has said it was "incredible" to be awarded three years of funding by pop star Ed Sheeran's grant given by the musician's foundation to the TRACKS group would be used to set up a new youth club and take on more alternative provision students, a spokesperson Shape of You star also donated guitars and equipment to help it achieve its goal of making music education more accessible to young people in Revis, director of TRACKS, said the donation would be "the start of so many big things". Ms Revis said she had the chance to meet the singer-songwriter when he visited the city last May and he took an interest in TRACKS, which is run by Sheffield Music same day, he also performed on stage alongside students from the Sheffield College. TRACKS had been struggling to stretch its budget across the services it wanted to offer, so Ms Revis made her successful bid for investment when the Ed Sheeran Foundation was established in Revis said she was thankful the group had been recognised for its role in the community, which included offering alternative provision sessions and working in hospitals."For someone to believe in what we're doing, it's incredible," she said."The kids can see someone at the top of their game thinks, 'you guys can do it as well'."It's someone they've got a connection with and they respect."Ms Revis said the money would also go towards helping students access recording studios and hold live performances in emphasised it was important that young people had the chance to explore a career in the industry, regardless of their background, adding that the aims of TRACKS were also "bigger than music".Listen to highlights from South Yorkshire on BBC Sounds, catch up with the latest episode of Look North or tell us a story you think we should be covering here.
