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Graeme van Buuren, who signed a new contract earlier this week to remain at Gloucestershire until 2027, got under way with a cracking cover drive, bettered only by the one which took Bracey to 50, the wicketkeeper-batter raising his seasonal landmark in the process.

Van Buuren though didn’t stay long, bowled trying to cut one too close to him which cannoned off the inside edge, while Cornwell’s third wicket came courtesy of a poor umpiring decision, Jack Taylor adjudged caught behind, despite a chasm between bat and ball.

Bracey batted untroubled through until lunch but fell soon after the resumption as Gohar, switched to the Nursery End, found a fraction of turn to force a thin edge through to wicketkeeper Joe Cracknell.

Ajeet Singh Dale came and went before Marchant de Lange and Matt Taylor entertained with a brisk stand of 44 for the ninth wicket, the former clubbing one from leg-spinner Luke Hollman over the ropes and twice hitting Gohar back over his head.

Gohar gained revenge by having him stumped to complete a five-wicket haul, leading to Daz Ahmed, hampered by a side strain while bowling, coming in with a runner to play his maiden first-class innings. Cleary in considerable pain, he batted out two overs from Gohar before Matt Taylor hooked Cornwell down the throat of long leg to end the innings.

Middlesex enforced the follow-on and soon removed Charlesworth caught behind off Roland-Jones but Joe Phillips and Ollie Price, the latter looking more at ease than he had earlier in the day, batted through until tea without further mishap.

Only one further over was possible before the murky light sent the players off, giving Gloucestershire hope of batting out a draw on the final day.

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Wednesday night on AEW Dynamite, Tony Khan announced yet another new set of titles: The Women’s Tag Team Championships.

Dare I say, this might not be a bad idea?

Yes, AEW has too many titles – and so does WWE (especially if you count its ancillary brands). Right now, the AEW women have just two titles, the Women’s World Championship and the TBS Title. The men have seven. If nothing else, this will encourage more utilization of women in storylines outside of the World and TBS championships.

There’s no shortage of women who deserve a focus that isn’t afforded them because women have so few segments on TV compared to the men – though it does feel like that area has improved recently. These added titles will give them something to do, though admittedly it shouldn’t take the advent of additional belts to find a storyline worthy of the women getting television time.

There are some intriguing teams that could be involved in battling over the tag titles. First that comes to mind is the Triangle of Madness – Thekla, Skye Blue, and Julia Hart. This group has been fun to watch develop and they could continue to do so with these titles. The argument has long been that Athena is too talented to hide on ROH; we got a glimpse of her work in her recent feud against Toni Storm, but Athena and Billie Starkz would be an interesting pairing to challenge for or perhaps hold these titles.

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How about Harley Cameron and Kris Statlander? Or Penelope Ford and Megan Bayne? This could be a way to get Alex Windsor a title around her waist since it felt too soon to vault her into one of the main, singles titles. Then there are others who just haven’t had an opportunity on TV of late, such as Anna Jay, Hikaru Shida, Tay Melo and Nyla Rose. I’d even suggest this could be a safe landing spot for Britt Baker if a return is in the cards anytime soon. Introducing Women’s Tag Titles two years ago probably would’ve been a mistake. Given the roster as it stands today, and the potential for AEW to add to it over time, this could help more, deserving women find more consistent TV time.

(Greg Parks is a Pro Wrestling Torch Newsletter columnist and host of the “Greg Parks Outloud!” PWTorch VIP Podcast.)

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  Greg WyshynskiSep 22, 2025, 02:34 PM ET

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  Greg Wyshynski is ESPN’s senior NHL writer.

The San Jose Sharks are correcting a banner recently raised inside SAP Center that celebrates an honor the team didn’t actually attain.

The Sharks refreshed the banners in their rafters for the upcoming NHL season. The new ones that have a smaller team logo and a larger font, while the team’s six division titles were condensed onto one banner from six individual ones.

But one new banner caught the attention of fans online and at Sunday’s preseason win against the Vegas Golden Knights. The banner celebrated the Sharks winning the 2015-16 Presidents’ Trophy, which is handed out to the team with the NHL’s best regular-season record.

Not sure how long it’s been like this, but the Sharks replaced some of their division championship banners with one that lists all of them. The 19 and 12 banners are also on that end of the rink. pic.twitter.com/BKiM5WaraO

— Curtis Pashelka (@CurtisPashelka) September 21, 2025

One problem: The Sharks finished 11th in the league that season and were 22 points in back of the Washington Capitals, who actually won the Presidents’ Trophy in 2015-16.

The Sharks did make the Final in 2015-16, losing to the Penguins in six games.

The likely culprit for the error: The Sharks did win the Presidents’ Trophy in 2008-09, the only time the franchise finished first overall in the NHL regular season. That achievement did not have a banner in its honor up in the rafters on Sunday night.

Sharks president Jonathan Becher said on Sunday that it was a “printing error” of which the team was already made aware. Becher said the Sharks “have already ordered a replacement” banner.

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In Test cricket, play cannot start, is immediately suspended, or cannot restart if the on-field umpires agree the light conditions are “dangerous or unreasonable”.

That wording comes from section 2.8 of the International Cricket Council’s Test match playing conditions, which states the decision on whether lighting is unsafe is solely down to the umpires, following consultation with the ICC match referee.

Umpires are allowed to use light meters, which must be supplied by the ICC, as a guideline to determine whether light is fit for play or is improving or deteriorating. Light meters must be uniformly calibrated.

When natural light has worsened to a level deemed unfit for play, the umpires will authorise the ‘ground authority’ – those responsible for hosting the match – to use any available artificial lighting so play is able to continue in acceptable conditions.

Should artificial lighting at the ground not work, rules on natural lighting and weather will apply.

For day/night Test matches, the home cricket board will decide the latest times at which the floodlights are to be switched on prior to the start of a day’s play, and must inform the match referee.

Once play is suspended, it is the responsibility of the match umpires to continue to monitor conditions.

Thanks to Terry in Hull for the question.

This article is the latest from BBC Sport’s Ask Me Anything team.

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