ISTANBUL -- The Latest on the twin explosions near an Istanbul soccer stadium on Saturday night (all times local):11:40 p.m.U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter has issued a statement expressing his condolences to victims families after the twin bombings in Istanbul.Carter also said this attack only redoubles our resolve to stand shoulder to shoulder with our Turkish allies in condemning these attacks and relentlessly combatting terrorism.He said that the U.S. remains committed to working closely with Turkey within NATO and the coalition fighting the Islamic State group.A Kurdish militant group has claimed responsibility for Saturdays attacks near a soccer stadium in Istanbul that killed 38 people, mostly police, and wounded scores of others.---6:05 p.m.A Kurdish militant group has claimed responsibility for twin bombings that killed 38 people outside an Istanbul stadium and wounded scores of others.In a statement posted on its website, the Kurdistan Freedom Falcons, or TAK, said two of their comrades had sacrificed their lives.The Turkey-based group is an offshoot of the Kurdistan Workers Party, or PKK.The TAK said Saturdays attack shortly after the conclusion of a soccer match was reprisal for violence in the southeast and the ongoing imprisonment of PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan.---5:20 p.m.Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is presiding over a government security meeting in Istanbul to discuss Saturday nights deadly bombings near a soccer stadium.Erdogan has vowed that those behind the twin bombings would be caught and face a heavy penalty. Prime Minister Binali Yildirim as well as several other cabinet ministers were at the security meeting.At parliament, meanwhile, the ruling Justice and Development Party, the opposition Republican Peoples Party and the Nationalist Movement Party are reading a joint declaration condemning terrorism.The car-and suicide-bombing near Istanbuls Besiktas stadium killed 38 people, mostly police, and wounded 155 people. No group has claimed responsibility but Turkish officials are pointing fingers at Kurdish rebels.---3:55 p.m.The Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutors office says three people have been detained for social media posts regarding Saturday nights attack in Istanbul that killed 38 people.In addition to 13 suspects detained as part of the investigation into the twin bombings, the prosecutors office said it was investigating any news, comment or shares on press and social media platforms that attempted to praise terrorism or terrorist organizations, serve terrorist organizations propaganda, legitimize terrorism or target those who combat terrorism.The statement noted that three suspects had been detained for this so far and authorities were working to apprehend others.The car-and suicide-bombing near Istanbuls Besiktas stadium killed mostly police officials, also wounded 155 people and has enraged Turkeys top leadership.---2:40 p.m.Turkeys private NTV channel is showing more than 100 flag-carrying demonstrators marching along Istanbuls coastline toward the stadium that was the site of deadly attacks a night earlier.After attending the funeral for some of the police officers who were among the 38 people killed in the latest bombings, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan visited the hospital where dozens of the wounded are being treated.Meanwhile, Turkeys Constitutional Court issued a statement condemning the nefarious terrorist attack and wishing God mercys for the dead and a speedy recovery for the wounded. It says these attacks which target our countrys peace will never reach their goals.Twin blasts in Istanbul on Saturday night killed 38 people and wounded 155 others near a soccer stadium. No group has claimed responsibility.---2:15 p.m.Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has denounced Saturdays deadly blasts in the Turkish city of Istanbul -- and is calling on Turkey to publicly denounce any attacks against Israel.Netanyahu said at his Cabinet meeting Sunday that Israel condemns any terror in Turkey, and Israel expects Turkey to condemn any act of terror in Israel. The battle against terror must be mutual.Twin blasts in Istanbul on Saturday night killed 38 people and wounded 155 others near a soccer stadium.Turkey and Israel sent new ambassadors to each others countries this month as part of a reconciliation deal to end six years of animosity. Relations imploded in 2010 after a confrontation between Israeli commandos and a Turkish flotilla trying to reach Gaza left 10 Turkish activists dead.---1:50 p.m.Turkeys interior minister has given a furious address at a funeral for police officers killed in Saturday nights bombing attack in Istanbul, slamming Kurdish rebels and their allies in the West.Minister Suleyman Soylu on Sunday referred to members of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party, or PKK, as animals after suggesting they were behind the attack that killed 38 people, mostly police, and wounded 155others. No group has claimed responsibility for the car-and-suicide bombing.He asked: Have you accomplished anything beyond being the servants, pawns and hit men of certain dark forces, of your dark Western partners?The PKK has waged a decades-long insurgency against the Turkish state, which has resulted in the deaths of tens of thousands of citizens. Turkish officials frequently accuse the West of directly and indirectly supporting the Kurdish insurgency and of interfering in Ankaras fight against terrorism.---12:45 p.m.Funeral services have already begun at Istanbuls police headquarters for some of the officers slain in twin bombing attacks near the citys soccer stadium.Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Prime Minister Binali Yildirim and other top officials were in attendance as police carried the coffins of their comrades draped in the Turkish flag.The death toll from the twin blasts Saturday night near Besiktas stadium rose Sunday morning to 38, including 30 police officers, seven civilians and one more person whose identity had yet to be determined. Another 155 people were wounded.There has been no claim of responsibility for the blasts.---12 noonThe Turkish Football Federation has condemned the attack near a stadium in Istanbul and announced that one minute of silence will precede all matches in Turkeys professional and amateur soccer leagues on Sunday and Monday.Flags at all stadiums will be placed at half-staff and there will be no music played during matches.The flags around the soccer stadium in Besiktas, where the attack took place Saturday night, were already flying low.Turkeys Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu said the death toll from the twin blasts had risen to 38, including 30 police officers, seven civilians and one more person whose identity had yet to be determined.---11:40 a.m.Turkeys Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu said the death toll from twin blasts near an Istanbul stadium had risen to 38.He said the figure included 30 police officers, seven civilians and one more person whose identity had yet to be determined.The minister also put the number of wounded at 155 and said a total of 13 suspects had been detained in connection with the attack Saturday night.Soylu says 136 people are still hospitalized from the attack, 14 of them in intensive care and five undergoing surgery.---11:25 a.m.Turkeys pro-Kurdish Peoples Democratic Party, or HDP, has condemned the attack in Istanbul near a soccer stadium that left 29 dead and 166 wounded.The partys central executive committee released a statement on Sunday strongly condemning the attacks and saying it felt great sadness and shared in the sorrow.The statement added: In both domestic and foreign policy, Turkey must be a model and more importantly a political actor of peace, democracy and human rights. It is essential that the politics, language, tone and practices that causes tension, polarization, enmity and clashes immediately cease.There has been no immediate claim of responsibility for the Saturday night attack by a car bomber and a suicide bomber. This year Istanbul has witnessed a spate of attacks attributed by authorities to the Islamic State group or claimed by Kurdish militants. A state of emergency is in force following a failed July 15 coup attempt.---11 a.m.Turkeys state-run Anadolu Agency says 19 of the 166 people wounded in twin blasts near a soccer stadium in Istanbul are in intensive care.Quoting sources Sunday in the office of the Istanbul governor, it says 155 others are also still receiving medical treatment after the blasts Saturday night.Attacks Saturday night by a car bomber and a suicide bomber near Istanbuls Besiktas soccer stadium were the latest large-scale assault to traumatize a nation confronting an array of security threats. There was no immediate claim of responsibility.---10:50 a.m.Turkey has declared a national day of mourning after twin blasts in Istanbul killed 29 people and wounded 166 others near a soccer stadium.The Sunday statement from Prime Minister Binali Yildirims office also ordered flags to fly at half-staff across the country and at Turkeys foreign missions.Twin attacks Saturday night by a car bomber and a suicide bomber near Istanbuls Besiktas soccer stadium were the latest large-scale assault to traumatize a nation confronting an array of security threats. There was no immediate claim of responsibility.Deputy Prime Minister Numan Kurtulmus told the private news channel CNN Turk that arrows point to the PKK. He was referring to the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party, which has waged a decades-long insurgency. Authorities, he said, had determined that about 300-400 kilograms of explosives were used in the attack. Air Max China Cheap . 8 Kansas to a 64-63 win over Texas Tech on Tuesday night. 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The bowler stood a few paces behind the umpire, to his left. He was about to jog up to the wicket and lob the ball towards the batsman - a right-hander.It was a conventional 3-6 field for the offspinner. Mid-off and cover close together, and a first slip. The captain was more willing to concede runs square of the cover fielder than he was between cover and mid-off. That way, the batsman would have to drive more acutely against the spin. On the leg side, mid-on, midwicket and square leg formed a ring of three in front of the wicket. The fielder on the boundary behind square on the leg side was the lone boundary-rider. A forward short-leg and a leg gully completed the field.During the course of the day, the offspinners approach varies. Batsmen try to disturb the bowlers length using a variety of tactics. Some step out of the crease and drive, just to create doubt in the bowlers mind. Others play off the back foot repeatedly, an old-fashioned ploy that causes the bowlers length to be dragged fuller. When this happens, the batsman can drive with certainty.If the batsman gains the upper hand, perhaps the leg gully moves across the field to a deep point. The balance of the field changes to 4-5 and the line of attack moves further outside off stump, spinning in towards the stumps.If this doesnt work, the bowler moves to a round-the-wicket line - pitching on middle stump and straightening. The field changes back to 3-6. This is a difficult line to bowl. Even marginal mistakes can mean that the ball drifts past leg stump, eliminating the need for the batsman to protect his stumps. This is one of the reasons why offspinners bowling round the wicket to right-hand batsmen are often considered negative bowlers.And so it goes. The game of ploy and counter-ploy.Test cricket is marked on a ball-by-ball basis by the noticeable absence of violence. On most deliveries, the batsman is in a perfect position to play the ball and plays it without much fuss. It looks to the casual eye as if nothing much is happening.Imagine the following over from, say, Moeen Ali, to, say, Virat Kohli. The batsman has just walked in, his partner is batting with more than a hundred to his name. Over the last 20 years, we have seen countless such overs, especially late in the day or towards the end of a session of play, usually in the middle of a Test in India.Moeen begins over the wicket with a conventional 3-6 field. His first delivery is moderately flighted, on an excellent length outside off stump. Kohli takes a long stride down the wicket towards the off side, and aims a lofted drive over wide mid-on. He doesnt meet it perfectly, he is beaten in the flight. The ball lobs into the outfield on the leg side and a single ensues.The other batsman, a century to his name, takes strike and quietly takes a single to the deep point that was set for him. The field changes back to 3-6 for Kohli. This time, Moeen bowls the ball flatter, slightly straighter. Kohli plays well back and just for a moment, Moeen thinks he has beaten the bat; but Kohli had the ball covered.The ball isnt turning square. Moeens best chance is to try and beat Kohli in the flight, either off front or back foot. By changing his line of attack, Moeen has forced Kohli to defend his stumps. Kohli response is classic: he plays a couple of balls on merit. Both are on middle stump. Kohli defends the first one off the back foot, the second off the front foot into the leg side.Each time, he is careful not to move too far across his stumps, or to commit to playing forward too early. Off the last ball, he has his reward. Sensing that Kohli might try to attack again (given how Kohli began the over), Moeen fires the last one in across the stumps. It is flat, on a good length, and ends marginally outside off stump. Kohli is waiting. The resulting late cut produces two runs.The over yields four runs. At other times it might have produced none. The batsmen did not try anything expansive. The bowler did not get prodigious turn. But look a little closer and the over was delicately balanced, keenly contested. Moeen tried to pry open a moment when Kohli might be caught off-balance or might make a mistake judging the length. Kohli resisted successfully.Each style of bowler has his own lines of attack, his own well- used options for fields. Occasionally there might be a bowler who will demonstrate an innovation, but for the most part there are no surprises. This is the central feature of the elite cricketing contest. Both bowler and batsman are so good that very little comes as a suurprise to either.ddddddddddddSometimes this produces a stalemate in which each side chooses to wait the other out. As many great Test players have explained over the years, sometimes it is better to let the bowler have the upper hand and play out a good spell. Or, as Nasser Hussains English tourists in 2001-02 did, to use exclusively defensive tactics to try to frustrate a great batsmans game. Hussain defended his approach, arguing that it was his job to win; it was not his job to make up the numbers so that the home crowd could enjoy a great show from their favourite player. At the time, such tactics prompted some unease. David Hopps wrote in the Wisden Almanack:...Hussain went too far in his attempts to smother Indias star batsman, Sachin Tendulkar. First, he instructed his bowlers to aim wide of off stump, to a seven-two or even eight-one field; then, when Tendulkar still made runs, Hussain told Giles (left-arm over) and Andrew Flintoff (right-arm round) to aim outside leg. The tactics had a touch of Douglas Jardine about them, as another England captain, Mike Brearley, remarked - saying that he felt a deep uneasiness. To oppose these ploys was to goad Hussain into employing them all the more. Hussains tactics prompted a sophisticated debate about the ethics of his approach. The question was not about the legality or success of the approach. The quedtion was, Is it right? The tactics made for gripping Test cricket. Even frustrated Indian fans had to admire Englands discipline in the field under Hussain. Tendulkar himself later expressed admiration for the skill of Ashley Giles, who enforced the spin portion of Hussains master plan. Any sport in which the ethics of a tactical choice can be debated is a truly great human invention.There are similar questions about a batsmans approach in a Test match. I remember a Test in St Lucia in 2006. India batted first and Virender Sehwag set off at breakneck speed. He reached 98 in 74 balls, and then, last ball before lunch, backed away to leg and tried to launch Corey Collymore over mid-off. He achieved a miscue and was nearly run out.It could be legitimately considered an irresponsibly cavalier way to end what was only the first session of a Test match. The conventional wisdom holds, with good reason, that when the going is good, a team should always imagine itself to be a couple of wickets worse off than it actually is. Theres no telling when the game can turn. But the alternative argument is that with certain special players it is right and proper to let them have their way because they can do things most other players cant.I grew up watching Tendulkar. Im old enough to remember his brutal stroke-making genius of the late-1990s. In his later years, I often found myself wishing that just once, he would stop being such a careful student of the game and let fly in a Test match. Thirty minutes of cavalier hitting. Thats what I wanted from Tendulkar. And yet, had Tendulkar played that way, he would no longer have been Tendulkar. Such frustrations form a wonderful part of being a cricket fan.Given that so much occurs on the field during a Test match, it is increasingly hard for me to understand people who say that they find Test cricket boring. Yes, at first glance it does look as if there is an agreement between bowler and batsman. At other times, it looks as though one side is simply too good for their opponent. Yes, it is true that violent, sudden explosions of devil-may-care play are rare. But beneath the low simmer of the Test match is a rich, complex, beguiling broth that is like a great work of literature - at once quotidian and unsettling.Over the last few years, the way I watch Test matches has changed. I watch a couple of hours, or even just one spell. I care less about the result these days. I get irritated when the broadcast does not regularly show how the field is set. I start watching, and soon I find myself asking what a particular player could be trying to achieve. Occasionally Ill exchange messages with a few select friends if they are also watching the game. Occasionally, as was the case when Kane Williamson was batting against a challenging Indian attack in the first innings in Kanpur in the recent series, it results in 20 wonderful overs. Ashwin v Williamson was a different sort of story of an offspinner and a batsman than Moeen v Kohli. But the wonderful thing about Test cricket is that there is just as much to see in a Moeen v Kohli battle as there was in that marquee hour in Kanpur. Wholesale Hoodies NFL Shirts Outlet Jerseys NFL Wholesale Cheap NFL Jerseys Free Shipping Wholesale Jerseys Cheap Cheap NFL Jerseys China Wholesale Jerseys Wholesale NFL Jerseys Cheap NFL Jerseys China Cheap NFL Jerseys ' ' '