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The Motley Fool has a disclosure policy . 2 Stocks That Could Create Lasting Generational Wealth was originally published by The Motley FoolPosts area Latest 1 of 1 Latest posts Latest posts 6.50am Bizarre run-out debacle sinks Stars In breaking news, the Melbourne Stars are still no good. The Stars have zero wins from five matches in the BBL and a baffling incident during Saturday night’s loss to the Sydney Thunder summed up their situation. Basically, Thunder batter Sam Billings should have been run out; the problem was no one appealed, with Stars captain Marc Stoinis seemingly looking in the other direction, venting his frustration that the ball had richoceted for overthrows. Did someone say KFC? Sam Billings with his player of the match ‘trophy’. Credit: Getty Images The full misery is here in AAP’ s match report: The Melbourne Stars’ finals hopes are all but over, after the BBL’s great disappointments paid the price for failing to appeal for a run out in their 18-run loss to Sydney Thunder. Often maligned for finding new ways to shoot themselves in the foot through 14 years of the competition, the winless Stars slumped to a new level of bizarre on Saturday night in Canberra. Chasing 183 for victory, Englishman Ben Duckett hit 67 from 49 balls, but no-one else could fire around him as the Stars finished 8-164 in reply. In reality, though, they could have been chasing far less having let Sam Billings hit 72 after he should have been run out when on 16. After Billings hit a ball to short third man with the Thunder 3-95 in the 13th over, Joel Paris threw down the bowler’s end stumps. Replays later showed Billings was out of his crease when the ball hit the stumps, after not sliding his bat. Melbourne captain Marcus Stoinis and bowler Peter Siddle both vented their frustration at Paris for giving away an overthrow, but did not appeal. The umpire then asked the pair if they wanted to, only for Siddle to shake his head and Stoinis to feign a “how’s that” before telling the umpire “don’t worry” when asked if he wanted it checked. “I said to the umpire you can’t keep asking if they don’t want to appeal,” Englishman Billings said. “Pretty dopey moment to be honest from me, I didn’t know he’d thrown it. Quite bizarre. Sometimes you just need a bit of luck to go your way.” Billings then smacked 56 from 23 deliveries after the missed chance, beginning with a big legside boundary off Siddle on the next ball as commentators told Glenn Maxwell of the situation. “That seems about right ... You’re kidding me,” Maxwell said on the Fox Sports commentary. Making matters worse for the Stars, it wasn’t the only life offered up to Billings. He was also put down by Brody Couch in the deep when on 25, before reverse-sweeping his next three balls from spinner Usama Mir to the boundary. The 33-year-old also belted Beau Webster for a massive six over long-on later in the innings. In reply, the Stars looked well in the chase at 3-96 after 10 overs, before the Thunder turned the screws in the field. The next three overs went for 11 runs, with only Duckett able to offer Melbourne a hope. But when he edged a short Daniel Sams ball through to wicketkeeper Billings with 54 still required from 28 balls, the game was effectively over. Wes Agar (3-25) then cleaned up the lower order, taking three wickets in an over in his first game for the Thunder. The only negative for the men in lime green was a suspected repeat of a bicep tear for legspinner Jason Sangha, hurt after high-fiving teammates after taking Maxwell’s wicket. The result moves the Thunder back into the top four with a 2-1 record, while the Stars are 0-5 despite having one of the best rosters in the BBL. It means their wait for a maiden title will almost certainly extend into a 15th season, with wins in their last five games no certainty to be enough to reach the finals. 6.43am Watch: Dan Brettig’s day three wrap 6.33am Reddy’s fighting century keeps India in Border-Gavaskar series A gutsy century from Indian rising star Nitish Kumar Reddy in front of his emotional father in the stands helped haul the tourists off the canvas at the MCG, giving them a fighting chance of earning a draw in the fourth Test. Australia’s hopes of taking a 2-1 lead in the Border-Gavaskar series with just one Test remaining were left bruised after a courageous 127-run eighth-wicket stand between Reddy and spinner Washington Sundar on day three of a gripping Test. Nitish Kumar Reddy. Credit: AP A day that began with Australia aiming to polish off the Indian tail and secure a big first-innings lead ended with the tourists still occupying the crease, with India at 9-358, trailing Australia by 116 runs, when players came off for bad light at 5.25pm. India lost just four wickets across 70 overs of play on Saturday as Australia’s bowlers were made to toil away unsuccessfully with a second new ball. Read the rest of Tom Decent’s stumps report here . Advertisement 6.26am Poll: How’s this gonna go? 6.26am The forecast: good news for Australia, bad news for India? Clear skies. Full hearts. Australia can’t lose? 6.25am Welcome Good morning cricket fans. I’m Vince Rugari and since it’s that weird period between Christmas and New Year’s, I genuinely don’t know what day it is. But I do know that it’s day four of this cracking Test match at the MCG between Australia and India, and it is my solemn duty to man the blog for our live coverage. Things are delicately poised. India are 9-358, trailing by 116 runs in their pursuit of Australia’s first innings score of 474. One more wicket and Sam Konstas and Usman Khawaja will be back at the crease hoping to put this one out of reach of the visitors. But things need to happen quickly for Australia. Play is due to start at 10am AEDT after yesterday’s early finish due to bad light. Strap yourself in, grab yourself another massive chunk of ham off your Christmas leftovers (it’s still good! It’s still good!) and let’s get into it. Latest 1 of 1 Latest Most Viewed in Sport Loading

The American Athletic Conference is the only Football Bowl Subdivision league whose championship game matchup is set: Army vs. Tulane. The final week of the regular season will determine pairings for the other eight conferences. Here's a look at the possible matchups in the Power Four and Group of Five. All championship games are Dec. 7 except in the AAC, Conference USA and Mountain West, which will be played Dec. 6. SMU vs. Miami or Clemson. Miami is in if it beats Syracuse. Clemson is in if Miami loses. Oregon vs. Ohio State, Penn State or Indiana. Ohio State is in if it beats Michigan or if Penn State and Indiana lose this week. Penn State is in if it beats Maryland and Ohio State loses. Indiana is in if it beats Purdue and Ohio State and Penn State lose. Arizona State vs. Iowa State if both win this week. Multiple scenarios including BYU, Colorado and other teams exist otherwise. Georgia vs. winner of Texas-Texas A&M game. Army vs. Tulane. Jacksonville State vs. Liberty, Western Kentucky or Sam Houston. Liberty is in with a win over Sam Houston. WKU is in with a win over Jacksonville State and a Liberty loss. Sam Houston is in with a win over Liberty and a Jacksonville State win. Miami, Bowling Green and Ohio are tied for first place and control their destinies. Miami-Bowling Green winner is in, as is Ohio if it beats Ball State. Other scenarios exist that include those teams and Buffalo. Boise State vs. UNLV or Colorado State. If UNLV and CSU both win or lose their final regular-season games, the tie would be broken by either College Football Playoff rankings or results-based computer metrics. Louisiana-Lafayette at Marshall if both win their games this week. Other scenarios exist if one or both lose.

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