V. Sikki Reddy also bit the dust in the first doubles, ending India’s campaign..Coming into the match with a 4-5 head-to-head record against Wang Shixian, Sindhu went full throttle before suffering a 13-21, 21-23 loss. (Photo: AFP )The Indian women’s team settled for a bronze medal after suffering a 0-3 defeat at the hands of defending champions China in the semi-finals of the Uber Cup badminton championship, here on Friday.India, who assured themselves a bronze with a 3-1 win over Thailand on Thursday, needed a magical performance to tame 13-time champions China at home but unfortunately the miracle did not happen.

Down 0-2 in the five-match rubber, Jwala and Sikki tried their best before capitulating 6-21, 6-21 against Tian Qing and Zhao Yunlei.After top shuttlers Saina Nehwal and P.Saina Nehwal hits a return to Li Xuerui of China in their Uber Cup women’s semi finals group match in Kunshan on Friday.Starting the proceedings once again, Saina played out of her skin before losing 15-21, 21-12, 17-21 to Li Xuerui.Indonesia in finalIndonesia beat South Korea 3-1 to reach the Thomas Cup final and raise Automobile Tubing Factory hopes of their first victory in 14 years in a competition they once dominated.Indonesia proved too strong for South Korea, who stunned hosts China a day earlier.Saina Nehwal hits a return to Li Xuerui of China in their Uber Cup women’s semi finals group match in Kunshan on Friday. Sindhu went down narrowly in the two singles match, Jwala Gutta and N. It was her eighth successive loss to Li. The hosts won 3-0. The hosts won 3-0. The last time Saina had beaten the Olympic champion was in the 2012 Indonesia Open

The right place, right time and right conditions — we're going to see more Test cricket played in the evening."We'll have meetings in Dubai (in January) with a lot of the chief executives and certainly will be talking to counterparts at Pakistan and South Africa," Sutherland said."The historic Adelaide match attracted a total attendance of 123,736 fans over three lively days."It is certainly on the radar.Sutherland said there will be further meetings with Pakistan and South Africa representatives later this month."It seems like it would be a natural progression for there to be an Ashes day-night Test match in 2017-18."They definitely know it (day-night Tests) will be on the agenda.He also floated the prospect of hosting an Ashes day-night Test in 2017-18 amid high interest in the concept following November's first pink-ball Test between Australia and New Zealand in Adelaide. Rubber seal Suppliers CA chief James Sutherland says the one-off rubber against NZ drew huge interest.

Sydney: England's next Ashes series in Australia may have a day-night Test match, Cricket Australia chief James Sutherland said on Monday.".Sutherland said his organisation was negotiating with Pakistan and South Africa about the possibility of staging day-night Tests on their touring schedules later this year. We haven't had any formal conversations with the ECB (England and Wales Cricket Board)," Sutherland told ABC Radio during the third Australia-West Indies Test in Sydney. The opening day gate of 47,441 was the biggest at the Adelaide Test since the famous 1932-33 'bodyline' series."With the success of the Adelaide Test match this year, the anticipation is that we will have at least one day-night Test

Not having the Indian series is a big setback for us financially.' Karachi: With time running out for the proposed India-Pakistan cricket series, the PCB has said it would call off the much-talked-about rubber if the Indian government does not give its approval in the next couple of days.Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Chairman Shaharyar Khan said that the PCB would wait for a day or two before shelving plans for the short limited-overs series which was planned this month in Sri Lanka."After that the series will be off," he said.Khan said chances of the series being organised Rubber Products Manufacturers now were very bleak since the resumption of cricketing ties between the two countries was not discussed by the Indian foreign minister Sushma Swaraj during her meetings with Pakistani officials in Islamabad.

"To be honest the chances of the series being held now are very bleak because we have been told cricket was not discussed in the meeting between the Indian foreign minister and Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif," Khan said."If the series is not held we stand to lose out on around USD 40 to 50 million and we had already started making preparations for the series in Sri Lanka which included hotel bookings," the PCB chief told PTI."We were hopeful that there would be good news when cricket was discussed in the meeting between the Indian minister and Pakistani officials but that has not happened. We are disappointed."Khan said the PCB will review its future policies and brief its governing board members on the developments."Not having the Indian series is a big setback for us financially. And we were expecting that the Indian board would get clearance from its government as they have signed a proper MOU with us. We also need to look at the future of the rest of the series laid out in this document."To a question, Khan said Pakistan's participation in the World T20 in India in March will depend on getting permission from its government."The government had given clearance for us to play a short series with India in Sri Lanka but that has not happened so far," he added.