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his average had slipped below 40. Then came the twin hundreds in Delhi, and now, a series of understated accomplishment in the W
his average had slipped below 40. Then came the twin hundreds in Delhi, and now, a series of understated accomplishment in the W
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GREEN BAY, Wis. -- The Green Bay Packers arent in a hurry to get star receiver Jordy Nelson ready for the start of the season.Coach Mike McCarthy said Saturday that Nelson, who was recently activated from the physically unable to perform list, will practice when the Packers get back on the field Monday. But Nelson will be a limited participant.Hell go through the individual (drills), and then well kind of take it from there, McCarthy said. So first things first.After not playing last season because of a torn ACL in his right knee, Nelson missed the first three weeks of Green Bays training camp this summer with an injury to his other knee, which he called a hiccup.Teammates feel Nelson, a nine-year pro with more than 400 receptions, wont need much time to get acclimated with the first game of the season only three weeks away.I cant put a time on when another man is going to be comfortable, fellow receiver Davante Adams said. But I know Jordy, and I know hell be ready.Even Nelson isnt expecting too much right away, a year after he suffered the ACL injury in a preseason game.Nelson doesnt know if he will play Friday, when the Packers travel to San Francisco for their third of four preseason games.Obviously, well take this weeks practice and see how everything goes, and well continue to move forward, Nelson said.McCarthy said the plan is to have Nelson work a lot with quarterback Aaron Rodgers in one-on-one pass drills in practice next week even if they dont get a chance to play together in the game against the 49ers.The goal for Nelson is to play the Sept. 11 season opener against the Jacksonville Jaguars.As far as I know, Im going to be playing Week 1, he said.Nelson made the comment after the Packers 20-12 exhibition win over the Oakland Raiders on Thursday night.A day after the Packers removed him from the PUP list and had him do some individual work in their closed practice, Nelson surprised many in the Lambeau Field crowd before Thursdays game. He wore his uniform, helmet and pads and went through warmups with the team, including running routes and catching passes.Im sure they enjoyed it, Nelson said about the fans, especially when everyone said I wasnt suiting up (for the game), and then I went out and suited up.Though Nelson didnt play, he drew the biggest crowd of reporters among Packers players in their locker room after the game.You guys are bored, and its the preseason, Nelson told them in a joking manner.Adams, whose locker is next to Nelsons, took notice of the big media group and wondered aloud in jest why a player who only warmed up before a game would get so much attention.Its been big, Adams said about Nelsons return. Hes a key part of this team, and hes coming back with us now, so were excited. I would expect you guys to be excited about it, too.Nelson also seems happy to resume football activities. He smiled a lot on the field during the pregame warmups Thursday.Theres a lot thats gone into it, Nelson said. Its another step in the right direction. Its another step to be ready for Jacksonville. Well just continue to work that way.NOTE: McCarthy said backup QB Brett Hundley will be hard-pressed to practice next week, making him unlikely to play Friday at San Francisco. Hundley reinjured his left ankle early in the second quarter of Thursdays game on a hit by Raiders defensive end Khalil Mack just as Hundley threw a pass. When it happened, I screamed, Hundley said Saturday, adding, Well take it day by day and see where it goes from there.---AP NFL website: www.pro32.ap.org and AP NFL Twitter feed: http://twitter.com/AP-NFL Cheap Shoes From China . The CFLs leading rusher kept adding to his gaudy numbers this season and scored the winning touchdown with just over two minutes to play. The New Westminster, B.C., native plowed three yards into the end zone for the last score of a heated, see-saw battle between the two teams with the best records in the CFL. China Shoes Outlet . 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In the 137 minutes Ajinkya Rahane spent at the crease in Indias second innings in St Lucia, the most memorable moment possibly came when he was at the non-strikers end. Ravindra Jadeja was on strike, and he dabbed Jason Holder towards gully. The ball went straight to the fielder, a fielder in a nominally catching position, and Rahane, already halfway down the pitch, screamed at Jadeja to start running. By the time the fielder worked out what was happening, Rahane had reached the danger end and Jadeja was safely on his way in the other direction. It was a moment straight out of street cricket, all hustle and opportunism. On the fifth morning in St Lucia, India had to play street cricket in their charge towards a declaration, with West Indies spreading their field and a slow outfield keeping boundaries down but presenting opportunities for the stolen second or third run. With Rahane in the middle, India ran 11 twos and two threes in nine helter-skelter overs, adding 60 to their overnight total.When India declared, Rahane was batting on 78. He had scored his runs at a strike rate of 67.24 despite hitting only two fours and no sixes. Not for the first time in his career, he had simply reached for his gearshift and found the appropriate gear.In the first innings of the same Test, he had scored 35 off 133 balls, defending resolutely through a difficult session-and-a-half when India lost a heap of top-order wickets. He had seemed set for a big score when he was out to a rare error of judgment, seeking to sweep an offspinner bowling stump-to-stump.As every batsman tries to do, Rahane was simply playing the way the respective situations demanded. But with most batsmen, its easy to tell when they are playing out of character. Its not so straightforward with Rahane. He looked as much at home blunting West Indies bowlers in the first innings as he did milking them in the second. It was hard to say which innings was closer to his natural game. It has been hard to pinpoint his natural game right through his career.Its hardly a rigorous use of statistics, but the strike rates at which Rahane has scored his seven Test hundreds point to his versatility: he has made two hundreds at strike rates in the 40s, two in the 50s, and one each in the 60s, 70s and 80s. Add his 1103-ball 98 in Fatullah, and he has a near-hundred with a strike rate of 95 as well.ddddddddddddSuch versatility brings to mind Michael Hussey, who played a similar role for Australia in Test cricket. This is partly because, playing in an Indian team that has won most of its recent Tests, Rahane has had the opportunity to play both kinds of Hussey-style innings. He has had opportunities to drag his team out of tricky spots - as he did against South Africa in the first innings in Delhi, turning 139 for 6 into a total of 334 - as well as to set up declarations. The last six times India have declared in Test cricket, Rahane has been at the crease three times, and on one other occasion was dismissed 2.1 overs before Virat Kohli called his batsmen in.Quietly, through this period, Rahane has become the highest-averaging batsman in Indias Test squad. After the first three Tests of the series against South Africa, his average had slipped below 40. Then came the twin hundreds in Delhi, and now, a series of understated accomplishment in the West Indies. By the end of the St Lucia Test, he was on the cusp of two milestones in his Test career: he had scored 1862 runs, and his average stood at exactly 49.00.By a quirk of mathematics, 50 and 2000 could happen at the same time. It could happen in the fourth Test in Port-of-Spain, if he scores the remaining 138 runs there. If he is only out once, he will only need 88 to lift his average to 50, and if he isnt dismissed at all, 38 will do.Rahane doesnt need his average to affirm the quality he has proved across all conditions, and seeing it tick past 50 probably isnt his most urgent priority at this stage of his career. But if and when it happens, Indian cricket fans will cherish the moment.For most of the 2000s, Indias Test line-up contained three batsmen with 50-plus averages. By the time his career ended, Virender Sehwags had slipped to 49.43. And so, the 50-plus average club, with the qualification of 2000 runs, contains only three Indian batsmen. You know their names, and in case you dont, their initials will do: SMG, SRT, RSD. If and when he gets there, AMR will be in special company. ' ' '
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