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On Wednesday, President Donald Trump signed the Laken Riley Act into law. The legislation expands the federal government’s mandatory detention rules for unauthorized immigrants to include theft-related crimes, like shoplifting, and grants state attorneys general the right to sue the federal government over what they deem as insufficient immigration enforcement.
The bill received bipartisan support in the House and Senate, despite civil rights groups and various Democratic lawmakers highlighting its risks of increasing racial profiling and suspending due process for people accused of crimes. Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., for example, voted against the bill, telling MSNBC’s Chris Hayes the law means “people are going to be targeted because they’re brown.”
Given how Trump’s immigration officials alreadyappear to be engaging in disturbing profiling — and ensnaring legal U.S. residents in their anti-immigrant round-ups — that seems like a fair prediction.
In a speech to the House last week, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., (who also voted against the bill) spoke out about its potential risks to due process. “In the wake of tragedy, we are seeing a fundamental erosion of our civil rights,” she said. “In this bill, if a person is so much as accused of a crime — if someone wants to point a finger and accuse someone of shoplifting — they would be rounded up and put into a private detention camp and sent out for deportation without a day in court.”
And New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker, another Democrat who opposed the bill, offered a personal anecdote to MSNBC host Chris Hayes to suggest that those who supported the bill — including fellow Democrats — have made a decision that will tar their legacies.
He said:
I had a nonpolitical person in the Capitol who’s never came up to me and talked about politics, but he looked at me and said Democrats are going to rue the day when they allowed something like that bill we just passed, that allows — literally — Dreamers to be indefinitely detained. Or a child who steals a candy bar. He said this is going to come back in history to really, really haunt those people that supported this bill.
Watch the clip here:
Indeed, Democrats who supported this bill seem to have acquiesced to conservatives’ fear-mongering for the sake of political expediency, and in the process they may have subjected many of their constituents to racial profiling.
Because Republicans now control the Senate, the House of Representatives and the White House, they didn’t need Democratic votes to pass this bill. Democrats could have collectively denounced the bill and advocated for the bipartisan bill they negotiated earlier, which sought to address problems with U.S. immigration laws withoutseemingly opening the door to the vilification and abuse of immigrants.
But in what was arguably the first test of congressional Democrats’ willingness to confront the conservative movement’s dubious politicking, I think it’s fair to say they failed.
The passing of the Laken Riley Act was a significant victory for Democrats, as it aimed to protect vulnerable communities from discrimination and ensure equal rights for all. However, their first test in the second Trump era has shown that some Democrats who supported the act may have failed to live up to its principles.
Despite their promises to uphold the values of equality and justice, some Democrats have shown a lack of courage and conviction in standing up to the Trump administration’s attempts to roll back progress on civil rights. Whether it be through their silence on key issues or their willingness to compromise on important legislation, these Democrats have not fully lived up to the promises they made when passing the Laken Riley Act.
It is crucial for Democrats to remain steadfast in their commitment to protecting the rights of all Americans, especially in the face of a hostile administration that seeks to undermine these rights at every turn. The first test of the second Trump era has shown that some Democrats may need to reevaluate their priorities and find the courage to stand up for what is right, no matter the political cost.
As we move forward in this new era, it is essential for Democrats to remember the values that they claim to uphold and to hold themselves accountable for their actions. The Laken Riley Act was a step in the right direction, but it will take more than just words to ensure that all Americans are treated with dignity and respect. Let this be a wake-up call for Democrats to do better and to fight harder for the rights of all.
The thing I find most baffling about the programming tests I’ve been running is that tools based on the same large language model tend to perform quite differently.
For example, ChatGPT, Perplexity, and GitHub Copilot are all based on the GPT-4 model from OpenAI. But, as I’ll show you below, while ChatGPT and Perplexity’s pro plans performed excellently, GitHub Copilot failed as often as it succeeded.
I tested GitHub Copilot embedded inside a VS Code instance. I’ll explain how to set that up and use GitHub Copilot in an upcoming step-by-step article. But first, let’s run through the tests.
So, this failed miserably. This was my first test, so I can’t tell yet whether GitHub Copilot is terrible at writing code or whether the context in which one interacts with it is limiting to the point where it can’t meet this requirement.
Let me explain.
This test involves asking the AI to create a fully functional WordPress plugin, complete with admin interface elements and operational logic. The plugin takes in a set of names, sorts them, and, if there are duplicates, separates the duplicates so they’re not side by side.
This was a real-world application that my wife needed as part of an involvement device she runs on her very active Facebook group as part of her digital goods e-commerce business.
Most of the other AIs passed this test, at least partly. Five of the 10 AI models tested passed the test completely. Three of them passed part of the test. Two (including Microsoft Copilot) failed completely.
The thing is, I gave GitHub Copilot the same prompt I give all of them, but it only wrote PHP code. To be clear, this problem can be solved solely using PHP code. But some AIs like to include some JavaScript for the interactive features. GitHub Copilot included code for using JavaScript but never actually generated the JavaScript that it tried to use.
Screenshot by David Gewirtz/ZDNET
What’s worse, when I created a JavaScript file and, from within the JavaScript file, tried to get GitHub Copilot to run the prompt, it gave me another PHP script, which also referenced a JavaScript file.
As you can see below, within the randomizer.js file, it tried to enqueue (basically to bring in to run) the randomizer.js file, and the code it wrote was PHP, not JavaScript.
Screenshot by David Gewirtz/ZDNET
Test 2: Rewriting a string function
This test is fairly simple. I wrote a function that was supposed to test for dollars and cents but wound up only testing for integers (dollars). The test asks the AI to fix the code.
GitHub Copilot did rework the code, but there were a bunch of problems with the code it produced.
It assumed a string value was always a string value. If it was empty, the code would break.
The revised regular expression code would break if a decimal point (i.e., “3.”) was entered, if a leading decimal point (i.e., “.3”) was entered, or if leading zeros were included (i.e., “00.30”).
For something that was supposed to test whether currency was entered correctly, failing with code that would crash on edge cases is not acceptable.
So, we have another fail.
Test 3: Finding an annoying bug
GitHub Copilot got this right. This is another test pulled from my real-life coding escapades. What made this bug so annoying (and difficult to figure out) is that the error message isn’t directly related to the actual problem.
The bug is kind of the coder equivalent of a trick question. Solving it requires understanding how specific API calls in the WordPress framework work and then applying that knowledge to the bug in question.
Microsoft Copilot, Gemini, and Meta Code Llama all failed this test. But GitHub Copilot solved it correctly.
Test 4: Writing a script
Here, too, GitHub Copilot succeeded where Microsoft Copilot failed. The challenge here is that I’m testing the AI’s ability to create a script that knows about coding in AppleScript, the Chrome object model, and a little Mac-only third-party coding utility called Keyboard Maestro.
To pass this test, the AI has to be able to recognize that all three coding environments need attention and then tailor individual lines of code to each of those environments.
Final thoughts
Given that GitHub Copilot uses GPT-4, I find the fact that it failed half of the tests discouraging. GitHub is just about the most popular source management environment on the planet, and one would hope that the AI coding support was reasonably reliable.
As with all things AI, I’m sure performance will get better. Let’s stay tuned and check back in a few months to see if the AI is more effective at that time.
Do you use an AI to help with coding? What AI do you prefer? Have you tried GitHub Copilot? Let us know in the comments below.
I recently had the opportunity to test out GitHub Copilot, the AI-powered code completion tool that has been making waves in the developer community. As a programmer myself, I was excited to see how this tool could potentially revolutionize the way we write code.
However, after spending some time using Copilot, I have to say that I was left feeling underwhelmed. While the tool certainly has its moments of brilliance, I found that it often struggled to generate code that was actually usable. In many cases, the suggestions it provided were either overly complex, inefficient, or just plain incorrect.
One particular instance that stands out in my mind is when Copilot tried to generate a simple function to sort an array of numbers. Instead of using a standard sorting algorithm like quicksort or mergesort, it came up with a convoluted and nonsensical solution that would have been incredibly slow and inefficient.
Overall, I think that GitHub Copilot has the potential to be a useful tool for developers, but it still has a long way to go before it can be considered truly reliable. In the meantime, I’ll be sticking to writing my code the old-fashioned way.
Five years ago, teachers shut their classroom doors and scrambled to set up video conference for their students,Now, new national test scores show America’s kids – especially the nation’s lowest achieving students – have yet to return to pre-pandemic academic levels.
Teachers, parents and education leaders are raising alarms about the state of education after seeing the sobering results of the U.S. Department of Education’s latest Nation’s Report Card results Wednesday. The data shows a post-pandemic nose-dive in literacy scores and a widening achievement gap between the nation’s highest and lowest learners in math and reading skills.
Many of them are calling on national leaders and school officials to speed up learning recovery. Strengthening American education, they say, is urgent.
“We need to figure out what we got wrong and what we need to adjust,” said Tequilla Brownie, CEO of TNTP, a nonprofit organization working to redesign education to help students of color and those living in poverty.
Fourth and eighth graders tested at lower reading levels on the National Assessment for Educational Progress in 2024 than before COVID-19. The achievement gap also widened between the nation’s highest and lowest performing learners in literacy test scores.
The pandemic exacerbated a reading crisis that began before schools shifted to remote learning, said Peggy Carr, commissioner of the National Center for Education Statistics. Kids now don’t have the joy for reading they once did and teachers have changed the way they teach writing in the digital age, she said.
Adeola Whitney, CEO of a national nonprofit which works to improve equitable access to literacy education called Reading Partners, said it’s “alarming” that more students are scoring at low reading levels.
‘Reading is a civil right’
“Reading is a civil right that should be afforded to every student in the US. Our children deserve nothing less,” Whitney wrote in an email.
Brownie, from TNTP, said she’s especially concerned about low-scoring kids who live in poverty – and are at risk of staying in poverty because they aren’t skilled in reading.
“Kids that are behind don’t have to remain behind, but we have to focus on identifying solutions for kids that need those solutions and implement them,” Brownie said.
Temporary COVID-relief funding for education is gone
The Biden administration granted schools $189.5 billion through the Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund (ESSER) under the American Rescue Plan Act. The funding – given to school leaders to use to accelerate student learning recovery expired in September, yet kids’ haven’t caught up as planned.
Keri Rodrigues, president of the National Parents Union, called the new test results a “national disgrace.”
“Despite an unprecedented $190 billion in federal investment meant to accelerate learning recovery, too many states have nothing to show for it except worsening outcomes,” Rodrigues wrote in an email Wednesday. “It’s time to stop pretending that ‘business as usual’ is acceptable—because these results are a disaster.”
Rodrigues called on Congress to investigate how schools spent the COVID-relief money and on the Trump administration to develop a “national strategy to ensure states are delivering on their responsibility to provide every child with a high-quality education,” which she said could include state-mandated high-dosage tutoring, extended learning time and high quality learning materials.
Lindsay Dworkin, senior vice president of policy and government affairs at the education assessment company NWEA, echoed Rodrigues’s call for urgency given the recent expiration of the temporary funding.
“With the federal emergency funds now used up, it’s more important than ever that policy and education leaders focus ever-scarcer resources on evidence-based strategies like combatting chronic absenteeism, scaling high-dosage tutoring, and expanding instructional time through extended school days and summer programming,” Dworkin wrote in an email.
‘If students aren’t in school, they can’t learn’
Student chronic absenteeism rates grew from 15% to 26% between 2018 to 2023 due to pandemic-related setbacks, according to an analysis from the American Enterprise Institute. Chronic absenteeism refers to when a student misses 10% or more of the school year.
The new federal data released Wednesday shows that student absenteeism remains a problem for America’s schools, and low-performing students are more likely to miss school than other kids.
“Absenteeism, which rose over the pandemic period, has declined since the 2022 assessment, but not to pre-pandemic levels,” reads a news release from the National Center for Education Statistics.
“We should care because if students aren’t in school, then they can’t learn,” Carr said.
Contact Kayla Jimenez at kjimenez@usatoday.com. Follow her on X at @kaylajjimenez.
Low student test scores raise alarms for a variety of reasons, with potential implications for both individual students and the education system as a whole. Here are a few key reasons why low test scores should be a cause for concern:
1. Academic performance: Low test scores may indicate that students are struggling to grasp key concepts and skills in their coursework. This could lead to gaps in their knowledge and understanding, making it difficult for them to succeed in future academic endeavors.
2. Individual student outcomes: Low test scores can have a significant impact on an individual student’s academic trajectory. Poor performance on standardized tests may limit their opportunities for advanced coursework, scholarships, and college admissions.
3. School accountability: Test scores are often used as a measure of school performance and accountability. Low scores may reflect poorly on a school’s ability to effectively educate its students, leading to increased scrutiny and potential consequences from stakeholders such as parents, policymakers, and funding sources.
4. Achievement gaps: Persistent low test scores among certain student populations can highlight disparities in educational outcomes based on factors such as race, socioeconomic status, and English language proficiency. Addressing these achievement gaps is essential for promoting equity and ensuring that all students have access to high-quality education.
Overall, low student test scores serve as a red flag signaling the need for intervention and support to improve academic achievement and ensure that all students have the opportunity to succeed.
144th over – Australia’s innings continues after tea
Looks like there’s no declaration just yet from Steve Smith.
Jeffrey Vandersay to start things off. Alex Carey on strike.
Will Australia enforce the follow-on?
If Australia is planning on enforcing the follow on with this massive total, I’m down for that.
– Doc
Hi Doc,
That certainly appears to be the plan at this stage.
Of course, whether Australia is able to enforce the follow-on is entirely contingent on Sri Lanka’s first-innings batting performance.
Live from the Antarctic
Following languidly from the Antarctic Ocean. Any reason not to be bored by this one?
– Cold Mick
Hi Mick,
Hope you’re keeping warm down there.
I reckon jumping into the Antarctic Ocean would definitely be more of a thrill than watching this.
The last time Australia scored over 600
When was the last time we (Australia) scored 600 in a test innings? Feels like it was at least 5 years ago.
– Chloe
Hi Chloe,
This innings is Australia’s first 600+ score since January 4, 2018, when they scored 7-649 declared against England at the SCG.
Australia’s highest ever Test score is 8-758 declared, which was scored against the West Indies in 1955.
TEA: Australia 5-600 (Carey 25, Webster 10)
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Well, look, I mean, Sri Lanka got Usman Khawaja and Josh Inglis out. So, probably the best session for the hosts since the first on day one.
Australia is just grinding the fielders and bowlers down. This has all the hallmarks of a ‘bat once’ victory, but the prospect of bowling back-to-back in this heat isn’t ideal.
Still, it might be the only chance we have of seeing a result in the game. And it might be a little easier with mostly spinners in the line-up.
But, before we get to that, we have to see the approach from the batters after tea. I’m expecting, and hoping for, an aggressive approach from Carey and Webster after a watchful start.
143rd over – Australia brings up 600
Australia is 5-599 as Prabath Jayasuriya starts his 60th over.
And there’s 600 for the Aussies as Alex Carey gets another single with another reverse sweep.
It’s the first time since 2018 that Australia has reached this mark.
Galle’s good looking, hey?
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142nd over – Jeffrey Vandersay returns for his 33rd over
And he sprays one down leg. Oshada Fernando sprints to the rope from short leg and the ball dies just before reaching the boundary.
Fernando actually stepped on the boundary before picking it up, but got his foot back in the field of play before touching the ball.
Too much width and Beau Webster slashes away for a couple more wide of cover.
141st over – Jayasuriya continues because Sri Lanka refuses to use a fifth bowler
Alex Carey reverse sweeps and gets back for a sharp two.
Webster tries a lap sweep and it’s very awkward. Almost LBW.
Sri Lanka doesn’t even have the energy for a pointless appeal anymore.
140th over – No urgency from the Aussies
Another nudge to long-off for a single from Carey. And Webster skips down and clips Nishan to mid-wicket for one more.
This doesn’t feel like declaration batting. But there are 13 minutes to tea. We might see more aggression after the break.
139th over – Prabath Jayasuriya gets some fielders around the bat
Beau Webster is just looking to nudge the ball.
A little extra bounce almost does for Webster, but he’s playing with soft hands and the ball just trickles away.
138th over – The wait goes on for Nishan Peiris’s first wicket in the innings
The big long levers get Beau Webster a single to the man in the deep with a sweep shot.
Webster gets some width and pushes into the deep for two more.
Nothing overly probing from Nishan in his 38th offering.
137th over – Jayasuriya comes in for his 57th over
Carey tries to force the issue with a little shuffle down the wicket, but he can only get a thick edge away behind point.
Carey gets off strike with a single off a reverse sweep.
It’s another tight, if uninspiring over.
136th over – Nishan Peiris bowling to Beau Webster
The big Slug pushes at a wide one and misses everything. A lot of drift away for Nishan, still hunting his first wicket of this innings.
Webster eventually manages to lay bat on it to take a single to point.
This game will, I assume, accelerate after tea. But things are meandering a little now.
135th over – Jayasuriya hunting a five-fa
Alex Carey is getting them all with sweeps and reverse sweeps.
Webster clatters a drive into Oshada Fernando. It’s whacked him in the arms.
After a lengthy delay, Jayasuriya wraps up with another ball outside off.
134th over – Nishan Peiris bowling with Beau Webster out in the middle
Nishan thinks he has found Carey’s outside edge, but no-one behind the stumps is there with him.
Carey punches down the ground for one more. Still a very spread field despite having two new batters at the crease. In saying that, the score is up over 570.
Josh Inglis is gone for 102
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The debutant closed the face of the bat on one, and the next ball he shuffles, closes the face again as he tries to work to the leg side and chips a catch straight to Kamindu Mendia at short cover.
Another fine innings ends apparently with just a little dip in concentration.
Credit to Prabath Jayasuriya for continuing to toil at the end of his 55th over.
133rd over – Australia’s newest century-maker faces Prabath Jayasuriya
This pair is happily knocking singles around.
Carey’s almost top-edged a reverse sleep to leg slip.
There doesn’t seem to be any direction to put the pedal down. Maybe there will be after tea.
A century on debut for Josh Inglis!
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The 29-year-old carves through the covers for a few more and leaps in the air to celebrate this momentous feat.
There’s tears in the stands for mum and dad as Inglis becomes the first Australian man since Adam Voges in 2015 to score a century on Test debut, and just the third in history to do it in Asia.
Not only that, but Inglis has has done it at better than a run a ball, reaching three figures off just 91 deliveries.
In a thrilling match-up between Sri Lanka and Australia, day two of the first Test saw some incredible performances from the Australian team. Opening batsman Usman Khawaja set the tone with a brilliant double century, showcasing his class and experience at the highest level.
But the real star of the day was debutant Josh Inglis, who announced his arrival on the international stage with a stunning century. Inglis showed great composure and skill as he guided the Australian innings with his aggressive stroke-play and impeccable timing.
The partnership between Khawaja and Inglis turned the tide in Australia’s favor, as they piled on the runs and put Sri Lanka under immense pressure. The Sri Lankan bowlers tried their best to contain the Australian batsmen, but Khawaja and Inglis were simply unstoppable.
As the day ended, Australia had posted a mammoth total on the board, thanks to the heroics of Khawaja and Inglis. The Sri Lankan team now faces an uphill task to come back into the game, but with the form that the Australian batsmen are in, it will be a tough challenge.
Stay tuned for more updates as the match progresses, as Sri Lanka looks to fight back against the mighty Australian team. #SriLankavsAustralia #Cricket #TestMatch #JoshInglis #UsmanKhawaja #DebutCentury
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Hundred and out
There you go.
Inglis chips a catch to short cover off Jayasuriya. Superb hundred. He departs for 102.
Australia will keep batting, with Beau Webster out in the middle. You’d imagine 600 will be on their mind.
Tough times for Sri Lanka given both these blokes are very accomplished batsmen.
Australia 5-570
Josh Inglis leaps for joy after making a century in Galle. Credit: AP
Inglis has a Test century on debut
What a yarn!
Josh Inglis punches a three into the leg side to bring up triple figures batting at No.5 on Test debut in Sri Lanka.
He becomes the first Australian player to make a century on Test debut since Adam Voges managed the feat against the West Indies in 2015.
Shaun Marsh (South Africa in 2011) and Marcus North (South Africa in 2009) also managed to score centuries on Test debut. Coincidentally, they were also West Australians.
It’s been a crisp innings with shots all around the ground. The 29-year-old certainly hasn’t mucked around. He punches the air and looks ecstatic. I’m sure his family are as well in the stands in Galle. A few drinks tonight?
It comes off just 90 balls. What a knock. Serious player who has been waiting for his opportunity.
Australia 4-566
Khawaja is out for 232
It’s over.
Usman Khawaja’s unbelievable innings comes to an end on 232. He gets a little edge on an armball from Jayasuriya and is caught by Mendis. Just rocked back and got a faint tickle through to the wicketkeeper.
Warm applause as Khawaja comes off the ground in Galle with Australia in a commanding position. One of the great innings and by far his highest in Tests.
Australia 4-547
Usman Khawaja acknowledges the crowd in Galle after his maiden double century. Credit: Getty Images
C’mon Aussie. Credit: Getty Images
England are 7-142 at tea at the MCG
Australia are well on top in Melbourne at the last main break of the day.
The MCG in all its glory. Credit: Getty Images
Commentator’s curse?
Has Greg Blewett just put the commentator’s curse on Josh Inglis by saying he’s “closing in” on a hundred? Just over two thirds of the way there. Funny game.
Nonetheless, it’s been seriously impressive batting as the partnership between this pair goes to 117 runs.
Sri Lanka are completely bereft of answers. Demoralising times as Australia show no signs of stopping their onslaught.
I think Australia will just keep batting beyond 600. Bowling twice in a row isn’t as big a deal given Australia have loads of spinners in their XI.
Australia 3-518 after 124 overs
Josh Inglis hits out. Credit: Getty Images
Khawaja reaches 220 and makes more history
Usman Khawaja has the third-highest score in Asia by an Australian Test batsman. Behind Mark Taylor’s 334 not out against Pakistan in 1998 and Greg Chappell’s 235 against Pakistan in 1980.
England lose 3-4 at the MCG
Huge drama for England at the MCG as Australia put the foot down in the middle session.
First it was King getting Danni Wyatt-Hodge, now Amy Jones and Sophie Ecclestone have been removed in consecutive overs by Gardner and King.
Sensational bowling from Australia’s spinners.
King has 3-31 and Gardner has 1-18. England once again in all sorts. Story of their summer.
England 7-131
Inglis survives a review
Josh Inglis tries to reverse sweep Nishan Peiris into the off side but appears to miss the ball. It hits the back pad and it looks pretty adjacent.
It’s given out on field but Inglis reviews immediately. Did he get bat on it? Yep. Replays show a little bottom edge. Great review from Inglis. You can hear the Sri Lankan sighs from Coogee.
Salt into the wound as Inglis belts a back foot cover drive.
Australia 3-507
Australia have 500 runs in Galle
An absolute smash-up job taking place in Galle as Khawaja (215) and Inglis (58) power Australia to their highest total in the first innings of an away Test since the 9-556 (declared) they made against Pakistan in Karachi in 2022.
The magic 500 mark comes off 118.5 overs at a run rate of 4.2.
Before that, it was the 8-566 (declared) Australia compiled against England at Lord’s in 2015.
To use a great grade cricket line, double it up!
Australia 3-500
“How good are runs, mate.” Credit: AP
King has two wickets at the MCG
By Andrew Wu
In her ninth over, Alana King has hit her groove now. The wicket has given her a boost in confidence, and she’s starting to rip them.
You can tell by the drift and turn she’s putting some serious revs on the ball. Danni Wyatt-Hodge has no idea what she’s doing, and you can’t be too critical of her because this is high-class bowling. Riveting stuff.
King takes a wicket! Wyatt-Hodge is caught at silly mid-off for 22. Great delivery and sharp catch from Phoebe Litchfield in close.
King has 2-31 from 12.
England 5-127 after 48.4 overs
Alana King has been brilliant today. Credit: Getty Images
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131st over: Australia 560-4 (Inglis 96, Carey 4) Inglis rocks back and punchesJayasuriya through the covers for four to go within one shot of a century on Test debut. His mum and dad are at the ground in Galle and watching on nervously. Can their boy get there?
130th over: Australia 554-3 (Inglis 88, Carey 1) Five singles collected off the over with ease. Inglis closing in on a maiden Test century. He comes from Leeds originally so us poms can take some of the credit, right?
129th over: Australia 549-3 (Inglis 88, Carey 1) Alex Carey is the new man, fresh after being snubbed by Wisden Cricket Monthly. Arf. He gets off the mark with a single and Inglis heads towards the 90s with the same.
WICKET! Khawaja c Mendis b Jayasuriya 232 (Australia 547-4)
Flames to dust, lovers to friends, why must all good things come to an end? Not my words, the words of Nelly Furtado. Jayasuriya angles one across Khawaja and he has a nibble at it, the thin edge is snaffled by Mendis behind the stumps and after 352 balls and over a day and a half at the crease Usman Khawaja is on his way. Fabulous knock, he’s still got some in the baggy green tank.
James Wallace
Thanks Angus, top stint that. I don’t know what you were messing about at though, this pitch is obviously a snake pit… no sooner have I shifted my flanks into the OBO armchair there is a wicket! It’s the big one too – Usman Khawaja is out! Repeat out!
As drinks come onto the field – water for the Aussies, something stronger for the Sri Lankans – Henning Brammer emails to say, nay plead: “They’ll surely give Inglis the chance for a century, won’t they?” It appears so, Henning. And it could be just a few brutal swings of the bat away. He’s on 87 from 79 balls with nine fours and a six and looking good to smash a century on debut and write his name into history.
Time for some fresh blood on the blog. Thanks for your company today and cath you on the morrow. From the London end, it’s James Wallace!
128th over: Australia 547-3 (Khawaja 232, Inglis 87) Inglis goes big and that is SIX! Vandersay skidded it in flat and fast but the debutant was fast to the pitch of the ball and got enough willow to muscle it over the rope. Vandersay, frustrated, throws in a half-tracker to close and Inglis spiflicates it for another FOUR. He’s flying!
127th over: Australia 534-3 (Khawaja 230, Inglis 76) Jayasuriya gets taken for four singles and a deuce. He’s nagging away at a length but the angles he extracted yesterday haven’t been spotted on day two and neither batter looks troubled.
126th over: Australia 528-3 (Khawaja 226, Inglis 74) As Inglis smokes Vandersay for a FOUR to rocket into the seventies, let’s tempt fate by mentioning that Inglis is striving to be the first Australian to score a century on debut since Adam Voges in 2015.
If he makes it, the 29-year-old would be the 21st Australian to achieve the feat. Five of the past six to achieve the feat were at Windsor Park to see Voges do it a decade ago, with Shaun Marsh and Michael Clarke as Voges’ teammates, Greg Blewett as Australia’s fielding coach, and Mark Waugh as national selector.
The first to the milestone was also the hioghest score by a debutant: Charles Bannerman’s 165 retired hurt) in the very first Test ever played in 1877 against England. Bannerman opened the batting and scored 165 of Australia’s first innings245 at the MCG to spearhead a 45 run victory. He retired hurt with Australia at 7 for 240 after copping a nasty blow to his index finger. The next best score was 18.
125th over: Australia 528-3 (Khawaja 226, Inglis 70) Inglis and Khawaja stroll a couple of singles, as if bored with the tepid nature of this Sri Lanka attack. There’s more vim, vigour and venom in this Alana King over than Sri Lanka have shown all Test match.
124th over: Australia 518-3 (Khawaja 224, Inglis 67) Vandersay is back in the attack. He’s been the pick of Sri Lanka’s bowlers and has the scalps of Marnus Labuschagne and Steve Smith to his name. Just two Khawaja runs into the covers from this over.
When do Australia declare ya reckon?
123d over: Australia 513-3 (Khawaja 222, Inglis 67) Usman moves onto Richie Benaud’s favourite number with a couple of slow singles. Khawaja has been out there for 123 overs and 330 deliveries now and may start to cramp up soon. Put the pickle juice on ice, Twelfthie!
122nd over: Australia 513-3 (Khawaja 220, Inglis 66) Inglis gets onto one leg to whack Nisha Peiris into the deep for a couple. He is the third consecutive debutant to score a fifty in his debut innings after Sam Konstas in Melbourne and Beau Webster in Sydney. Who said there’s no succession plan in Australian cricket?
In the Women’s Ashes Test being played at the MCG, England have collapsed to 136-7. What about this classic catch from Phoebe Litchfield?
121st over: Australia 508-3 (Khawaja 218, Inglis 63) Fernando returns for an 11th over. He’s going at almost six per over and hasn’t done much to trouble the batters or stem the flow of runs. Khawaja cuts a run. Inglis, still scoring at better than a run-a-ball, gets the fielders to scatter. Short ball trap coming here. Sure enough the bouncers fly way over the top. Wasteful bowling. Can you hear the drums Fernando?
120th over: Australia 507-3 (Khawaja 217, Inglis 63) A Khawaja push brings up the century partnership between these two. But there’s a huge appeal next ball when an Inglis reverse sweep misses the ball and crashes into the back pad down low. Umpire says OUT. Inglis confidently reviews… and rightly so. UltraEdge shows a delicious flurry of static to prove he got a splinter on it. Inglis gets the reverse sweep right next ball to bank a single. Khawaja, a natural leftie, then sweeps it to the same fielder. Inglis ices the over with a bludgeoning cut shot to the boundary.
119th over: Australia 500-3 (Khawaja 215, Inglis 58) Asitha returns for a 10th over desperate to break a partnership up to 91 already. Make that 95 after Inglis hooks a bouncer to the fine leg boundary. That could be the first bouncer of the Test and, sorry Asitha, it wasn’t worth the wait for anyone but Josh Inglis. Khawaja leans on a straight ball to earn a single and bring up the 500 for Australia.
Australia reach 500 for the loss of only 3 wickets as they take control against Sri Lanka in Galle. Photograph: Eranga Jayawardena/AP
118th over: Australia 492-3 (Khawaja 212, Inglis 53) A chance? Maybe not. Khawaja edged hard and it flew past the left hand of first slip who seemed slow to move. Ah well, at least he wasn’t nutmegged. Khawaja takes two from it, then a soothing single. Inglis continues to motor, returning the strike with a push through midwicket.
117th over: Australia 487-3 (Khawaja 209, Inglis 51) Inglis has a dash at Fernando’s first ball and cuts it to backward point for two. A crashed pull shot gets him the single he needs for a maiden Test half century. Well played Mr Inglis! That 50 came from 51 balls and featured five fours.
Josh Inglis celebrates reaching fifty in his debut Test for Australia. Photograph: Eranga Jayawardena/AP
116th over: Australia 482-3 (Khawaja 208 Inglis 47) Nishan Peisa gets a 31st over. If you’re wondering why Sri Lanka haven’t turned to a part-timer it’s because their go-to cameo man, Angelo Mathews, has a hamstring injury that prevents him from bowling. That’s s a shame because Sri Lanka desperately need some X factor in their attack and Angelo – who has 33 wickets in is 116 Tests – might’ve provided it. Three singles from the over.
115th over: Australia 479-3 (Khawaja 207, Inglis 45) Asitha Fernando must have made the case for pace over lunch because he’s got the first over after the break. This is just his eighth over for the Test after Travis Head hammered him into a specialist fielding role in the first hour of play yesterday. This over goes better for Asitha, just two singles and a driven two from it.
What’s a nutmeg? asks Tom Lewis via email. Even though the Sri Lankan wicketkeeper has mastered the art of nutmegging in this Test, to nutmeg is a football expression for when a ball travels between the legs (nutmeg is English rhyming slang for leg).
The Khawaja-Smith partnership was worth 266. It broke the record for the biggest third-wicket partnership for Australia in men’s Tests in Asia, which was held by Allan Border and Kim Hughes who put on 222 in 1979. The Smith and Khawaja 266 sits fifth on the list of all-time third-wicket partnerships for Australia in men’s Tests.
Usman Khawaja and Steve Smith broke the record for Australia’s highest-third wicket partnership in Asia. Photograph: Buddhika Weerasinghe/Getty Images
Over at the Women’s Ashes Test at the MCG, England are 99-4 after Australia’s Alana King took a sharp caught and bowled to dismiss Sophia Dunkley for 21.
LUNCH: Australia 475-3 (Khawaja 204*, Inglis 44*)
That session belonged to one man: Usman Khawaja.
He has batted for 10 hours and 298 balls and now has a maiden Test double century to his name, a highest career score and the honour of being the first Australian man to hit a double-ton in Sri Lanka. After 34 innings without a century, the 38-year-old has cashed in here in Galle and may have locked himself in for another Ashes series later this year.
With Steve Smith (141) and frenetic debutant Josh Inglis (44 not out), Australia have rolled to 475 with ease. Will they bat to 600, slamming quick runs in the second session (and giving Khawaja a sniff at 300) before chasing fast wickets in the final session? Or does Smith, looking at a weather forecast predicting showers for the next three days, think 500 runs is enough?
Join us after the break to find out.
114th over: Australia 475-3 (Khawaja 204, Inglis 44) Usman Khawaja strokes another run from Peiris as he enjoys life in the exclusive club of Australians to score a Test double century in the subcontinent. He joins Mark Taylor, Greg Chappell, Dean Jones, Matt Hayden and Jason Gillespie in that club. Incredibly though, Khawaja is the only Australian man to hit a double century in Sri Lanka. Take a bow, Ussie.
113th over: Australia 471-3 (Khawaja 203, Inglis 41) Australia have scored 140 runs from the 31 overs in this session and done it for the loss of one wicket (Steve Smith for 141). Inglis, who has 40 runs from 40 balls, tamps five before clipping a single off the hip.
112th over: Australia 470-3 (Khawaja 203, Inglis 40) Another nutmeg from the ‘keeper as Inglis’s attempted reverse sweep of Peiris catches the bottom edge, almost hits the stumps then bounces between the ankles of the gloveman and runs away for three.
111th over: Australia 465-3 (Khawaja 201, Inglis 37) Four singles from the Jayasuriya over but the most important was the first, a misfield, which allowed Usman Khawaja to scamper a single and bring up his maiden Test double century.
Australia’s Usman Khawaja kisses the Galle turf after scoring a double century in the first Test. Photograph: Ishara S Kodikara/AFP/Getty Images
Usman Khawaja scores his first Test double century! (Australia 462-3)
He’s got it! The 200th run came from a prod and a misfield but that doesn’t taint the beautiful 199 runs prior. 290 balls. 113 singles. 16 fours. And a six. Well done Usman! He raises his bat to the dressing room and sinks to his knees to kiss the turf. He was deropped from the Australian XI after being dismissed twice in the same day at this ground. But Khawaja’s comeback story is one for the ages and he now has his first double ton in Tests.
110th over: Australia 461-3 (Khawaja 199, Inglis 35) Nishan Peiris gets a whirl before lunch. He is wicketless for 117 runs from his 27 overs so far and has barely fired a shot. Khawaja is one shot from his first Test double century and Sri Lanka are slowing things down, moving fielders hither and thither. They’ve set a trap for the reverse sweep but Khawaja drops and runs for a single. Inglis swats square and gets two, then skips out and drives a single to mid-on. Khawaja clips another run to make 199.
109th over: Australia 455-3 (Khawaja 197, Inglis 31) Khawaja’s spanked single through covers gives him a PB – his highest Test score, surpassing his 195 against South Africa. Inglis is going at a rate of knots at the other end, swiping Jayasuriya square for another FOUR.
108th over: Australia 445-3 (Khawaja 192, Inglis 26) Vandersay enters his 28th over. He has 2-130 and has doubled his career tally of wickets already in this innings. Inglis skips out and chips a half-tracker down the ground for another FOUR.
107th over: Australia 438-3 (Khawaja 190, Inglis 21) Inglis dances down and clouts Jayasuriya for FOUR. Great shot by the debutant! And another streaky one by Khawaja as another bottom edged sweep shot misses the middle, skims the stumps and eludes wicketkeeper. Instead it runs away fine for another boundary, this time as leg byes. Khawaja reverse sweeps a single to close out the over.
Weird situation in Australian cricket today with Alyssa Healy and Josh Inglis – both specialist wicketkeepers – taking the field as specialist batters. What does it mean?
106th over: Australia 428-3 (Khawaja 189, Inglis 16) Was that a chance? Khawaja reverse swept Vandersay and bottom edged… but no, it’s another nutmeg as the ball hits glove and bounces through wicketkeeper Mendes’s legs for another four, Khawaja’s 14th.
105th over: Australia 422-3 (Khawaja 184, Inglis 15) Inglis late cuts for FOUR! That was so late it nutmegged the second slipper. Nice shot though. The rookie is rattling along at ODI pace and that shot takes him to 14 from 17. Sri Lanka are crowding him and have a back pad fielder breathing down his neck. Unperturbed, Ibnglis reverse sweeps a single. Khawaja drops and runs to retain strike.
104th over: Australia 416-3 (Khawaja 183, Inglis 10) Inglis races to double-figures with a swept full toss and a dancing drive to mid on. Khawaja gets the reverse sweep out again but Vandersay shoots it through a tad quicker and Usman can’t connect.
103rd over: Australia 414-3 (Khawaja 182, Inglis 8) Inglis almost chops on! That was good bowling by Jayasuriya. he rushed it onto the rookie and caught the bottom edge and almost hit off stumps. Inglis withdraws into his shell for the next two then steps back to late cut the fourth past slip. He gets two and adds a third with a paddle sweep to the last.
Welcome to our live coverage of the first men’s cricket Test match between Sri Lanka and Australia!
On day two of the Test match, the Australia cricket team will be looking to build on their strong performance from day one. After winning the toss and choosing to bat first, the Australian team put up a commendable total on the board, with some impressive performances from their top order batsmen.
The Sri Lankan team, on the other hand, will be looking to make a comeback and put up a strong performance with the ball on day two. Their bowlers will have to come up with a plan to dismiss the Australian batsmen quickly and restrict the runs to keep themselves in the game.
Stay tuned as we bring you live updates and analysis of the match as it unfolds. Will the Australian team continue their dominance on day two, or will Sri Lanka fight back and turn the tables? Follow along to find out!
Sri Lanka vs Australia Live Score: Australia captain Steve Smith won the toss and opted to bat first, with Josh Inglis making his Test debut.
Australia are already through to the World Test Championship final and the result in this series is inconsequential in that context. The Aussies will take on South Africa in the WTC final in June this year at Lord’s.
However, it’s a big day for Josh Inglis who has received his baggy green and will be making his Test debut.
Sri Lanka had an opportunity to reach the WTC final if they had secured victory in either of their two Test matches against South Africa in the previous year. However, following their inability to achieve this, Sri Lanka’s best possible outcome now is to secure the position immediately after the finalists, Australia and South Africa.
To accomplish this, they must achieve a clean sweep with a 2-0 series victory.
Australia Dominating Sri Lanka in the 1st Test
In what has been a dominant display by the Australian cricket team, they have reached a formidable total of 383/2 in 95.2 overs on Day 2 of the 1st Test against Sri Lanka. The batsmen have shown great resilience and skill as they continue to pile on the runs.
Opener David Warner led the charge with a brilliant century, scoring 145 runs before being dismissed. His partner, Usman Khawaja, also played a solid innings, contributing 89 runs to the team’s total. Marnus Labuschagne has now joined Khawaja at the crease and is looking to build on their partnership.
The Sri Lankan bowlers have struggled to make an impact on the Australian batting line-up, with only two wickets falling so far. They will need to regroup and come up with a plan to break this partnership and put pressure on the Australian batsmen.
As the match progresses, it will be interesting to see how the Sri Lankan team responds to this challenge and if they can turn the tide in their favor. Stay tuned for more updates on the Sri Lanka vs Australia Live Score.
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Waymo is sending autonomous vehicles to 10 new cities in 2025, starting with Las Vegas and San Diego, the company shared exclusively with The Verge.
The vehicles will be manually driven, and the testing operations are not necessarily a precursor to the launch of a commercial robotaxi service. (They’re also not precluded from launching a service, either.) Rather, the Alphabet-owned company views these “road trips” as an opportunity to see how well its self-driving system adapts to new locales with varying weather conditions and regional driving habits.
“So what we’re looking for is places that are going to challenge our system and look very, very different,” said Nick Rose, product manager for Waymo’s expansion efforts. “Las Vegas is pretty interesting because, I mean, if you’ve ever been to Vegas, it’s pretty unique among a lot of US cities.”
“What we’re looking for is places that are going to challenge our system”
Las Vegas is known for its dense traffic and chaotic drop-off zones outside of hotels and popular casinos along the Strip. The streets also have what’s known as Botts’ dots, instead of painted lane lines, and the street layout is often derided as an absolute mess. Several autonomous vehicle operators have already set up shop there, including Amazon’s Zoox, which plans on launching a public rideshare service later this year.
San Diego, in comparison, is similar to the cities where Waymo already operates, Rose said. “What we wanna validate is that the system performs well in San Diego without having a ton of prior driving information there,” he added.
Waymo has said it plans on launching robotaxi operations in Austin, Atlanta, and Miami in the near future. Last year, Waymo sent vehicles to a variety of locations, including Truckee, California, upstate New York, and Michigan, in search of winter weather conditions in which to stress test its robot cars.
This year, the theme is “generalizability”: how well the vehicles adapt to new cities after having driven tens of millions of miles in its core markets of San Francisco, Phoenix, and Los Angeles. Ideally, the company is trying to get to a point where it can bring its vehicles to a new city and launch a robotaxi with a minimal amount of testing as a preamble.
“When we go to a brand new city in the US, there are things that are subtly different,” Rose said. “And we want to see how well the driver performs on those things out of the box without having to retrain or make adjustments.”
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One example is the way Waymo’s vehicles perceive emergency vehicles. Fire trucks in San Francisco look subtly different from fire trucks in Austin or Los Angeles, Rose said. These trips are an opportunity to update the perception system to account for these subtle differences in emergency vehicles as well as other local quirks. (Waymo vehicles have occasionally blocked intersections or impeded emergency vehicles, but the company recently passed an independent assessment that found it was adept at detecting and responding to emergency situations.)
Waymo plans on sending less than 10 vehicles to each city, where they will be manually driven around for a period of a couple months. The vehicles will stick to busy commercial districts, as these are the areas where Waymo robotaxis are most likely to operate.
Waymo is reaching out in advance to officials in each of the cities in which it plans to test vehicles, Rose said. He wouldn’t disclose the names of the additional cities or how many miles Waymo will try to rack up in each. But he said that it would be enough to make these trips useful.
“The general theme is to collect enough experience to where we can get a pretty statistically significant sense of how well we’re generalizing, especially these perception things,” he said.
Waymo, the self-driving technology company owned by Alphabet, has announced plans to expand its testing to 10 new cities in 2025. The first two cities to be included in this expansion will be Las Vegas and San Diego.
This move marks a significant step forward for Waymo, as it looks to prove the viability and safety of its autonomous vehicle technology in a wider range of environments. The company has already been testing its self-driving cars in cities like Phoenix and San Francisco, but adding more cities to its testing roster will provide valuable data on how its vehicles perform in different traffic conditions, weather patterns, and road layouts.
Waymo’s expansion into Las Vegas and San Diego is particularly exciting, as both cities are known for their unique driving challenges. Las Vegas, with its bustling Strip and complex network of highways, will provide a real-world test for how Waymo’s cars navigate dense urban environments. San Diego, with its mix of suburban sprawl and beachfront streets, will offer a different set of challenges for the company to overcome.
Overall, this expansion signals Waymo’s commitment to bringing its self-driving technology to a wider audience and paving the way for a future where autonomous vehicles are a common sight on our roads. Stay tuned for more updates as Waymo continues to push the boundaries of what is possible with self-driving technology.
