Paul Collingwood retires from Test cricket

England batsman Paul Collingwood said on Thursday that he will retire from Test cricket after the final Sydney Ashes Test against Australia.

The England and Wales Cricket Board said Collingwood, 34, would remain as England’s Twenty20 captain and play for England’s one-day team. Collingwood’s announcement comes in the midst of a poor Ashes series, scoring just 83 runs from six innings at the number five batting position. Collingwood’s announcement comes in the midst of a poor Ashes series, scoring just 83 runs from six innings at the number five batting position. Representing England at Test level has always been a dream of mine and I’ve been fortunate enough to have enjoyed some amazing highs throughout my Test career, Collingwood said in a statement. I am proud of the fact that I have always given my all for the England Test team, he added. Collingwood made his Test debut in 2003 against Sri Lanka at Galle and has earned 68 caps. The Durham right-hander has scored 4,259 runs in Tests at 40.95 and taken 17 wickets. England retained the Ashes after beating Australia in last week’s fourth Melbourne Test and is on top in the current final Sydney Test, set to become the first England team to win a series in Australia for 24 years. Collingwood led England to their first-ever success in a global tournament when his team defeated Australia by seven wickets in the World Twenty20 final in Barbados last May.

the bee gees

Kris Allen, last year’s winner, returns to perform his new single, The Truth, but the production crew forgets to turn off Ryan’s mike and he accidentally talks over the intro. I love the way Kris bounces when he’s not singing — no lack of energy in that guy. The Truth is a tough song to sing on the verses — it’s easy for that low part to sound flat — but he makes it work.

Ryan reminds us that this is “the end of an era” — the Simon Cowell era — and introduces a video montage that features tributes from his peers, including Paula Abdul, as well as some of his best reactions to bad contestants. “There will be many more shared memories throughout the show,” Ryan promises.

But first, Siobhan Magnus and Aaron Kelly sing How Deep Is Your Love as a duet — and their voices sound great together. Not as good, of course, as surviving Bee Gees Barry and Robin Gibb, of course — fortunately, they’re here, too. All four of them together, though? Not so much.

who won american idol tonight

Lee Dewyze Won ‘American Idol’ Season 9 Tonight
well We don’t know it yet but recent reports say that Lee DeWyze was crowned as the American Idol 2010 winner. Since the reports said it well then we’ll stick to that. Simon Cowell was right in his prediction that Lee DeWyze will win the American Idol Season 9. Lee DeWyze was stunned when Ryan Seacrest announced that he won the American Idol.

The show that crowns the winner according to the viewer’s choice votes declared Lee DeWyze, the 24-year-old paint store clerk the next American Idol. Though Crystal Bowersox has remained the favorite of the judges from the beginning of the show and had also received praises from the judges on Tuesday night, it seems that Lee DeWyze was able to rule the heart of the viewers of “American Idol” this season.
DeWyze, 24, won the coveted title and will get a contract to record an album after millions of Americans cast their votes for the guitarist who likes the blues, even though the judges felt that Bowersox did better in the final presentation on Tuesday.
Considered shy and awkward at first, Lee got some kind of revelation in the last rounds and became a serious threat to Bowersox, a single mother and a rock fan.
Most people would agree to say that Lee won the competition after he sang a moving version of the classic song “Hallelujah” by Leonard Cohen in semifinals.
After the 6th break, Lee Dewyze performed a song with.the group “Chicago.” Next contestant Larry Platt came back to sing that “Pants On The Ground” song. William Hung joined in towards the end. After the 7th break, they showed another Simon video montage. Then Paula Abdul came onstage to pay a special tribute to Simon. After that, Kelly Clarkson and all the past “American Idol” winners hit the stage to sing a song to Simon. Then other past “Idol” contestants joined them to sing the song. Next, Simon went onstage to say a few words. After the break, Janet Jackson hit the stage with this year’s “American Idol” contestants to sing a song. Then she did a special solo performance. She sang, “Nothing,” and “Nasty Boys.” Afterwards,Crystal and Lee did another performance. After the final break, they finally revealed that Lee Dewyze won “American Idol” season 9. So, Lee Dewyze is your “American Idol” season 9 winner

lost explained

lost explained

Lost Explained:Lost Final has finally been explained! Lost, the TV series that sticks to many of his fan base has come to an end. The final explanation of Lost is what we all want and love. Lost Finale, who are in purgatory or not? What actually happened in all these episodes and whose interpretation was correct among the millions of fans in the world?

As they say “Viewers, where are we? The answer: almost anywhere we want to be”! The simple answer after the final show is that the entire story was not purgatory, but only part of last season was!
Everything that you saw in the show happened. Starting from the plane crash, moving through the smoke monster to the protection of the island and others. In simple words, all the flash forwards and flash backs of the show was in fact the reality and things that happened.

Confusing series right? That is what the producers wanted. Each character which died in the show in fact died in the real universe to be then transported to a single point in purgatory. The final aim was the after life, so everyone had to die to reach that point including those who managed to escape the island.