Captain Harry Brook smashed the fastest ever double century in men's one-day cricket internationals and the first for England on Thursday. Brook took 114 balls for the double ton and holed out two balls later for 202 off the final ball of England's innings against Sri Lanka in a tri-series match. He clobbered 10 sixes and 21 boundaries to lead England to 429-4, its fourth highest ODI total. Brook reached his first century off 75 balls with a ramped boundary over fine leg; reached 150 with a similar shot, and took 39 balls to hit the second century, reached with a paddle sweep against Janith Liyanage in the final over. Brook's effort was two balls less than Shubman Gill's record of 116 balls which the Indian made against West Indies at Guwahati last month. Fastest Double Century in ODIs: 114 balls - Harry Brook v SL* 117 balls - Shubman Gill v WI 126 balls - Ishan Kishan v BAN 128 balls - Glenn Maxwell v AFG 136 balls - P Nissanka v AFG 138 balls - Chris Gayle...
New body camera footage released by the Illinois State Police shows officers shooting dead an unarmed Black woman in her home after she called for help over a possible intruder.
In the United States, where police shootings of minorities have become painfully common and polarizing events, the killing has attracted national attention, with President Joe Biden saying Sonya Massey "should be alive today."
So far one of the police officers involved in this case has been charged with murder.
Massey, 36, called 911 to report a possible intruder at her home, with police arriving after midnight July 6, according to the Sangamon County Sheriff's Office.
In video footage released Monday, Massey is seen talking to two officers in her home, while they ask for ID and she searches through paperwork.
The sheriff's deputies then ask her to check on a pot of boiling water on her stove, saying "we don't need a fire while we're here."
When one of the deputies steps back, Massey asks why, and he responds with a laugh: "away from your hot steaming water."
Holding the pot, Massey calmly responds "Oh, I rebuke you in the name of Jesus" -- prompting a deputy to respond "You better fucking not. I swear to God I'll fucking shoot you at your fucking face," drawing his weapon.
Apologizing, Massey crouches behind a counter as officers scream "drop the fucking pot." They then round the corner of the counter and open fire.
Afterward, one of the officers said they were afraid of "taking fucking boiling water to the fucking head."
Officer Sean Grayson, who is white, has been charged with murder.
Biden on Monday called Massey "a beloved mother, friend, daughter, and young Black woman."
"When we call for help, all of us as Americans -- regardless of who we are or where we live -- should be able to do so without fearing for our lives," he said in a statement.
High-profile civil rights attorney Ben Crump, representing the family of Massey, called it "one of the worst videos of a police shooting ever."
Police shootings and brutality -- especially instances of white on Black violence in a country with a long history of discrimination -- often attract outrage and protests in the United States, as well as defenses and pushback from ardent police supporters.
America's decentralized policing system, where individual towns and counties are responsible for their own policing, means there are no national training requirements and this makes reform extremely difficult.
Adding to complications, the United States is home to more guns than people, meaning police often train for violent encounters with the general public.
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