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For a few hours on Monday, Stuart Binny was trending on Twitter for the first time in weeks; since Lauderhill to be precise, where his 32-run over spawned memes that swiftly descended from harmless ribbing to crass personal attack.On Monday, before he went out to bat in the Duleep Trophy final, Indias selectors had deemed Binny surplus to the teams requirements for the New Zealand Tests. The Twitterati found fresh ammo; parody-page admins and meme-makers were talking shop again.Its difficult to pinpoint when Binny was inducted into such a love-to-hate social media club that already includes alter egos of Ishant Sharma, Ravindra Jadeja and Ashish Nehra, but this is what we know: Binny had spent all but three days of cricket in the Caribbean plying beverages to his team-mates, and now he isnt even entrusted with that responsibility. While reputations often remain intact - or even enhanced, in some cases - when you remain on the bench, Binnys was smashed, literally, by Evin Lewis in that over in Florida in the only international he played on the tour.In Greater Noida, Binny walked in with India Red on 67 for 4, trailing India Blues first-innings score by over 600 runs. He looked as trim and sharp as he has been all year, possibly secure in the knowledge that he wouldnt be trolled for his fitness anymore.The first ball Binny faced would have been an eminently watchable gag had his reaction been captured on a tight close-up: he strode forward to a length delivery which whooshed past him and towards the wicketkeepers throat. The previous one had stopped on Gurkeerat Singh and kept low, as he nearly played it on to the stumps.India Blue captain Gautam Gambhir had engaged a pace-spin combination. Binnys default response was to stride forward and present bat and pad in a parallel line and then hope for the best. The edge was found, often, but he wouldnt be dismissed. Binny had ambled to 9 off 35 balls when Gambhir traded the pace-spin gambit with an-all spin attack - Ravindra Jadeja, Parvez Rasool and Karn Sharma shared the bowling duties for the next 46 overs.It didnt immediately mitigate Binnys struggle, but he received a handy let off in the 37th over when Karn struck him plumb in front but the lbw appeal was turned down. After working out that he was handling spin about as convincingly as a clown would a ballet recital, Binny cheated his way out of trouble by charging out of the crease. Often, the exercise would result in a meek bunt or a nick that would slither away harmlessly. Binny was giving the feline community a severe complex, as India Blues bowlers and fielders yelled and yelped for several lbws and near-catches that never materialised.Feeding off a relatively more assured Gurkeerat, Binny changed his plans. He tried the sweep for starters, then graduated to launching his own variant of the helicopter shot. One whippety thunk off Rasool sailed over the long-on boundary to bring up his fifty. Some inside-out biffs and a few sheepish smiles exchanged with bowlers grudging their luck indicated he was having fun, but he would nearly ruin the theatre with atrocious brain-fades. Binnys failed attempts at the switch hit only served to scare the close-in fielders.He had spoken of how India coach Anil Kumble had sowed ambitions of a Test century in him, but watching him run up a sequence of ugly hoicks and indiscreet prods made you wonder if he wanted one badly enough - he hasnt made a hundred in first-class cricket for more than two years.In the end, ironically enough, he was trapped lbw, playing a defensive stroke on 98. For more than 10 seconds, he stood cross-legged at the crease with head bowed in a mixture of self-recrimination and disappointment, before slowly walking away. 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The Islanders dealt Thomas Vanek to the Montreal Canadiens after less than a year on Long Island. Meanwhile, the Oilers dealt long-time sniper Ales hemsky to the Ottawa Senators on Wednesday for a fifth-round pick in 2014 and a third-rounder in 2015. LONDON -- Nick Kyrgios apologised for calling a member of his entourage retarded?during his win over Feliciano Lopez?at Wimbledon.The Australian looked angry with the support team in his players box on Saturday, demanding they give him more vocal support or leave the court in a match held up for bad light.Its all in the heat of battle, Kyrgios told a news conference after completing the win on Middle Sunday. I know some people can obviously get offended by that. Im not meaning to be rude or disrespectful at all.The 21-year-olds fellow Australian Bernard Tomic also apologised after his first-round match for saying he had to stand on court like a retard as he waited for Fernando Verdasco.But Kyrgios, who will meet Andy Murray on Monday in the fourth round, was quick to play down any issue with his team. His family are staying with him in Wimbledon for the tournament and he put his outbursts during the match against Lopez down to his frustrations boiling over.Sometimes Im just a pest, he said. Theyre always doing the best they can do. Its obviously in the heat of the battle. Everything I say and everything I do out there, they all know I love them. So its OK.Shouting at his box is not the only habit he shares with Murray, it would seem. They are close friends off the court, with Kyrgios joking it was love at first sight for the greatest bromance in tennis.Kyrgios reputation as the volatile bad boy of tennis has followed him around this tournament with outbursts at an umpire and reporters, but Murray leapt to his defence and said the media try and wind him up.It is clearly invaluable to Kyrgios having someone of the world No. 2s stature to defend him in public. He backs me up a lot, which is good. Its just good to have one of the best players in the world, to have a good friend like that. I see him at times more than I see my family, he said.When Andy walks in [to the locker room], we see each other, we just give each other a look. We cant stop looking at each other for a bit.When I see Roger [Federer], everyone sort of just looks at him. Roger has an aura about him. I think hes the greatest player of all time. I just watch him. I dont say anything. Its the same with Novak. But Andy, I dont know, its different.Our relationship is pretty good. We joke a lot. When hes in the locker room, its just instant banter. We just have a lot of fun. Hes a very relaxed guy, down to earth. He baits me a lot of the time. Hes always very funny. It helps. Hes a greeat guy.ddddddddddddIm just looking forward to going out there. Im relaxed, Im nervous as well.Their relationship is reminiscent of John McEnroe and Bjorn Borg. The seven-time major winner famously said that to have Bjorn behind me, it was like, to hell with everyone else.McEnroe tended to be on his best behaviour when playing Borg, too, but the respect and admiration Kyrgios has for Murray doesnt necessarily mean he will show any more emotional control against him on Monday, if their three previous Grand Slam meetings are anything to go by.Kyrgios was warned for swearing and also smashed his racket at the 2015 Australian Open, and called out I hate this place at Roland Garros the same year.At last years US Open he swore, smashed his racket and, during the changeovers, slumped back in his chair and closed his eyes -- it looked as though he was having a nap. That match came shortly after the ATP put him on probation for comments he made to Stan Wawrinka.Murray won all three of those matches, as well as their only other meeting at the Canadian Masters in 2014, for the loss of just one set. Still, Kyrgios fancies his chances against the Scot, who is 18-0 against Australians and the odds-on favourite to win Wimbledon following Novak Djokovics shock exit.As soon as Novak loses, you look at Andy and you look at Federers eyes light up. They think that their chances probably doubled, said Kyrgios.I definitely feel like hes [Murray] beatable. Hes only human. At the same time hes a great player. I dont think there would be too many people with a winning record over him, not just Australians.This is probably my best surface, my best chance to beat him. At the same time hes pretty comfortable on the grass. I feel like I know what to do. But its hard to actually go out there and execute against such a player like him.When you look at Andy, hes a great athlete. Moves extremely well. He knows the game so well. Hes practically a brick wall from the back. Hes a great returner. Can mix it up. He just competes well, as well.Theres not many weaknesses there. The only person he really loses to is Novak. The biggest difference is I play a little bit more aggressive to Andy. I dont move anywhere near as well.There is one area of his game where Kyrgios trumps Murray, at least. I dont know if hes got the tweener like I do, he said smiling. ' ' '