In the two days leading up to the fourth Test at the Queens Park Oval, rain has hit Port of Spain either before or during Indias practice sessions, sending them into the indr nets. On Wednesday afternn, during the second half of West Indies practice session on the eve of the match, it rained again, and kept raining for over two hours.Rain washed out close to four sessions of the second Test, and an entire days play in the third. It is likely to interrupt play, by all appearances frequently, in the fourth Test as well. The weather isnt in either teams control, and Virat Kohli, Indias captain, said his team would need to ensure they didnt lose their intensity if there are frequent rain interruptions in Port of Spain.Sometimes when you have t many interruptions, some people tend to think they can relax, but I think you require more concentration in an interrupted game, he said. When there are no breaks you can plan according to how the game will go for five or four days. But with breaks your plans and concentration will be disrupted very quickly.The term that people say - switch off and switch on - I think that is the most important factor in an interrupted game. Thats what a cricketer has to master pretty quickly in his career, because these sort of games you dont want a situation where youre not 100% into a game if you get interruptions. Its challenging, but when it happens you have to make sure that you get a hang of this as well, because it does happen quite often, especially in Test cricket.By the time the Test match gets underway, rain may have affected the preparation of the pitch as well. On Tuesday, two days before the game, it had lked noticeably drier than the surfaces that staged the first three Tests, a pale yellow colour with a smattering of coarse grass and small cracks all over.Ronald Faria, the curator, said this was because he had needed to exercise caution while watering the pitch, mindful that there may not be enough sunshine to permit the regular amount of watering. He said he was keeping a careful eye on the weather, and was watering the surface just enough to ensure it retained the optimum level of moisture - with his key going in about an eighth of an inch and no more - on the first morning.India seldom reveal their line-up on the eve of a Test match, but the team management by then has usually decided the combination they will play. On Wednesday, however, Kohli said they would keep their options open given the uncertainty over what conditions they would find at the toss.I had a lk [at the pitch] yesterday, there were a few damp spots, he said. Covers came on pretty quickly today, so I dont know how much that has dried up. Were obviously going to name a few more than eleven and take a call tomorrow as to what the best combination is.Apart from the damp spots, the surface lks pretty dry. [It] Should have turn and bounce, thats the feeling I got, but if we have rain for the next three days on and off, Im sure the seamers will get much more assistance. Even in the side nets today, the seamers did get a lot of assistance. So as I said, well have to keep enough players in the squad for us to change last-minute according to what the weather conditions are like and how much the wicket is going to stay under covers.West Indies played four seamers and used the allrounder Roston Chase as their main spinner in the third Test in St Lucia. The dryness of the surface and the history of spin-friendly pitches at Queens Park Oval could prompt them to leave out one of their quicks and recall the legspinner Devendra Bish, but their captain Jason Holder said they had not made a decision yet.Not quite sure yet, Holder said. Yesterday, I saw the wicket, lks pretty dry, a bit of grass on it as well, you know, so its probably a gd possibility that youd probably see a change in the squad, but I havent sat down and met the selectors yet. At the end of the day, they have the final say, and well go and see what happens.Weather permitting, it will be interesting to see how the teams approach this situation, and the conditions they might encounter - a pitch that lks like it might help the spinners, and atmospheric conditions that could help the seamers.USA Soccer Shirts . DAmigo scored twice in regulation and added the shtout winner as the Toronto Marlies edged the San Antonio Rampage 5-4 in American Hockey League action. 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This spells the end of, at least, the current core of the team, which has produced one of the finest legacies in the history of professional League of Legends.After the winning of KeSPA Cup, the coaching staff and players have discussed many times over the plans following 2016, the Tigers organization announced through a message on its official social media channel (translation). As a result, ROX Tigers have decided to cperate as much as we can to find the players, whove made such great results this year, better environments and conditions for them.The teams star jungler, Han Peanut Wang-ho, also tk to social media to discuss 2017.My contract was originally supposed to end on 11/30, Peanut wrote. It would have been ideal for me to have continued [to] play with my teammates, but as that has not become a realistic option, I talked to the organization and got official permission to talk with other teams.Over the past year, the Tigers have constantly swapped back and forth with their main rival, SK Telecom T1, for that precious No. 1 status. In the spring season, following a loss to SKT T1 in the 2015 Summoners Cup Final, the club won its second regular-season championship in League Champions Korea, with the addition of Peanut adding a new dimension to the teams configuration.Although the Tigers would once again lose to SKT in the final and miss out on attending the 2016 Mid-Season Invitational (which T1 conquered), the team ultimately did become domestic champions in the summer. After its third regular-season crown in four seasons of existence, a mighty feat in itself, the team dispatched KT Rolster in the 2016 summer South Korean final to finally earn the title of top club of the nation.The Tigers will be remembered in two ways.On the one hand, the teams legacy will be forever marked by the inability to overcome SK Telecom T1 in a true showdown. The core of the roster stayed together in 2016 to dethrone SKT T1 from its royal dais despite larger contract offerings from other teams. And while the Tigers did end up as the domestic champion in summer, it was over KT Rolster, not SKT, after KT upset the titan in a reverse sweep during the semifinals.When ROX had a chance to defeat SKT T1 once and for all at Madison Square Garden at the 2016 Worlds semifinals, it got close, as close as it would ever come to beating its rival, but failed. The team went up 1-2 and was on the verge of righting 2015s wrongs, yet couldnt close the dr on the reigning world champion, losing in 2-3 fashion in one of the most memorable best-of-five matches in the games existence.Years from now, when people are discussing the history of this era in League of Legends, the Tigers willl be known as the second-best team in the world.dddddddddddd. The team that almost vanquished SK Telecom T1. The Tigers greatness is what will make SKT T1 even more of an esports legend. However, regardless of how well the Tigers played or how far the team progressed, in the end, it wasnt enough.But more importantly, above even the results, the Tigers will be remembered for the joy they brought to every studio and arena they visited. From the early days, when the team attempted to gain notoriety by wearing a variety of flashy uniforms -- including a Valentines Day special where they dressed up as bunnies in bright pink clothing -- to the teams constant singing before games, warming up like youd expect them to do at home, but in front of thousands inside a sold-out foreign arena.They laughed and fought together. They yelled and wept together.When the team lost to SKT T1 in a one-sided Worlds final in 2015 and captain Lee Lee Ho-jin retired, the team could have splintered. Song Smeb Kyung-ho could have capitalized on an amazing Worlds performance by moving to North America, China or the newly cash-infused Longzhu. Instead, he stayed. So did the rest of the team, deciding to continue playing as friends, welcoming Peanut into the family and setting out for one more year to finish what they started.The story didnt have the perfect ending. The Tigers didnt defeat SKT, move on to the 2016 Worlds final in Los Angeles and beat Samsung for the Summoners Cup, putting a ribbon on the adventure before the best friends tk their new paths. ROX did go on to win the KeSPA Cup, the preseason tournament that links together the old year to the new, and the Tigers did defeat SKT in the semifinals to get there, but it wasnt the ending they wanted. SKT was using subs to compete in the less-significant offseason event. Still, ROX beamed on stage after it bested Kongd Monster in the final, holding up an oversized novelty check, next to each other for the last time as a team.Throughout the two years as a team, the Tigers went through numerous name changes, but were never identified by a big-name sponsor or company. They were simply friends, playing side by side, laughing and having fun, providing entertainment while entertaining themselves. Their final name, ROX, symbolized the teams bond, as strong as a rock. And if it is the final time we see ROX, its a fitting name to end on. No matter where each road takes the players and coaches in 2017 -- a new LCK team, China, North America, even retirement -- the bond the members shared from the starting five to the substitutes to the coaching staff will never be broken.In terms of in-game skill, no one in the world can play like SKT T1. But when youre playing with your friends and yelling each other over Skype, blaming your friend for stealing your multi-kill, the spirit of ROX will always live on. ' ' '