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Is it time to rethink crickets stereotypes? The gutsy Aussie battlers are getting knocked over like ninepins. Mercurial Pakistan, notwithstanding letting a first-innings lead dissipate at Edgbaston, have played determined cricket with a sense of collective purpose. And England are talented and exciting but flighty. After the second day of the Edgbaston Test, the former England captain Mike Atherton wrote that he felt a sense of role reversal: Pakistan had come dressed as England, England as Pakistan.In this third Test, I certainly did watch some classic English cricket. A burly and strongly built right-arm seamer, sturdy but prone to stiffening up after a long spell, banged away at a length outside off stump. He didnt swing the ball much or create an aura of artistry, but he bent his back willingly, and five wickets in the first innings were due reward for his virtuous toil. From first impressions, he seemed reassuringly old school, just the kind of county pro I played against in the 1990s. Indeed, if he is drinking protein shakes and taking pilates classes, he is hiding it well. The bowler, of course, was not an Englishman, but Sohail Khan.A question for you: could you, if players shirts, helmets and sweaters were swapped over, tell those of one country from another? Would you, from the shape of the shot and the bowling action alone, feel confident that you could still identify players country of origin? If the stripes on his jumper were a different colour, would you attribute a rearguard innings as the inevitable toughness of a never-say-die Aussie battler? Without an Indian star on his jumper to guide your assumptions, would you race to describe a routine flick to leg as evidence of wristy Indian genius?I am not so sure. After all, when Joe Root hits his trademark, a back-foot drive, as though he grew up on bouncy wickets on which he could trust the bounce, it would be easy to assume he grew up in New South Wales rather than playing for Sheffield Collegiates. As a child I was lucky to hear Colin Cowdrey explain the theory of soft hands and how to place the ball on the off side by varying the point of contact. But among todays players, it is Kane Williamson, more than any Englishman, who has mastered Cowdreys manifesto for controlled batsmanship. Give him a different accent and Graeme Swann - who bowled an attacking line outside off stump, caught unfussily at second slip, chanced his arm in the lower middle order, and made the most of his extrovert self-belief - could easily slot in as an Australian game changer.I am not arguing that teams do not have a culture, or even sometimes a personality. But it is often overstated as a permanent quality. In fact, a teams identity is constantly in flux. Stereotypes endure in our minds, but beneath the surface, national styles are being significantly redrawn by two major trends in modern sport. First, in the age of satellite television, aspiring cricketers can pick from the full range of international stars when it comes to choosing their role models. Before television captured such a wide variety of matches, aspiring players were more likely to copy stars closer to home. Geoffrey Boycott cherished the bloodline of English master batsmen (Hobbs, Hammond, Hutton); for my generation, in contrast, it was Richards, Lara and Tendulkar. Your choice of hero is now global. It is a mistake to think that globalisation inevitably leads to complete homogeneity - globalisation is more like a conversation, bouncing back and forth - but it certainly reduces the likelihood of parochial tastes.Secondly, globalisation has a similar effect on coaching. Mickey Arthur, a South African, coaches Pakistan; Trevor Bayliss, an Australian, coaches England; India won the World Cup under Gary Kirsten, a South African; Englands finest hour, the 2005 Ashes, was planned by a Zimbabwean, Duncan Fletcher. The tactical conversation, especially at the IPL, brings all crickets ideas and accents around the same table. The market for coaching talent is fluid and global, with ideas following employees around the world. Besides, with modern cricketers floating between T20 franchises, players coach each other. AB de Villiers taught himself to sweep after lengthy consultation with Younis Khan: dont get beaten on the underside of the bat, better to top-edge than get out bowled or lbw.As a consequence we should be more vigilant about calling time on sporting labels that are no longer fit for purpose. During the 2015 rugby World Cup, on the eve of the New Zealand v France quarter-final, I admired the prediction of former England fly-half Stuart Barnes. Forget the cliché that France are mercurial and unpredictable, wrote Barnes, theyre predictably bad and will get smashed (and they were). As a Wales fan, I grew up on the stereotype that Wales were rugbys true romantics, driven by Celtic flair and instinctive imagination. Now they are brutally powerful, but predictably so.It is the suddenness of change, not the stubbornness of continuity, that should surprise us. Australias recent disasters against the turning ball, though gathering momentum, are not - from a historical perspective - part of their default cricketing character. Darren Lehmann (now head coach), Mark Waugh and Michael Bevan were three of the most technically accomplished players of spin that I played against. For my generation of batsmen, it was to Australians (especially New South Welshmen) - not just Indians - that we turned to learn how to play spin.Finally, a conjecture about how teams might harness the forces Ive described. Choosing a coach is now a question of fitting together complementary attributes. Instead of Is he a good coach? we might ask if he is the right coach for the circumstances. Arthur, Pakistans avuncular coach, has helped them be competitive in this England series. He has connected with the culture, while subtly improving it - especially in terms of fitness and preparation. Even if they do not reach No. 1 in the rankings - and what an achievement that would have been for a nomadic Test team - this Pakistan team has warmed the English summer. During his stint as Australias coach, Arthur became a lightning rod for wider frustrations within the Australian game. With Pakistan, he may do the opposite. Yet he is the same coach. Stereotypes may be misleading, but all teams have unique needs.Jace Sternberger Packers Jersey . -- Sergey Tolchinksy scored his second goal of the game 3:56 into overtime as the Sault Ste. Bart Starr Womens Jersey . 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The World Anti-Doping Agency provisionally suspended the Moscow Antidoping Center on Sunday, saying its operations must improve or a six-month ban on the facilitys accreditation will be imposed.DARLINGTON, S.C. -- Ryan Newman and Jamie McMurray could only wonder what could have been Sunday in the Southern 500.They both felt they could have put themselves in better situations heading into the regular-season finale Saturday at Richmond International Raceway.Newman finished eighth and McMurray15th at Darlington Raceway as they battled for the final provisional spot in the Chase for the Sprint Cup. McMurray is seven points ahead of Newman for that final spot as currently three berths are available for winless drivers in the 16-driver field.Among the winless, Chase Elliott has a 24-point edge on Newman and Austin Dillon has an 18-point edge.Newmans day at Darlington started poorly, as he had to drop to the rear of the field because of unapproved adjustments after prerace tech. Then some bad pit stops also cost him spots.We had a much better car than what we finished, Newman said. It was really disappointing. The shenanigans before the race put us last and then bad pit stops were just rough.When you fight so hard to keep it off the fence and dont give them a reason to fix it and have a slow pit stop, and then to have one is really tough to swallow.McMurray also was a little frustrated as he had to come back down pit road a second time for missing lug nuts late in the race. He was 10th with less than 30 laps remaining, making the 15th-place finish a day where he had a better car than where he finished.We should have ran sixth to eighth possibly, McMurray said. We just had a lug nut off on the next-to-last stop, so we had to come in. It stinks. But it is what it is.That could be the Richard Childress Racing team attitude at Richmond if NASCAR penalizes the team this week for failing postrace measurements on Newmans car. That could be a penalty of 10 or 15 points -- or more, considering Newman already has had one 10-point penalty this year for illegal brackets found prerace at Atlanta.Newman said his team will go to Richmond with the same philosophy as at Darlington: Try to win the race.We try hard, Newman said. Trying hard aint good enough when youre losing three spots at a time [on pit road].McMurray admitted he will have a nervous week. But there is a worse alternative.Its stressful, but the way I approach that is I spent years not being in this position and the fact you get to be there and be nervous about it, it is a pretty good feeling to have, McMurray said.Xfinity Series: A lot of happinessThe drivers who finished first and eighth in the Xfinity Series race at Darlington had the most jubilation.The winner of the race is expected to have some. But even for Elliott Sadler, this was a big win.Nearly two months earlier, he had learned that his sponsor, OneMain Financial, was going to leave the sport.A month ago, I was retired, Sadler said. I ddont really know what else I was going to do in a race car, if I had that opportunity.dddddddddddd ... To go from maybe being retired to winning a race at Darlington, a place I came to as a kid to watch, theres a pretty doggone lot of emotions.But OneMain switched gears and opted to sponsor two-thirds of the season starting next year. Sadler was unretired.Just that would make the win emotional, but add health issues for his mother -- she is now home after spending time in an intensive care unit -- and his boss, Dale Earnhardt Jr., and Sadler could barely contain himself after winning at his favorite racetrack.Im still a kid a heart, Sadler said. I know yall rag me for being 41 years old, but Im still a kid at heart, still love this sport. It still takes me to the top level of the ladder, and the next week, Im down and out.For Jeremy Clements, who finished eighth, he enjoyed his second top-10 in the past three races. And for him, he drove a special car in his home state -- the black widow paint scheme that was reminiscent of the cars his great uncle and grandfather worked on and led to wins and a championship.Its very special, Clements said while looking at the photo of his relatives on the side of the car. Looking at my grandpa and great uncle Louis, they were the ones that wrenched on that car and made it happen and won the championship.It is so cool to drive this car. Its an honor. Its a blessing. Its a tribute to them and everything they did. They got me started in racing.Camping World Truck Series: A lot of angerCole Custer had a reason to be angry after losing the Camping World Truck Series race at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park.John Hunter Nemechek roughed him up a couple of times while Custer was leading the final lap, and then Nemechek lost control of his car, sliding into Custer and ramming him into the frontstretch wall of the road course.The two rode alongside the wall in the grass, with Nemechek emerging as the winner.Custer ran and tackled Nemechek after the race.When you dont give a guy a chance, whats the point of racing? Custer said. I couldnt do anything else. He gave me no choice, no chance to do anything, so its not racing in my book.But hes shown time and again throughout the year that he doesnt have much respect.The win was Nemecheks second of the season while Custer needed a win to get a spot in the truck version of the Chase. The trucks are off this week with their regular season ending next week at Chicagoland Speedway.Nemechek said he felt as if Custer was in his position, he would race him the same way. Whether thats true is debatable. But it heir regular season ending next