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Florida will take the court as a nationally ranked team for the first time in two years when the No. 24 Gators visit North Florida on Thursday night at UNF Arena in Jacksonville, Fla.Florida (6-1) is off to a hot start in its second season under coach Mike White. The excitement is building as the Gators prepare to play No. 5 Duke at the Jimmy V Classic on Tuesday at Madison Square Garden in New York City.North Florida (3-5) is struggling a bit after posting back-to-back 20-win seasons under coach Matthew Driscoll. The Ospreys earned an NCAA Tournament bid in 2014-15 and reached the NIT last season.Florida broke into this weeks Top 25 following a strong showing at the AdvoCare Invitational. The Gators beat Seton Hall 81-76, suffered a narrow 77-72 loss to Gonzaga, which is now ranked No. 8, and beat Miami 65-56.This was a high-level tournament, White said. Were fortunate to come away with two wins. And we know a lot more about ourselves than we did last week.This is Floridas first appearance in the national rankings since early in the 2014-15 season, when the Gators dropped out after losing four key players from the 2014 Final Four team.In Floridas win over Miami, Keith Stone demonstrated that he could be a key player in the future. The redshirt freshman forward posted 15 points and a team-high eight rebounds against the Hurricanes after scoring a total of six points on 2-of-13 shooting from the field and 0-of-6 shooting from 3-point range over the first six games.We knew at some point he was going to kind of settle in and provide some production and earn more minutes, White said. We saw glimpses of what he can potentially be for this team -- a very good player.KeVaughn Allen leads the Gators in scoring at 13.4 points per game. Canyon Berry is averaging 12.1 points and 4.3 rebounds. Devin Robinson averages 12 points and 5.6 rebounds. John Egbunu is averaging 9.4 points, 7.9 rebounds and 2.4 blocked shots.North Florida is coming off back-to-back losses at the Men Against Breast Cancer Classic in Dayton, Ohio. The Ospreys beat North Dakota 76-75 in the opening round and suffered a 77-54 loss to Cal State Bakersfield before falling 75-67 to host Wright State in the championship game.We showed a great deal of grit and character fighting back tonight, North Florida coach Matthew Driscoll said following the loss to Wright State. After our disappointing performance (against Cal State Bakersfield) last night, it was good to see the guys battle and compete after a quick turnaround and against the home team in a tournament championship game.Dallas Moore was named to the all-tournament team after averaging 22.3 points in three games. He had 29 points on 10-of-16 shooting against Wright State. 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Batting is at its easiest when youre just reacting to the ball but that mustnt overshadow the importance of the adjustments a batsman makes overnight, and how he keeps these things in mind without allowing it to interfere in his natural reaction to the ball.When not to call for a runThe fundamentals of calling while running between the wickets is that the call belongs to the person who has the full view of the direction in which the ball has gone. Largely, its the strikers call whenever the ball is in front of the stumps and its the non-strikers call when the ball goes behind the stumps. Its a little different in reality; a lot depends on knowing your own and your partners speed of running. In addition to that, you must know when your partner is likely to react and when he wont. For example, Gautam Gambhir is someone who drops and runs frequently but he will also fall back if his partner declines a run; players who dont know him take his initial burst as a firm intent for taking a run. M Vijays dismissal today, after his mix-up with Pujara, was another such example of how your right to call an existing run doesnt matter if your partner isnt keen.Heavy lies the headTest cricket is ruthless. Once a problem has been spotted, trust the opposition to keep taargeting the same spot.ddddddddddddEver since Tom Latham got out lbw when Mohammed Shami went around the stumps, Indias fast bowlers have tried the same ploy with the new ball. It worked again in the second innings in Indore. The most common observation on his dismissal would be that his front foot went across and therefore the bat had to come across the body, which resulted in missing the line of the ball. But the fact is that the positioning of his head in his batting stance while getting ready to face the ball is getting him in trouble. The moment the head falls towards off, the way its happening currently with Latham, the front foot automatically falls across. Guptill and Williamsons change in tacticsPost the dismissal in the first innings of the Kanpur Test, Martin Guptill has planted his foot a lot straighter and averted the lbw threat. The flip side was that while his foot was going straight, his conditioning didnt allow him to change his judgement of where the off stump was. On a couple of occasions he left the ball outside off without covering the stumps. It happens.The same thing happened with Kane Williamson. To negate the lbw threat against R Ashwin, he started standing on an off-stump guard. Although that would lead to impact outside off, the flip side of this move was that the balls you feel are sliding down the stumps are actually finishing within. Williamson was lbw by Ashwin after being struck in front of middle and leg by a vicious offbreak. ' ' '