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NDTV
22-07-2025
- Sport
- NDTV
Is It Too Hot To Play Cricket In India? Experts Say: "12 Per Cent Danger Of Heat Stroke"
Even before the experts from British Association for Sustainability in Sport (BASIS) came up with the report- Hit For Six, The Danger Zone, former Australian legend Shane Warne spoke about it. He said on the impact of Climate Change on Cricket. "I think we all have to admit now that climate change is a huge issue. Before I'd seen the report I hadn't really thought about how it would impact the game of cricket. I was really taken aback. I'm more than happy to put my hand up. I have got three children - 22, 20 and just about to turn 18 - it's a different world for them. People want to put their head in the sand, and say I'm not going to be around in 50 years. That's just wrong." A bunch of climate scientists and researchers, having analysed the IPL's 18th season or 2025 say that this year's matches were played under "Extreme Caution" or "Danger" on the Heat Index - a measure that combines air temperature and humidity to assess heat-related risk. More than 36% of 2025 IPL games took place under "Extreme Caution" conditions, where heat exhaustion becomes a serious threat, with a further 12% reaching a "Danger" classification where the risk of heatstroke becomes significant. Is it too hot to play cricket in India? What are experts saying? NDTV's @cheerica brings you this report — NDTV (@ndtv) July 22, 2025 The findings come from a report produced by the British Association for Sustainability in Sport (BASIS), Climate Central, Frontrunners and The Next Test. A total of 65 IPL matches were assessed for the study. Scientists are saying that they are witnessing a clear trend towards more frequent and more intense heat conditions for key cricketing nations. Players are now being asked to perform in environments that are not just uncomfortable, but potentially dangerous, with rising temperatures and humidity levels pushing human physiology towards its upper limits. This isn't just about performance - it's increasingly a question of player safety. The report charts a sharp rise in hazardous heat days at almost every major cricket stadium in India since 1970. In Mumbai, the number of these high-risk heat days has jumped by 125%, while Thiruvananthapuram recorded more than 100 hazardous heat days in 2024 alone. These are days when temperatures exceed safe limits for human health, dramatically increasing the risk of heat-related illness. And it is not just India, nations like Pakistan, Australia, and South Africa also seeing a significant surge in extreme heat days. Several elite sports like Wimbledon, the Club World Cup have also been impacted. When in comes to cricket, no major nation has been spared- India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, the Caribbean and the UK are all facing a variety of climate extremes that are impacting the professional and grassroots game. Cricket stars and cricketers of all generations tell Hit for Six: the danger zone of the impacts to the game they love. Daren Ganga, former West Indies Captain (48 Tests) 'There is no doubt in my mind that today cricket faces its ultimate test. Forget concerns around different formats, TV deals or the battle for eyeballs in a multi-screen age. This challenge is an existential one and it comes in the form of a rapidly changing climate. I have played in blistering heat and vividly recall the nausea, the dizziness, the cramps that come with feelings of heatstroke. I have witnessed the disruption, despair and uncertainty sown by extreme and unpredictable weather. And things are only expected to deteriorate for the next generation of players, fans and clubs.' Ashton Turner, Australia (28 Tests), Rajasthan Royals, Lucknow Super Giants, "We can't separate cricket from the places we play in - under open skies, on natural turf, in conditions that are changing faster than ever. As players, we've seen firsthand how weather extremes are already impacting the game. It's time cricket wakes up to the reality of climate change - not just for the future of our sport, but for the communities and countries we represent. We can't afford to sit on the sidelines." 2025 is set to be in the top 3 warmest years on record, says the UN's WMO weather agency, a phenomenon that scientists say is overwhelmingly due to the burning of three fossil fuels: coal, gas and oil. The report takes into account the psychological and physiological responses from cricketers of all the major test playing nations. The report says," Cricket is a game that requires its players to have a wide range of physical and psychomotor skills, including concentration, hand-eye coordination, agility, fast decision making, fast reaction times, sprinting and endurance. These technical skills, cognitive and physiological capabilities, must be maintained at the highest of levels over the course of often long periods. Many of these functions are adversely affected by the heat and high body temperatures. The implications for cricket matches being played in very hot conditions are many and varied." This extreme heat threatens to affect the cricketers and fans. Perhaps time for policy makers to act on it.
Miami Herald
08-06-2025
- Business
- Miami Herald
Analyst says popular pet-food company's stock is spoiled
Stock market analysts have long maintained that no one goes broke by underestimating how much money Americans will spend to pamper their pets. For proof, there is the $125 billion that Americans are expected to spend this year on pet food and treats. Don't miss the move: Subscribe to TheStreet's free daily newsletter There's also Chewy (CHWY) , the pet-supply retailing giant that opened in 2011, went public in 2019, and which today boasts a market capitalization of roughly $20 billion. Yet in the dog-eat-dog world of pet-food companies, the giant players dominate, and at least one industry watcher believes one well-known brand name is struggling amid the industry's big dogs. Image source: Goodney/Bloomberg via Getty Images Freshpet Inc. (FRPT) is a leader in the "fresh pet food" category, which typically features high-end food for dogs and cats made with natural ingredients and without additives and preservatives, cooked in small batches at lower temperatures to retain nutrients. In May, the company said it was cutting its outlook for the year as if first-quarter conditions would continue for the whole year. Related: Veteran analyst reveals stocks, gold price forecast Freshpet now expects sales for 2025 to come in between $1.12 billion and $1.15 billion, down from a prior range of $1.18 billion and $1.21 billion. Veteran stock analyst and New Constructs research firm President David Trainer says the company's stock is a barking dog with fleas. It's "losing a lot of money [at a] stock price that implies they're going to make a lot of money and take huge amounts of market share away from the firms that provide the much higher volume sales of food," he explains. New Constructs combines discounted cash-flow analysis and forensic accounting to evaluate securities on a scale of "most attractive" to "most dangerous." SumZero routinely rates the firm's stock-picking at or near the top of multiple investment categories, most notably consistently leading in consumer discretionary stocks. SumZero is a buy-side community in which more than 15,000 professional portfolio managers compete for rankings. Trainer featured Freshpet in "The Danger Zone" on the May 12 edition of Money Life, but he first singled the stock out in the fall of 2022. He is focusing on it again now because he believes the shares – trading around $80 – are worth "less than a dollar." Trainer says he loves the idea of gourmet dog food (full disclosure: the author of this piece feeds Freshpet regularly to a 10-year-old, six-pound Yorkie) and believes there's a market for the products. Related: Veteran strategist unveils updated gold price forecast Yet Trainer says he dislikes that Freshpet has persistently high operating costs, is burning hard through its cash, has a lagging market share, faces more profitable competition, and has "a stock valuation that implies Freshpet will grow its market share by seven times while also growing profit levels that the company has never seen before." "They've got the lowest amount of market share [among pet-food producers], and yet the stock price implies they're going to move up to third place, also dramatically improving profits," Trainer notes. He explains how growing the bottom line while improving market share is a tough task for all companies, because those actions require different things. Companies often take market share by reducing prices, thereby cutting profitability. Freshpet is looking up at virtually the entire pet-food business when it comes to market share, according to Research and Markets, which pegged the company's global market share at 1% in 2023. The big dogs were Nestle Purina with a 32% market share, followed by Mars at 29%. More on retail: Surprising China trade deal news sends retail stocks surgingJim Cramer calls this popular retailer's stock 'the real winner'Morgan Stanley makes bold call on Kraft Heinz, Conagra "I think Freshpet has been employing this 'Let's lose money to get market share' strategy for a long time," Trainer says. "And they are growing sales. But the stock price and implies that they're going to be able to dramatically 700% improve market share while also dramatically improving profits. We just don't see how that's possible." Trainer notes that if Freshpet's margin improves slightly, but they just reach consensus levels of growth, the stock would be worth $26 per share, but he puts the company's economic book value – its "no-growth value" – at zero. Trainer adds that he doesn't expect the outcome to be quite that dire – and suggests that Freshpet could be a takeover target for a bigger food company that wants its footprint in grocery stores before it reaches catastrophe. But he says you can't have a small player "whose stock price implies it is as big as the whole market." Related: Veteran fund manager revamps stock market forecast The Arena Media Brands, LLC THESTREET is a registered trademark of TheStreet, Inc.
