LAHORE: Pakistan cricket left for Sri Lanka on Saturday to play Test and one day series against Sri Lanka.Talking to media at Lahore International Airport, cricket team coach Intikhab Alam said batsmen should perform well to get better results. Fitness of players will play key role in the series, as the weather in Sri Lanka will be hot which makes playing conditions difficult.Replying to question about Shoaib Akhter, Intikhab said Shoaib should focus on his fitness if he wants to join national team.Wicketkeeper batsman Kamran Akmal at this occasion said cricket fans would get quality cricket because both teams have world-class players. Abdul Razzaq termed Pakistan as favorite for the series and vowed that he will contribute for team.Nine players left for Sri Lanka today. Captain Younis Khan, Umer Gul, Fawwad Alam, Khurram Manzoor, Faisal Iqbal will leave from Karachi whereas Danesh Kaneria will join the team from London.Pakistan team will play three Test matches, five one-days and one Twenty20 match during the tour.
Friday, August 14, 2009 MUMBAI: A 26-year-old woman died Thursday of H1N1 swine flu in the southern city of Bangalore, raising India's death toll from the virus to 20, authorities said.The death was the first reported in India's information technology capital, the Press Trust of India reported.Meanwhile in Pune, the worst-affected in India, two more victims of the virus died Thursday, raising the death toll in that western city near Mumbai to 12, the report said. The victims were an 11-month-old boy and a 75-year-old old woman.US media reported movie halls, schools and colleges were ordered closed Thursday for three days to a week in Mumbai, the commercial and financial capital of the country, as fear of the pandemic spread.Prajakata Lavangare, a spokeswoman for the government of Maharashtra state of which Mumbai is the capital, said similar orders were issued in Pune, which is also located in the state.The woman who died in Bangalore was identified only as Roopa, a teacher in...
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