Pakistan qualify for T20 Super8

Tuesday, June 09, 2009 LORD’S: Pakistan reached the second round of Super Eight by defeating the Netherlands by 82 in Group B match of ICC World Cup at the Lord’s on Tuesday.None among the Dutch batsmen could make a winning score; however, Kervezee was the highest scorer who hit 21 runs with one four.The most successful bowler from Pakistani side was Shahid Afridi who took four wickets off 10 runs, followed by Saeed Ajmal who took three wickets. Sohail Earlier, Pakistan gave 176-run target to Netherlands.Pakistan scored 175 for five wickets against the Netherlands with quite dismal action on ground. Earlier, Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.Pakistan needed at least 25 runs to qualify for the Super 8 second round. However, Pakistan succeeded in winning by a large margin of 82 runs.Kamran Akmal was the highest scorer who hit 41 from 30 balls with the help of two sixes and three fours, followed by Younis Khan who made 36 runs with three sixes.The most successful Dutch bowler was Seelaar who took two wickets off 36 runs.The Dutch side which got better of England on Friday on the last ball of the match were equal on points table with the home side; however, it went out of the tournament after the defeat by Pakistan today (Tuesday).

Netherlands team
AN Kervezee, DJ Reekers, B Zuiderent, DLS van Bunge, TN de Grooth, PW Borren, RN ten Doeschate, E Schiferli, J Smits, PM Seelaar, DP Nannes

Pakistan team
Salman Butt, Kamran Akmal, Younis Khan, Misbah-ul-Haq, Shoaib Malik, Shahid Afridi, Umar Gul, Saeed Ajmal, Fawad Alam, Mohammad Aamer, Sohail Tanvir

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India's swine flu death rate is increasing

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...

Tennis: Clijsters wins US Open, second time

NEW YORK: Kim Clijsters of Belgium won the US Open on Sunday by defeating Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark 7-5, 6-3 in the final.She is the first mother to win a Grand Slam title since Evonne Goolagong in 1980, the victory coming just five weeks after she returned to the sport following a 27-month retirement. She was the first wildcard, man or woman, to win a US Open title in the history of the tournament.

42 killed in wave of Iraq bombings

BAGHDAD: At least 42 people were killed and nearly 100 wounded in a spate of bomb attacks near the restive northern Iraqi city of Mosul and in the capital Baghdad on Monday, police said. In the deadliest single attack, two booby-trapped lorries exploded before dawn in the village of Khaznah, east of Mosul, leaving 25 people dead and 70 others wounded. Thirty-five houses were destroyed in the village, which is home to members of the tiny Shabak community, a sect of Kurdish origin. In Baghdad, two car bombs went off as day labourers were gathering in the early morning hours looking for jobs.The first bomb exploded at Hay al-Amel, in the west of the capital, killing nine people and injuring 46. The second bomb attack in Shurta Arbaa in the north of the city killed seven people and wounded 35 others.

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