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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Cuba's world-famous cigar festival closes in Havana

Sunday, February 28, 2010 HAVANA: Hundreds of wealthy merchants and cigar aficionados from all parts of the world gathered in Havana this week to bid high stakes for humidors full of premium cigars. Cuba's annual Habanos festival ended on Friday night with an auction of ornate humidors of cedar and mahogany stacked with hand-rolled stogies that raised 800,000 euros ($1.09 million dollars). Habanos S.A. executives this month said cigar sales fell 8 percent to $360 million in 2009, so they have created the Julieta, a smaller, milder version of the Romeo y Julieta cigar, aimed specifically at female smokers. Women now make up only 5 to 10 percent of customers for Habanos. But even with the creation of the Julieta, Garcia said Habanos has only modest hopes for 2010 sales, due largely to a weak economy in Spain, the biggest market for Cuban cigars. The flavor of premium tobacco relies on the soil and climate in which it is grown. The western province of Pinar Del Rio, famous fo...

Snake bite deaths

Monday, July 06, 2009 COLOMBO: The Sri Lankan government recorded some 33,000 snake bites in 2008, with most of the victims coming from remote villages.The Department of Government Information said in a statement that most of the snake bite cases could be fatal if neglected.The statement said snake bites are often neglected in Sri Lanka as victims do not seek treatment at hospitals where advanced medication is available. Instead, the victims rush to traditional type of treatment which could be a risk, reports Xinhua.Snake bites death at domestic level, outside hospitals, go unrecorded, said the statement.Most victims of snake bite are from the rural and remote villages where there is no electricity after dusk.Statistics show that Sri Lanka has over 90 species of snake with around 10 species possessing venom capable of killing a human being.In Sri Lanka the annual death rate due to snake bite envenoming is one of the highest in the world being 6 in 100,000 population.

New arts space on the block

Updated at: 1821 PST, Saturday, September 19, 2009 NEW YORK: The Lower Manhattan Cultural Council (LMCC) has officially opened LentSpace, a half-acre public park in lower Manhattan that it plans to use as a temporary gathering space, contemporary-art venue, and performing arts site. The block, which is bounded by Grand, Varick, and Canal streets and Sixth Avenue, is owned by the Trinity Real Estate Corp., which manages Trinity Church's real estate holdings. Unable to arrange a sufficiently lucrative arrangement for the property, church officials decided to allow the LMCC program to go there until economic conditions improve.

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