Pakistan beat New Zealand ICC Men’s T20 World Cup in Sharjah. New Zealand 134-8 (20 ov) Mitchell 27 off 20, 1 four, 2 sixes. Conway 27 off 24, 3 fours, Rauf 4-22. Pakistan 135-5 off 18.4 ov, Rizwan 33 off 34, 5 fours, Asif 27 off 12, 1 four, 3 sixes, Shoaib 26 off 20, 2…
Afghanistan Vs Scotland Afghanistan 190-4, 20 ov, Hazratullah 44 off 30, 3 fours, 3 sixes, Gurbaz 46 off 37, 1 four, 4 sixes, Najibullah 59 off 34, 5 fours, 3 sixes, Sharif 2-33, Davey 1-41, Watt 1-23. Scotland 60 ao off 10.2 ov, Munsey 25 off 18, 2 fours, 2 sixes, Coetzer 10 off 7,…
ICC Men’s T20 World Cup Group 2 India vs Pakistan India. 151-7, 20 ov, Kohli 57 off 49, 5 fours, 1 six, Pant 39 off 30, 2 fours, 2 sixes, Jadeja 13 off 13, 1 four, S Yadav 11 off 8, 1 four, 1 six, H Pandya 11 off 8 2 fours, Shaheen 3-31, Hassan…
Irish writer and journalist, Fintan O’Toole gives an insightful, interweaving and fascinating story of the upheavals of Irish history from 1958 to the present, as Ireland has changed almost out of recognition during those decades. He also maps his country’s “dilemma of modernity”: How to achieve economic transformation while maintaining the country’s distinctive culture, by…
ICC Men’s T20 World Cup, Dubai International Cricket Stadium West Indies 55 (14.2ov) Gayle 13 off 13, 3 fours, Hetmyer 9 off 9, 2 fours, Rashid 3-2, Mills 2-17, Moeen 2-17 England 56-4 (8.2ov) Buttler 24* off 22, 3 fours, Roy 11 off 10, 1 six, Hosein 2-24 England win by six wickets England’s dominant…
A revelatory history of how postcolonial African Independence movements were systematically undermined by one nation above all the US. In 1968 in Accra, Ghana, the Hands of Africa conference brought together the leading figures of African independence in a public show of political strength and purpose. Led by charismatic Kwame Nkrumah, who had just won…
Back in 1800s the human race have worked out more carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, the more the Earth’s temperature will rise, as the global warming had begun and there should be striking changes in the climate unless it burned less carbon releasing fossil fuels. Its use of coal, oil and gas continued to boom,…
A Court record reveals the gun that actor Alec Baldwin fired on the set of the film Rust, killing woman, was handed to him by an assistant director who told him it was safe. The unnamed director did not know that prop contained live ammunition and indicated it was unloaded by shouting “cold gun”. Cinematographer…
A trailer truck loaded with costumes for BBC Television show, falls into water while reversing into a harbour at Bristol Dock. The HGV was balanced awkwardly on the dock of Bristol as rescue crews arrived at the scene of half-submerged vehicle. The scheduled filming of BBC 1 Comedy thriller “The Outlaws”, starring Stephen Merchant.…