India Win 3rd ODi, Leading Series 2.1 Agaisnt Srilanka

CUTTACK News: Sachin Tendulkar hit a solid 96 not out to power India to an emphatic seven-wicket victory over Sri Lanka in the third one-day international here on Monday.

The opener cracked 13 fours in his 104-ball knock to help India achieve a 240-run target with more than seven overs to spare in the day-night game for a 2-1 lead in the five-match series.
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Left-arm spinner Ravindra Jadeja played a crucial role in restricting Sri Lanka to a modest total, finishing with a career-best 4-32 off 10 tight overs. He was named man of the match.

Sri Lanka were on course for a big total when they reached 165-1 in the 23rd over before losing their last nine wickets for 74 in a dramatic collapse, sparked by Jadeja.

India made a brisk start, with stand-in captain Virender Sehwag smashing a 28-ball 44 with nine fours in a 55-run stand for the opening wicket with Tendulkar.

Sehwag led the team in the absence of Mahendra Singh Dhoni, who was banned for two matches for a slow over-rate during his team’s three-wicket defeat in the previous game in Nagpur.

India capitalised on the start as Tendulkar added 72 for the second wicket with Gautam Gambhir (32) and 73 for the unfinished fourth wicket with Dinesh Karthik (36 not out) to steer his team home.

Jadeja led India’s fightback with a disciplined spell. He bowled well-set opener Upul Tharanga (73) before dismissing Chamara Kapugedera (15), Nuwan Kulasekara (10) and Ajantha Mendis (six).

Off-spinner Harbhajan Singh was the other bowler to impress, conceding 29 off nine overs for one wicket.

In-form opener Tillakaratne Dilshan, who smashed brisk centuries in the last two matches, helped Sri Lanka get off to an explosive start with an 18-ball 41 as the visitors raced to 65 off just 6.2 overs.

Dilshan, who survived a run-out chance on 36, was caught by wicket-keeper Karthik off a mistimed pull off seamer Ashish Nehra after hitting 10 fours in his impressive cameo.

There was no respite for India as Tharanga and skipper Kumar Sangakkara (46) put on 100 for the second wicket to raise their team’s hopes of posting a big total.
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Tharanga cracked one six and six fours in his 81-ball knock.

New Zeeland Face In Pakistani Bowlers

DUNEDIN News Update: Pakistan skipper Mohammad Yousuf won the toss and elected to bowl in the opening Test of the three-match series against New Zealand here Tuesday.

The University Oval wicket has a reputation for favouring the quick bowlers and Yousuf had no hesitation in confirming he would bowl first.

“Obviously, the first two hours here are very difficult and that’s why we will bowl first,” he said.
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But it was a decision that did not bother New Zealand skipper Daniel Vettori, who did not believe the green-tinged wicket would pose serious problems.

“I think we wanted to bat on it. All the talk is it won’t do as much as it’s expected to and when the conditions above are good it normally plays pretty well.”

Although officially a Pakistan home series, the three Tests were relocated after New Zealand refused to go to Pakistan over security fears.

It is the first time New Zealand have hosted a Test in November and rain is forecast for later in the week.
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New Zealand have only won one series against Pakistan at home, back in 1985.

WWE Survivor Series 2009 Live Stream

WWE Survivor Series 2009 Live Stream: WWE Survivor Series 2009 Watch live as the event will include a list of great fighters exciting time, death-defying, adrenaline-packed games that will surely blow you away. Old feuds are rekindled, the enemies they face, form new alliances and new champions will be appointed, all in the name of supreme entertainment. You will receive nothing less. And it’s only a few days, on 22 November 2009 at the Verizon Center in Washington, DC
John Cena may be getting more than they expected when the combination of the tag team Shawn Micheals and Triple H DX engages him in a Triple Threat for the WWE Championship. And he has good reason to be afraid. Triple H and Michaels are virtually unbeatable as a team and put them together in a match where Cena must defend his title against the worst nightmare may be the champion. Is there no escape, or was the hard-as-nails fighter has a little more tricks up his sleeve?

The Undertaker will be The Big Show and Chris Jericho in another Triple Threat match belt heavyweight championship at stake. Will the veteran champion to hold on to your belt, or remove the new challenges?

Batista and Rey Mysterio will face off in a singles match to settle once and for all the question of who is the best man. Who is he? Who will fall? We will know soon. Three out of five against five Eliminations match will also be offered in the series. The first match is composed of Kori Kingston as a leader, and composed of Alvin Burke, Jr., Mark Henry, R-Truth, and Christian, will vie for the team Orton Randy Orton, Cody Rhodes, Ted DiBiase, CM Punk, and William Regal.


The second match will be team of John Morrison (John Morrison, Matt Hardy, Evan Bourne, Shelton Benjamin, and Finlay) team Miz’z Battle (The Miz, Drew McIntyre, Sheamus, Dolph Ziggler, and Jack Swagger) in another round of deletions. The last game of the series will be Team Mickie (Mickie James, Eve Torres, Kelly Kelly, Melina, and Gail Kim) against the team of Michelle (Michelle McCool, Jillian Hall, Beth Phoenix, Layla, and Alicia Fox). These ladies sure will make a beautiful ringside battle of fire in a dominant position within the ring.

Nothing can be better than WWE Survivor Series 2009 Watch free live this Sunday night, but of course this can not be the case. (WWE is all about money). Children are difficult, the parties are rough, and the girls are sure to be hot.
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South Africa vs England – 1st ODI Abandoned

South Africa vs England – 1st ODI Abandoned: The opening ODI of the 5-match Series between South Africa and England was abandoned due to heavy rain. This ODI was supposed to be a day night affair at the New Wanderers Stadium in Johannesburg. None of the players had even left their hotels to the ground. The second ODI is on the 22nd at the Centurion Park in Pretoria.

Current Affairs Questions 2009

latest news about, Current Affairs Questions 2009: current affairs questions, current affairs, make your, general knowledge 2009, fudbalski rezultati uzivo CURRENT AFFAIRS JANUARY 2009

1. The new federal agency approved by the Indian Government to combat terror in India which will be empowered to deal with terror related crimes across states without special permission from the state ?

National Investigation Agency.

2. Who is appointed as Director General of the newly established National Investigation Agency (NIA).?

Radha Vinod Raju, Special Director General of Police in Jammu and Kashmir

3. “Man of the series” of recently held One Day series between Australia & South Africa?

Albie Morkel

4. Who became the country’s youngest international referee, after passing the world body FIBA’s exam ?

Zanim Mohammed Hashim from Thalassery, Kerala

5. The first Indian to win the prestigious Golden Globe Award for Best Original Music Score ?

A.R.Rahman for Danny Boyle’s Slumdog Millionaire.
Rahman’s song ‘Jai Ho,’ penned by lyricist Gulzar, was nominated for Best Original Music Score.

6. Which Malayalam Writer won the “Odakkuzhal Award ” ?

K.G.Sankara Pillai

7. Who became the fastest bowler to take 50 wickets in one-day internationals ?

Ajantha Mendis , completed his 50-wicket haul in his 19th one-day international. He surpassed the record of India’s Ajit Agarkar who took 23 matches to reach the milestone.

8. Who has been appointed as the General Counsel and Senior Policy Advisor in the Office of Management and Budget in the upcoming administration of U.S.President Barack Obama?

Preeta Bansal, Leading Indian-American lawyer

9. Name the Indo-Russian supersonic cruise missile with speeds of Mach 2.5 to 2.8, which is world’s fastest cruise missile and is about three and a half times faster than the U.S.A’s subsonic Harpoon cruise missile?

Brahmos, The acronym ‘BrahMos’ is perceived as the confluence of the two nations represented by two great rivers, the Brahmaputra of India and the Moskva of Russia.

10. Who is the Man of the Series in the recently held Zimbabwe –Bangladesh One Day Series held in Bangladesh?

Shakib Al Hasan

11. The first Bangladesh player to top one of the International Cricket Council’s player rankings?

Shakib Al Hasan He tops the ICC ODI Rankings for all-rounders

12. Jharkhand Chief Minister who resigned from his post following his defeat in the Tamar assembly by-poll?

Shibu Soren

13. Music Sensation A.R.Rahman won how many Oscar nominations for the film “Slumdog Millionaire” ?

Three nominations (Music, Songs (Jai Ho, O Saya))

14. Indian sound engineer from Mumbai, born in Kerala, nominated for the Oscars for Best sound mixing in ‘Slumdog Millionaire’?
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Gossip Girl Season 3 Episode 10 Mega Video

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“Gossip Girl,” voiced by Kristen Bell, the show revolves around the lives of privileged teenagers attending elite private school in New York’s Upper East Side. The series mainly follows the life of ‘it girl “Serena van der Woodsen (Blake Lively) on their arrival mysterious, Dan Humphrey (Penn Badgley), an outsider who becomes a part of the turbulent scene of Manhattan, and the Serena’s best friend and ally Blair Waldorf (Leighton Meester), a beautiful queen bee of the social scene of Manhattan. From the third season, students who graduated from high school to navigate through the real world in a university.

Gossip Girl Season 3 Episode 10 “The Last Days of Disco Stick” is directed by Tony Wharmby and written by Leila Gerstein air on November 16, 2009 at 09:00 PM.

Hoping to impress the children of elite theater at New York University, Blair sets her sights on landing a private concert with the hottest musical artist of the year, Lady Gaga. Dan and Olivia Sign in to write and star in a school play based on an idea of Blair and directed by Vanessa. With Blair out of the picture, Nate Serena again to help her through a difficult situation. As a favor to Chuck, Jenny agrees to go with Damien (guest star Kevin Zegers), son of an ambassador who is staying in the hotel of Chuck, but experience has shown to be much more interesting than I expected.
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Robert Pattinson says Twilight craze is like ‘a virus’

‘Twilight’ actor Robert Pattinson has described the film’s sequel’s growing craze as ”a virus.” The star, who was present at the UK fan party for New Moon, said he is surprised by the movie’s popularity. ””We went to Japan earlier on in the year.

Eva Mendes uses her sex-symbol status to secure film roles

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Now, Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart caught holding hands

Twilight stars Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart have once again fuelled rumours of romance after the couple was photographed holding hands in Paris. The duo whose onscreen affair has been a hit, have been travelling around the world to promote the second flick of the series, The Twilight Saga: New Moon. Although, both the actors have always denied dating reports, gossip started doing the rounds again when the pair was seen making out outside a Hollywood screening of the film sequel in October.

Pakistan to Avenge the Embarrassing Loss of Kiwi Today

DUBAI: Shahid Afridi described Pakistan’s defeat in the one-day series as “shameful” but was hopeful his players could lift their performance for the two-match Twenty20 series starting here on Thursday.

Pakistan lost the final match by a narrow seven-run margin in Abu Dhabi to go down 2-1 to New Zealand in the three-match one-day international series.

“It was a shameful defeat and we batted like club cricketers,” said Afridi, who will lead the side for the Twenty20 series because Younus Khan quit the shortest form of the game after leading Pakistan to victory in England in June.

During Monday’s one-day international Pakistan, who managed to dismiss New Zealand for 211 all out, were let down by their top-order batsmen as they struggled to 101 for nine.

An explosive unbeaten 73 by tail-ender Mohammad Aamir — who set the highest score for a number 10 batsman in the history of one-day cricket — gave them an outside chance of winning.

But Aamir and Saeed Ajmal’s new Pakistani record of 103 for the tenth wicket could not prevent New Zealand from taking the last wicket to survive the turn around and win the match.

Afridi said he has been trying to motivate his players after the defeat, adding that he did not believe being defending Twenty20 champions would put them under extra pressure in Thursday’s opening match.

“We need to stick to the basics and do our best to win both the matches,” said Afridi, man-of-the-match in both the semi-final and final of June’s world Twenty20.

Opener Imran Nazir and all-rounders Sohail Tanvir and Fawad Alam have joined the squad for the Twenty20 series. Younus, Mohammad Yousuf, Salman Butt and Wahab Riaz have all been left out.

New Zealand have yet to defeat Pakistan in a Twenty20 encounter but have been buoyed by their one-day series success in Abu Dhabi, said captain Daniel Vettori.

“The one-day series win was a confidence booster for us and I am sure the guys will be more motivated,” said Vettori, whose team came from 1-0 down in the series.

“The conditions in the one-day matches were favourable to Pakistan and here also they will suit them, but the key thing is that we have a series win and must keep the pressure up and win the Twenty20 as well.”

The Black Caps will have 12 players to chose from after Kyle Mills (shoulder) and James Frankin (back) ruled out of the first match, while all-rounder Jacob Oram left for home to attend his child’s birth, Vettori later told reporters.

The second Twenty20 match here will be played Friday.

Teams: (from)

Pakistan: Shahid Afridi (capt), Khalid Latif, Imran Nazir, Umer Akmal, Shoaib Malik, Kamran Akmal, Abdul Razzaq, Rana Naved-ul-Hasan, Umar Gul, Mohammad Aamir, Rao Iftikhar, Saeed Ajmal, Imran Farhat, Fawad Alam, Sohail Tanvir

New Zealand: Daniel Vettori (capt), Shane Bond, Neil Broom, Ian Butler, Martin Guptill, Brendon McCullum, Nathan McCullum, Aaron Redmond, Tim Southee, Scott Styris, Ross Taylor, BJ Watling.

Umpires: Nadeem Ghouri (PAK), Zameer Haider (PAK)

TV umpire: Ahsan Raza (PAK)

Match referee: Andy Pycroft (ZIM)

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