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Wednesday, September 14, 2011

Hottest Celebrities Weird Wardrobe Slip Ups [Censored]

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Check out these top weird celebrities goof up’s, their most embarrassing wardrobe malfunction Photos
Jessica Alba

Don’t miss the expression on her face :D
Bijou Phillips

Actress Bijou Phillips pulls her top up on the runway during the “Pret A PSP” fashion show.
Paris Hilton

Despite Paris Hilton refusal to pose for Playboy, here she is with most awkward pose while partying at VIP Room nightclub in Cannes during the 2001 Cannes Film Festival.
Amy Winehouse

The very famous Amy Winehouse nipslip!
Vocalist Fergie

Katherine Heigl

Halle Berry

Tuesday, September 13, 2011

Transparent Windows MOBILE........

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Transparent Windows MOBILE

Window Phone - concept phone On one hand, clear conceptual phones already, so this is not just the first, but on the other, the so-called Window Phone has one impressive feature - its transparent housing varies depending on the weather! Thus, in the sunny days, the screen will be completely transparent, on a rainy day it will appear «virtual» drop, but it is covered with frost frost. Ie translucent screen will look like as well as present a window into a variety of weather. I do not know how it will be practical, but at least, very original! Smile

Transparent Windows MOBILE





Transparent Windows MOBILE

Transparent Windows MOBILE

Transparent Windows MOBILE

Transparent Windows MOBILE

Lamborghini Prestige Hits the Road in Miami

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Exotic cars are a dream for one and all. Here is one more addition. They call it a Sharpie Lamborghini because it is a Lamborghini covered in Sharpie drawings. The car was penned by Prestige Lamborghini of Miami and took 1000 hours of toiling hardwork to create the art work by hand; then clear coated to protect this amazing work of art.





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Pompeii.

Posted by sahill786 at 12:06 PM 0 Comments

Pompeii.

pompeii

Pompeii, a major Roam Empire port near Naples and Mount Vesuvius, was completely covered with ash and destroyed in 79 A.D. by an eruption of the volcanic mountain.
Mount Vesuvius, now dormant, heaped upon Pompeii, with area of 44 hectares, and two hectares of underground cellars, ash and pumice four to six metres in depth. The whole city disappeared from the face of the earth.
It remained completely covered for 1500 years and was accidentally discovered in 1599.
Since then archaeologists have been excavating intact cadavers of humans and animals. Sporadic enforcements to buildings and walls were made to prevent them from collapsing.
Today, Pompeii attracts approximately three million tourists annually and the nearby village Pompeii benefits greatly from tourism.
Trading Greeks or Phoenicians who at the time were the leading merchants in eastern Mediterranean funded Pompeii in the sixth or eighth century B.C possibly.
The city-prospered ad grew under Roman occupation and rule. Romans built the theatre, a swimming pool (natatorium) for bathing, the aqueduct, and the house of gladiators, which unfortunately collapsed in 2010 due to poor maintenance.




Romans also helped lay out the city better, encouraged wine making, introduced the idea of street vending and trattoria (informal food and drink places), and pubic houses for prostitutes (House of Chaste Lovers) where they even had “menus” regarding clients’ position preferences. It collapsed in 2010 due to negligence.

Pompeii

Pompeii’s wine industry was well equipped (according to prevailing standards of the time). The wines were well made in earthenware fermentation vessels buried underground. Like in every site in Italy, you must hire an official guide to explain the history and point out all the historically important places.
Frankly, while in many cities and sites an official guide may be replaced by a thorough guidebook, in Pompeii and nearby Herculaneum (another city that was completely buried by the same eruption) a local guide is a good “investment”
.

Pompeii

is a world heritage site under the protection of the Ministry of Culture of Italy, but unfortunately, due to budget constraints, maintenance work has been very erratic and for long stretches non-existent.
Now approximately 30 per cent of Pompeii is considered adequately secured. Expert claim that approximately 350 million Euros are needed to safeguard the excavated ancient city, neither the Italian government nor UNESCO has the means to do it.
For this reason alone, individuals interested in archaeology should make a point of visiting the ruins now before it is too late.
And who knows when or whether Mount Vesuvius will again erupt?

Friday, September 9, 2011

Karan Singh is the world’s biggest baby

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India’s tallest woman, who stands 7ft 2in, claims her baby has grown to 3ft 2in in only 10 months. Svetlana Singh says she hopes her child Karan, who already weighs three-and-a-half stone, will be the tallest man in the world. Speaking in the family’s home in Meerut, outside Delhi, Mrs Singh told how the hungry boy needs feeding an astonishing 20 times a day, Telegraph
p.s: that really tall man holding the child is the momma
Weighing in at a burly 7 stone and standing 4ft 5in tall, two-and-a-half-year-old Karan Singh is believed to be the tallest toddler in the world.
Almost the same height as his 10-year-old neighbours in Meerut, India, Karan is twice the size of children his own age – and his giant mum believes this is just the start.
Dwarfing her husband, 7ft 2in Shweatlana Singh is Asia’s tallest woman, and the proud mum is praying her baby outgrows her.
Karan Singh Towering twos: Two and a half year old Karan Singh, who is 4ft 5in tall, posing here with his same-age friends in Meerut, India, is believed to be the tallest toddler in the world
Karan Singh
Growing boy: Karan, sat with more friends at nursery school, already weighs seven stone ‘He was born big and is already half as tall as me, so I believe he will outgrow me soon,’ said Shweatlana.
Karan, who was twice the size of normal babies at birth – 13lb and 2ft – never fitted baby clothes and now wears clothes designed for children three or four times his age.




‘I had to throw away the baby clothes I’d bought for him and go to the market again. The people in the hospital told me to buy clothes designed for one-year-old kids,’ laughed Karan’s proud father.
At 6ft 7in Sanjay Singh towers over most people but is dwarfed by his wife and expects Karan to soon catch up.
The giant family spends £124 a month – almost three times their neighbours’ budgets – keeping everybody fed, including 20 jars of honey.
‘When Karan wakes up in the morning the first thing he does is ask for food and tea. Whenever he sees anybody eating, he asks for food,’ said Shweatlana. ‘He’d never stop eating if I didn’t force him to.’
Karan Singh  
Big lad: Karan is already as tall as his five-year-old friend pictured here
Karan Singh
Tall order: Karan Singh, second from right, poses with his friends Akash, 7, Vipin, 12, (in blue) and Kiran Singh, 12, far right wearing orange
The constantly hungry toddler devours five apples in a go, craves sweets and demands ten teaspoonfuls of honey a day.
‘In the afternoon when he asks for food, he will consume two plates of rice, two buckets of vegetables and three chappatis (bread) with curd,’ said Sanjay.
When Karan first went to kindergarten teachers took one look at the giant toddler and refused to admit him, insisting he must be old enough for primary school.
‘Only after I showed them his birth certificate did they agree to admit him in nursery,’ said Sanjay.
Mum Shweatlana, a basketball player who is preparing to represent India in the Commonwealth Games to be held in Delhi next month, said: ‘Whenever we go shopping we buy the biggest clothes we can get for him and in five months time he grows out of them,’ she said.
‘His height is an advantage and if he wants to play basketball in future I will send him to America for studies there.’
Karan Singh's family 
Big family: 7ft 3in tall Shweatlana Singh, 24, the mother of two and a half year old Karan, with her relatives




Monday, May 2, 2011

Usama Killed In PAkistan " US MEDIA REPORT ""

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HE IS DEAD


USAMA BIN LADIN NO MORE , HE HAS BEEN KILLED BY US FORCE


"""USAMA BIN LADIN DEAD """"
Al Qaeda leader bin Laden dead, says Obama 








Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden was killed on Sunday in a firefight with U.S. forces in Pakistan and his body was recovered, President Barack Obama announced on Sunday.

"Justice has been done," Obama said in a dramatic, late-night White House speech announcing the death of the elusive mastermind of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on the New York and Washington.

Obama said U.S. forces led the operation that killed bin Laden. No Americans were killed in the operation and they took care to avoid civilian casualties, he said. "The United States has conducted an operation that killed Osama bin Laden, the leader of al Qaeda and a terrorist who is responsible for the murder of thousands of men, women and children," Obama said. It is a major accomplishment for Obama and his national security team, after many Americans had given up hope of ever finding bin Laden.

A crowd gathered outside the White House to celebrate, chanting, "USA, USA." Obama's predecessor, George W. Bush, had repeatedly vowed to bring bin Laden to justice "dead or alive" for the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on New York and Washington that killed nearly3,000 people, but never did before leaving office in early 2009.

U.S. officials said that after searching in vain for the al Qaeda leader since he disappeared in Afghanistan in late 2001, the Saudi-born extremist was killed in the Pakistani town of Abbotabad and his body recovered. Having the body may help convince any doubters that bin Laden is really dead.

He had been the subject of a search since he eluded U.S. soldiers and Afghan militia forces in a large-scale assault on the Tora Bora Mountains of Afghanistan in 2001. The trail quickly went cold after he disappeared and many intelligence officials believed he had been hiding in Pakistan.

While in hiding, bin Laden had taunted the West and advocated his militant Islamist views in videotapes spirited from his hideaway. Besides Sept. 11, Washington has also linked bin Laden to a string of attacks -- including the 1998 bombings of American embassies in Kenya and Tanzania and the 2000 bombing  of the warship   USS  Cole in Yemen .

Wednesday, April 27, 2011

Prison Escape From The Jail

Posted by sahill786 at 10:42 AM 0 Comments

Afghanistan:

Hundreds escape from Kandahar prison

Afghan prison main gate in Kandahar - 25 April 2011 
More than 470 inmates at a prison in southern Afghanistan have escaped through a tunnel hundreds of metres long and dug from outside the jail.
Officials in the city of Kandahar said that many of those who escaped were Taliban insurgents.
The Kandahar provincial governor's office said some had since been recaptured but gave no further details.
A spokesman for the Taliban said it had dug the 320m (1,050ft) tunnel and that it had taken five months to construct.
Zabiullah Mujahid said about 100 of those who escaped were Taliban commanders, and most of the others were fighters with the insurgency.
Correspondents say the Taliban often make exaggerated claims.
Second jailbreak


"A tunnel hundreds of metres long was dug from the south of the prison into the prison and 476 political prisoners escaped last night," said prison director General Ghulam Dastageer Mayar.
The prison holds about 1,200 inmates
One escapee told the BBC it had taken him about 30 minutes to walk the length of the tunnel. The escape took most of the night and vehicles were waiting at the exit point to take prisoners away.
It is thought that the tunnel was dug from a house outside the prison walls.
The jailbreak is the second major escape from the prison in three years.
In June 2008 a suicide bomber blew open the Kandahar prison gates and destroyed a nearby checkpoint, freeing about 900 prisoners, many of them suspected insurgents.
After that, millions of pounds were spent upgrading the prison. The 2008 breakout was followed by a major upsurge in violence.
The prison is under Afghan control, but Nato-led International Security Assistance Force (Isaf) said it was ready to provide assistance if requested by Afghan officials.
Nato forces are preparing for the long process of withdrawal from Afghanistan. The first stage is the transfer of security powers to local forces from July, but Kandahar is not among the first tranche of provinces and cities to be handed over to the Afghans.
Analysts say that it is only to be expected that those regions will once again be the focus of insurgent activity as the Taliban will be planning to seize them back.

Monday, April 11, 2011

WILL YOU BELIEVE ? ?? ? ?

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No Food No Water For 70 Years 

I heard about this story few months ago, but I was skeptical about the claim so I didn’t give it a lot of attention. But few days ago, Fox news and many other news agencies, published the story because they believe they have trusted information about the claim.

A holy man in India claims that he didn’t eat or drink for 70 years. He claims to have been blessed by a goddess when he was 8-years-old, which has enabled him to survive without sustenance. But who is going to believe that right? Normally, people die within days if they didn’t eat or drink, how this person could survive all these years without essential minerals and water?
To test that claim, over 30 specialists and doctors in India put the holy man to test. The long-haired and bearded yogi is under 24-hour observation in the western Indian city of Ahmedabad. Two cameras have been set up in his room, while a mobile camera films him when he goes outside, guaranteeing round-the-clock observation.
Since the experiment began on April 22, Jani has had no food or water and has not been to the toilet. This tells us that the claim is correct, and this man has really some kind of un-natural power.
“The observation from this study may throw light on human survival without food and water,” said Dr. G. Ilavazahagan, who is directing the research. “This may help in working out strategies for survival during natural calamities, extreme stressful conditions and extra-terrestrial explorations like future missions to the Moon and Mars by the human race.”
This is still un-solved mystery, and the researchers are still evaluating Jani’s situation to learn more about how the body functions without food.

Thursday, April 7, 2011

Indian Palyers Salam To Afridi Comments In India (Reaction of Indian Players After Afridi Comments)

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India players slam Afridi remarks: report 









NEW DELHI: Indian cricket stars Harbhajan Singh and Yuvraj Singh have hit out at Pakistan captain Shahid Afridi for his comments that Indians do not have "big clean hearts" like Pakistani Muslims.

Afridi also praised Pakistan's media for being "100 times better" than India's in a Pakistani TV show aired Sunday that has caused hurt and anger across the border in India.

"If Indians were not large-hearted, they would not have made so much of progress and delivered growth," Harbhajan was quoted as saying by the Press Trust of India news agency.

"I think it's been an uncalled for reaction. It wouldn't help the love and respect with which he is treated in this country."

"Pakistanis indeed have very large hearts which is evident by their generous gesture of dropping so many catches against India during the semi-final clash," Yuvraj said.




"India would not have gone to the final had it not been for Pakistan's large-heartedness!"

Pakistan dropped four catches of Sachin Tendulkar who went on to make a vital 85 and fashion India's 29-run win over their rivals.

Afridi insisted later that his remarks had been taken out of context, although he stood by his comments about the Indian media.

His remarks shocked fans in India, who had greeted his efforts during the World Cup to promote harmony between the estranged neighbours whose diplomatic relations are fraught with tension. (AFP)

Wednesday, April 6, 2011

Geo Super Banned or Closed In Pakistan

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Govt has Geo Super turned offKARACHI: Government has once again persecuted Jang Group by 

having its sports channel ‘Geo Super’ shut down through Pakistan Electronic Regulatory Authority (PEMRA), Geo News reported Wednesday.


Government has banned Geo Super’s transmission in Pakistan. The gagging of Geo Super will deprive the people of the country of sports events including the domestic events. 

In spite of financial losses suffered by Geo Super lately, the channel strived to ensure that viewers continue to catch the sporting action on TV. 

According to Geo’s administration, the Government subjected the Geo Super to punishment for showing sporting events to the people.





Cheap tactics are being used to black mail Geo Super. The Government issued order on April 4 to turn Geo Super off in what appears to be a vengeful action of the government against the Jang Group.

Geo Network had been uncovering government conspiracies and raising voice against corruption. 

Gul Muhammad Kakar, former official of PEMRA, had been sacked for making public the illegal tactics being used for targeting Geo. He said Chairman PEMRA had ordered to cause losses to Geo Super.

Monday, April 4, 2011

WHY PAK LOSE SEMI FINAL? REALITY OF PAK VS IND MATCH

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WHY PAK LOSE SEMI FINAL? REALITY OF PAK VS IND MATCH

  1. why AFRIDI refused to go on the tour of WESTINDIES which is starting APRIL 17 after world cup??
  2.  why afridi cry before match???  
  3. Why AFRIDI gave a ANGRY luk at VIP ROOM aftr losing his wicket??
  4. Why AFRIDI give a ANGRY look at the VIP ROOM after losing the MATCH??
  5. Why Afridi says SORRY to the nation??
  6. What was the massege convey to umar akmal during GLOVED CHANGED that he bowled out on the next delievery in stupid manner??
  7. Jst think what AFRIDI wants to say to the NATION?? 
  8. 8 Catches Droped.25 runs ov Extras.GuL 7 Ovrs for 70 runs.Younas n Misbah bating.
  9. Gul Bad line and lenght in bowling. 
  10. Why afridi didn't take powerplay when he was last attacker playing.

How can this happen ???? 

100% conferm reports ABOUT MAFIA & PAK GOVERMENT....Afridi was not invovled....:((
jst read it 
jst remember ur PCB head is ASIF ALI ZARDARI (A DOG WITH BID MOUTH)

indian media reports PAK will win da match & INDIA WILL LOSE....(ON THE BASE OF MAFIA PROPAGANDA)
PAK BECOMES FAV.....
EVERY ONE START BETTING ON PAK THAT THEY WILL WIN....
PRESIDENT ASIF ALI ZARDARI & his CO PARTY MEMMBERS with the help ov MAFIA they also start betting but ON INDIA'S WIN...







They PRESSURISED AFRIDI ELEVEN to lose the match with the help of GILLANI by saying that they have to lose to bring nations CLOSER....WTF....WHY PAKISTAN
AFRDI ELEVEN na chate hue b match harray.....
THIS IS WHAT HAPPEN TO A HERO OF A NATION...:((

Now many of u asked why DON'T afridi announces it on media.....so i make u remmember THIS IS DA NATION WHERE THE CASE OF MISSING PERSON IS NOT SOLVED TILL AFTER 10 
YEARS
He has his own family 3 DAUGHTERS.....every Pakistani knw THAT IN PAKISTAN THERE IS NO VALUE OF LIFE ONLY  1 BULLET REQUIRE


i jst want that every PAKISTANI know what is happening with our real HEROES









AFRIDI WE LOVE YOU
And Shahid Afridi addressed the nation in a way our 

president never has – unselfish, genuine, modest. So when 

Afridi apologized to Pakistan, millions listened and were 

humbled by the gesture. Our eyes filled with tears and our 

hearts with love and strange kind of sorrow. Shahid Afridi, 

you need not apologize to the nation.

Cricketers, you made us patriotic. You made us passionate. 

You made us proud.

Saturday, April 2, 2011

INDIA VS INDIA MATCH WAS FIXED ?

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INDIA VS INDIA MATCH WAS FIXED 


KARACHI: Corruption has overshadowed the biggest crime in sports, which is doping, especially in cricket. Things have been made so scientifically orchestrated that even if one sees them happening one can’t make a final call whether it was all scripted or natural.
Misbah-ul-Haq
Misbah-ul-Haq
A number of cricket matches in the ongoing ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 have been put under the doubts of match-fixing by world media quoting their sources but the latest incident was the biggest match of the tournament, i.e. Pakistan vs India in Semi-Final at Mohali.
It has already been reported by some quarters of Pakistani media and a broader Indian as well as global media that they have found some powerful hints of fixing in the second Semi-Final.
A huge media group in Pakistan quoted its sources in the government as saying that Rs40 billion were shifted from Pakistan to India under the garb of betting money, through illegal banks made specifically for such transfers.


Younus Khan drops a sitter and still smiling!
Younus Khan drops a sitter and still smiling!
As many as 24 bookies collected the money (Rs40 billion, out of which Rs29 billion were collected from Karachi only) from at least 31 areas of the Capital city of Islamabad and then sent it to India through some cricketers, politicians, and some government officials.
Pakistan’s rate before the ICC Cricket World Cup was as up as over Rs12 which went down to somewhere around Rs4 before the Semi-Final match against India where India’s rate was Rs0.60. It has also been calculated by some of the biggest media groups that in case Pakistan won the Mohali battle, 90 percent of the bookies would have defaulted across the world, especially in United Arab Emirates.
A bookie in India has claimed that there was a group in Pakistan cricket team who kept on doing spot and fancy fixing during the tournament, especially in the matches against Sri Lanka and Canada.
Viru punishes Gul
Viru punishes Gul
He further stated that skipper Shahid Khan Afridi proved helpless against the strong group and couldn’t even show his grief and frustration in front of the crowd or media, rather he was found crying after losing to India in his dressing room. A dejected look on his face during the match tells the whole story, he added.
He went on to say that he knew that India will score just over or around 260 runs, will lose three or four wickets at around 25 overs, especially they will lose two wickets in a quick succession. He added that Pakistan will cruise to 100 runs for not much loss then will lose their way and would be 150 for about 5 wickets loss and then will lose by around 20 runs.
Shahid Afridi couldn't believe what he was watching
Shahid Afridi couldn't believe what he was watching


Even the runaway wicketkeeper, Zulqarnain Haider, who fled to UK from UAE after he claimed to have been threatened by bookies, told media, that a group of players including Akmal brothers had fixed the semi-final. “I am not surprised by the defeat because they are groups operating in the team and they don’t allow any player to settle down unless he succumbs to them. The same thing happened to me. No one is allowed to settle into the team unless they are supported by a group and that is what happened to me. Players are not allowed to settle into the team if they don’t go along with a group. That is the reason why Kamran is still in the team despite poor performances. No other keeper would be retained in the team if he dropped the number of catches Kamran has dropped”.
As a matter of fact, these facts were shared before and during the semi-final match by some other people on their facebook pages, like these couple of images being showed here.
Facebook users, named Vidur Naik and Kalpit Babel, shared on their profile statuses, “Bookie update..India will bat first score over 260, 3 wickets fall within the first 15 overs, pak will cruise to 100, then lose 2 quick wickets, at 150 they will be 5 down and crumble and lose by a margin of over 20 runs”.
Kamran Akmal keeps doing what he knows the best, dropping catches.
Kamran Akmal keeps doing what he knows the best, dropping catches.
If we take a look at the scorecard of Pakistan in the said match, Pakistan were 100 for two in just about 25 overs and then lost Asad Shafiq and Younis Khan in the space of three runs and 11 balls. As claimed by the bookie, Pakistan lost their fifth wicket for 142 runs and their sixth at 150 runs. Moreover, at one stage, Pakistan had lost seven wickets for 184 runs, still 77 runs away from the victory and only three batsmen, in fact a batsman and two bowlers left at the crease. Misbah-ul-Haq who was struggling to steer ball into the gaps and was looking totally out of touch suddenly found the form of his lifetime and started taking long route hitting fours and sixes like it was a child’s play. It’s quite hard to believe that on a pitch where Misbah showed how to hit long shots, he along with Younus Khan played TEN maiden overs?
Let me take you back to the final match of the 1999 World Cup where Pakistani opener Saeed Anwar, after pounding leading Aussie bowlers, wanted to change his bat. And the very next ball which he faced after changing the bat, he was bowled.
Can you recall same type of thing in the Mohali clash? If not, then take a look at the highlights package of Pakistan’s innings and watch Umar Akmal’s dismissal. He was looking in prime touch, hitting 24 runs from three overs before the ball was changed and he asked for changing his gloves, the twelfth man came and he showed his discontent over the pair of gloves Ahmad Shehzad brought for him, and the very next ball, he was clean-bowled by Harbhajan Singh’s quicker delivery. Saeed Anwar was questioned and punished by a judicial commission probing match fixing and it would be interesting to see if the incumbent government does take action on this or not.
Afridi tries to bring Gul back on game plan, but in vain.
Afridi tries to bring Gul back on game plan, but in vain.
Earlier in the match, four catches of Sachin Tendulkar were dropped by none other than Kamran Akmal, Umar Akmal, Younus Khan, and once again Misbah-ul-Haq.
Umar Gul, who had been Pakistan’s best fast bowler in the competition, bowled like he was bowling for the first time in an international match as his skipper set him a packed offside field and what he bowled was short-of-length deliveries on Virender Sehwag’s legs going for 21 runs including five boundaries and a No-Ball.
For icing on the cake, please check this piece of commentary of Gul’s second over of the innings by Cricinfo.
2.1: Umar Gul to Sehwag, FOUR, a half-volley on leg stump dismissed by Sehwag with a crisp flick off his pads. He hit that in the air but there was no fielder anywhere near midwicket
2.2: Umar Gul to Sehwag, FOUR, too straight again, not as full, but Sehwag stays in his crease and whips the ball off his pads through midwicket. Still no fielder there.
Now there’s a midwicket …
2.3: Umar Gul to Sehwag, no run, short of a length around the hips, Sehwag tucks the ball off his body towards the man at square leg
2.4: Umar Gul to Sehwag, FOUR, too straight again and Sehwag flicks, this time past the fielder at square leg and the ball races across his fast outfield towards the boundary before the fielder at long leg can get to it
There’s a deep square leg now. Field changes galore.


2.5: Umar Gul to Sehwag, FOUR, that’s the fourth of the over. A slower ball outside off stump. The length was short and there was width. Sehwag waited for it and cut the ball hard through point
2.6: Umar Gul to Sehwag, (no ball) FOUR, the fifth! And it’s a front-foot no-ball as well. Too full outside off and Sehwag drills the ball off the front foot through extra cover. Gul is rattled. Sehwag on the charge …
Free hit coming up …
2.6: Umar Gul to Sehwag, no run, Sehwag hits on the back foot and tries to heave the short of a length ball over the leg side, he mis-hits in into his pad. This game has burst into life in this over. Pakistan need to control the damage.
Umar Akmal cleaned up after changing his gloves!
Umar Akmal cleaned up after changing his gloves!
The momentum shifted immediately towards India after that over and the drama went as planned till a flurry of wickets in the middle overs gave Pakistan the upper hand. However, strange fielding positions and changes in bowling let India move on from 205/6 to 260/9 when only Suresh Raina was at the crease and no real batsman was there to accompany him.
Something of same sort happened in the match against Sri Lanka as well where their openers chasing Pakistan’s target of 278 runs cruised to 76 for no loss where Umar Gul bowled same sort of deliveries which he bowled to Mr. Sehwag. Pakistan kept dropping catches amongst them the easiest of dollies but it was Afridi’s stupendous form with the ball which got them the victory, otherwise the match was done and dusted by a group of players, looked quite evident in the field. Do you guys remember, the state Sri Lankan television channel had accused Mahela Jayawardene of fixing the match? Although, the claim was later taken back but smoke comes out only where there is fire.
Whether the semi-final was fixed or not, we leave the decision on our readers. The proofs are limitless and smart lawyers can downplay them as well, so we are not making any claim that it was fixed but actually we have presented things in front of our readers how they were orchestrated in a trend.
Should the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) be proactive this time or once again it should wait for the International Cricket Council (ICC) to take things under its control, this is a big question.
After coming back to Pakistan this morning, skipper Shahid Afridi clearly asked the PCB to get rid of the senior players. He said senior players, not some senior players, which means a lot. Was he trying to advise PCB, please get rid of fixers? Time will tell us only as it told us in the case of Mohammad Asif, Mohammad Aamir, and Salman Butt, but the nation has accepted the defeat as they were always ready to accept it at any stage of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 knowing very well who are playing in the team.
We also must not forget that initially names of five players were revealed in the illustrated spot fixing scandal of last August and our readers are very well aware of the name of those two players who got benefit of the doubt at that time.
It’s time once again to get Pakistan cricket rid of these clouds of fixing and a strong policy should be devised to put a lid on this scandal once and for all.

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