Pakistan beat India in HK Sixes preliminary match

PAKISTAN BEAT India by 22 runs in the preliminary round match on the opening day of Hong Kong Cricket Sixes tournament. “It’s always good to start with a win… For a first game, it was a good performance from the guys and I’m pretty pleased,” the Dawn quoted Pakistan skipper Shoaib Malik, as saying.

 

Pakistan grabbed early high ground after India won the toss and chose to bowl. It scored 78 for 2, while India could garner only 56 runs in 4 overs.

 

Earlier, huge changes were made to the format of the popular tournament at the Kowloon Cricket

Cricket tourism next market; BCCI South Zone convener

CONTROVERSIES, ONCE again, are in full swing and dominant well in Kerala cricket by defeating players, officials, cricket buffs and even cricket too. Series of controversies were kicked off with the row between S Sreesanth and KCA officials. It was followed by environmentalists’ protest against Edakochi Stadium, uncertainty of Kochi Indian Premier League team and finally the storm reached its zenith due to Ind-Oz one-day international (ODI) match washout.
 

South Zone Convener post, representation in Junior Cricket Committee as well as in National Cricket Academy and 27 board matches plus eight 20-20 were the rare feats that KCA achieved in its glorious 60th year. It is for the first time, a Malayali gets a chance as the Convener for South Zone.

In a freewheeling chat TC Mathew, Secretary, Kerala Cricket Association, shares future prospects of Kerala cricket, programmes to discover talented players, S Sreesanth, new projects of KCA and more…

How cricket can play a role in the development of Kerala?

Blending cricket and tourism will work wonders. Cricket Tourism (CT) is the next ‘hot’ market in the tourism sector. CT would help a state like Kerala as it is blessed with backwaters and a lot of tourism spots and ayurveda treatment centres. In fact, Kerala is the perfect place to launch CT. But we have to market our tourism resources at the right

Eco-friendly crackers on high demand in Jaaipur

THE DEMAND for pollution free crackers is at rise in Jaipur on the auspicious occasion of Diwali.

 

The local manufacturers of Jaipur have decided to make it a less polluting Diwali this year by making pollution-free crackers.

Customers are also giving a healthy response to these eco-friendly crackers.

 

In spite of shops being stocked with a variety of other crackers, the eco-friendly crackers are on high demand this year.

"There is a shift in choice of the customers, earlier they used to prefer crackers making a lot of sound, and then people used to buy a lot of snake-crackers which

Andhra attracts investors from Korea, Singapore

A DELEGATION from government of Andhra Pradesh, headed by Minister for Major Industries Kanna Lakshmi Narayana visited South Korea, Indonesia and Singapore from October 25th to November 3rd. The other members of the delegation included Principal Secretary (Food Processing) J C Sharma, Commissioner of Industries R Karikal Valaven, APSFC Managing Director Vikas Raj and CII Southern Region Director S Kannan.

 

The main purpose of the visit was to generate interest in investments in Andhra Pradesh, exploring the possibilities of joint ventures in important sectors and infrastructure projects and for mobilising investors and to invite the delegation for the proposed Global Investors Summit in Hyderabad, in September 2011.

Several companies in South Korea and Singapore expressed their interest to invest in manufacturing, infrastructure and

Don't approve? Just hurl your shoe across

THE LATEST weapon in the market is branded shoes and flip-flops. Yes, this is the latest trend, to speak your mind, to show protest or even just to get some camera attention on you, all you have to do is hurl one shoe at the politician or speaker before you and you are done!

Different designer shoes, flip-flops are the emerging voice of people who want to stand up for their rights.

It is increasingly replacing a garland for welcome in election rallies. It is rather a status symbol for the campaigner the number of shoes he gets or the

Thousand 'friends' on Facebook but still lonely

THE FACEBOOK generation as they are commonly called comprises of the youngsters in the age group 16-24 years. Though almost everyone in all age brackets is logging on to Facebook for the new-found way of ‘networking’ the facebook generation makes up for the majority of users.

A new research in the regard has thrown up some interesting revelations. It states that despite of having thousands of friends online, the Facebook generation is the loneliest of all age-groups.

 

The study conducted in Britain revealed that 16 to 24-year-olds are lonelier and unhappy than any other age group.

Salman Butt and Mohammad Amir's suspension upheld by ICC

THE APEX body of cricketing world, the International Cricket Council (ICC) has dismissed the appeals of Pakistani cricketers Salman Butt and Mohammad Amir against their suspensions for alleged spot-fixing in the Lord's test match during Pakistan's tour of England this August.

The head of ICC Code of Conduct Commission, Michael Beloff said, "the ban on Salman and Amir would be retained. The players have denied the charges, but they will remain suspended before a code of conduct commission is formed to hear the case." The ICC code of conduct commissioner heard appeals at the ICC headquarters in Dubai on Saturday