Monday, October 29, 2012
Saturday, September 29, 2012
Pakistan vs South Africa Super Eight Round T20 World Cup 2012
Pakistan 136 for 8 (Umar Akmal 43*, Gul 32) beat South Africa 133 for 6 (Duminy 48, Hafeez 2-23) by two wickets
Umar Gul and Umar Akmal pulled off a spectacular coup to bring Pakistan back from the brink to beat South Africa. The second round of the tournament started with two thrillers on Thursday and the fire carried over into Friday as the match swung three times.
Pakistan put themselves in front with a strong performance in the field as their four frontline spinners wove a web around South Africa. But what should have been a straightforward chase for Pakistan turned into a comedy of soft dismissals and a surprising outfoxing of the batsmen by the South African spinners.
Then, Gul and Umar Akmal took centre stage and shared a stand of 49 in 27 balls for the eighth wicket to inflict a demoralising defeat on South Africa. The pair stroked a series of audacious boundaries as they took on South Africa's pace attack with Jacques Kallis and Albie Morkel the worst hit. To add to South Africa's worries, Dale Steyn left the field with an injured ankle after being struck in his final over.
South Africa will reflect on a number of tactical errors, rather than simply being outplayed. Talking points will centre on be AB de Villiers batting at No. 6, instead of higher up the order and Johan Botha and JP Duminy only bowling two overs each on a pitch that clearly had something in it for spinners -Kallis and Albie Morkel could have been used less.
For Pakistan the strategy may not matter. They take the points and the advantage in the group after looking as though they would at the halfway stage, almost giving it away and then snatching it back in some style to ensure their early efforts did not go to waste.
Only JP Duminy had some measure of the Pakistan attack as the rest of the line-up were troubled and tied down by turn. Raza Hasan did the early containing job, setting the stage for the introduction of Saeed Ajmal, who bowled Richard Levi around his as the opener attempted a reverse sweep to the first ball he faced from Ajmal.
Mohammed Hafeez accounted for Jacques Kallis, who slapped his first ball to cover and South Africa were in serious trouble at 28 for 3. Despite the situation, AB de Villiers chose to hold himself back and Farhaan Berhardien came in ahead of him.
He and Duminy shared a stand of 38 and built the platform De Villiers may have been waiting for. Behardien played two shots in anger before he was stumped and De Villiers finally made his entrance at No. 6. He had seven and a half overs to make an impact but managed 25 runs while Duminy continued to play the anchor role. He suffered from dehydration during his innings and vomited on the field but was able to bowl later on. Given the conditions, some may say he should have bowled more.
Pakistan were in a worse situation than South Africa early on. Imran Nazir gloved an attempted pull to de Villiers and then Robin Peterson found turn and bounce to have Hafeez and Nasir Jamshed stumped in the same over. Kamran Akmal was bowled playing a cut that was not on off Johan Botha and Pakistan were 37 for 4.
Umar Akmal played a Duminy-like innings, taking advantage of anything loose and full and holding back for the rest of the time. He was not shaken by Shoaib Malik handing a catch to third man, Shahid Afridi falling for a golden duck after smashing Duminy to the long-off fielder or Yasir Arafat fending a short ball to Duminy who took a spectacular catch at midwicket.
The two dismissals Duminy was involved in looked to spell the end for Pakistan but Gul was reading a different script. He made his intent known when he clubbed Kallis for back-to-back sixes on the on-side, picking up the length well. Umar Akmal let Gul go wild while he held up his end and Gul obliged.
Gul holed out to Petersen on the cover boundary but he had done enough damage. Umar Akmal's eyes lit up when Morne Morkel offered him a full toss and he hit it flat over midwicket to leave Saeed Ajmal to seal the win with an outside edge to third man.
| South Africa innings (20 overs maximum) | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| RE Levi | b Saeed Ajmal | 8 | 20 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 88.88 | |
| HM Amla | c Shoaib Malik b Yasir Arafat | 6 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 100.00 | |
| JH Kallis | c Shahid Afridi b Mohammad Hafeez | 12 | 18 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 66.66 | |
| JP Duminy | c †Kamran Akmal b Yasir Arafat | 48 | 55 | 38 | 2 | 2 | 126.31 | |
| F Behardien | st †Kamran Akmal b Mohammad Hafeez | 18 | 22 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 85.71 | |
| AB de Villiers*† | c Imran Nazir b Umar Gul | 25 | 20 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 138.88 | |
| JA Morkel | not out | 9 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 150.00 | |
| RJ Peterson | not out | 3 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 75.00 | |
| Extras | (lb 2, w 2) | 4 | ||||||
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| Total | (6 wickets; 20 overs) | 133 | (6.65 runs per over) | |||||
| Did not bat J Botha, DW Steyn, M Morkel |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| Raza Hasan | 3 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 4.00 | |||
| Yasir Arafat | 3 | 0 | 25 | 2 | 8.33 | (1w) | ||
| Saeed Ajmal | 4 | 1 | 26 | 1 | 6.50 | |||
| Mohammad Hafeez | 4 | 0 | 23 | 2 | 5.75 | |||
| Shahid Afridi | 4 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 6.50 | (1w) | ||
| Umar Gul | 2 | 0 | 19 | 1 | 9.50 |
| Pakistan innings (target: 134 runs from 20 overs) | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| Mohammad Hafeez* | st †de Villiers b Peterson | 15 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 166.66 | |
| Imran Nazir | c †de Villiers b Steyn | 14 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 127.27 | |
| Nasir Jamshed | st †de Villiers b Peterson | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Kamran Akmal† | b Botha | 1 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 16.66 | |
| Shoaib Malik | c Steyn b Kallis | 12 | 29 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 46.15 | |
| Umar Akmal | not out | 43 | 66 | 41 | 4 | 1 | 104.87 | |
| Shahid Afridi | c JA Morkel b Duminy | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Yasir Arafat | c Duminy b Steyn | 3 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 60.00 | |
| Umar Gul | c Peterson b Steyn | 32 | 29 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 188.23 | |
| Saeed Ajmal | not out | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 400.00 | |
| Extras | (b 2, lb 6, w 3, nb 1) | 12 | ||||||
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| Total | (8 wickets; 19.4 overs) | 136 | (6.91 runs per over) | |||||
| Did not bat Raza Hasan |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| DW Steyn | 4 | 0 | 22 | 3 | 5.50 | (2w) | ||
| M Morkel | 3.4 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 9.00 | |||
| RJ Peterson | 4 | 1 | 15 | 2 | 3.75 | |||
| JA Morkel | 2 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 13.00 | (1nb) | ||
| J Botha | 2 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 5.00 | |||
| JP Duminy | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2.50 | |||
| JH Kallis | 2 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 8.50 | (1w) |
(Thanks to: www.espncricinfo.com)
Sunday, September 23, 2012
ఉషోదయమే నీ రూపం, నీటిలోనే నీ ప్రతిబింబం…
ఉషోదయమే నీ రూపం,
నీటిలోనే నీ ప్రతిబింబం.
నిండు జాబిలి నీ అందం,
అది నా మనసులో మల్లె చందనం.
నీటిలోనే నీ ప్రతిబింబం.
నిండు జాబిలి నీ అందం,
అది నా మనసులో మల్లె చందనం.
లోలోన ప్రాణం,
పెదవిపయిన మౌనం.
పరితపించే ప్రణయం,
ఊహకందని అభిమానం.
పెదవిపయిన మౌనం.
పరితపించే ప్రణయం,
ఊహకందని అభిమానం.
సిరివెన్నెల శిల్పమా, సిరికి ప్రాణమా.
కలిసే చైత్రమా, పలికే మౌనమా.
కరిగే కావ్యమా, కదిలే బింబమా.
నిదురించే వేళ కలవై రావా.
కలిసే చైత్రమా, పలికే మౌనమా.
కరిగే కావ్యమా, కదిలే బింబమా.
నిదురించే వేళ కలవై రావా.
By: SJ
కనిపించని ఆ హృదయ భావం…
ఎక్కడవున్నా కళ్ళెదుటే నీ తలపు,
ఏం చేస్తున్న మరువట్లేదు నీ వలపు,
ఆవేదనే ఆలోచనై, కలిసిన క్షణాన,
కావాలనే కాగితం, చేర్చలేని తీరం.
ఏం చేస్తున్న మరువట్లేదు నీ వలపు,
ఆవేదనే ఆలోచనై, కలిసిన క్షణాన,
కావాలనే కాగితం, చేర్చలేని తీరం.
ఈ నయనం గానం చేయగా,
చూసిన మనసుకు ఊరటనిస్తుందని,
కనిపించని ఆ హృదయ భావం, రాసిన సిరికి విలువనిస్తుందని ఆశిస్తూ,
ప్రేమతో సిరి.
By : SJ
చూసిన మనసుకు ఊరటనిస్తుందని,
కనిపించని ఆ హృదయ భావం, రాసిన సిరికి విలువనిస్తుందని ఆశిస్తూ,
ప్రేమతో సిరి.
By : SJ
నిన్ను నువ్వు తెలుసుకో, నిన్ను నిన్నుగా మలుచుకో…
జీవితం ఒక పయనం,
మనుసులా మతిస్తిమితం.
ఎడారిలో ఎండమావిలా బంధం,
బాటలో బాటసారిలా శాశ్వతం.
మనుసులా మతిస్తిమితం.
ఎడారిలో ఎండమావిలా బంధం,
బాటలో బాటసారిలా శాశ్వతం.
నిన్ను నువ్వు తెలుసుకో,
నిన్ను నిన్నుగా మలుచుకో.
జననం నీకు తెలిపి రాలేదు,
మరణం నీకు చెప్పి రాలేదు.
నిన్ను నిన్నుగా మలుచుకో.
జననం నీకు తెలిపి రాలేదు,
మరణం నీకు చెప్పి రాలేదు.
ఆశల వలయాలు అనేకం,
అందుకో ఒక సుందర స్వప్నం.
నిద్రమత్తులో నీకున్నది బ్రాంతి,
అది తెలుసుకున్నప్పుడే నీకు క్రాంతి.
అందుకో ఒక సుందర స్వప్నం.
నిద్రమత్తులో నీకున్నది బ్రాంతి,
అది తెలుసుకున్నప్పుడే నీకు క్రాంతి.
అపకారం కారాదు అర్ధం,
పరోపకారం కావాలి పరమార్ధం.
ఓటమి గెలుపుకి తొలిమెట్టు అనుకో,
విజయాన్ని ఆస్వాదించు ఎగిసే ఉత్సాహంతో.
By : SJ
పరోపకారం కావాలి పరమార్ధం.
ఓటమి గెలుపుకి తొలిమెట్టు అనుకో,
విజయాన్ని ఆస్వాదించు ఎగిసే ఉత్సాహంతో.
By : SJ
Review: Fire In Babylon
Director: Stevan Riley
Cast: Viv Richards, Clive Lloyd, Michael Holding
Genre: Documentary
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
Story: From harmless 'calypso' cricketers to champions who mauled their enemy, how did the West Indies become cricket's giants?
Movie Review: Fire in Babylon (FIB) is a detailed sports documentary - and more. It's a vibrant, throbbing piece of world history told through the tale of test cricket played by one nation - the West Indies. FIBshows how the West Indies - where cricket, as an elderly Caribbean tells you in that glorious accent of rum and sun, is 'a daily situation' - went from being a team of harmless players facing humiliating defeats, to being lean, mean masters of the game.
And it shows why this was vital. The West Indies's rise reflected the fight back against a colonial past, against a mindset of 'Babylon' which didn't treat all as equals, to win equality - and regard - from a grudging world.
Like a calypso number, FIB draws you in gently, its narrative swaying from a 1960s of confusing defeats, to a deadlier 1970s when under Clive Lloyd's focusing captaincy, the West Indies became the team every cricketing nation feared.
FIB uses a host of rich narrative techniques - cricketing legends speaking about those glory days, press reports, black-and-white TV footage of matches, archival political footage of apartheid South Africa - policeman shooting black protestors, letting loose Alsatian dogs on them - all shaken up with West Indian music. It portrays how the West Indies realized they needed to fight humiliation - hard.
And win the respect of their former British colonisers, of devastating Australian pace bowlers, of crowds who chanted 'Go back to the trees, black bastards'. In 1975, the West Indies was battered by Australia. In 1976, after English captain Tony Greig sneered, 'We'll make them grovel', press reports screamed, 'Look Who's Grovelling Now!'
FIB captures cricket's beauty. But it widens, showing how the West Indies unleashed a huge wave of black pride - vital when racism was acceptable in many parts of the world. By capturing how Viv Richards and Bob Marley connected - and how Ian Botham and Richards finally walked in smiling equality - FIB shows sports is more than a pastime.
It's about the grit which pushes you to play a gentleman's game far from gently, going from what Frantz Fanon called the wretched of the earth, to its giants.
Catch it.
40 Awesome iPhone Application Websites
iPhone applications are hotter than ever. So how do these applications stand out and get noticed?
One great way to do this is by creating a great website design that showcases these applications in the best possible way.
These sites are usually very focused, professional and clean. You will also notice that there’s usually a video displayed in an iPhone casing that shows how these applications are used.
In this post we bring you 40 excellent websites designed to showcase iPhone and iPod touch applications.
1. Tap Tap Tap
Tap Tap Tap develops games, entertainment apps and useful tools.
2. Weightbots
Weightbots helps you keep track of your weight. You can track your progress easily in a very beautiful and easy to use interface.
3. Sourcebits
Sourcebits is a software development company that has created several iPhone apps.
4. AirPhones
AirPhones allows you to wirelessly listen to audio from your computer on an iPhone or iPod touch using Wi-Fi, making it work like wireless headphones.
5. WordPress
WordPress, the popular blogging platform, also has an iPhone app. This app allows you to write and publish posts directly to your WordPress blog.
6. Things
Things is one of the top task manager applications for the Mac as well as the iPhone and iPod touch. It is easy to use and its many features increase productivity. You can even sync the iPhone and iPod version with the desktop version wirelessly using Wi-Fi.
7. Classics
Classics is an application that holds many great books that you can read on your iPhone.
8. Ego
Ego allows you to check your status on multiple different services such as FeedBurner, Google Analytics, Mint, and Twitter.
9. Mock Draft
Mock Draft allows football fans to watch highlights and scout players.
10. Parking
This app provides a timer and GPS location tracking to help you avoid getting a parking ticket.
11. iShots
A fun app that shows 20 recipes for shots, that is a fun app to play with on St. Patrick’s day.
12. Mint for iPhone
Mint is a popular budgeting application that is also available for the iPhone. You can check your account balances anywhere, and access accounting and budget information.
13. Behance Action Method
Behance’s task manager and productivity software on the iPhone is free. You can create To-Do items, manage project plans, and send notices to others.
14. Delivery Status
This application allows you to track packages from top shipping companies such as UPS, FedEx, DHL, and TNT.
15. Spoonjuice
Spoonjuice is another development studio that has several iPhone applications. They design and invent fun and playful applications.
16. Tapulous
Tapulous is the creator of Tap Tap, a Guitar Hero like game, and many other games as well as tools.
17. iFood Assistant
This application from Kraft gives recipes and food ideas for over 7,000 meals.
18. Gas Cubby
This application is an excellent tool to help you track gas mileage and maintenance records for your car.
19. Frenzic
Frenzic is another fun puzzle game for the iPhone.
20. Snow Reports
Snow Reports shows the latest snow reports from ski mountains worldwide. It shows information such as amounts of snow, weather reports, trail information and lift reports.
21. Bottle Rocket
Bottle Rocket is a development studio that has numerous applications, including games and helpful tools. One of these is Voice Recorder, which allows you to take voice notes.
22. Mustache
Mustache is another great development firm with three awesome apps, including an application to help users quit smoking, a Twitter search tool and a March Madness application.
23. Tweetie
Tweetie is a fully featured Twitter client and one of the top apps to manage your Twitter account.
24. Evernote for iPhone
Evernote is an application that helps you remember things by allowing you to create notes, take photo notes, record a voice memo and more.
25. Fieldrunners
Fieldrunners is a strategy game with stunning graphics, developed exclusively for the iPhone.
26. 1Password
This application saves and stores passwords to make logging into websites easier. It also synchronizes your passwords with the Mac version.
27. Firetask
Firetask is yet another task manager application. You can manage projects and due dates, along with many other features.
28. FileMagnet
FileMagnet enables users to move files from their computer to their iPhone very easily. You can copy files quickly, and it is cross-platform compatible.
29. Where To?
Where To? is an application that helps you find businesses based on your location.
30. Sketches
Sketches makes it easy for you take notes and sketch on the iPhone.
31. Tipulator
Tipulator does a great job at calculating tips. You can calculate a tip based on total cost, percent and number of people.
32. ShareCard
ShareCard is an easy way to move contact information to and from your iPhone/iPod touch and to other iPhones through email.
33. Parablox
Parablos is a fun and interactive puzzle game.
34. Pharos IV Assualt
A shooter game for the iPhone and iPod touch.
35. Noter2
Noter2 lets you sync your iPhone with the Noter Mac application. It allows you to easily create quick notes.
36. Real Soccer 2009
This is a fun and realistic soccer game for the iPhone.
37. Zumobi
Zumobi is a development firm with many iPhone apps.
38. FlightTrack Pro
A great app that helps you track your flights, check flight status around the world, check airport weather, and more.
39. Shooter
This is a tactical game based off the movie Shooter.
40. Monopoly
EA Mobile has a Monopoly application for the iPhone.
Which ones do you use? Can you recommend other great websites for iPhone applications like these?
Source : Webdesign Depot
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