Canada Global (Web News) Star batter Babar Azam has reached the 6,000-run milestone in one-day international (ODI) cricket.
He equaled Hashim Amla’s record as the fastest player to achieve this feat, accomplishing it in just 123 innings.
Babar also set a new record as the fastest Asian player to reach 6,000 runs, surpassing Virat Kohli, who previously held the record after reaching the mark in 136 innings.
The former captain is now the 11th Pakistani batter to achieve this milestone, joining an elite group that includes Inzamam-ul-Haq, Mohammad Yousuf, Saeed Anwar, Shahid Afridi, Shoaib Malik, Javed Miandad, Younis Khan, Saleem Malik, Mohammad Hafeez, and Ejaz Ahmed.
He reached this landmark with his 10th run during the Tri-Nation Series final against New Zealand at Karachi Stadium.
Canada Global (Web News) New Zealand has announced a 15-member squad for the 5-match T20I series against Pakistan.
According to New Zealand Cricket, Kane Williamson, Finn Allen, Mark Chapman and Josh Clarkson will be included in New Zealand’s 15-member squad for the 5-match T20 series against Pakistan. , Matt Henry, Adam Milne and Daryl Mitchell are also named.
Glenn Phillips, Mitchell Santner, Ben Sears, Tim Seifert, Ash Sodhi and Tim Southee will also be part of the Kiwi team. According to New Zealand Cricket, Matt Henry and Lockie Ferguson have returned to the Kiwi team, but captain Kane Williamson and Lockie Ferguson are all five. Will not play the match. Kane Williamson will not play the third match of the 5-match series, Josh Clarkson will participate in the third match in place of Williamson, Mitchell Santner will captain the third match in the absence of Kane Williamson.
Ben Sears will replace Lockie Ferguson in the first two matches while Trent Boult and Jimmy Neesham will miss the series due to league commitments. According to New Zealand Cricket, Kyle Jamieson and Michael Bracewell are not fully fit while Richen Rondra has been rested for the series. Note that the T20Is between Pakistan and New Zealand will be played on January 12, 14, 17, 19 and 21.
Canada Global (Web News) Pakistan women’s cricket team won the first T20 series against the Kiwis with a historic victory in New Zealand.
In the second women’s T20 match, Pakistan defeated New Zealand by 10 runs to take a decisive lead of 2 zero in the 3-match series. In response to Pakistan’s 137 runs, the New Zealand team scored 127 runs. K Fatima Sana defended 17 runs in the last over.
The national women’s team scored 137 runs for 6 wickets, Alia Riaz remained not out with 32 runs, Muniba Ali scored 35 runs. In response, the New Zealand team scored 127 runs for 7 wickets, Fatima Sana scored 3 runs and Sadia Iqbal scored 3 runs. Got 2 wickets. New Zealand’s Georgia Pymer scored 28 runs while Hannah Rowe scored 33 runs. The third and final T20 match of the series will be played on December 9.
Canada Global(Web News) Uganda has qualified for the T20 World Cup 2024. Uganda will be participating in any ICC World Cup event for the first time and will be the fifth African country to participate in the World Cup.
Uganda defeated Tanzania, Zimbabwe, Nigeria, Rwanda and Kenya in the qualifying round and before losing to Namibia, the Rwandan players were delighted to have qualified for the ICC World Cup for the first time and celebrated the achievement. That T20 World Cup 2024 will be hosted by West Indies and USA.
The format of this tournament will be different from the previous two editions where 20 teams will be divided into four groups of five each for the first round. According to ICC, the top two teams from each group will qualify for the Super 8. The Super 8 teams will be divided into two groups of four each, with the top two teams from each group advancing to the semi-finals. The lineup of all 20 teams for the T20 World Cup 2024 has been finalized. The teams participating in the tournament include Australia, England, India, Netherlands, New Zealand, Pakistan, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Canada, Nepal, Oman, Papua New Guinea, Ireland, Scotland, Namibia, Uganda. are . West Indies and USA teams will be part of the tournament as hosts.
Canada Global(Web News) Babar Azam’s captaincy has ended after India’s defeat in the ICC World Cup 2023. According to sources, Test, ODI and T20 captain Babar Azam will now play as a player.
Sources say that if Babar Azam resigns from the captaincy, the board will accept it. As another option, the board has decided to remove Babar Azam from the captaincy.
According to sources, Shan Masood is a strong candidate to be the Test captain in Australia tour, while Shaheen Afridi is a strong candidate for T20 leadership in New Zealand tour.
Sources say that Shaheen Afridi will captain Pakistan in the 2024 ICC World T20.
Under Babar Azam’s captaincy, Pakistan could not win any ICC or Asian Cricket Council titles.
It should be noted that in the ongoing Cricket World Cup in India, the Pakistani team could not make it to the semi-finals and had to face defeat in 5 out of 9 matches.
Canada Global (Web News) Pakistan was declared the winner in the 35th match of the ICC One Day World Cup. Earlier, in response to New Zealand’s target of 402 runs, they scored 160 runs for the loss of one wicket, but the match was stopped due to rain. Accordingly, Pakistan had to score 342 runs in 41 overs.
Earlier, Pakistan scored 160 runs for one wicket in 21.3 overs, New Zealand scored 133 runs for one wicket in 21 overs, Pakistan was ahead by 10 runs on Duckworth-Louis method.
It should be noted that today’s important match is being played in the city of Bengaluru in the Indian state of Karnataka. When Pakistan started batting, its first wicket fell for 11 runs and Abdullah Shafiq returned to the pavilion after scoring only 4 runs. After one wicket. Babar Azam and Fakhar Zaman took the crease and Fakhar Zaman moved the Kiwis batsman well. Fakhar Zaman scored his 11th career century with 9 sixes and 6 fours off 63 balls for Pakistan in the World Cup. Has the fastest century.
New Zealand’s innings:
The New Zealand team scored 401 runs for the loss of six wickets in the allotted 50 overs, opener Richan Ravinder played an innings of 108 runs, captain Kane Williamson was dismissed for 95 runs while opener Dion Conway 35, Daryl Mitchell 29, Mark Chapp Man 39, Glenn Phillips was out for 41. Mitchell Santner was not out with 26 and Tom Latham with 2 runs.
Talking after the toss, Pakistan cricket team captain Babar Azam said that we bowled well in the previous matches, a change has been made in the team, fast bowler Hasan Ali has been included in place of spinner Osama Mir. But New Zealand captain Kane Williamson said that he will try to give a good target, 2 changes have been made in the team. This match is very important for both Pakistan and New Zealand teams, both to qualify for the semi-finals. This match must be won.
Canada Global (Web News) The national team did not get out of the tournament even after losing 4 matches, but all its hopes are now linked to the results of other teams.
To reach the semi-finals, first Pakistan has to win their remaining three matches and that too by a good margin. It should be clear that Pakistan now has to play matches against Bangladesh, New Zealand and England in the tournament. Along with winning, one has to pray that the New Zealand team loses against Pakistan as well as South Africa and Sri Lanka.
If this happens, then Pakistan will have 10 points and New Zealand will have 8 points, but on the other hand, the result of Sri Lanka will also be in the eyes of Pakistan. Sri Lanka now has to play Afghanistan, India, Bangladesh and New Zealand. The Lankan team has to beat New Zealand but only win one match against India, Bangladesh and Afghanistan.
Because if Sri Lanka wins 3 out of remaining 4 matches then they will also get 10 points. If New Zealand wins even one of the 3 matches, they will also get 10 points, in such a situation Pakistan will depend heavily on net run rate. In the current situation of the tournament, Pakistan’s hopes are still intact and to keep this hope alive till the end, it is necessary for Pakistan to show bravery in the upcoming matches.
Canada Global(Web News) In the ICC ODI World Cup, Australia defeated New Zealand by 5 runs after an interesting match.
In the match played at the Himachal Pradesh Stadium in Dharamsala, Australia batted first and set New Zealand a mountain-like target of 389 runs for victory. Could not, the Kiwi team scored 383 runs for the loss of 9 wickets. Earlier, New Zealand won the toss and decided to bowl, then the entire Australian team collapsed for 388 runs in 49.2 overs. Travis Head was the top scorer for Australia with 109 runs, besides David Warner 81, Mitchell Marsh 36, Steven Smith and Marnus Labuchin 18, Glenn Maxwell scored 41 runs. Josh Ingles played an innings of 38 runs, skipper Pat Cummins 37, Mitchell Starc one and Adam Zampa got out for zero. New Zealand’s Trent Boult and Glenn Phillips three each, Mitchell Santner two and Matt Henry and James Neesham took one wicket each.
Canada Global (Web News) New Zealand’s government said it will introduce a law that would allow major online digital companies such as Alphabet Inc ( GOOGL.O ), Google and Meta Platforms Inc ( META.O ). New Zealand media companies will need to pay.
Broadcasting Minister Willie Jackson said in a statement that the law would be modeled after similar laws in Australia and Canada, and he hoped it would help digital platforms reach deals with local news outlets. will act as an incentive.
“New Zealand’s news media, particularly small regional and community newspapers, are struggling to remain financially viable as more advertising takes place online,” Jackson said. “It’s important that those who are benefiting from their news content actually pay for it.”
The new legislation will go to a vote in Parliament where a majority of the ruling Labor Party will approve it.
Australia introduced a law in 2021 that gave the government the power to allow internet companies to negotiate content supply deals with media outlets.
Canada Global (Web News) The Christchurch terror attack video that was recently uploaded and doing the rounds on Twitter has been requested to be taken down by the New Zealand authorities.
Twitter fails to detect:
The videos were shot by the Australian white supremacist who slaughtered 51 Muslim worshipers in two Christchurch mosques in 2019. Twitter originally failed to recognise the videos as being harmful. The clips reappeared on Saturday after being uploaded by certain Twitter users, according to UK newspaper The Guardian.
The government brought up the matter with the social media business as a result of the action. Prime Minister Jacinda Arden’s spokeswoman claimed that Twitter’s automated reporting system did not identify the information as harmful.
Twitter informed us overnight that the clips had been removed and promised to search for other occurrences, according to a statement from Arden’s office.
The terrorist broadcast his manifesto and his attacks live on several social media sites in 2019.
Following the incident, Arden started the Christchurch Call campaign to urge social media firms to combat online extremism and false information. Jack Dorsey, the creator of Twitter, supported the effort.
Twitter fails to detect newly uploaded videos of terror attack
Despite Twitter’s assurance to the New Zealand government that it will continue to help the Christchurch Call community, Arden noted that the removal of malicious content was a matter for which “time will tell.”
According to Arden, who spoke to the media on Monday afternoon, “We will continue to maintain our expectation that Twitter does everything they can on a daily basis to remove such content and also minimise terrorist content and violent extremist information online.”
Arden stated earlier this month at a symposium on national security, fake news, and online extremism that Twitter has been “a highly constructive partner to far” in the Christchurch Call campaign. Nevertheless, she claimed that since Elon Musk took control of the business, the relationship is in “new territory.”
The founder of Twitter, Elon Musk, was exhorted by Arden to “hold resolutely to the principle of transparency” since social media is “a force for democracy, a force for connection, and a force for good.” But they can also cause a great deal of harm if used improperly.
The network has been struggling to control offensive content and racist comments in the run-up to the World Cup under Musk’s new management, which has resulted in the firing of hundreds of content moderators and human rights teams.
Canada Global (Web News) Pakistan defeated New Zealand in the semi-final.
New Zealand’s captain won the toss and decided to bat first. Pakistan played excellent bowling and restricted New Zealand to just 152 runs. Scored, Pakistan also showed good performance in batting and finished the match before five balls. Now Pakistan will face England or India in the final.
Celebrations are being held all over the country after Pakistan won the match.
