DUBAI, OCT 24: Pakistan take on India in the much-awaited ICC Men’s T20 World Cup Super 12 Group ‘2’ fixture at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium.
Babar Azam’s men will look to break India’s 100% win record against Pakistan at World Cups.
Pakistan need 152 runs to win.
DUBAI, OCT 24: Pakistan take on India in the 16th match of the T20 World Cup 2021 at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium tonight. The match is scheduled to start at 7pm. Ball-by-ball live score updates for the match appear in this thread.
Pakistan: 1 Babar Azam (capt) 2 Mohammad Rizwan (wk) 3 Fakhar Zaman 4 Mohammad Hafeez 5 Shoaib Malik 6 Asif Ali 7 Shadab Khan 8 Imad Wasim 9 Hasan Ali 10 Haris Rauf 11 Shaheen Shah Afridi
India: 1 KL Rahul 2 Rohit Sharma 3 Virat Kohli (capt) 4 Suryakumar Yadav 5 Rishabh Pant (wk) 6 Hardik Pandya 7 Ravindra Jadeja 8 Bhuvneshwar Kumar 9 Varun Chakravarthy 10 Mohammed Shami 11 Jasprit Bumrah.
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Steven Yi, President of Huawei Middle East, says that extending the
gains of digitization will require a greater push on talent development,
strengthening cybersecurity resilience, and expanding 5G applications
ISLAMABAD, OCT 24: As more industries across the Middle East embrace digital transformation, a focus on collaborative development will be pivotal to extending the gains achieved to date, according to Huawei’s top executive in the region.
Steven Yi, the recently appointed President of Huawei Middle East, spoke with journalists from around the region on the sidelines of the GITEX Global 2021 summit held recently in Dubai, UAE.
The executive noted how many governments and enterprises in the Middle East today have benefited greatly from being at the forefront of emerging technologies—be it 5G commercial deployments, adopting cloud capabilities, designing intelligent city infrastructure, and more.
In cloud alone, approximately 81% of enterprises globally now use cloud-based applications, with Yi wanting to extend these benefits to countries in the Middle East. Huawei recently announced investing USD15 million to support cloud-oriented ecosystem development, talent cultivation, and start-ups in the region.
“In the past two years, the development of new technologies and the new normal under the pandemic has accelerated the advent of a digital world,” said Yi.
The executive spoke on how that spirit of collaboration in the ICT domain can open new windows of socio-economic progress in line with countries’ national development agendas. Yet it will also take a concerted effort to drive digitalization in ways that will create value for all.
“Openness and globalization are irreversible trends. Almost every country has now formulated its national strategies. Technologies such as 5G, cloud, and AI will greatly benefit the Middle East not only in growing the digital economy, but improving the quality of people's lives,” noted Yi.
In this regard, Huawei has openly collaborated with government entities to contribute to their national visions and enable the development of their ICT ecosystems. As a result, Yi confirmed that the company’s business has continued to grow in the region.
Though we are living in a digital age, Yi acknowledged that some are still left behind and are unable to benefit from emerging technology and the opportunities that it provides. Meanwhile, the UN has estimated that 68% of the world’s population will live in urban areas by 2050, putting pressure on cities themselves to move towards more intelligent management and connectivity.
“Talent is the cornerstone for a digital economy. While each Middle East country has different plans for different situations, talent cultivation must be our long-term strategy,” commented Yi.The executive cited how Huawei alone plans to train 100,000 ICT talent across the Middle East over the next three years, working with local universities and relevant organizations and governments.
In addition to growing the local talent pool, Yi recognized how the sustainable development of the sector would require advancing open, transparent, and secure networks.
“We call on all parties to cooperate in fields such as governance architecture, standards, and verification, sharing successful practices so as to enhance the trust and confidence of the society as a whole,” added Yi. “Cybersecurity is really a technical issue, and it needs technical solutions based on verifiable facts and objective methods.”
The launch of a 5G security working group earlier this year within the Organization of the Islamic Cooperation – Computer Emergency Response Team (OIC-CERT) is just one example of such collaboration.
In addition to being a member of OIC-CERT, Huawei is one of the first telecommunication vendors to have its 5G equipment audited, tested, and certified under GSMA’s NESAS/SCAS scheme, while contributing to developments of 3GPP’s security specifications.
Touching on 5G specifically, Yi reaffirmed that 5G deployments have been “quite successful” in the Middle East to date, with the number of 5G subscribers in GCC countries estimated to exceed 10 million by the end of 2021. “Traffic is growing rapidly in the Middle East.
Since the pandemic, industry digitization and online business have gained strong momentum. The next important step in 5G development is 5GtoB – applying 5G technologies to all industries,” concluded Yi.
The benefits of developing local talent, strengthening cybersecurity frameworks, and expanding 5G applications are further detailed in a new Huawei Intelligent World 2030 report, which provides a glimpse of what the world will look like in 2030 in healthcare, food, living spaces, transportation, cities, enterprises, energy, and digital trust.
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PM Imran gives 1992 World Cup winning tips to Babar Azam for today’s match against India
DUBAI, OCT 24: Skipper Babar Azam has said Pakistan's Prime Minister Imran Khan -- who led the country to victory in the 1992 World Cup -- had shared his experiences with the team.
"The Prime Minister met us before our departure and shared his experiences of the 1992 win and told us to play aggressive and fearless cricket against India."
Pakistan have lost all seven
World Cup (50 over) clashes against India as well as five games in the Twenty20
World Cup and start as 'underdogs'.
Exuding confidence, Babar
stressed that the past is irrelevant to his players.
"To be honest, what has
passed is beyond us," Babar told a virtual media conference on Saturday,
as both nations buzzed in anticipation of a thrilling match.
"We want to use our ability
and confidence on the day of the match so that we can get a better result.
"Records are meant to be broken."
The tickets for the match were
sold out within hours of going on sale after the United Arab Emirate government
allowed a 70 percent crowd for the Twenty20 World Cup matches in a relaxation
of the Covid-19 restrictions.
The South Asian nuclear rivals
have only played in multi-national events like the World Cups and the Champions
Trophy as strained relations have stalled bilateral cricket since 2007.
Pakistan did tour India in 2012
for five limited over matches but ties were not fully resumed as the two
nations continued to be at loggerheads over multiple issues, with the disputed
region of Kashmir and terrorism heading the list.
Babar admitted it will be a match full of intensity.
"The matches between
Pakistan and India are always full of intensity so we need to perform well in
all three departments of the game," said Babar.
The second round matches -- Super
12 Stage -- start on Saturday with Australia taking on South Africa in Abu
Dhabi while defending champions the West Indies face England in Dubai in the
evening match in Group 1.
Bangladesh and Sri Lanka are the
other two teams in the Group.
Former champions India and
Pakistan are placed in Group 2 along with New Zealand, Afghanistan and Scotland
and Namibia, who both came through the qualifying stage.
Babar announced 12 for the match
with hard-hitters Haider Ali and Asif Ali competing to make the final eleven.
"The boys are excited to
play the World Cup and we have a crucial match on Sunday," said Babar, who
will be leading Pakistan for the first time in a senior World Cup match.
"A winning impact is
necessary and then we will go match by match."
Babar said Pakistan's Prime
Minister Imran Khan -- who led the country to victory in the 1992 World Cup --
had shared his experiences with the team.
"The Prime Minister met us
before our departure and shared his experiences of the 1992 win and told us to
play aggressive and fearless cricket against India."
Earlier this week, India won both their warm-up matches, beating England and Australia while Pakistan beat the West Indies but lost to South Africa.
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OSLO, OCT 24: With international travel to the US finally being officially back on the table from November, Norwegians can look forward to a direct route taking them straight from Bergen to New Jersey’s Newark airport in 2022.
United Airlines will be flying the new route three times a week from May 20, 2022.
According to the airline, next year marks “the largest transatlantic expansion in its history.”
In addition to Norway’s second-largest city Bergen, the airline will fly from Newark, USA, to Ponta Delgada in the Azores Islands, Palma de Mallorca, Spain, and Tenerife in the Canary Islands. United has also introduced a new route from Washington DC, USA to Amman, Jordan.
United Airlines will also be adding new routes to existing European destinations, with senior vice president of international network and alliances at the company Patrick Quayle saying:
“Given our big expectations for a rebound in travel to Europe for summer, this is the right time to leverage our leading global network in new, exciting ways.”
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BAKU, OCT 24: The liberation of Karabakh is one of the biggest achievements of the Turkic world in recent times, Anadolu Agency's director general said on Saturday.
Addressing a panel at the Turkic
Council Media Forum, Serdar Karagöz said the last such achievement was in
Cyprus in 1974.
"The second achievement was
in Karabakh. We didn't just gain land. I think Karabakh is a 'founding'
victory," he said. "This is a step toward the establishment of a
union. With the victory of Karabakh, our institutions, media, news agencies,
universities, academics, we all had the pleasure of working together ... and this
will open new doors for us."
He added: "The victory was
not only achieved on the ground, but also on the communication front ..."
"We should not let Karabakh
to be forgotten," said the head of Turkey's top news source, adding that
the Karabakh war lasted for 44 days but there was no prominent coverage of the
conflict and occupation of Azerbaijani lands in Western and Eastern media.
But "we kept referring as
'the occupied lands' in media from Turkey, Azerbaijan and the Turkic
world," he asserted.
He said Anadolu Agency and
Turkey's public broadcaster TRT's international channels broadcast Armenia's
aggression to the world.
Karagoz expressed his desire to
make the Association of Turkic Speaking News Agencies (TKA), which was
established in 2008, more active.
In this regard, he said, they are
planning to convene the TKA general assembly in the first quarter of 2022 in Turkey's
resort city of Antalya.
"We intend to create a
common news pool with all our members coming together again. The stronger our
institutions are, the stronger our messages will be ... I consider this meeting
to be held in Antalya as an opportunity. We will not only invite agencies of
our member countries, but also intellectuals, journalists, academics and
politicians ... We will create the biggest news pool of the Turkic world
there," he said.
LIBERATION OF KARABAKH
Relations between the former
Soviet republics of Azerbaijan and Armenia have been tense since 1991, when the
Armenian military occupied Nagorno-Karabakh, also known as Upper Karabakh, a
territory internationally recognized as part of Azerbaijan, and seven adjacent
regions.
When new clashes erupted on Sept.
27, 2020, the Armenian army launched attacks on civilians and Azerbaijani
forces, and violated humanitarian cease-fire agreements.
During the six-week conflict,
Azerbaijan liberated several cities and nearly 300 settlements and villages
from the nearly three-decade occupation.
It ended after the two countries signed a Russia-brokered agreement to end the fighting, and work toward a comprehensive resolution.
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DUBAI, OCT 24: Adil Rashid returned figures of 4-2 to set up a six-wicket victory for England after they dismissed defending champions West Indies for a paltry 55 at the Twenty20 World Cup on Saturday.
West Indies rattled England’s top order before Jos Buttler (24) and skipper Eoin Morgan (7) took the team home in 8.2 overs in Dubai.
Left-arm spinner Akeal Hosein took two wickets and Moeen Ali was run out, but the target proved too meagre to challenge England.
Moeen opened the bowling for England with his off-spin and made an instant impact, first with a sharp running catch to remove Evin Lewis. He then got the wicket of Lendl Simmons.
Pace bowler Tymal Mills claimed two wickets including Chris Gayle, the only batsman to make double figures with his 13, as West Indies crumbled in a poor batting performance from the two-time champions.
Rashid entered the attack with West Indies on 44-6 and bowled the big-hitting Andre Russell for nought. He took two more wickets in successive balls in his next over and then wrapped up the innings.
He returned outstanding figures of 4-2 from his 2.2 overs of leg-spin.
West Indies avoided their worst T20 total of 45 against the same opposition in 2019.
The two sides met five years after their clash in the 2016 final in Kolkata when Carlos Brathwaite hit Ben Stokes for four straight sixes in the last over.
But with Saturday’s crushing performance, England have fired a warning to their rivals in the seventh edition of T20’s showpiece event.
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BISHKEK, OCT 23: Kyrgyzstan is
becoming the latest buyer of renowned Turkish combat drones in an effort to rev
up its defense industry capabilities, a senior official announced.
Kamchybek Tashiev, the deputy
prime minister of Kyrgyzstan and chairperson of the State Committee for
National Security, said they placed an order to buy Turkish drone magnate
Baykar-made Bayraktar TB2 unmanned combat aerial vehicles (UCAVs).
The Central Asian nation will be
taking the delivery of the drones soon, Tashiev told reporters.
“We purchase military equipment
to boost our troops. The relevant funds have been already allocated from the
budget. Turkey is currently constructing Bayraktar drones for us,” he noted.
Noting that a limited number of
countries in the world possess Turkish armed drones, Tashiev said “Kyrgyzstan
will be one of them.”
The Bayraktar TB2 is a
medium-altitude long-endurance aerial vehicle capable of remotely controlled or
autonomous flight operations. It is manufactured by one of the leading Turkish
defense companies Baykar.
“The drones will soon arrive in
our country,” Tashiev said. He noted that Bishkek also purchased Orlan-10
drones from Russia.
Kyrgyzstan’s purchase comes amid
growing interest in the Turkish UCAVs after their successful use in
international conflicts.
Earlier this week, Turkey
announced Angola had requested to acquire its drones, a week after it was
reported to have expanded the export of the aerial vehicles by negotiating
deals with Morocco and Ethiopia.
This was followed by a statement
from Industry and Technology Minister Mustafa Varank, who also last week said
Turkey had presented options to the U.K., which is “very interested” in buying
Turkish-made armed drones.
Ukraine and Turkey’s NATO partner
Poland have also ordered the UCAVs, which military experts say are cheaper than
market rivals made in Israel, China and the United States.
The Bayraktar TB2 entered the
Turkish army’s inventory in 2014 and is currently used by several other
countries including Qatar and Azerbaijan.
The cutting-edge vehicles were
effectively used over the years in cross-border counterterror military
operations such as Euphrates Shield, Olive Branch and Spring Shield to liberate
areas near the Syrian border from terrorist groups.
Turkish drones are also said to have played a crucial role in last year’s six-week conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan.
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MOSCOW, OCT 23: Russia's defence
minister accused NATO on Saturday of gradually gathering forces near Russia's
borders and being unwilling to discuss European security with Moscow on equal
terms, Interfax news agency reported.
Shoigu's comments were the latest
sign of mounting tension between Russia and NATO after defence ministers from
the Western alliance agreed on a new plan on Thursday to defend against any
potential Russian attack on multiple fronts.
Germany's defence minister
described the plan as "the way of deterrence" but the Kremlin said on
Friday that the plan showed Moscow had been right to cut ties with NATO. Russia
shut its diplomatic mission to NATO and the alliance's mission in Moscow this
week after NATO expelled eight Russians accused of spying.
"NATO is gradually gathering
forces near our borders amid calls for military deterrence of Russia,"
Interfax quoted Shoigu as saying in a statement, without giving details.
"The German defence minister
(Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer) must know really well how a similar thing ended up
for Germany and Europe," he added in an apparent reference to World War
Two.
He said security in Europe must
be mutual and must not infringe on Russia's interests.
"But it is NATO that is not ready for an equal dialogue on this issue," he said. "Moreover, the implementation of NATO's 'deterrence' plan in Afghanistan has ended up in a disaster, which the whole world is now dealing with."
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DUBAI, OCT 23: Australia have defeated South Africa by five wickets in a low-scoring thriller during group one’s opening match of ICC Men’s T20 World Cup.
The Aussies chased down the total of 119 for the loss of five wickets with Marcus Stoinis hitting 10 in the final over, bowled by Dwaine Pretorius.
Australia dominated South Africa after skipper Aaron Finch opted to bowl first. Surprisingly, they dropped left-arm spinner Ashton Agar but it didn’t hamper them as Glenn Maxwell stepped up with his off-spin.
Maxwell rattled stumps of Proteas’ skipper Temba Bavuma in second over of the match. Bavuma (12), who hit two fours off Mitchell Starc’s first over, missed a straighter one.
Josh Hazlewood created further havoc for South Africa by removing in-form Rassie van der Dussen (2). Soon after, wicketkeeper Quinton de Kock (7) was dismissed in an unusual fashion as he tried to scoop Hazlewood’s back-of-a-length delivery, which hit his thigh-pad and bounced back onto the stumps.
South Africa looked to rebuild with Aiden Markram and Heinrich Klaasen but the partnership didn’t last long as Pat Cummins picked his first wicket. Klassen (13) looked to play on the left side but a leading edge took the ball straight to Steve Smith.
Markram tried to bat deep with other batters but Adam Zampa’s double-strike and Keshav Maharaj’s run out troubled his efforts.
Markram played a handy knock of 40 in 36 balls, powered by three fours and a six while Kagiso Rabada chipped in with 23-ball 19 to take Proteas total to 118/9.
Starc, Hazlewood and Zampa bagged two each for Australia.
In reply, Australia lost their opening pair of Finch (0) and David Warner (14) inside the powerplay. Mitchell Marsh (11) was the next man to walk back as he tried to take on Maharaj, he was caught at the deep mid-wicket by Van der Dussen.
Smith and Maxwell paired up for the fourth wicket to provide some stability to the chase but Proteas made a comeback with two quick dismissals.
Smith connected well for a pull shot but Markram ran and executed a perfect full-stretched dive to complete the catch. The right-hander scored 35 off 34 with the help of three fours. Maxwell fell cheaply as he tried to switch hit Tabraiz Shamsi but missed it completely. He made 18 off 21.
South Africa’s joy of sensing a win was ended by wicketkeeper Matthew Wade and Marcus Stoinis as they took their side home with an unbeaten stand of 40.
Anrich Nortje was pick of the bowlers for South Africa as he bagged figures of 2/21 in four overs.
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DUBAI, OCT 23: News from the center is that Australia have won the toss and captain Aaron Finch has decided to bowl first.
OUT! Mitchel March went back to the dressing room after scoring just 11.
AUS 38-3 (7.5 Overs)
At the end of the powerplay Australia 33-2 (6 Overs)
