A photo
of Mahindra Dhoni, Hardik Pandya & KL Rahul on the streets of
Southampton.
World
Cup is hotting up ~ after that drubbing against West Indies, Pakis were on low
.. .. or so one thought ! – but the score card reads : Pakistan 348 for 8
(Hafeez 84, Babar 63, Sarfaraz 55, Moeen 3-50, Woakes 3-71) beat England 334
for 9 (Root 107, Buttler 103, Wahab 3-82) by 14 runs
A
hundred from Joe Root, the first in this World Cup. A hundred from Jos Buttler,
at 75 balls the fifth fastest in the history of the World Cup. The disadvantage
of losing the toss and being asked to set a target in these quixotic ODI times.
The pressure of coming into this game on the back of a hammering at the same
ground three days ago (not to mention 11 successive defeats in the format).
Pakistan looked cornered, for sure, but they produced the old tiger routine at
Trent Bridge to emerge bloodied but unbowed against the hosts and favourites.
And, more crucially, with two World Cup points in their pocket. Wahab
Riaz's 3 for 82 would barely have qualified as respectable a decade ago, but
his changes of pace at the end ensured England would not wag their way to a
last-gasp victory (as well as accounting for Jonny Bairstow at the top of the
order). It was a sensational match alive till the penultimate over .. ..
You
might have read about the ‘the Supermarine Spitfire’ a
British single-seat fighter aircraft which was used by the Royal Air Force
and allied countries during the Second World
War. It was designed as a short-range, high-performance interceptor
aircraft.
Tomorrow - India play South Africa at Rose Bowl which is in Southampton,
England. It is home ground of Hampshire. Southampton is
the largest city in the county of Hampshire on the south coast of England,
situated 120 kilometres (75 mi) south-west of London and 30 kilometres (19 mi)
north-west of Portsmouth. Southampton is one of the UK’s busiest and
most important ports, and a principal driver in the regional economy. It
handles in excess of 42 million tonnes of cargo annually – or around seven per
cent of the UK’s entire seaborne trade – and is the main gateway for Far East
imports. The port is also widely recognised as the capital of the country’s
cruise industry, and each year more and more cruise liners take advantage of
Southampton’s superb cruise terminals.
Hampshire is a county on the southern
coast of England. The county town of Hampshire is Winchester, the former
capital city of England. Hampshire is notable for housing the birthplaces of
the Royal Navy, British Army, and Royal Air Force. Hampshire has a long
maritime history and two of England's largest ports, Portsmouth and
Southampton, lie on its coast. The county is famed as home of such writers as
Jane Austen and Charles Dickens. Gordon Greenidge, Andy Roberts, Malcolm
Marshall, Chaminda Vaas, Michaele Clarke, Shane Bond, Wasim akram, Glenn
Maxwell are some of the famous overseas players to have played for Hampshire.
The city
is deeply connected to the Cunard Line and their fleet of ships, which are the
only passenger vessels to be registered here (having "Southampton" on
the stern). In the spring of 2009, a fourth Cruise Terminal was opened in
Southampton and Carnival Corporation & plc moved the headquarters of
Carnival UK to Southampton. Many of the world's largest cruise
ships regularly can be seen in Southampton Waters.
Ironically,
RMS Titanic (of the movie fame) – a passenger liner that struck an iceberg on
its maiden voyage was built and launched from
Southampton. In Mar 1936, the prototype
(K5054) took off on its first flight from Eastleigh Aerodrome (later
Southampton Airport). At the controls was Captain Joseph "Mutt"
Summers, chief test pilot for Vickers (Aviation) Ltd., who was reported in the
press as saying "Don't touch anything" on landing – and that was that
of the ‘super marine spitfire’.
The only Q uppermost in
mind of Cricket lovers is – what will be the combination today and will India
start their campaign with a good win ! ~ all the best
With regards – S.
Sampathkumar
4th June 2019 @
0800 am.
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