Kemar Roach Guided West Indies to a Commanding Win over Netherlands

Pacer Kemar Roach’s six wickets including a hat-trick guided West Indies to a 215-run victory in a group match of the World Cup Cricket 2011 in Delhi on Monday.

Winning the toss Netherlands sent West Indies to bat first. The Caribbean side put 330 runs on the scoreboard losing 8 wickets after 50 overs thanks to three half-centuries from Chris Gayle, Devon Smith and Kieron Pollard. In reply, Netherlands got all out for 115 runs after 31.3 overs with Roach finishing 6 for 27.

West Indies got a good start as the two openers- Smith and Gayle- brought 100 runs in the opening partnership. Gayle scored 80 runs, while Smith got out for 53. Pollard then played a blistering innings of 60 off just 27 balls, hitting five 4s and four 6s. Seelar took 3 wickets for the Dutch side.

Except Tom Cooper, who scored 55 off 72 balls, no other Canadian batsmen showed any resistance against the Caribbean bowlers. Besides Roach’s 6 wickets, Benn also picked up 3 wickets for West Indies.

Kemar Roach got the man of the match award for his match winning bowling performance.

Zimbabwe Defeated Canada by 175 Runs in World Cup Cricket 2011

Zimbabwe clinched a 175-run victory over Canada today at Nagpur in India in a group A match of the ongoing ICC World Cup 2011. Batting first, Zimbabwe scored 298 runs losing 9 wickets after 50 overs. In reply, Canada got all out only for 123 runs after 42.1 overs.

Zimbabwe did not have a good start as they lost 2 wickets at 7, but Tatenda Taibu and Craig Ervine led Zimbabwe towards a big total, adding 181 runs for the third wicket. Taibu fell just 2 short of his hundred off Balaji Rao and Ervine scored 85 runs. After that Williams’ 30, Cremer’s 26 and Utseya’s 22 guided Zimbabwe to 298 runs. Balaji Rao picked up 4 wickets for Canada.

Chasing big total, Canadian batsmen could not show any resistance against the Zimbabwean bowlers. Gunasekera’s 24 was the highest score in Canada’s innings. Raymond Price and Graeme Cremer shared 3 wickets each for Zimbabwe.

Tatenda Taibu was adjudged man of the match for his match winning innings.

China will have 150 million 3G Internet users by the end of 2011

China introduced 3G network in May 2008 and after three years the country is seeing a major growth in the number of 3G users. According to the statistics of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) there were more than 50 million 3G users in China and the ministry expects the number to grow up to 150 million by the end of 2011.

According to the statistics of China Mobile, the largest network carrier in the region, in January it had 22.6 million 3G users in January. The carrier is expected to active 12.2 million 3G cell phones this year. With the potential of mobile apps and app stores, the carrier also launched its own app store called Mobile Market.

China Unicom is reported to have 15.47 million 3G subscribers in January. On February 24, 2011, the carrier said that the number of its 3G subscribers increased by 27.6 percent to 2.34 million in January 2011 compared to December. It will also launch its new line of 3G cell phones called Wophone. The carrier will launch its own store on February 28, 2011. The apps would run on Google Android OS.

China Telecom, another Chinese telecom giant said that it will launch Apple iPhone 4 in the region and offer “customized services” to establish itself in the youth market. In January 2011, the carrier had 13.64 million 3G subscribers.

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Earning Money by Blogging is not Easy at All

I have been professionally blogging for the last 5 years and I have witnessed tremendous success and failures, ups and downs in the last 5 years. Now, after a long break of almost two years (mostly due to illness), I am trying to come back to the job earning money online through blogging. It is not that I have to start again from scratch but I am finding it difficult to start again.

I am finding again that it is difficult to get back good traffic for even one of my blogs. I am also worried about earning money. In fact, to some extend I feel helpless although having 5 years of experience. I have read vastly about blogging in the last 5 years.

Well, now, I realize that earning money by blogging is not easy at all but unless I try my best nothing will change and nothing will happen. So, I am going to be back to my full efforts from now. From the past experience, I know very well that it is better to try for just one blog instead of several blogs. So, I am going to try my best from now. 

No Worry for Indian Team for Virender Sehwag Injury ahead of England Match

Indian team is preparing to take on England in Bangalore this Sunday in their second match of the ongoing World Cup Cricket 2011. Today morning news surfaced in the Indian media suggest an injury for in-form Indian opener Virender Sehwag who played a magnificent innings of 175 runs in the opening match against Bangladesh. It appeared as a big cause of concern for the Indian cricket fans.

However, a BCCI press release, made public later on the day, assured Indian fans of Sehwag’s fitness. It reveals that Sehwag took a hit on his left ribcage while batting in the nets at the Chinnaswamy Stadium on Friday morning, but the injury was nothing serious and the player is now fit to play on Sunday.

This would really come as a big relief for the Indian supporters who are just expecting the hard-hitting opener to build on his innings against Bangladesh in the coming matches of the tournament. India is thought to be one of the hot favorites to the World Cup this time and Virender Sehwag is a vital member on this mission.

India Facing England on Sunday in World Cup 2011

After beating Bangladesh comfortably by 87 runs in the opening match of World Cup 2011, India is now going to face England on 27 February in their next match. India may have got off to a very good start to the tournament, but some of their weak points were exposed against a spirited Bangladesh side. So, the Men in Blue have no way to be relaxed, rather they are running against time to sort out those little but significant problems.

First of all, Indian bowlers conceded 283 runs to an under pressure side who were chasing a mammoth total of 371. Except Harbhajan and Munaf Patel, no other India bowler seemed to be a threat for the Bangladeshi batsmen.

Another thing is that Indian batsmen looked to be imbalanced while facing bounces or Yorkers, especially during the batting power play. I know some might try to prove me wrong by India’s huge total.

Well, you cannot just expect someone like Virender Sehwag to hit a big century everyday. In fact, Sehwag has managed only 14 centuries in his 229-match ODI career so far.

There is no doubt, India would start as favorite against England, but Dhoni’s men need to improve on these areas if they want to go far in this tournament.

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Arsene Wenger: Barcelona Still Favorite

Despite Arsenal’s 2-1 excellent win over Barcelona last night at the Emirates Stadium, Gunners manager Arsene Wenger still believes that Barcelona is still favorite to go through to the quarter final of the Champions League after winning the two-leg encounter on aggregate. Wenger boys will face Barcelona away from home on 8 March in the return-leg.

However, besides keeping the favorite’s tag with Barcelona Wenger has also added that Wednesday night’s victory would give his team belief and hope ahead of the second-leg encounter. He thinks that his boys now know they can win at Barcelona- something which they did not know last year. Here, it is noteworthy that a helpless Arsenal side was torn part 4-1 by Lionel Messi when they visited Barcelona last year in the quarter final of the same competition.

Wenger’s confident voice at the press conference following last night’s victory was pretty much justifiable because his players showed sheer improvement on their last year’s performance. In fact, Arsenal perhaps produced their best performance this season against the Messi and co last night. This would definitely boost up their confidence level with Carling Cup final coming nearer.

So, it is clear that Wenger would motivate his players to do everything to win the Barcelona clash on aggregate and clinch a place in the quarter final.