Showing posts with label South Africa. Show all posts
Showing posts with label South Africa. Show all posts

Saturday, October 3, 2015

Undaunted by a target of 200, South Africa romp home in Dharamsala with two balls to spare


#Duminy #IndvsSA #RohitSharma Undaunted by a target of 200 set by India in the 1st T-20 in Dharamsala, South Africa took up the challenge in real earnest and overhauled the total with 2 balls to spare. They needed 10 runs per over from the word go and they undertook the challenge and emerged victorious.
This has been reported in zeenews.india.com dated 3 October 2015.
Indian opener Rohit Sharma's maiden T-20 century in the HPCA Stadium went in vain and South Africa began their long Indian tour on a winning note thanks to some sparkling stroke play by J P Duminy (68 not out) and A B de Villiers (51).
Test skipper Hashim Amla (36) and ODI skipper de Villiers laid the foundation of the win with their 77-run opening stand and then Duminy took over to guide the visitors to the finish line. His 68 runs was scored off just 34 balls and it was his 105-run unbeaten partnership for the fourth wicket with Farhaan Behardien (32 not out) that sealed the game in their favor.
Duminy He punished the Indian bowlers with seven sixes.
(Image courtesy wikimediacommons.org)
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Sunday, August 30, 2015

Mysterious bulge of the pregnant South African woman caught in Hyderabad


An apparently seven-month pregnant woman of South Africa, who had arrived at the RGI airport in Hyderabad, was actually carrying not a baby but drugs concealed in her belly and private parts. She was caught by the sleuths of the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) who became suspicious after looking at her passport and travel pattern over the last one week.
When subjected to medical examination, it was revealed that she had swallowed the banned drugs which were packed in small polymer packets. She was immediately rushed to Osmania Hospital to extract the packets from her body.
This has been reported in timesofindia.indiatimes.com dated 31 August 2015.
The 32-year-old woman had landed from Dubai by Emirates flight and the NCB officers observed that she was walking with difficulty – she said that she was seven-month pregnant. But, once she was shifted to a hospital at the airport for preliminary examination, she admitted about the narcotics she was carrying.
By giving laxatives, the hospital staff succeeded in extracting 16 pouches of narcotics substance and it has been confirmed that there was no surgery done on her and she was under medical supervision.
Preliminary investigations from her travel pattern indicate that the origin of the drugs could be Brazil. She had landed in Dubai from Johannesburg on August 23. The next day, she took a flight to Sao Paulo City (Guarulhos International Airport) in Brazil. On August 28, she returned to Dubai from Sao Paulo and, on Sunday, she arrived at Hyderabad from Dubai.
(Image courtesy wikimediacommons.org)


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