Water level shoots up in Manchar Lake

DADU: Water level in Manchar Lake, situated near Dadu on the Right Bank Canal reached an alarming level on Monday with more water pouring into the lake, causing threat to Sehwan Airport and PARCO oil company.

Water level in the biggest sweet water lake, located in the north of province, has reached a dangerous level and two feet water capacity left in the lake as Manchar lake has the capacity of 121 feet while the water has exceed 119 feet due to continuous increase in water.

The rising water level in lake increasing pressure at safety embankment, while the iron sheets at Main Nara Valley Drain (MNVD) Zero Point have also washed away.

The flood water has created four breaches in different areas at Main Nara Valley Drain (MNVD) which local residents and army trying to close.

The water overflow in lake has inundate almost 40 villages.

On the

Angry Afridi cuts Irfan down to size

LEEDS: Captain Shahid Afridi called for the review system to be introduced into one-day internationals but saved his strongest criticism for Mohammad Irfan after another loss to England.

In what turned out to be a tense finish, England won the second one-day international by four wickets with three balls to spare as they went 2-0 up in their five-match series against Pakistan.

But the result might have been different had not 7ft seamer Irfan, positioned at short fine leg, dropped a glance from Andrew Strauss when the England captain had made just 23.

It was a costly error with Strauss going on to make 126 as England, replying to Pakistan’s 294 for eight, finished on 295 for six.

Strauss also appeared to be given another reprieve on 38 when wicketkeeper Kamran Akmal, changing direction and diving full length to his right, held what he thought was a

Zimbabwe vs Bangladesh, Bangladesh won by 7 wickets

DHAKA: Bangladesh won the second one-day international against Zimbabwe by seven wickets Thursday at Shere Bangla National Stadium, leveling the five-match series series at 1-1:

Scores:

Bangladesh 221-3 (Shakib Al Hasan 105; Elton Chigumbura 2-47) def. Zimbabwe 219 (Malcolm Waller 40; Abdur Razzak 5-29)

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Zimbabwe vs Bangladesh, Bangladesh won by 7 wickets was first posted on October 29, 2009 at 10:21 pm.