Rain delays Eng-Pakistan ODI

UNITED KINGDOM: Heavy rain delayed the start of the first one-day international between England and Pakistan at Chester-le-Street on Friday.

Covers were still in place on the pitch at the scheduled 11:15 start following overnight and morning rain.

The weather is expected to improve throughout the day and a favourable forecast gives hope that the match could be played to a conclusion.

The delay didn’t take the spotlight off Pakistan after the news that Salman Butt, Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Amir are to fly back home on Friday.

The three players have been charged and suspended by the International Cricket Council under the world governing body’s anti-corruption code following newspaper allegations of a betting scam that saw no-balls deliberately bowled in the fourth Test against England at Lord’s last month. AGENCIES

ECB unworried by low crowds

LONDON: The England and Wales Cricket Board are confident crowds will pick up for the remainder of the international summer.

England’s victory over Pakistan in Tuesday night’s second Twenty20 international was played in front of a sparse crowd of just 5,821 at Cardiff’s SWALEC Stadium. It was England’s lowest attendance for a T20 international on home soil and came two days after the first match of the series at the same venue also failed to sell out.

But an ECB spokesman said: “The sales for the next few matches at Durham and Headingley are strong, they are expecting close to capacity. We always review how international matches perform and I am sure we will look at how our games have performed right across the season rather than focusing on one individual match.”

Glamorgan feel they have had little luck in the timing of the games. Their back-to-back clashes

UK prime minister’s father dies in France

LONDON: British Prime Minister David Cameron’s father died on Wednesday after falling ill during a holiday in southern France.

Conservative leader Cameron had flown to his 77-year-old father Ian’s hospital bedside earlier on Wednesday after the former stockbroker suffered a stroke and heart problems.

The prime minister, who returned to work only this week from paternity leave, will remain in France overnight with his mother and other close members of the family.

The prime minister’s parents were halfway through a holiday in France when his father suddenly fell ill.

“It is with deep regret we can confirm that Ian Cameron died earlier this afternoon. He passed away shortly after the prime minister arrived at the hospital in France where he was undergoing treatment,” Cameron’s office said in a statement.

French President Nicolas Sarkozy provided

President Zardari rejects dike breaches claims

Staff Report

KARACHI: President Asif Ali Zardari on Wednesday termed as ‘fiction’ the allegations of breaches of dikes, adding that such things were being raised by political actors.

“They (opponents) do their job and we do ours,” he told city elders at Sindh Governor House.

President Zardrai said that his government would continue to take MQM chief Altaf Hussain on board.

He also pledged that his government will take all possible efforts for the rehabilitation of the flood victims.

President Zardari said that his children are in Pakistan in the prevailing situation and are working for the people.

“I want to ask the big political actors where their children are?” he questioned. SAMAA

Shutter down strike in Balochistan

QUETTA: A shutter-down strike is being observed across Balochistan on Tuesday in response to a call made by the Baloch National Partyront (BNP) against killing of BNP activist and arrests.

Other nationalist parties also supported the strike call. Business activities came to a standstill, with most of the shopping and trading centres remaining close.

Strict security measures have been taken in Quetta and heavy police contingents of police and FC have been deployed at key roads and shopping centers.

What Time Does Walmart Ppen After Christmas

What Time Does Walmart Ppen After Christmas, What time does walmart open after christmas. Many people who continue to defer shopping essentials frantically try to buy at the last moment. If you are one among them and haven’t shopped for Christmas yet, you may not be able to shop anywhere.
All the shopping stores are closed for today. Neither Walmart, nor Target are open today.

So if you wanted to buy groceries from Walmart or the last minute additions for Christmas Tree or gifts for your dear ones, you are too late now.

Barring some neighborhood stores you may not find any other store open. So relax and wait for the next year to give gifts.

But if you wanted to go to Starbucks, you may still find a few open on Christmas.

Meanwhile it Is said that Walmart will open at 7AM after Christmas on Saturday.

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