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Better grip on his game behind Mulder’s run in Test team

Lower-order SA batters with Test fifties vs Bangladesh South African all-rounder Wiaan Mulder registered a major milestone in his cricketing career by scoring his maiden Test half-century. The feat came on the second day of the ongoing opening Test against  Bangladesh  in Mirpur. He scored a fine 54 to rescue his team. Here we look at SA batters with 50-plus Test scores versus Bangladesh while batting at eight or lower. #1 Keshav Maharaj - 84 in Gqeberha, 2022  South Africa registered a 332-run triumph over the Tigers in the 2022 Gqeberha Test. Keshav Maharaj  was instrumental to the win as he smoked a fiery 95-ball 84 in the first innings. He arrived at number eight as his knock helped the hosts finish at 453/10. Maharaj also claimed nine wickets in that game, earning the Player-of-the-Match honor. #2 Robin Peterson - 61 in Dhaka, 2003 Left-arm spinner Robin Peterson flaunted his batting capabilities in the 2003 Dhaka Test. The southpaw scored a fine 61 off 109 ball...

Canada’s top officials say they leaked info on Indian ‘interference’, Amit Shah to US daily

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  Canada’s top officials say they leaked info on Indian ‘interference’, Amit Shah to US daily Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s national security and intelligence adviser has acknowledged leaking sensitive information to The Washington Post regarding the Indian government’s alleged involvement in hostile activities on the Canadian soil. The information — leaked by Nathalie Drouin and David Morrison, deputy minister of foreign affairs — implicated India’s Home Affairs Minister Amit Shah as allegedly directing such actions from New Delhi. Testifying before the Commons public safety committee, Drouin stated that she did not need Trudeau’s authorization to leak the information. She also clarified that no classified intelligence was shared with The Washington Post, which published the details a day before India recalled  six Indian diplomats over Thanksgiving even as Canada claimed to have expelled them. The Globe and Mail  reported that the leaked information not only pointed t...

Mormon pioneers featured in "violent" Netflix historical drama "American Primeval"

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  Mormon pioneers featured in "violent" Netflix historical drama "American Primeval" Inside  American Primeval,   Taylor Kitsch and Betty Gilpin’s Bloody, Brutal Western Epic The Netflix limited series forced its stars to do things they’d never done before: “I’m sure my liver is in my throat and my small intestine is in my ankle. Things have been rearranged in a way that will never go back together.” By  October 29, 2024 Courtesy of Netflix Peter Berg  did not use words when describing his vision for  American Primeval.   Mark L. Smith,  the writer best known for  The Revenant,  walked into Berg’s office preparing to discuss a survival show in the vein of the 1972  Robert Redford  Western,  Jeremiah Johnson . Instead, Berg showed Smith a Stiletto ice axe—and nothing else. “Can we do this as a show?” Berg asked. Smith smiled, said yes. As Berg explains it, “We wanted to make a show that required us to go into the elements.”...