Australia won by 7 wickets (with 96 balls remaining)

Australia Ricky Ponting
Australia Ricky Ponting

Australia will play New Zealand in the eighth game of the World Cup at the VCA in Nagpur on February 25. The two have not had a great time going into the tournament and there were many who had not even considered the two as favourites.

However, what will be interesting to see is that the two play against each other now and after their years of rivalry, it will be an interesting match-up. Australia had crushed New Zealand in the 2003 and the 2007 World Cup and the revenge is in offing.

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World Cup in India (Asia Region)

ICC World Cup 2011 - India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh
ICC World Cup 2011 - India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh
After a Long time ICC Cricket World Cup is finally come back to Asia — India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh. Last time ICC World Cup was hosted by Asian Country in 1996 and Sri Lanka emerge winners of the ICC Wills World Cup. Unfortunately, this time Pakistan will not host any games of 2011 world cup because of security concern.
International Cricket Council (ICC) has tried their best to shorten the 2011 world cup as compared to 2007 world cup.  So there will be 49th number of games will be played in 2011 as compared to 51 in 2007. Also the length of the tournament will be shorten by a week.
Out of 49th games, India will host 29 matches, Sri Lanka will host 12 matches and 8 games will be hosted by Bangladesh.
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India's Flag
India will host one quarter final in Ahmedabad, one semi final in Mohali and Final of World Cup 2011 in Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai. While Sri Lanka will host the 2nd quarterfinal

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Will Lindsay Lohan Go to Jail?

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Lindsay Lohan

Lindsay Lohan (American actress, pop singer and model) insists that she is innocent, rejecting a plea deal on Wednesday in favor of taking her chances in a jury trial, But it may not be as simple as Lindsay thinks.

Is it possible for Lindsay Lohan to avoid doing time for allegedly stealing a necklace?

The Hollywood Gossip breaks down the troubled star’s latest legal drama and what her biggest obstacles might be in our latest edition of The Pulse.

Lindsay Lohan, left, appears Los Angeles Superior Court with her attorney Shawn Chapman Holley.
Lindsay Lohan, left, appears Los Angeles Superior Court with her attorney Shawn Chapman Holley.

She began her career as a child fashion model before making her motion picture debut in Disney’s 1998 remake of The Parent Trap at the age of 11. Lohan gained further fame between 2003 and 2005 with leading roles in the films Freaky FridayMean Girlsand Herbie: Fully Loaded, subsequently appearing in independent films including Robert Altman’s A Prairie Home Companion and Emilio Estevez’s Bobby.

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Judge Lifts Restraining Order: Chris Brown Allowed to Contact Rihanna

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Chris - Rihanna

After appearing in court yesterday (February 22), Chris Brown was informed that his request to remove the protective order that has been in place for nearly two years was approved and the stay-away order has been lifted.

Chris Brown and Rihanna are free to be in the same area without worrying about Chris going to jail. A Los Angeles judge has just lifted the restraining order for Chris Brown.

Rihanna was not in court – but her attorney Donald Etra was … and told the judge  has no objection to the new order.

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Chris - Rihanna

Brown appeared in court moments ago in downtown L.A., where a judge replaced Rihanna’s restraining order with a level one order — meaning Chris and Rihanna

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