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Broad Tips England for T20 World Cup Glory after Pakistan Series Win

tuart Broad believes Eng- bowled three overs of assorted
land are on course to win the spin, promptly hit his first ball
STwenty20 World Cup after a for six amid all the tension of the
dramatic victory against Pakistan. finish.
England made it four white- Livingstone was out next
ball series wins from four with a ball on his Lancashire home
tense three-wicket success at Old ground but, having seen him
Trafford on Tuesday that sealed strike England’s quickest T20
a 2-1 T20 campaign triumph as hundred in the series opener
they reached a target of 155 with at Trent Bridge, Roy was in no
two balls to spare. doubt of his talent.
Broad, a former England “He’s such a good player,
T20 captain, was watching as a he works hard and has got a lot
member of the Sky Sports’ com- smarter over the last few years,”
mentary team and the sight of
skipper Eoin Morgan lifting sil- “We’ve got so
verware had him thinking ahead
to October’s T20 World Cup in many bases
the United Arab Emirates.
“I was just watching Morgs
lift the trophy there and I think covered. We’ve
we’re going to win the World
Cup,” said Broad, now a Test got so much
specialist.
“We’ve got so many bases depth, they play
covered. We’ve got so much
depth, they play fearless cricket, fearless cricket,
I just think we’re going to win
the World Cup. It’s all looking I just think
pretty rosy,” the England pace
great added. we’re going to
But England opener Jason
Roy, named player of the match win the World
after making 64 off 36 balls on a
spin-friendly pitch, was rather Cup. It’s all
more cautious.
“It’s pretty rosy in the gar- looking pretty
den until it’s not!” he said.
“It’s one of those games you rosy”
can’t get too ahead of yourself,
especially in T20 cricket.
“But for us to put in a huge Roy said.
performance like that, when “I’ve played with him at
Pakistan were chomping at the Perth Scorchers and knew what
bit to right some wrongs from he was capable of. To see it first-
the ODI series, was great.” hand is absolutely incredible.”
Meanwhile Morgan, who Pakistan improved as their
made a valuable 21 late on, was tour went on, with several en-
pleased by England’s perfor- couraging individual displays,
mance on a surface far removed but Pakistan captain Babar
from their preference for flat Azam was left lamenting a lack
pitches full of runs. of runs on Tuesday.
“For the style we play natu- “We were 10 to 15 runs
rally, and which we’re best at, short today,” he said.
this is the worst possible wicket “We need to do better against
to play on,” he said. “So, it meant spinners, we haven’t struggled as
a huge amount, it’s a very proud much but haven’t batted as well
day on a spinning, slow wicket.” as we could. Some days we have
The foundation for Eng- built on more impressive spin career-best 4-35 and Moeen Ali in four overs. good days and some days we
land’s victory in Manchester was bowling, Adil Rashid taking a returning miserly figures of 1-19 Liam Livingstone, having have bad days.” - AFP

ALLAMA FROM P8 creation of the modern disciplines a number of Ibn Khaldun’s state- the photographs, it appears that her at- from the past and many women in our
role of loyalty among members of of sociology, historiography and an- ments in the Muqaddima are not tachment with her husband was very families don’t question it and I respect
clans or tribes in achieving accom- thropology. compatible with what we know in the deep. She was also trying to protect her their belief.
plishments. These characters were In a recent noteworthy book, 21st century. He cites his observation son who is very young. She’s a very ac- “It’s our personal individual choice
especially strong among raw desert Ibn Khaldun, Robert Irwin, a senior that the Black Death was caused by complished woman and I believe what and it should be respected. We should
nomads, untainted by indulgences associate at the London School of “too much civilization and density of she did was right.” be allowed to do what we want to,” she
of the urban life. Thus, nomads Oriental and African Studies, has population that caused corruption of The reason women do not go to a said. – BBC
were able to overwhelm established taken an unconventional approach. the air,” which in retrospect seems a crematorium, he says, is for their own LEADERS FROM P4
empires, weakened by the soft and He questions some of the conclu- little naïve. wellbeing because they may be trau- positive trend.
comfortable life. The new victors sions presented in the Muqaddima Irwin does not question the val- matized by the death rituals as they Research indicates that such
founded a new dynasty; the nomads and their relevance in modern times. ue of the seminal contributions made are “weaker and softer” - a view many calming effects can also be created
in time having adapted to the com- Asserting that Ibn Khaldun and his by Ibn Khaldun. His polemics and women strongly disagree with. on a national level. A recent study
forts of urban life, lost their asabiyah, thinking was greatly shaped by his his criticism of some aspects of the Shailaja Bajpai, readers’ editor and published in Studies in Asian Social
and then in turn were overtaken by Islamic faith and immediate envi- Muqaddima notwithstanding, they editorial adviser of news website The Science showed that large group
another group of rugged tribesmen. ronment, Irwin contests claims that are unlikely to unseat the medieval Print, says although in smaller towns practice of these programs in Cam-
Ibn Khaldun theorized that the cycle his theories remain valid in mod- savant from the lofty position he oc- and rural India, women still rarely at- bodia between 1993 and 2008 was
was completed in about four genera- ern times. Irwin believes that many cupies in the pantheon of the world’s tend funerals, in cities, it’s now normal associated with a 96.2% decline in
tions. previous Western scholars read the great scholars and thinkers. for them to be present. sociopolitical violence in that war-
Until early 19th century, Ibn Muqaddima with “their eyes glazed (The writer is a former assistant “In fact, now it’s misunderstood if torn country compared to violence
Khaldun’s remarkable contributions over.” Since “the book is so long, it professor, Harvard Medical School, you don’t go because people also come in the preceding three years. The
remained largely unrecognized by has been selectively sampled and and a health scientist administrator, to the cremation ground to pay their re- authors conclude the likelihood this
Western scholars. The renowned abridged. Its message has been mod- US National Institutes of Health) spects and offer support,” she says. reversal in the rising 1990–1992
British historian, Arnold Toynbee ernized and rationalized” by the Ms Bajpai says she has attended trend of violence occurred randomly
(1889-1975) is credited with publi- translators to comport with 21st cen- RITES FROM P24 many cremations, including her par- was one chance in 10 million. Other
cizing them, and extolling the Muqa- tury ideas. believed to be at least 1,000 years ents. published research has shown that
ddima “as undoubtedly the greatest Presented as an intellectual old. The book though is silent on the “I went because I wanted to be after advanced TM was applied,
work of its kind that has ever been biography, in the book Irwin ques- role of women and does not forbid there to say goodbye. For me it was the Cambodia’s gross domestic product
created.” Since then, many scholarly tions the judgment of some stalwart them from funeral rituals. final closure. But my female relatives (GDP) growth rates averaged 8.9%,
books have been published on his anthropologists, including Toynbee, Prof Pandey says Bedi was “right” chose not to go. The belief that women and poverty was reduced by 63% be-
work, mostly crediting him with the who have reviewed it. He argues that to do her husband’s cremation. “From don’t go for cremations has come down LEADERS, P28
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