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Ireland To Host Pakistan For Three-Match T20I Series In May | Cricket News
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Ireland To Host Pakistan For Three-Match T20I Series In May | Cricket News

[ad_1] Pakistan's last visit to Ireland was during the hosts' inaugural Test match in 2018.© AFPMarch 29 : The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Friday announced the schedule for Pakistan's tour of Ireland for a three-match T20I series. The matches, which are set for May 10, 12, and 14, will take place on Castle Avenue in Dublin.???? Schedule announcement ????Pakistan to play three T20Is against Ireland in Dublin in May ????#IREvPAK | #BackTheBoysInGreen pic.twitter.com/lGDeKpLXt9— Pakistan Cricket (@TheRealPCB) March 28, 2024The series is part of Pakistan's 12-match preparation for the T20 World Cup in the United States and the West Indies. Before Pakistan leaves for Ireland, New Zealand arrives in Pakistan in April to play five T20Is, the first of which is on April 18.The final game will...
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Afghanistan Edge Out Ireland To Level T20I Series | Cricket News
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Afghanistan Edge Out Ireland To Level T20I Series | Cricket News

[ad_1] Led by captain Rashid Khan, Afghanistan proved too strong for Ireland with the ball as they won the second T20 international of their three-match series by 10 runs in Sharjah on Friday. Afghanistan's victory ties up the series 1-1 as Ireland's multi-format tour against Afghanistan approaches its end. A valiant knock of 39 off 18 balls by Gareth Delany was in vain as Ireland failed to score the 18 runs necessary off the last over to win. One six was not enough as the penultimate ball was stopped for no run and the last saw Delany caught on the boundary off Fazalhaq Farooqi.The visitors started their run chase of 153 strongly as opening pair Andy Balbirnie and Paul Stirling put on a 49-run stand, before Stirling's dismissal in the sixth over.The Irish captain was followed by Lorcan ...
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Ireland Claim First T20I After Afghanistan Fall Short In Run Chase | Cricket News
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Ireland Claim First T20I After Afghanistan Fall Short In Run Chase | Cricket News

[ad_1] Ireland claimed victory in the first T20I of their three-match series against Afghanistan in Sharjah on Friday, winning by 38 runs. Ben White and Josh Little starred with the ball for the tourists, while Harry Tector hit an undefeated half-century as Ireland took a 1-0 series lead against hosts Afghanistan. "Really happy. It was a fantastic team performance," said Ireland captain Paul Stirling, according to Cricinfo. "We have a big two months ahead. So we've got to put this behind. We have to perform at our best to win games," he added, looking ahead to the T20 World Cup starting in June.Needing 150 to win, Afghanistan got off to a nightmare start when Mark Adair claimed the wicket of Rahmanullah Gurbaz with the very first ball of the innings.Gurbaz's opening partner, Sediqullah A...
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Mohammad Nabi’s Fifer Helps Afghanistan Clinch 117-Run Win Over Ireland In 3rd ODI | Cricket News
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Mohammad Nabi’s Fifer Helps Afghanistan Clinch 117-Run Win Over Ireland In 3rd ODI | Cricket News

[ad_1] Mohammad Nabi's five-wicket haul helped Afghanistan clinch a 117-run win over Ireland in the 3rd ODI at Sharjah Cricket Stadium in Sharjah on Tuesday. Hashmatullah Shahidi's Afghanistan also sealed a series win by 2-0, after securing victory in the first and final 50-over match. The second ODI match of the series was abondoned after rain played a spoilsport. After winning the toss, Paul Stirling's Irish side decided to send the Afghan squad to bat first. However, their decision did not go in their favour as Ireland's bowling attack failed to perform well.Rahmanullah Gurbaz (51 runs from 53 balls) and Ibrahim Zadran (22 runs from 31 balls) opened for Afghanistan and played a partnership of 62 runs, which helped the hosts to get a fiery start in the game.Gurbaz hit 7 fours and 1 six...
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Gurbaz Century Sets Up Afghan Win Over Ireland In First ODI | Cricket News
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Gurbaz Century Sets Up Afghan Win Over Ireland In First ODI | Cricket News

[ad_1] Rahmanullah Gurbaz posted his sixth one-day international century as Afghanistan eased to a 35-run win over Ireland in the opening one-day international in Sharjah on Thursday. Put into bat, Afghanistan posted 310-5 in their 50 overs with Ibrahim Zadran making 60 in an opening partnership of 150 with Gurbaz who made 121. Ireland slipped to 34-3 before Harry Tector and Lorcan Tucker added 173 for the fourth wicket. Tector went on to make 138, his fifth ODI hundred, but as wickets fell at the other end, Ireland could only reach 275-8.The night belonged to the 22-year-old Gurbaz, however, whose first ODI century came on debut against Ireland in Abu Dhabi in 2021.He settled in quickly, striking eight fours and six sixes from his 117 balls. Only Sachin Tendulkar, Virat Kohli and Quenti...
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4th Fastest In 147 years: Ireland Clinch 1st Win In 8th Test To Make History | Cricket News
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4th Fastest In 147 years: Ireland Clinch 1st Win In 8th Test To Make History | Cricket News

[ad_1] Ireland finally won their first Test match on Friday when they defeated Afghanistan by six wickets in Abu Dhabi, ending a streak of seven successive losses. Captain Andy Balbirnie led from the front with an undefeated 58 as Ireland reached their modest target of 111 in the final session of the third day. Ireland had played their first Test back in 2018 when they were defeated by Pakistan. "We're absolutely excited. We've created history. The monkey is off the back and it's very special to do that," said Balbirnie whose team were wobbling at 13-3 at one stage."Obviously there were nerves; we were chasing our first win. You ask this whole group how special this is. A lot of our guys didn't get to play Test cricket. Hopefully people back home want to be Test cricketers."Ireland are n...
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Apple to Shutter 121-Person San Diego AI Team in Reorganization
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Apple to Shutter 121-Person San Diego AI Team in Reorganization

[ad_1] Apple Inc. is shutting a 121-person team related to artificial intelligence operations in San Diego, leaving many employees at risk of termination, according to people familiar with the matter. The group, known as Data Operations Annotations, was told Wednesday that they would be relocating to Austin to merge with the Texas portion of the same team, said the people, who asked not to be identified because the plans haven't been announced.Apple told employees that they have until the end of February to decide if they will relocate, according to the people. If they don't, the workers will be terminated on April 26. The group, which also has offices in China, India, Ireland and Spain, is responsible for improving Siri by listening to queries to the voice service and determining if it...
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5 things about AI you may have missed today: Samsung’s AI Fridge, Baidu’s Ernie Bot crosses 100 mn users, more
28Dec By adminNo Comments
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5 things about AI you may have missed today: Samsung’s AI Fridge, Baidu’s Ernie Bot crosses 100 mn users, more

[ad_1] Even as we inch towards the new year, artificial intelligence developments are not slowing down. Today, December 28, a report revealed that Samsung can unveil a Bespoke 4-Door Flex Refrigerator with AI Family Hub+ at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2024. The AI fridge will pack features like checking the items inside using a camera and suggesting recipes based on them. In other news, Baidu's ChatGPT-rival Ernie Bot has surpassed the 100 million user mark. This and more in today's AI roundup. Let us take a closer look.Samsung to unveil AI fridgeSamsung is set to introduce the Bespoke 4-Door Flex Refrigerator with AI Family Hub+ at CES, featuring an AI-powered system that generates recipes based on users' dietary preferences, reported The Verge. The refrigerator includes the "P...
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Zimbabwe Skipper Sikandar Raza ‘Gutted’ Despite Thrilling Win Over Ireland | Cricket News
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Zimbabwe Skipper Sikandar Raza ‘Gutted’ Despite Thrilling Win Over Ireland | Cricket News

[ad_1] Sikandar Raza in action© TwitterZimbabwe skipper Sikandar Raza was 'gutted' after failing to stay in the middle till the very end as his team clinched a thrilling one-wicket win over Ireland. Raza starred with the bat as his team clinched a last-ball victory against Ireland in a thrilling opening T20I of a three-match series. Raza put up a clinical display with both bat and ball to lead Zimbabwe to a 1-0 series lead against Ireland. Raza smashed 65 runs off 42 balls, hitting five fours and two sixes, and was on track to remain unbeaten however Mark Adair produced a stunning delivery and grabbed his wicket with the hosts needing 11 runs off nine balls while chasing 148."Nice to be part of history. Credit to fans for coming out in numbers. First game under lights, cracker of a game....
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Elon Musk’s X defends Dublin riot response after criticism, says action taken ‘proactively’
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Elon Musk’s X defends Dublin riot response after criticism, says action taken ‘proactively’

[ad_1] Social media giant X, formerly known as Twitter, has defended its response to recent rioting in Dublin that was in part fuelled by far-right users of the platform. X described as "inaccurate" claims by Ireland's justice minister Helen McEntee that it did not engage with Irish police during the November 23 unrest.The violence, which saw police cars and public transport vehicles set on fire and shops looted, was the worst seen in Dublin for decades. In a statement to the Irish parliament last week McEntee said that while some social media companies like TikTok and Meta engaged with police and took down posts, others did not. McEntee said that X "didn't engage. They did not fulfil their own community standards".The platform described McEntee's claims as "inaccurate"."We have proacti...
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