Michael Beer and Usman Khawaja will make their Test debuts for Australia in the last Ashes match against England in Sydney, beginning on Monday. Stand-in captain Michael Clarke verified on Sunday morning that the slow left armer and number three batsman will take their places in the line-up, with Doug Bollinger the man to miss out.Clarke said: “The XI has been picked and Dougie misses out. Usman and Beery will get their first taste of Test cricket.”Australia need to win the Test to level the series at 2-2, although England have already retained the Ashes after their innings-and-157-run victory in Melbourne earlier this week.
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The PML-N is considering lawful action against the MQM parliamentarians involved in “bad-mouthing” against the PML-N leadership.
LG Electronics launched its slimmest LED monitor for the Indian market, named E90 monitor. The Ultra Slim LG E90 monitor is just 7.2 mm thick (less than one cm). This monitor is comes with 21.5” screen and supports a native resolution of 1920 x 1080 pixels. The E90 is the best option to watch action movies or sporting matches because of its reply time of 2ms. It also enables for clear and sharp picture during the fast moving action sequences. It has some connectivity option like D-sub, DVI-D and HDMI.
Bollywood actress Kareena Kapoor has discovered the writer in herself.After having written an introduction to her dietician Rujuta Diwekar’s before book that was a big success; Kareena has continued to keep in touch with her writing skills. Says the actress, “I genuinely enjoy writing. What’s more, I feel particularly thrilled when I ask Saif to go through my draft and he suggests just a couple of small changes.
Bollywood actress Rani Mukherjee is all set to tie knot with her ultimate man Aditya Chopra. News has it that the pair will be getting engaged in February, the coming year and exchange wedding vows thereafter.
Bollywood actor Shahrukh Khan is all set to flaunt his six packs again in his forthcoming movie ‘Ra.One’. Shahrukh Khan who was his leading best when he went topless in a song for film.
Sony’s long-rumoured PlayStation Portable mobile phone is planned to be released in North America and Europe as early as the summer, according to a Japanese newspaper report Wednesday.