ST. MORITZ PLAYOFFS: PAKISTAN AND INDIA MEET IN THE ALPS

ICE CRICKET SIZZELS IN THE MOUNTAINS

Responsible Author: Ina von Ber | St.Moritz, Switerland, 02/18/2018, 17:30 Time

St. Moritz became the center of the first ever Ice Cricket tournament on 8 and 9 February 2018. The event took place in the breathtaking backdrop of the Swiss mountains in freezing cold temperatures. Shahid Afridi's royals stun Virender Sehwag-led diamonds to win series 2-0 Jacques Kallis scored a notable knock of 90 runs (not out) as Royals chased down the target in 16.4 overs for the loss of two wickets.

Stars from India, England, Australia, South Africa, New Zealand and other Commonwealth nations played two cricket games on the frozen Lake of St. Moritz. Pakistan and India, mutually hostile to one another, displayed great sportsmanship. In the colonial era, both countries belonged to British India, before two nations emerged from India and Pakistan with independence from the British Empire in 1947. With the split came the dislike: the two nuclear powers have been at war with each other three times.

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THE GREAT LION AND THE QUEEN

SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL & THE QUEEN MARY

Responsible Author: Ina von Ber | Long Beach, CA, 12/30/2017, 09:53 Time

The Queen Mary stands in my mind as a conquering symbol of British enterprise, finely conceived, nobly planned, and magnificently carried out. She represents the decision of Great Britain to regain the Blue Ribbon of the Atlantic passenger service. This decision has been long delayed and many circumstances most vexatious to British minds have obstructed it.

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