New Zealand reach 79-1 at lunch on day 5
Kanpur, Nov 29: Chasing 284, New Zealand were 79 for one in their second innings at lunch on the fifth and final day of the opening Test against India here on Monday.
Tom Latham (35) and William Somerville (36) were at the crease at the break with New Zealand still needing 205 runs to win with nine wickets in hand.
New Zealand were 4 for 1 at stumps on Sunday after India declared their second innings at 234 for 7, riding on Shreyas Iyer's 65 and Wriddhiman Saha's unbeaten 61.
Opener Will Young (2) was the only wicket to fall for the visitors after he was trapped infront by Ravichandra Ashwin on Sunday.
Brief Scores:
India: 345 and 234/7 declared.
New Zealand: 269 and 79 for 1 in 35 overs (Tom Latham 35, William Somerville 36; Ravichandran Ashwin 1/19).
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Pak cancels nearly 184 international flights to West Asia after Iran attack
Karachi (PTI): At least 184 international flights of different airlines from Pakistan to the West Asia have been cancelled since Saturday owing to the escalating situation after the US and Israel attacked Iran.
A spokesperson for the Civil Aviation Authority confirmed that flights to Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Doha, Muscat, Sharjah, Riyadh, Jeddah from Islamabad, Lahore, Karachi, Quetta, Sialkot, Peshawar, Faisalabad had all been cancelled.
“The flights were on the schedule of different airlines,” Hafeez Khan said.
International flights in the West Asia have all been badly disrupted or suspended after the closure of the Dubai and Abu Dhabi airports which serve as a major hub for connecting flights to Europe, USA, Canada, South America etc.
Airline authorities have suspended all air traffic in the region because of the increase in missile and drone attacks by Iran on the US bases in the region.
The spokesperson said at least 40 flights were cancelled from Islamabad and another 46 from Lahore.
The Pakistan airspace remains open for domestic flights, he said.
The attack on Iran by the US and Israel disrupted flights across the West Asia and beyond as countries around the region closed their airspace and key airports that connect Europe, Africa and the West to Asia were directly hit by strikes.
