Jan 3-7: S Africa v England, 3rd Test (Cape Town); Australia v Pakistan, 2nd Test (Sydney). 4: Bangladesh v Sri Lanka, Tri-Nation t’ment (Dhaka). 5: India v Sri Lanka, Tri-Nation (Dhaka). 7: Bangladesh v India, Tri-Nation (Dhaka). 8: Bangladesh v Sri Lanka, Tri-Nation (Dhaka). 10: India v Sri Lanka, Tri-Nation (Dhaka). 11: Bangladesh v India, Tri-Nation (Dhaka). 13: Tri-Nation final (Dhaka). 14-18: S Africa v England, 4th Test (Johannesburg); Australia v Pakistan, 3rd Test (Hobart). 15-30: U-19 World Cup (New Zealand), Ireland v S Africa + 3 other matches. 16: England v Hong Kong, U-19 WC (NZ) + 3 other matches. 17-21: Bangladesh v India, 1st Test (Chittagong). 17: Australia v Ireland, U-19 WC (NZ) + 3 other matches. 18: Afghanistan v England, U-19 WC (NZ) + 3 other matches. 19: Ireland v US, U-19 WC (NZ) + 3 other matches. 20: U-19 WC (NZ), 3 matches. 21: England v India, U-19 WC (NZ). 22: Australia v Pakistan 1st ODI (Brisbane). 23: U-19 WC qtr-finals (NZ). 24: Australia v Pakistan, 2nd ODI (Sydney). 24-28: Bangladesh v India, 2nd Test (Dhaka). 25: 1st semi-final & play-off matches, U-19 WC (NZ). 26: Australia v Pakistan, 3rd ODI (Adelaide); Play-off matches U-19 WC (NZ). 27: U-19 WC (NZ), 2nd semi-final & play-off matches. 29: Australia v Pakistan, 4th ODI (Perth); U-19 WC (NZ) 3rd place play-off. 30: U-19 World Cup final (Lincoln, NZ). 31: Australia v Pakistan, 5th ODI (Perth).
Feb 3: NZ v Bangladesh, only T20 (Hamilton). 5: NZ v Bangladesh, 1st ODI (Napier); Australia v Pakistan, only T20 (Melbourne). 7: Australia v West Indies, 1st ODI (Melbourne). 8: NZ v Bangladesh, 2nd ODI (Dunedin). 9: Australia v West Indies, 2nd ODI (Adelaide). 9-13: World Twenty20 q’fying competition (Abu Dhabi & Dubai, United Arab Emirates – Gp 1: Ireland, Scotland, Afghanistan, US. Gp 2: Holland, Kenya, Canada, UAE. Finalists qualify). 10: Australia women v NZ women, 1st ODI (Adelaide). 11: NZ v Bangladesh, 3rd ODI (Christchurch); Australia women v NZ women, 2nd ODI (Adelaide). 12: Australia v West Indies, 3rd ODI (Sydney). 14: Australia v West Indies, 4th ODI (Brisbane); Australia women v NZ women, 3rd ODI (Melbourne). 15-19: NZ v Bangladesh, only Test (Hamilton). 17: Australia women v NZ women, 4th ODI (Melbourne). 18: Australia women v NZ women, 5th ODI (Melbourne). 19: (tbc) Pakistan v England, 1st T20 (Dubai); India women v England women, 1st ODI (Bangalore). 20: (tbc) Pakistan v England, 2nd T20 (Dubai). 21: Australia v West Indies, 1st T20 (Hobart); Australia women v NZ women, 1st T20 (Hobart). 22: India women v England women, 2nd ODI (Hyderabad). Australia women v NZ women, 2nd T20 (Hobart). 23: Australia v West Indies, 2nd T20 (Sydney); Australia women v NZ women, 3rd T20 (Hobart). 24: India women v England women, 3rd ODI (Hyderabad). 26: NZ v Australia, 1st T20 (Wellington); NZ women v Australia women, 1st T20 (Wellington). 27: India women v England women, 4th ODI (Visakhapatnam). 28: Bangladesh v England, 1st ODI (Mirpur); NZ v Australia, 2nd T20 (Christchurch); West Indies v Zimbabwe, only T20 (Port of Spain, Trinidad); NZ women v Australia women, 2nd T20 (Christchurch).March 1: India women v England women, 5th ODI (Visakhapatnam). 2: Bangladesh v England, 2nd ODI (Mirpur). 3: NZ v Australia, 1st ODI (Napier); NZ women v Australia women, 1st ODI (Queenstown). 4: West Indies v Zimbabwe, 1st ODI (Georgetown, Guyana). 5: Bangladesh v England, 3rd ODI (Chittagong); India women v England women, 1st T20 (Mumbai). 6: NZ v Australia, 2nd ODI (Auckland); West Indies v Zimbabwe, 2nd ODI (Georgetown); NZ women v Australia women, 2nd ODI (Invercargill). 7: India women v England women, 2nd T20 (Mumbai); NZ women v Australia women, 3rd ODI (Invercargill). 8: India women v England women, 3rd T20 (Mumbai). 9: NZ v Australia, 3rd ODI (Hamilton). 10: West Indies v Zimbabwe, 3rd ODI (Kingstown, St Vincent). 11: NZ v Australia, 4th ODI (Auckland). 12: West Indies v Zimbabwe, 4th ODI (Kingstown). 12-16: Bangladesh v England, 1st Test (Chittagong). 12-April 25: Indian Premier League. 13: NZ v Australia, 5th ODI (Wellington). 14: West Indies v Zimbabwe, 5th ODI (Kingstown). 19-23: NZ v Australia, 1st Test (Wellington). 20-24: Bangladesh v England, 2nd Test (Mirpur). 27-31: NZ v Australia, 2nd Test (Hamilton). 29-April 1: MCC v Durham (Abu Dhabi).April 9: LV= County Ch’ship starts. 25: ECB 40-over League starts; Indian Premier Lge final (Mumbai).
World Twenty20 (West Indies, April 30-May 16)Group A Pakistan (A1), Bangladesh (A2), Australia.Group B Sri Lanka (B1), NZ (B2), Zimbabwe.Group C S Africa (C1), India (C2), Qualifier One.Group D West Indies (D1), England (D2), Qualifier Two.April 30: Gp D – West Indies v Q2 (Georgetown, Guyana). Gp B – NZ v Sri Lanka (Georgetown).May 1: Gp C – India v Q1 (Gros Islet, St Lucia). Gp A – Bangladesh v Pakistan (Gros Islet). Gp D – England v Q2 (Georgetown).May 2: Gp C – India v S Africa (Gros Islet). Gp A – Australia v Pakistan (Gros Islet). Gp B – NZ v Zimbabwe (Georgetown).May 3: Gp B – Sri Lanka v Zimbabwe (Georgetown), Gp D – West Indies v England (Georgtown). May 4: Gp C – S Africa v Q1 (Bridgetown, Barbados), Gp A – Australia v Bangladesh (Bridgetown).Super EightsMay 6: A1 v D2, C1 v B2 (Bridgetown) May 7: A2 v C2, B1 v D1 (Bridgetown) May 8: C1 v D2, A1 v B2 (Bridgetown) May 9: C2 v D1, B1 v A2 (Bridgetown) May 10: B2 v D2, A1 v C1 (Gros Islet) May 11: B1 v C2, D1 v A2 (Gros Islet) May 13: 1st semi-final (Gros Islet) May 14: 2nd semi-final (Gros Islet)May 16: Final (Bridgetown)
May 5-16: Women’s World Twenty20 (West Indies). 16: Men’s & women’s World Twenty20 finals (Bridgetown, Barbados). 19: West Indies v S Africa, only T20 (Port of Spain, Trinidad). 22: West Indies v S Africa, 1st ODI (Port of Spain). 24: West Indies v S Africa, 2nd ODI (Port of Spain). 27: West Indies v S Africa, 3rd ODI (Roseau, Dominica). 27-31: England v Bangladesh, 1st Test (Lord’s). 30: West Indies v S Africa, 4th ODI (Roseau).June 1: Friends Provident Twenty20 league starts. 2: West Indies v S Africa, 5th ODI (Kingston, Jamaica). 4-7: England v Bangladesh, 2nd Test (Old Trafford). 10-14: West Indies v S Africa, 1st Test (Kingston). 17: Ireland v Australia, only ODI (Dublin). 18-22: West Indies v S Africa, 2nd Test (Basseterre, St Kitts). 19: Scotland v England, only ODI (Edinburgh). 22: England v Australia, 1st ODI (Rose Bowl). 24: England v Australia, 2nd ODI (Cardiff). 26-30: West Indies v S Africa, 3rd Test (Bridgetown, Barbados). 27: England v Australia, 3rd ODI (Rose Bowl). 29: England women v NZ women, 1st T20 (Chelmsford). 30: England v Australia, 4th ODI (The Oval).July 1: England women v NZ women, 2nd T20 (Rose Bowl). 2: England women v NZ women, 3rd T20 (Hove). 3: England v Australia, 5th ODI (Lord’s). 5: Australia v Pakistan, 1st T20 (Edgbaston). 6: Australia v Pakistan, 2nd T20 (Edgbaston). 7: England women v Ireland women, only ODI (Kibworth). 8: England v Bangladesh, 1st ODI (Trent Bridge). 10: England v Bangladesh, 2nd ODI (Bristol); England women v NZ women, 1st ODI (Taunton). 12: England v Bangladesh, 3rd ODI (Edgbaston); England women v NZ Women, 2nd ODI (Taunton). 13-17: Australia v Pakistan, 1st Test (Lord’s). 15: England women v NZ women, 3rd ODI (Derby). 17: England women v NZ women, 4th ODI (Barnsley). 20: England women v NZ women, 5th ODI (Lord’s). 21-25: Australia v Pakistan, 2nd Test (Headingley). 21-24: England U-19 v Australia U-19, 1st Test (Northampton). 27-30: England U-19 v Australia U-19, 2nd Test (Scarborough). 29-Aug 2: England v Pakistan, 1st Test (Trent Bridge).Aug 2: England U-19 v Australia U-19, 1st ODI (Riverside). 3: England U-19 v Australia U-19, 2nd ODI (Riverside). 6-10: England v Pakistan, 2nd Test (Edgbaston). 7: England U-19 v Australia U-19, 1st ODI (tbc). 9: England U-19 v Australia U-19, 2nd ODI (Arundel). 10: England U-19 v Australia U-19, 3rd ODI (Arundel). 12: England U-19 v Australia U-19, 4th ODI (Canterbury). 13: England U-19 v Australia U-19, 5th ODI (Canterbury). 14: Friends Provident Twenty20 Finals day (Rose Bowl). 18-22: England v Pakistan, 3rd Test (The Oval). 26-30: England v Pakistan, 4th Test (Lord’s).Sept 5: England v Pakistan, 1st T20 (Cardiff). 7: England v Pakistan, 2nd T20 (Cardiff). 10: England v Pakistan, 1st ODI (Riverside). 11: ECB 40 League semi-finals. 12: England v Pakistan, 2nd ODI (Headingley). 13: LV= County Ch’ship, start of final round of matches. 17: England v Pakistan, 3rd ODI (The Oval). 18: ECB 40 League final (Lord’s). 20: England v Pakistan, 4th ODI (Lord’s). 22: England v Pakistan, 5th ODI (Rose Bowl).Nov 25-29: Australia v England, 1st Test (Brisbane).Dec 3-7: Australia v England, 2nd Test (Adelaide). 16-20: Australia v England, 3rd Test (Perth).26-30: Australia v England, 4th Test (Melbourne).Jan 3-7, 2011: Australia v England, 5th Test (Sydney).While every possible care has been taken in the compilation of this calendar please note that dates and venues are subject to change. CricketFever.org cannot be held liable in the event of any alteration or inaccuracy.

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Match Scorecard & Ball-by-Ball Details

A Nation battling Terrorist Attacks on a daily basis, An Attack on a visiting cricket team a few months ago threatened to isolate it’s national team and the country as a whole from the rest of the cricketing world with all the countries cancelling their tours citing security reasons. To Make Matters Worse, The ICC cancelled all the matches which were alloted to Pakistan as a Host Nation for the 2011 Cricket World Cup & also shifted the Champions Trophy to a different Country, Pakistan’s players were barred from playing in the season 2 of the Cash Rich Indian Premier League with many of it’s franchisees terminating its contracts with the Pakistani Players. – Clearly a Nation on the brink of Isolation from World Cricket.

When The Pakistani Team landed in UK For the Second ICC World Twenty20 in June, Many people predicted this side as a dark horse purely on the basis of sheer talent present in this side, But Not many people or Cricket Analysts predicted that this side can actually turn out as champions because they had already assigned that title to the defending champions India & to South Africa – one of the most disciplined & professional Cricket Side in the World. And to an extent they were to be proved right as Pakistan suffered 2 heavy losses to South Africa & arch rivals India in the Warm Up Games before the start of the Championship and then to England in a Group match, Matters got even worse when the Pakistan Skipper made outrageous comments in press conferences by defining T20 Cricket as more of Fun & Entertainment for the Crowds & an odd comparison to a WWE Wrestling match, resulted in a furore especially among the Cricket Selectors back home in the PCB & lead to the Chief Selector Abdul Qadir resigning from his post.

Fans were frustrated and were preparing to see their team exit before the Super 8’s nearly with all the talent present in the form of Afridi, Shoaib Malik, Misbah struggling so far in the tournament. – Pakistan enters in a Do or Die Situation where only Winning could keep them alive in this World Cup.

There is a Famous Quote – “History Repeats Itself” – Pakistan = The Cricket Team had faced a similar situation in the 1992 World Cup Pakistan lost three of their first five games and would probably have been eliminated but for the Adelaide game against England being rained off. The revival started with convincing victories over Australia and Sri Lanka at the WACA, before back-to-back wins against highly fancied New Zealand put them into the final. Wasim Akram’s mastery of swing did the rest.

If it was Wasim Akram in 1992, This time for the first time – Pakistan had many match winners – Gul, Afridi, Ajmal, Aamir & Razzaq who revived the complete turn around and scripted a grand revival for Team Pakistan & especially for Younis Khan, New Zealand was blown away by accurate deadly yorkers of Umar Gul which tore the Kiwi batting to shreds, Ireland was taken care off with a joint team effort and Pakistan qualified for the Semi Finals. This time they had to play South Africa who were undefeated in the tournament and looked a balanced side with the punters predicting this side as the potential tournament winner. But Sadly for them One Man discovered his form with the bat – Shahid Afridi – The Man known as Boom Boom Afridi – with the potential & sheer talent by which he can blow any bowler away, who till this match was struggling even to get to a double figure score. he comes to bat at No.3 and plays a rather subdued and mature inning & compiles a fifty & later delivers two knock out punches with his quick leg spin by dismissing inform South African batsmen – Gibbs & A.B De’Villiers by knocking their stumps back & raising his left arm in triumph towards the crowd – South Africa never recover from this blow & Pakistan becomes the only team in T20 Cricket World Cup history so far by qualifying to the finals of the World T20 for the second time.

Sri Lanka being the other team apart from South Africa to remain undefeated in the tournament so far with its Opening batsman – Dilshan being the highest run getter & who gets better with each game invents a new kind of slog – scoop pull over the keeper’s head leaving the opposition bowlers bewildered, with the middle order ably supported by Kumar Sangakkara, Jayawardene & Chamara Silva. With its’ bowlers in great form especially the 3 M’s – Malinga. Muralitharan & Mendis, And after the Semi Final drubbing which they handed over to West Indies – It clearly became the hot favourites of the punters and Cricket experts alike as the most balanced side with an inform batting attack capable of defending any total & the batting lineup clearly in form to chase any total. – The Odds favouring Sri Lanka & once again Pakistan became the Underdog – A Situation which the team loves as they can play with any preassure and only with the intention of Winning.

Two years ago against India, in the inaugural World Twenty20 final in Johannesburg, Pakistan blew their chance for glory when Misbah-ul-Haq choked on his emotions at the end of a stunning match-turning counterattack, and chose the wrong ball to flick over fine leg. Pakistan were committed not to repeat it this time.

And When the Final did start – Pakistan produced a totally different kind of Performance – Which not only stunned the Sri Lankan Batsmen but also the World, A Performance which was Clinical, professional and un-Pakistani !! Resolute. Restrained. Mature. Measured. Not in the most bizarre of your dreams would you associate these words with Afridi. But those very words summed up his performance today. He wanted the responsibility, he grabbed it and fulfilled it. And his approach to the game was a microcosm of how Pakistani played the final.

It was a clinical, thought-out and utterly professional display. Very un-Pakistani. Yorkers didn’t thud in to the pads or uproot stumps; there were no magic moments from the spinners either; and the ball didn’t fly over the ropes. Bowlers stuck to the game plan and mixed short length deliveries on a regular basis, batsmen relied more on single’s & two’s, formed partnerships & again it was the Boom Boom Man – Shahid Afridi – Resolute. Restrained. Mature. Measured. Not in the most bizarre of your dreams would you associate these words with Afridi. But those very words summed up his performance today. He wanted the responsibility, he grabbed it and fulfilled it. And his approach to the game was a microcosm of how Pakistani played the final. His consecutive magical performances both with the ball & the bat in the semi finals and final made the huge difference & enabled Pakistan to be crowned as the Twenty20 Champions.
And as Wasim Akram had rightly written in his column that to bring out the best in Afridi, pamper him – tell him he is important – give him his freedom & he will perform and Perform he did and that too at such a stage which will be forever recorded in the history of Pakistan Cricket – The Day when Pakistan bought it’s second World Cup Home after 17 years.Younis Khan followed in the footsteps of his hero Imran Khan and lifted a World Cup for Pakistan. Each intervening year has made this victory sweeter. Younis also followed his hero in two other ways. First, he managed to pull together a disjointed Pakistan team into a world beating unit. Second, he announced his retirement–but only from Twenty20 cricket.

He may as well. How can you beat the drama of this moment? The past years of desperation in Pakistan; isolation in international cricket. No cricket ground you can call home. A nomadic life with sporadic international cricket.

At the end Younis Khan dedicated the victory to Bob Woolmer, his mentor, and to the long-suffering people of his homeland. And Thus Younis has now stepped aside from Twenty20 cricket, much as Imran Khan bowed out on a high in 1992. For all his quiet insistence that this competition lacks the prestige of the 50-over World Cup, he knows that he and his players have achieved something wonderful, and every bit as lasting as the memories forged by Imran, Miandad, Wasim and Mushtaq, way back in the mists of time.

“I’m the second Khan winning a World Cup for Pakistan, so I’m very proud of my Khans,” said Younis. “This is my dream. I dreamed all the time of lifting the World Cup. My thinking in all my career is that I will be remembered for a team like 1992. I was not in the Imran Khan team, and this is a dream come true. I’m really happy. Though this World Cup is Twenty20, at least we won our second World Cup. This is a gift to our whole nation.”

A Rise of A Team Like a Phoenix – From Being Called as an Underdog to Eventually be Crowned as a World Champion.

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And last but definately not the least – That Fateful Scoop shot by Misbah-Ul-Haq

For a batsman who brought Pakistan to the doorsteps of Victory with pure Cricketing strokes, dont know what went in his mind that he decided to play this Hockey Scoop Shot (maybe he got inspired by Chak De India or SRK

who was cheering for India from the stands – hoping to see it cross the boundary ropes for a Four – but alas to Misbah’s Bad Luck, it landed straight in the hands of Sreesanth who was standing at Short Fine-Leg and…. It was all over… for Misbah and for Pakistan….So Close yet so Far….

And the Rest…became History for Indian Cricket….An Achievement which will shine in Indian Cricket History Forever…

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Keep Track Of some of Shoaib Malik’s hilarious responses to some of the questions put to him by the media

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India powered by a superb half century by Gautam Gambhir & a late slog overs burst by Rohit Sharma followed by superb spells by RP Singh & Irfan Pathan saw it clinch the 1st ever ICC Twenty20 World Cup against traditional arch rivals Pakistan by a small margin of just 5 runs.

Misbah-Ul-Haq nearly won the game for Pakistan by carting Harbhajan for 3 sixes in the penultimate over & Joginder Sharma for a six on the 1st ball of the final over, but India kept their nerve under preassure, & Misbah fell while trying to play a slog scoop shot off Joginder & Sreesanth took the catch at short fine leg to end Misbah’s fighting innings & enabled India to clinch the Inaugral ICC Twenty20 World Cup and thus brought an end  to the awesome grand finale which was a fitting tribute to both these great teams who despite having suffered major setbacks prior to the start of this tournament, fought like valiant warriors at the Wanderers, and in the end it was Cricket the sport, which emerged as the Winner.

Catch the Highlights & the Presentation Ceremony Here

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Presentation Ceremony 

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Dying to catch the Most Awaited Final game of the Year….

A Historical Clash between India & Pakistan

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 According to Ian Chappell, Pakistan’s bowling attack is more balanced than India, but expects a highly competitive encounter from both the sides

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This is a final not many would have imagined, yet it’s one nobody can possibly grudge. A trans-Tasmanian final was a possibility before the semi-finals, but it is difficult to dispute that now because the tournament has now got the best possible climax: the two best teams in the tournament have have made it to the end, and the sub-continental rivalry has the right combination of history, piquancy, enigma and an edge to add up to a thriller. Let’s just hope it doesn’t go the way of the World Cup finals.

History will point that India have the advantage. They have a 6-1 record against Pakistan in world championships including one bowl-out earlier in this tournament and whispers from the Pakistan camp before the second semi-final suggested that they would had rather played Australia in the final, having beaten them already. But then history counts for little in the middle, and Pakistan did break their jinx of having never beaten India in a world championship at the Champions Trophy in England in the year 2004. Now in 2007, there is little to choose between the teams, and it might just boil down to who can hold their nerve best.

On balance, both the teams are evenly matched, but India have the edge in their batting. All their batsmen have fired in the tournament whereas Pakistan’s have been wobbling at the top, and then India have the better wicketkeeper-batsman in their skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni.

Yet this is evened out by Pakistan’s slight superiority in the bowling department. though India’s pace bowlers have responded magnificently to the challenge of this new format and Harbhajan Singh has been impossible to cart away, but despite Joginder Sharma’s great last over against Australia, they have a weak fifth bowler and no viable back-up.

Compare this to Pakistan, who have an all-round attack with the variety of Shoaib Malik and Mohammad Hafeez, both genuine allrounders in one-day cricket, to back up the pace bowlers and Shahid Afridi with his quickish leg spin. And in Umar Gul, they have the best bowler in the tournament so far, a man to stop runs and take wickets just when opposing teams are looking at hitting the pedal.

Most importantly,  both these teams have been led by exactly the kind of men each has required. Pakistan, always brilliant but always brittle, have benefited from Malik’s composure, which has also been a feature of his batting in this tournament.

For India, Mahendra Singh Dhoni has been impressive. He has a terrific cricket brain and has brought the ideal combination of aggressiveness and tactical methods to his captaincy. Even though the big guys have stayed at home, he had plenty of players far senior to him in the team, some of whom had even been spoken of as future captains. Despite all this, he has looked in command and has displayed a clear-headedness when it comes to taking important decisions.

It is not a coincidence then that India and Pakistan have been involved in the most exciting matches in this tournament & even in cricketing history. Anything less than an Electrifying Final today would be a disappointment.

 May The Best Team Win…..

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Umar Gul emerged as Wrecker in Chief with his 3 wicket haul before Imran Nazir blunted the Kiwi attack with an attacking half century as Pakistan thrashed the Kiwis by 6 wickets to storm in to the final of the inaugral Twenty20 Cricket World Cup.

Batting first, New Zealand got a good start but after a brief rain interruption and then Gul’s destructive spell, left them gasping for breath, Ross Taylor top scored for the kiwis with an unbeaten 37 but New Zealand could only manage 143 for the loss of 8 wickets in 20 overs.

Chasing this modest total, Pakistan got off to a flying start with the openers Imran Nazir and Mohammad Hafeez sharing a 60 run opening stand in just 7 overs which laid the foundation for a big win for Pakistan.

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