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Eric Dusingizimana
Eric Dusingizimana (born 21 March 1987) is a Rwandan cricketer and civil engineer who also captained the Rwanda national cricket team. He is also a Guinness World Records, Guinness World Record holder for his marathon effort in 2016 when he batted for 51 hours non-stop in order to raise funds for the construction of Gahanga International Cricket Stadium. Early life He was born in a family of six siblings. He witnessed the 1994 Rwandan genocide as a six-year-old boy. He along with his family members managed to survive the genocide, which killed more than 600,000 people in Rwanda. He began playing cricket at the age of 18 in 2006 when he was studying in the high school. He idolised AB de Villiers and MS Dhoni when he started playing cricket. He pursued interest in cricket due to the close interrelationship cricket had with the subject combination which he selected for his studies. Domestic career Dusingizimana started playing cricket for Right Guards team in 2006. He won the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Batting (cricket)
In cricket, batting is the act or skill of hitting the cricket ball, ball with a cricket bat, bat to score runs (cricket), runs and prevent the dismissal (cricket), loss of one's wicket. Any player who is currently batting is, since September 2021, officially referred to as a batter regardless of whether batting is their particular area of expertise. Historically, ''batsman'' and ''batswoman'' were used, and these terms remain in widespread use. Batters have to adapt to various conditions when playing on different cricket pitches, especially in different countries; therefore, as well as having outstanding physical batting skills, top-level batters will have quick reflexes, excellent decision-making skills, and be good strategists. During an innings two members of the batting side are on the pitch at any time: the one facing the current delivery from the bowler is called the striker, while the other is the non-striker. When a batter is dismissal (cricket), out, they are replac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
World Economic Forum
The World Economic Forum (WEF) is an international non-governmental organization, international advocacy non-governmental organization and think tank, based in Cologny, Canton of Geneva, Switzerland. It was founded on 24 January 1971 by German engineer Klaus Schwab. The foundation's stated mission is "improving the state of the world by engaging business, political, academic, and other leaders of society to shape global, regional, and industry agendas". The foundation is mostly funded by its 1,000 member Multinational corporation, multi-national companies. The WEF is mostly known for its annual meeting at the end of January in Davos, a mountain resort in the canton of Graubünden, in the eastern Alps region of Switzerland. The meeting brings together some 3,000 paying members and selected participants – among whom are investors, business leaders, political leaders, economists, celebrities and journalists – for up to five days to discuss list of global issues, global issu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Cathia Uwamahoro
Cathia Uwamahoro (Gisozi, 5 August 1993) is a Rwandan cricketer who is well known for breaking a Guinness world record in 2017 for the longest cricket net session by a woman. Biography Cathia Uwamahoro was a basketball player at her time at school, after her compatriot Eric Dusingizimana how she holds 51-hour longest batting record. She became the second Rwanda cricket player to set a world record in the net, She joined Rwanda women's cricket team in the ICC Africa Early life and education Cathia was born in Gisozi sector located in Gasabo district of Kigali city, Cathia is the only child from her parents, (father) Mr.Corneille Rudahinyuka who died in the 1994 Genocide against Tutsi and Mrs.Thacienne Umulisa who survived with her. She attended her Primary level education at Gasave primary school in Gisozi sector and Kivugiza Primary school in Nyamirambo sector. Cathia went to ESA Gikondo for her Ordinary level Education (O'level ) and later joined IPR-Nyandungu where she ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
List Of Rwanda Twenty20 International Cricketers
This is a list of Rwandan Twenty20 International cricketers. In April 2018, the ICC decided to grant full Twenty20 International (T20I) status to all its members. Therefore, all Twenty20 matches played between Rwanda and other ICC members after 1 January 2019 will be eligible for T20I status. Rwanda played their first T20I against Ghana on 18 August 2021 during their tour of Rwanda. This list comprises all members of the Rwanda cricket team who have played at least one T20I match. It is initially arranged in the order in which each player won his first Twenty20 cap. Where more than one player won their first Twenty20 cap in the same match, those players are listed alphabetically by surname. Key List of players :''Statistics are correct as of 13 December 2024.''Players / Rwanda / T20I caps – E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Ghana National Cricket Team
The Ghana national cricket team represents Ghana in men's international cricket. It is an associate member of the International Cricket Council, which it joined as an affiliate member in 2002, and mainly plays matches in Africa Cricket Association tournaments. Ghana Cricket Association promotes the sport in the country. A team representing the British Gold Coast played its first recorded match in 1904, and international matches from 1907. Known as Ghana after independence in 1957, until recent times the majority of the team's matches came against other West African teams, and occasionally against touring English teams. In 1976, Ghana joined the West Africa Cricket Council, with Ghanaian players representing the West African cricket team in international tournaments. Following the breakup of the council, the Ghana Cricket Association gained affiliate membership of the International Cricket Council (ICC) in 2002, with the national side making its debut at an ICC tournament i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Ghanaian Cricket Team In Rwanda In 2021
The Ghana cricket team toured Rwanda in August 2021 to play a five-match Twenty20 International (T20I) series at the Gahanga International Cricket Stadium in Kigali. The series provided preparation for both teams ahead of the 2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Africa Sub-Regional Qualifier, that was also played in Kigali in October 2021. The two games on the first day of the series were shared, with Rwanda winning the opener by one wicket before Ghana took victory in the second game by two wickets. After another win for each side, Ghana clinched the series 3–2 by winning the final game by 7 wickets, helped by 80 not out In cricket, a batsman is not out if they come out to bat in an innings and have not been dismissed by the end of an innings. The batsman is also ''not out'' while their innings is still in progress. Occurrence At least one batter is not out at ... from player of the series Amoluk Singh. There was some confusion regarding the result of the fourth match, which s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
United Nations High Commissioner For Refugees
The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) is a United Nations agency mandated to aid and protect refugees, forcibly displaced communities, and stateless people, and to assist in their voluntary repatriation, local integration or resettlement to a third country. It is headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, and has 20,305 staff working in 136 countries as of December 2023. Background The office of High Commissioner for Refugees has existed since 1921, when it was created by the League of Nations with Norwegian scientist Fridtjof Nansen as its first occupant. The International Refugee Organization (IRO) was created in 1946 to address the refugee crisis that resulted from World War II. The United Nations established the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in 1950 as the successor of the IRO. The 1951 Refugee Convention established the scope and legal framework of the agency's work, which initially focused on Europeans ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Joe Root
Joseph Edward Root, (born 30 December 1990) is an English international cricketer, who plays for the England cricket team, English cricket team and formerly captained the Test team. He also represents Yorkshire County Cricket Club, Yorkshire in County cricket, English domestic cricket. Root is currently the leading run-scorer among all active batsmen, the List of players who have scored 10,000 or more runs in Test cricket, fifth highest run-scorer of all time in Test cricket and the List of England Test cricket records, highest run scorer for England. Root is considered to be one of the greatest batsmen of his era and one of the greatest batsmen England has ever produced. He was part of the England cricket team, England team that won the 2019 Cricket World Cup where he top scored for England. , he has topped the ICC men's player rankings, ICC rankings for Test batsmen on nine occasions. Root made his Test debut in 2012, his One Day International, ODI debut in 2013, and played ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
The Times
''The Times'' is a British Newspaper#Daily, daily Newspaper#National, national newspaper based in London. It began in 1785 under the title ''The Daily Universal Register'', adopting its modern name on 1 January 1788. ''The Times'' and its sister paper ''The Sunday Times'' (founded in 1821), are published by Times Media, since 1981 a subsidiary of News UK, in turn wholly owned by News Corp. ''The Times'' and ''The Sunday Times'' were founded independently and have had common ownership only since 1966. It is considered a newspaper of record in the UK. ''The Times'' was the first newspaper to bear that name, inspiring numerous other papers around the world. In countries where these other titles are popular, the newspaper is often referred to as or , although the newspaper is of national scope and distribution. ''The Times'' had an average daily circulation of 365,880 in March 2020; in the same period, ''The Sunday Times'' had an average weekly circulation of 647,622. The two ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Pune
Pune ( ; , ISO 15919, ISO: ), previously spelled in English as Poona (List of renamed Indian cities and states#Maharashtra, the official name until 1978), is a city in the state of Maharashtra in the Deccan Plateau, Deccan plateau in Western India. It is the administrative headquarters of the Pune district, and of Pune division. In terms of the total amount of land under its jurisdiction, Pune is the largest city in Maharashtra, with a geographical area of 516.18 sq km, though List of cities in India by population, by population it comes in a distant second to Mumbai. According to the 2011 Census of India, Pune has 7.2 million residents in the metropolitan region, making it the List of metropolitan areas in India, seventh-most populous metropolitan area in India. The city of Pune is part of Pune Metropolitan Region. Pune is one of the largest IT hubs in India. It is also one of the most important Automotive industry in India, automobile and Manufacturing in India, manufacturin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
List Of Ambassadors Of The United Kingdom To Rwanda
The High Commissioner of the United Kingdom to the Republic of Rwanda is the United Kingdom's foremost diplomatic representative in Rwanda. The British Embassy in Kigali opened in 1995. On Rwanda's accession to the Commonwealth in 2009, the Embassy became the British High Commission and the ambassador became the High Commissioner. The High Commission is located in the Kacyiru area of Kigali, immediately opposite the Laico Umubano Hotel. The British High Commissioner to Rwanda is also non-resident Ambassador to the Republic of Burundi, with a liaison office in Bujumbura. List of heads of mission Ambassadors *1996–1998: Kaye Oliver *1998–2001: Graeme Loten *2001–2004: Sue Hogwood *2004–2008: Jeremy Macadie *2008–2009: Nicholas Cannon High Commissioners *2009–2011: Nicholas Cannon *2011–2014: Benedict Llewellyn-Jones *2014–2017: William Gelling *2018-2021: Joanne Lomas *2021–: Omar Daair External linksUK and Rwanda ''gov.uk'' References {{Lists of hea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Andrew Mitchell
Sir Andrew John Bower Mitchell Order of St Michael and St George, KCMG (born 23 March 1956) is a British politician who was Shadow Foreign Secretary from July to November 2024 and served as Foreign Secretary (United Kingdom), Deputy Foreign Secretary between February and July 2024. He was also Minister of State for Development and Africa between October 2022 and July 2024. A member of the Conservative Party (UK), Conservative Party, he has served as the Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), Member of Parliament (MP) for Sutton Coldfield (UK Parliament constituency), Sutton Coldfield since 2001 United Kingdom general election, 2001 and previously served as the MP for Gedling (UK Parliament constituency), Gedling from 1987 United Kingdom general election, 1987 to 1997 United Kingdom general election, 1997. Mitchell served in the Cabinet of the United Kingdom, Cabinet as Secretary of State for International Development from 2010 to 2012 and then briefly as Government Chief Whip i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
