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Black Caps make cricket history

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New Zealand's national cricket team, the "Black Caps", made One Day International Cricket history yesterday when they inflicted a ten wicket defeat on an under-strength Australian side, at Wellington. It is the first time in O.D.I. Cricket history that Australia has suffered a ten wicket loss.

It is also the first time in over a year that New Zealand have beaten Australia. This lends credibility to the view that the current New Zealand side has a culture of mediocrity, as they have not beaten a top-level side at full-strength for a long time.

New Zealand won the toss and elected to field first. Australia were already in trouble, when by the fourth over they had lost two wickets for a meagre 16 runs, the damage coming from New Zealand's pace bowler, Shane Bond, who finished the day with a five wicket haul including a spectacular caught-and-bowled off Australia's Cameron White.

With Australia bowled out for an unimpressive 148, New Zealand took up the bat and reached the target in only 27 overs. The partnership between Lou Vincent and Stephen Fleming was unbreakable, despite several close shaves.

A few key members of the Australian side were conspicuously absent, notably Ricky Ponting, Adam Gilchrist and Brett Lee. However, Australia (currently world no.1) has lost four of its last five One Day International matches only two months before the International Cricket World Cup.

If Australia lose either of their next two matches against New Zealand, they will slip to no.2 position, with South Africa occupying first place on the ICC's one-day rankings.

[China tour] Photos and comments: Chengdu

This is a post from Bear's Blog China in both Chinese and English.

关于成都的更多资料，请参考中文维基百科：成都。（在某些地区也许被封锁）

For you people that have no idea about China, Chengdu is a major city and capital of Sichuan Province in south-west China, and my hometown. For more information, see Chengdu in English Wikipedia.

为纪念三国时期蜀汉丞相诸葛亮而兴建的武候祠。现存武候祠为惠陵、汉昭烈庙、武侯祠合并而来，上图中所示则为纪念刘关张结义的三义庙。

The Wuhou Shrine is the place to sacrifices Zhuge Liang, the Premier of Han of three kingdoms period, and one of the greatest Chinese strategists, statesman, engineer, scholar, and inventor.

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[China Tour]Photos & comments: Tibet

who said that Kiwi can't fly?

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 The full post is in Bear's Blog China in both Chinese and English, for more details,visit:

http://arctosia.blog.sohu.com/34299124.html

Home, sweet home

After 5 more hours of waitting after missed a connection flight, finally I arrived, about 9.40pm yesterday.

Feel just nothing but happy to live in a free world, with out consider anything about which site the Great Firewall of China stops me to visit, includes my own blog.

update of this blog resumes from now on.