Sunday 27 April 2014

3G/4G Expected Price, Speed and Stats in Pakistan

Mobile telecoms are vital to any country’s development, bypassing obstructive bureaucrats and bringing services directly to the masses from texting to calling to banking to the voter registration. But sadly Pakistan was the only country in South Asia that does not have high-speed mobile internet even war-ravaged Afghanistan, switched to 3G way back in 2012. But now as in other parts of the world Islamic Republic of Pakistan, finally, entered the age of 3G and 4G technologies. With the arrival of 3G and 4G, e-commerce, e-banking, e-learning and other e-services will benefit to a very large scale in Pakistan.
So first of all what speeds you can get with 3G and 4G connections. Let’s take a look at the comparison below. Now these speeds which I have mentioned below are based on optimum performance. The actual 3G / 4G Speed possibly vary in Pakistan depending on the network load and times.
All the speeds are mentioned in Bytes per seconds. I have made it simpler for you to understand by mentioning in bytes per second because that is what we see on the devices.


Edge
3G
4G
Maximum Download Speed
48 KB/s
9 MB/s
12.5 MB/s
Maximum Upload Speed
7.5 KB/s
256 KB/s
6.25 MB/s
Average Download Speed
15 KB/s
128 KB/s
1.25 MB/s
100 MB Download Time

1 hour, 55 minutes


13 minutes

1 minute 12 Seconds

Expected Price of 3G/4G

3G and 4G technologies are not expected to be cheaper in Pakistan actually not only in Pakistan it’s costly all over the world. If we talk about our neighbor countries, 3G is expensive as well and mobile operators are trying to benefit financially from 3G. 

Package
Price away Pakistan
Price in Pakistan
1 GB data in 3G (UAE)
99 Dirhams (Etisalat)
2645 Rupees Approx.
1 GB data in 3G (UK)
10 Pound (Hutchinson)
1649 Rupees Approx.
1 GB data in 3G (INDIA)
249 Rupee (Airtel)
403 Rupees Approx.
1 GB data in 3G (AFGHANISTAN)
520 Afghani (MTN)
899 Rupees Approx.
1 GB data in 3G (CHINA)
24 Dollar (China Mobile)
2354 Rupees Approx.
1 GB data in 3G (USA)
22 Dollar (Virgin Mobile)
1335 Rupees Approx.

Now it is really easy to estimate how expensive 3G and 4G technologies in Pakistan will be. Although with an expanding customer base, it is expected that 3G and 4G will be available in cheap packages but it will certainly take time, around 2-4 years before anyone can easily make use of this technology.

Social Benefits
  • Faster internet means more people will be attracted to using the internet on their phones.
  • Smartphone capabilities will increase as more web/internet dependent apps will be applicable for Pakistan.
  • Pakistanis will be able to enjoy things like streaming video, accessing news, and social media on the go.
  • Internet availability will be expanded to larger parts of the country Not only in the business sector, but the other major sectors like Education, FMCGs, food and health, Banking sectors, electronic media, multinational brands and many more.
 
Reasons if 3G will not taken off in Pakistan
  • Pricing far Expensive, this will probably the foremost reason.
  • Pathetic 3G speeds
  • 3G eats up Battery power like crazy, If you keep 3G connection ON continuously, the battery is eaten up twice as faster as compared to normal.
  • Lower Smartphone, User should have 3G supported phone. In Pakistan less than 18% handsets are 3G compatible and 4G compatible handsets are even less than 1%.

At the end it’s upto the people how they take advantage of it and use it to their benefit. It’s a huge step-up for Pakistan, one that doesn’t seem to be as big now, but in future it will go a long way in shaping up the technology arena of Pakistan which can easily change the fate of the country. Once a country becomes technologically advanced, everything else follows. I hope that 3G would bring us more and more benefits as it is rolled out in the coming months. Congratulations Pakistan for being on
3G and 4G. May Allah Help Pakistan to grow more and more. Ameen!

Sunday 16 March 2014

ICC World T20: Statistics, Records and Numbers

The third format of International Cricket - Twenty20 - was introduced in the season 2005. Soon, in the next 2 years of time ICC announced the World T20 Championship. It was scheduled to be held every 2 years. The 3rd edition, in 2010, was hosted within one year as ICC World Cup (of ODIs) was to be held in 2011. 



ICC World T20 has been a 12-teams tournament which is divided into 4 groups of 3 teams each. The 5th edition, unlike the previous 4 editions, is hosting 16 teams. The top 8 teams are qualified directly whereas 4 more teams will be added to the respective groups after winning the qualifiers.

ICC World T20: Records, Statistics and Numbers

ICC World T20 Champions:


Inaugural ICC World T20 was held in South Africa in 2007 which was won by India. Next 3 editions were hosted by England, West Indies and Sri Lanka and the winners were Pakistan, England and West Indies respectively.

Year
Host Country
Winner
Runner-up
2007
South Africa
India (MS Dhoni)
Pakistan
2009
England
Pakistan (Younis Khan)
Sri Lanka
2010
West Indies
England (Paul Collingwood)
Australia
2012
Sri Lanka
West Indies (Darren Sammy)
Sri Lanka
 


ICC World T20 Finals: 

Edition
Date
Venue
Winner
Runner-up
Margin
Man of the Match
1
24-Sep-07
Johannesburg
India
Pakistan
5 runs
Irfan Pathan
2
21-Jun-09
Lord's
Pakistan
Sri Lanka
8 wickets
Shahid Afridi
3
16-May-10
Bridgetown
England
Australia
7 wickets
Craig Kieswetter
4
07-Oct-12
Colombo (RPS)
West Indies
Sri Lanka
36 runs
Marlon Sam


Team
Matches
Won
Lost
Tied
N/R
Champion
Runner-Up
Pakistan
26
16
9
1
0
1
1
Sri Lanka
25
16
8
1
0
0
2
England
22
10
11
0
1
1
0
India
22
12
8
1
1
1
0
Australia
21
13
8
0
0
0
1
New Zealand
21
9
10
2
0
0
0
South Africa
21
13
8
0
0
0
0
West Indies
20
9
9
1
1
1
0



Team positions in each edition of ICC World T20:


Pakistan has been the most consistent team in ICC World T20. They are the only team to qualify for Semi-Finals in each of the 4 editions with winning once and being runner-ups once. Sri Lanka has managed to reach the semi-finals in last 3 editions, ending up as runner-ups twice. 

India (2007), South Africa (2009) and New Zealand (2007) could move to Semi-Finals stage only once in the 4 editions. India became the champions when they did so, while SA and NZ ended up as the semi-finalists.


Team
2007
2009
2010
2012
Pakistan
Runner-Up
Champions
Semi Finals
Semi Finals
Sri Lanka
1st Round
Runner-Up
Semi Finals
Runner-Up
England
1st Round
1st Round
Champions
1st Round
India
Champions
1st Round
1st Round
1st Round
Australia
Semi Finals
1st Round
Runner-Up
Semi Finals
New Zealand
Semi Finals
1st Round
1st Round
1st Round
South Africa
1st Round
Semi Finals
1st Round
1st Round
West Indies
1st Round
Semi Finals
1st Round
Champions


Player of the Tournaments: 

Only Kevin Pietersen's team won the trophy.
 
Year
Player
Matches
Runs
Avg
Wickets
S/R
Catches
2007
Shahid Afridi (Pak)
7
91
15.16
12
14
2
2009
Tillakaratne Dilshan (SL)
7
317
52.83
-
-
3
2010
Kevin Pietersen (Eng)
6
248
62
-
-
3
2012
Shane Watson (Aus)
6
249
49.8
11
13
3
 
 

Batting Statistics:

Leading Run-getters:


Mahela Jayawardene is the highest run-getter in ICC World T20. He has scored 858 runs in 25 innings at average of 40.85 and strike rate of 136.62. His tally also included 1 100 and 5 50s. He has scored atleast 150 runs in each of the 4 edtions - 159 in 1st, 154 in 2nd, 302 in 3rd and 243 in the 4th. 

Other batsmen to aggregate 500-plus runs in ICC World T20 are Gayle, Dilshan, Sangakkara, Pietersen, B McCullum and Gambhir. Among these, Gambhir and Pietersen aren't part of the 2013/14 edition of ICC World T20. 


Runs
Batsman
Inns
Avg
S/R
100s
50s
Highest
858
Mahela Jayawardene (SL)
25
40.85
136.62
1
5
100
664
Chris Gayle (WI)
17
44.26
152.29
1
6
117
632
Tillakaratne Dilshan (SL)
24
30.09
128.97
0
4
96*
590
Kumar Sangakkara (SL)
25
26.81
113.89
0
3
68
580
Kevin Pietersen (Eng)
15
44.61
148.33
0
4
79
552
Brendon McCullum (NZ)
21
29.05
126.6
1
1
123
524
Gautam Gambhir (India)
20
26.2
118.01
0
4
75
 
 

Leading run-getters of each edition:

In all the 4 editions, the leading run-getter's team did not win the title. In fact, only Dilshan's (2009) reached finals even!
 
Edition
Runs
Batsman
Inns
Avg
S/R
100s
50s
Highest
1st
265
Matthew Hayden (Aus)
6
88.33
144.80
0
4
73*
2nd
317
Tillakaratne Dilshan (SL)
7
52.83
144.74
0
3
96*
3rd
302
Mahela Jayawardene (SL)
6
60.40
159.78
1
2
100
4th
249
Shane Watson (Aus)
6
49.80
150.00
0
3
72
 
 
Batsmen with most number of Ducks: 5 Shahid Afridi, 4 Jayasuriya, L Wright, Dilshan
 

Highest Average & Strike-Rate:

Rohit Sharma leads the table of highest batting average in ICC World T20 for a minimum cut-off of 10 innings. He aggregates 385 runs in 14 innings (with 7 not outs) for India in the tournament. He just pushes down Mike Hussey who has an average of 54.62. To be noted that without any cut-off, Matthew Hayden has the highest average of 83.33 in the tournament but he batted only 6 innings (all in the first edition).

The batsman with highest batting strike rate with a minimum cut-off of 175 balls faced is Chris Gayle. He is just ahead of Imran Nazir (150.00).
 
Best Averages (Min 10 inns)
Best Strike Rates (Min 175 balls)
Avg
Batsman
Innings
S/R
Batsman
Balls
55.00
Rohit Sharma (Ind)
14
152.29
Chris Gayle (WI)
436
54.62
Mike Hussey (Aus)
16
150.00
Imran Nazir (Pak)
200
46.66
Umar Akmal (Pak)
10
148.33
Kevin Pietersen (Eng)
391
44.61
Kevin Pietersen (Eng)
15
147.52
Shahid Afridi (Pak)
263
44.26
Chris Gayle (WI)
17
144.8
Matthew Hayden (Aus)
183
 
 

Most fours and Sixes:

Most Fours
Most Sixes
Sixes
Batsman
Innings
Fours
Batsman
Innings
43
Chris Gayle (WI)
17
91
Mahela Jayawardene (SL)
25
27
Shane Watson (Aus)
15
75
Tillakaratne Dilshan (SL)
17
27
Yuvraj Singh (Ind)
19
62
Brendon McCullum (NZ)
21
22
Mahela Jayawardene (SL)
25
61
Gautam Gambhir (Ind)
20
21
Luke Wright (Eng)
20
60
Kevin Pietersen (Eng)
15

 

 Most fours in an inning: 14 by Herschelle Gibbs in his 90* vs West Indies in the inaugural match of ICC World T20.


Most sixes in an inning: 10 by Chris Gayle in his 117 vs South Africa in the inaugural match of ICC World T20.
 

Highest Individual scores:

Runs
Batsman
Balls
Fours
Sixes
Opp
Venue
Date
123
Brendon McCullum (NZ)
58
11
7
Ban
Pallekele
21-Sep-12
117
Chris Gayle (WI)
57
7
10
SA
Johannesburg
11-Sep-07
101
Suresh Raina (Ind)
60
9
5
SA
Gros Islet
02-May-10
100
Mahela Jayawardene (SL)
64
10
4
Zim
Providence
 03-May-10

 

Scores of 90s: 

Runs
Batsman
Balls
Fours
Sixes
Opp
Venue
Date
99*
Luke Wright (Eng)
55
8
6
Afg
Colombo (RPS)
21-Sep-12
98*
Mahela Jayawarden (SL)
56
9
4
WI
Bridgetown
07-May-10
98
Chris Gayle (WI)
66
5
7
Ind
Bridgetown
09-May-10
96*
Tillakaratne Dilshan (SL)
57
12
2
WI
The Oval
19-Jun-09
90*
Herschelle Gibbs (SA)
55
14
2
WI
Johannesburg
11-Sep-07

 

Bowling Statistics:

Leading Wicket Takers:

Lasith Malinga leads the table of most wickets in ICC World T20. He has taken 33 wickets in 25 matches. Saeed Ajmal is next with 32 wickets, but only in 19 matches. Ajantha Mendis took 31 wickets in 18 matches and finds himself 3rd in the list of most wickets in the tournament. 


Wickets
Bowler
Mat
Avg
Eco
S/R
4
5
Best
33
Lasith Malinga (SL)
25
19.78
7.71
15.3
0
1
5/31
32
Saeed Ajmal (Pak)
19
15.46
6.65
13.9
3
0
4/19
31
Ajantha Mendis (SL)
18
13.48
6.14
13.1
1
1
6/8
31
Shahid Afridi (Pak)
26
22.25
6.63
20.1
2
0
4/11
29
Umar Gul (Pak)
20
16.58
6.95
14.3
1
1
5/6

 

Best Average, Strike Rate and Economy Rates

Ajantha Mendis has the best bowling average and bowling strike rates for a minimum cut-off of 250 balls while Daniel Vettori's economy rate of 5.83 is the best among all.
 
Best Bowling Avg
Best Bowling Strike Rates
Best Economy Rates
Avg
Bowler
S/R
Bowler
Eco
Bowler
13.48
Ajantha Mendis (SL)
13.1
Ajantha Mendis (SL)
5.83
Daniel Vettori (NZ)
15.46
Saeed Ajmal (Pak)
13.9
Saeed Ajmal (Pak)
6.10
Nathan McCullum (NZ)
16.27
Graeme Swann (Eng)
14.3
Umar Gul (Pak)
6.14
Ajantha Mendis (SL)
16.58
Umar Gul (Pak)
15.0
Graeme Swann (Eng)
6.17
Dale Steyn (SA)
16.86
Morne Morkel (SA)
15.1
Morne Morkel (SA)
6.31
Angelo Mathews (SL)
 
 

Best Bowling Figures: 

Figures
Overs
Bowler
Opp
Venue
Date
6/8
4
Ajantha Mendis (SL)
Zim
Hambantota
18-Sep-12
5/6
3
Umar Gul (Pak)
NZ
The Oval
13-Jun-09
5/31
4
Lasith Malinga (SL)
Eng
Pallekele
01-Oct-12
 
 
Most 4-wicket hauls:
3 Saeed Ajmal 
2 Morne Morkel, Ajantha Mendis, Umar Gul, Shahid Afridi

Most Maiden Overs: 
4 - Harbhajan Singh 
3 - Dilhara Fernando, Ajantha Mendis

Team Statistics:

Highest Inning Totals:


Sri Lanka scored 260/6 in 50 overs against Kenya in the first edition of ICC World T20. It is the highest in the tournament and highest in T20 Internationals overall. 

South Africa chased down the total of 205/6 by West Indies in the inaugural match of ICC World T20 in 2007. It is the highest target chased in the tournament so far. 


Score
Team
Opp
Venue
Date
Result
260/6
Sri Lanka
Kenya
Johannesburg
14-Sep-07
Won
218/4
India
England
Durban
19-Sep-07
Won
211/5 #
South Africa
Scotland
The Oval
07-Jun-09
Won
208/2
South Africa
West Indies
Johannesburg
11-Sep-07
Won
205/6
West Indies
South Africa
Johannesburg
11-Sep-07
Lost
# While chasing, South Africa achieved the target in 17.4 overs. 

Lowest Inning Totals:


Ireland has been dismissed for the lowest total in the tournament - 68. Lowest total by a test playing nation is 80 by England against India in 2012. None of the below totals resulted in victory for the team. 


Score
Overs
Team
Opp
Venue
Date
68
16.4
Ireland
West Indies
Providence
30-Apr-10
73
16.5
Kenya
New Zealand
Durban
12-Sep-07
80
17.2
Afghanistan
England
Colombo (RPS)
21-Sep-12
80
16.0
Afghanistan
South Africa
Bridgetown
05-May-10
80
14.4
England
India
Colombo (RPS)
23-Sep-12

Lowest target defended: 128/7 by South Africa against West Indies in 2009. South Africa had won by 1 run. 

Victories by 1 run:
 
Team
Score
Opp
Score
Venue
Date
India
152/6
South Africa
151/10
Colombo (RPS)
02-Oct-12
New Zealand
133/7
Pakistan
132/7
Bridgetown
08-May-10
South Africa
128/7
New Zealand
127/5
Lord's
09-Jun-09
 
 

Wicket-Keeping and Fielding:


Most dismissals by a Wicket-Keeper:

Dismissals
Catches
Stumpings
Wicket-Keeper
Inns
24
8
16
Kamran Akmal (Pak)
26
23
10
13
Kumar Sangakkara (SL)
25
18
16
2
Denesh Ramdin (WI)
18
18
14
4
MS Dhoni (Ind)
21
16
15
1
Mark Boucher (SA)
16

 Most catches by a Fielder: 


Catches
Fielder
Inns
16
AB de Villiers (SA)
16
14
David Warner (Aus)
15
13
Ross Taylor (NZ)
19
12
Mike Hussey (Aus)
12

 

# Only one match was brought to a result after being tied by bowl-out in ICC World T20 - India vs Pakistan in the inaugural edition. India won the bowl-out by 3-0. 

# In the inaugural edition of ICC World T20, Yuvraj Singh (Ind) batting against England became the first batsman to hit 6 sixes in an over in T20 format and the second do to so in International Cricket (Gibbs was the first). Yuvraj completed his half century in 12 balls which is the fastest in T20 cricket. 

# In the final of ICC World T20 2007, Sohail Tanvir batted for the first time in his International Career and hit a six off the first ball he faced. Thus, making him the first player to hit a six of the first ball off International career. 

# Ravindra Jadeja was hit for 6 sixes in 6 balls, not in the same over, by Shane Watson (last 3 balls of 4th over) and David Warner (first 3 balls of 10th over) at Bridgetown in 2009. 

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