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No concerns in our mind, it’s going to be safe in Pakistan: Australian head coach Andrew McDonald

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Few days ahead of their departure for their first tour of Pakistan in last 24 years, Australian head coach Andrew McDonald has said that there are no safety concerns in the players mind.  Notably, both New Zealand and England had decided to cancel their respective tours of Pakistan last year, citing security doubts. However, the Aussies have named a full-strength squad for both Tests and white-ball series against the home side.

Team Australia are set to play three Tests and an equal number of ODIs, apart from one T20I. The matches will be played across Lahore, Karachi and Rawalpindi from March 4 to April 5. Team Australia will be without the services of  David Warner, Glenn Maxwell, Pat Cummins and Josh Hazlewood during the limited-over series.

They are jumping  on the plane: McDonald

Led by Pat Cummins, the Aussies are currently going under pre-series training in Melbourne and completing quarantine protocols before they depart to Islamabad.

Speaking in a virtual press conference McDonald said, “They’re jumping on the plane. So that to me says they’re ready to go and they are clear in their mind, that it’s going to be safe and it’s an exciting tour and they’re getting their heads around the cricket as opposed to the other things that potentially can pop into their mind,”

“Yeah, well, it’s difficult to tell in terms of Pakistan and Pakistan is different to Pakistan in the UAE. You know, they’ve got some great options, spin bowling options that, you know, fastball. “Shaheen Shah Afridi, you know, keeps getting better every year. Left-arm pace, swings the ball, can reverse swing the ball as well, so they got some exciting players,” said McDonald.

“Equally, we’ve got some really exciting players as well. Mitchell Starc and Cummins and Hazlewood and Cameroon Green and our bowling attack is equally exciting. So I think it’s going to be a really good contest. Yeah, you say that Pakistan is unpredictable, but I think in their own conditions is an element of predictability. They like to draw games out. You know, they play the long game, they’re patient and they play their conditions well,” he added.

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The court, generally, considers a person who commit a crime and the one who destroys the evidence, as criminals in the eyes of law. But what if an animal destroys the evidence of a crime committed by a human.

In a peculiar incident in Rajasthan, a monkey fled away with the evidence collected by the police in a murder case. The stolen evidence included the murder weapon (a blood-stained knife).

The incident came to light when the police appeared before the court and they had to provide the evidence in the hearing.

The hearing was about the crime which took place in September 2016, in which a person named Shashikant Sharma died at a primary health center under Chandwaji police station. After the body was found, the deceased’s relatives blocked the Jaipur-Delhi highway, demanding an inquiry into the matter.

Following the investigation, the police had arrested Rahul Kandera and Mohanlal Kandera, residents of Chandwaji in relation to the murder. But, when the time came to produce the evidence related to the case, it was found that the police had no evidence with them because a monkey had stolen it from them.

In the court, the police said that the knife, which was the primary evidence, was also taken by the monkey. The cops informed that the evidence of the case was kept in a bag, which was being taken to the court.

The evidence bag contained the knife and 15 other important evidences. However, due to the lack of space in the malkhana, a bag full of evidence was kept under a tree, which led to the incident.

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