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Australia hammered by Pakistan in record T20 loss before World Cup

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Pakistan hammered Australia by 111 runs in Lahore to seal a 3-0 series sweep and inflict the tourists’ biggest defeat in T20 internationals.

The hosts posted 207-6, with Saim Ayub and Babar Azam both scoring half-centuries and Shadab Khan crashing 46 from 19 balls.

Spinner Mohammad Nawaz then took career-best figures of 5-18 as Australia were bundled out for just 96 in 16.5 overs.

The margin was 11 runs worse than Australia’s previous record defeat, when they were thrashed England by 100 runs in their second-ever T20 international in 2005.

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Sunday’s loss meant the tourists had failed to chase a target for a third match in succession, having suffered 90 and 22-run defeats earlier in the week.

Marcus Stoinis top-scored with 23 from 22 deliveries, and was one of only three Australian batters to make it into double figures.

Earlier, Saim (56) and Babar (50 not out) put on 69 for the third wicket as the hosts reached a competitive score having won the toss and choosing to bat.

It was Babar’s first significant score since he left the Big Bash League early, having drawn criticism for his slow-scoring in his first season in the competition.

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Both sides have now completed their preparations for the T20 World Cup, with Australia starting against Ireland on Wednesday, 11 February.

Pakistan open with a fixture against the Netherlands on Saturday, but the Pakistan Cricket Board have announced that they will not fulfil their group stage fixture against India on Sunday, 15 February.

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Megyn Kelly speculates why Savannah Guthrie appears with makeup and “puffy red eyes” in her renewed plea for Nancy Guthrie

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Conservative podcaster Megyn Kelly reacted to Savannah Guthrie’s latest plea for her missing mother, Nancy Guthrie. The Today host’s 84-year-old mother has been missing since February 1, and the law enforcement agencies have been investigating the case as a kidnapping. Meanwhile, Nancy Guthrie’s family posted several videos urging people to help find her.

On February 24, Savannah Guthrie announced a $1 million family reward in exchange for information leading to her mother’s recovery. On Friday, the media personality reshared a clip from her Tuesday plea video and reminded people that they could be anonymous while sharing tips.

Megyn Kelly, who has actively discussed the developments in the Nancy Guthrie case, discussed Savannah Guthrie’s latest video with former FBI agents Jim Fitzgerald and Maureen O’Connell. Kelly pointed out that Savannah Guthrie, in her first few videos, appeared without makeup and with puffy eyes. She suggested that the change might be a calculated move to deliver an impactful message.

“I think it’s somewhat of a sign of resilience that she managed to get any makeup on at all and her jacket on… I do think the puffy red eyes are an intentional choice because I’m sure they were authentic, and they could have been resolved had she really wanted to do that for a camera. But she probably made the choice to show people the pain she’s in,” Kelly stated.

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The podcaster said that there was no downside in telegraphing her true emotions to the public and the suspected kidnapper. Megyn Kelly asked Jim Fitzgerald whether, in his opinion, the Today host’s appearance and the video’s style were premeditated and produced after consultation with the FBI.

The former FBI agent said that in his profiling career, he had advised people how to appear before cameras while putting on a message. Fitzgerald said that while he had personally never gotten into the makeup category, he opined that someone might have advised it.

“So yeah, this is well coordinated… I’m certainly assuming there are profilers, behavioralists on the scene, certainly in touch with the family. They’re talking to them. They’re helping them put the words together. They don’t want to offend the person. They don’t want to challenge the person.”


Megyn Kelly suspects that if Savannah Guthrie drops any major detail in her plea for Nancy Guthrie

“There’s less hope in the family…” @willgeddes, @eoneill, and James Hamilton on new Savannah Guthrie video revealing Nancy was ‘taken from her bed’ and upping reward to $1 million.

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In her latest video message, Savannah Guthrie said that 24 days had passed since Nancy Guthrie was “taken in the dark of night from her bed.” Megyn Kelly discussed the plea video in her Tuesday podcast and stressed the NBC host’s words. Kelly remarked that whether Savannah Guthrie intended to or not, she had made a “little news.”

Pointing to the “taken…from her bed” remark, Megyn Kelly suspected:

“No one has ever said that before. In fact, the sheriff said it early on and then took it back and said… But there it is, straight from Savannah Guthrie herself. That’s news.”

Many on the internet raised suspicions about Nancy Guthrie’s other daughter, Annie, and her husband, Tommaso, since they were the last people with whom she spent time before she went missing.

In her recent plea, Savannah Guthrie mentioned Annie when she said, “Hope against hope. As my sister says, ‘we are blowing on the embers of hope.’” Megyn Kelly frowned upon the mention of Annie in the message.

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“Given all the focus on the sister and, more accurately, the sister’s husband. To me, that’s a way of endorsing the sister and reminding us they still believe in her and probably in Tommaso too. I don’t think you mentioned the sister unless you’re looking to rehabilitate them both,” Kelly said.


Meanwhile, Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos has cleared Nancy Guthrie’s family members as suspects in the case.