29 December 2012 Current Affairs
Former England Cricket team captain Tony Greig died
Tony Greig, the South Africa-born cricketer who became England cricket team captain and later continued to make his mark on the game as a revered commentator in Australia, died on 29 December 2012.He played 58 tests for England and scored 3,599 runs at an average of 40.43 and took 141 wickets at 32.20.
Kohli reaches fifth spot in ICC T20 rankings
India`s batsman Virat Kohli has jumped five places to a career-best fifth position in the latest ICC Twenty20 International Player Rankings table released on 29 December 2012.Kohli scored a total of 95 runs against England and Pakistan in the four matches, thereby achieving his career-best ratings of 731.Yuvraj Singh has also moved up, jumping six places to 13th, following his 124 runs against England and Pakistan. He also climbed up a place in the bowlers` rankings list to 35th.The combined batting and bowling efforts has helped Yuvraj, who was also named Player of the Series against England, achieve career-best 337 ratings points in the all-rounders` table, where he is placed third.Meanwhile, the batting table continues to be headed by Shane Watson, followed by Brendon McCullum in second place and Chris Gayle in third.
Michael Hussey to retire after Sydney Test vs Sri Lanka
Australian veteran Mike Hussey announced on 29 December 2012 he will retire from Test cricket after the third and final match against Sri Lanka in Sydney on 3rd January 2013.Hussey has scored 19 hundreds in 78 Tests and averages 51.52.
Ramanujan’s Cryptic Death Bed Theory proved by American Scientist
Mathematicians from a US university have finally solved a cryptic puzzle renowned Indian mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan claimed came to him in his dreams while he was on his deathbed.While on his death-bed in 1920, Ramanujan wrote a letter to his mentor, British mathematician GH Hardy, outlining several new mathematical functions never before heard of, along with a hunch about how they worked.Now, researchers say they have proved Ramanujan was right, and that the formula could explain the behaviour of black holes.