at the close

At the close of last season, many fans wanted to know if these two would ever hook up.

Pakistan stumbled to 73-3 at the close, leaving the visitors favourites to win the series.

And although Pakistan were reduced to 19-2 inside the first 10 overs, a century from debutant Kamran Ghulam led the hosts to 259-5 at the close of day one.

Separately, DirecTV agreed to assume $9.9 billion of Dish’s debt at the close of the EchoStar transaction.

The latest and most dramatic example is what happened recently at the close of the Legislature’s two-year session.