Anyone out there who still thinks Pakistan are not dangerous contenders for the World Cup? With tremendous poise and skill in the middle overs, Misbah-ul-Haq and Younis Khan propelled Pakistan, who were on a tricky 105 for 2 in the 21st over, to a strong 277, before Shahid Afridi and Shoaib Akthar produced bits of magic to derail the chase. Chamara Silva threatened to pull off a thrilling heist with a flurry of boundaries, and Nuwan Kulasekara made one heroic last-ditch effort to reduce the equation to 18 runs from the final over. Umar Gul, however, held his nerve to steer Pakistan home and end a mesmeric exhibition of high-quality cricket in Colombo
Saturday, 26 February 2011
Thursday, 24 February 2011
CWC 2011 - Pakistan vs. Kenya
Pakistan started their World Cup campaign with a comfortable win against Kenya. Pakistan looked comfortable throughout apart from the first 10 overs where the WC newcomers Ahmed Shehzad and Muhammad Hafeez were overpowered by world cup pressure and nerves. They never seemed to overpower their nerves and left Pakistan 20-2 in about 8 overs, but since then onwards it was an easy ride with Misbah (65), U Akmel (71) and Afridi (5 wkts), a WC record for a skipper, starring.
Tuesday, 8 February 2011
Saturday, 5 February 2011
Salman Butt, Mohammad Asif & Mohammad Amir receive bans from ICC
The NOTW sting operation resulted match fixing trio (Salman, Amir and Asif) received the verdict from ICC today after the hearing ended last month.
Salman Butt - 10 years ban (5 suspended)
Mohammad Asif - 07 years ban (5 suspended)
Mohammad Amir - 05 years ban (0 suspended)
Salman Butt - 10 years ban (5 suspended)
Mohammad Asif - 07 years ban (5 suspended)
Mohammad Amir - 05 years ban (0 suspended)
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