Lahore—Pakistan Cricket Board Chairman Nasim
Ashraf on Friday formally withdrew the 220
million rupee defamation suit which he filed
against maverick pacer Shoaib Akhtar, from a
civil court in Lahore.
HOURS before a crucial IPL match between hosts
Mumbai and Kolkata IPL teams, the Shiv Sena on
Friday renewed its threat to stop Pakistani
cricketers from playing in India.
Melbourne—Incoming International Cricket Council
(ICC) chief executive Haroon Lorgat said that
the sanctity of Test cricket would remain,
despite the frenzied grab for Twenty20 dollars,
it was reported by the media here Friday.
Peshawar—Gymkhana Stars took berth into the
semi-finals of the 17th Malik Saad Memorial
Cricket Tournament after defeating Khyber Greens
in the quarter-final played here Friday.
Gymkhana Stars will now face Tribal club in the
semi-finals of the 110 teams’ battle. Earlier,
Khyber Greens skipper Majeed Khan won the toss
and invited Gymkhana Stars to bat first.
Abbotabad—Farhan Meh-boob on Friday beat Yasir
Butt 3-1 in the final of the JSIL President,
Pakistan Squash Federation (PSF) International
Squash Championship 2008, to claim the title
here at Jansher Khan Squash Complex in a
sensational but one sided match he final
score-line was 5-11, 11-10, 11-7 and 11-5.
