Chittagong—Bangladesh’s top order has rarely
been in prime form over the past year, but if
there was a game in which they could afford to
fail, this was it. After the home side’s bowlers
demolished Zimbabwe for 44, the fifth lowest
total in one-dayers, even a familiar failure at
the top couldn’t stop Bangladesh from taking the
series by knocking off the runs in 11.5 overs.
Lahore—Pakistan Army once again proved
themselves as a Pakistani powerhouse in soccer
when they posted a 2-0 impressive win over PMC
Athletico Club at Agriculture University Ground,
Faisalabad in Pakistan Premier Football League
on Tuesday. While Lahore’s Pak Elektron Limited
(PEL) jumped to eighth place when they recorded
a thrilling 4-3 win over Pakistan Navy at here
MTFA Ground.
Abu Dhabi—Shahid Afridi
was at the head of a rescue operation of
spectacular proportions at the Sheikh Zayed
Stadium, where much like a magician, he turned a
limp and disastrous 75 for 4 into an ominous 287
for 9. Afridi’s innings opened up the floodgates
for the lower order, in particular Kamran Akmal,
who plundered New Zealand relentlessly at the
death: in all 137 runs came in the last 15 overs
and 206 off the last 25. Whatever advantage had
been New Zealand’s, thanks to an outstanding
opening spell from Shane Bond, was thus laid to
waste in a haze of boundaries.
Lahore—Despite the
financial crisis in Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB)
as current security situation of the country,
the PCB chairman Ijaz Butt has decided to
provide the funds of more than 50 million rupees
to women wing for the year 2009-10. Sources told
this scribe that the governing body of Pakistan
Cricket Board will take this final decision to
allocate this fund in his up coming meeting
which will be held on 7 November at Lahore.
Peshawar—PPPC club beat 3-C club
by six wickets in the 2nd All-FATA Khyber Agency
Twenty20 Cricket Tournament, which got under way
at Jamrud Cricket Stadium, Khyber Agency on
Tuesday. President Abbottabad Region Cricket
Association Amir Nawab was the chief guest on
this occasion and formally inaugurated the
tournament.
