Abu Dhabi—Pakistan
captain Younis Khan praised Shahid Afridi as a
“fantastic performer” after the all-rounder
starred with both bat and ball in their side’s
convincing win over New Zealand in the first
one-day. Afridi hit a fiery 50-ball 71 to help
Pakistan post 287-9 in their allotted 50 overs
before taking two wickets to restrict their
rivals to 149, helping Pakistan win the match by
138 runs at Abu Dhabi Stadium.
Basel—Pakistan’s tennis star Aisamul Haq
Qureshi and his doubles partner James Cerritani
beat tennis great and world number one, Roger
Federer and his Swiss compatriot Marco
Chiudinelli in straight sets at the Basel Open.
Qureshi was at his serve-and-volleying best in
the round-of-32 match as he and Cerritani
cruised to victory against Federer and
Chidudinelli 6-4, 6-3 to book their place in the
quarter-finals of the $2.6 million ATP
tournament.
Lille
(France)—Pakistan took a giant stride towards
confirming a place in Sunday’s final after
taming hosts France 4-2 for their second
consecutive win in the World Cup Qualifiers here
at the Lille Metropole Hockey Club on Tuesday.
After back-to-back triumphs over Italy and
Russia by identical 5-0 margins, Pakistan faced
some resistance from the spirited French but a
double strike from their drag flick ace Sohail
Abbas made it sure that they remain unbeaten in
this six-nation tournament.
Karachi—Farooq Shah stole the limelight with
two second-half strikes in the Pakistan Premier
Football League as NBP earned revengeful 3-1 win
over PIA) at Korangi Baloch Stadium here on
Wednesday. Nasir Ismail-coached NBP were the
first to cope with the condition of the turf
that also staged the first leg, giving PIA 3-0
win. But reverse was true in second leg as
bankers took eighth minute lead when
Kashmir-born defender Yasir Sabir opened the
scoring by beating keeper Bilal Rafiq with
delicate lob after Muhammad Asif’s through ball
caught PIA defence in confusion.
Hyderabad—The fifth One-day
International between India and Australia will
be played tomorrow and Geo Super will telecast
this match live from Hyderabad Deccan. An
already weakened Australia were dealt another
injury blow in the one-day series in India after
Moises Henriques was ruled out of Thursday’s
fifth match here with a damaged hamstring.
