Chittagong—All-rounder
Naeem Islam hit a superb 73 not out off 90 balls
to power Bangladesh to a thrilling one-wicket
victory over Zimbabwe in the fifth and final
one-dayer here on Thursday. The 22-year-old kept
his cool and added 35 runs along with last man
Nazmul Hossain to snatch victory from Zimbabwe,
with the hosts finishing the series comfortable
4-1 winners.
Lahore—Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Chairman
Ijaz Butt on Wednesday expressed optimism for a
series against arch-rivals India at a neutral
venue in 2010, asserting the International
Cricket Council (ICC) has shown interest in
resumption of the high-profile contests in the
US, Geo news reported on Wednesday.
Hyderabad—Shaun Marsh struck a career-best 112
and Shane Watson an impressive 93 as Australia
posted a huge 350-4 in the fifth one-day
international against India here on Thursday.
Marsh, 26, shared 145 runs for the opening
wicket with Watson and another 91 runs with
Captain Ricky Ponting (45) after the world
champions won the toss and elected to bat in the
day-night encounter at the Rajiv Gandhi stadium.
Denpasar—France’s
Aravane Rezai recovered from 2-5 down in the
second set to book the first of the semi-final
places at the Bali Tournament of Champions
Thursday with a 6-3, 7-5 defeat of Hungarian
Melinda Czink. The 89-minute victory gives Rezai
a perfect 2-0 record in her group after an
opening-day win over Sabine Lisicki of Germany.
Hyderabad Deccan—India’s master batsman Sachin
Tendulkar has achieved the honour of becoming
the first player to make 17,000 runs in One-day
International cricket. He reached the coveted
milestone in his 435th one-dayer. Besides making
the most runs in one-day internationals,
Tendulkar also holds several other world records
in cricket.
