Dunedin—Daniel Vettori and Brendon McCullum
punished Pakistan on a day on which only 36
overs of play were possible due to rain and bad
light in Dunedin. When Vettori bunted Saeed
Ajmal for a single minutes into the second
session, he beat Shane Warne as the highest
run-getter at No. 8. While Warne’s 2005 runs
came at an average of 19.09 in 91 Tests, Vettori
got there in less than half the number of
matches with an average of 43.86. Vettori,
however, missed becoming the first No. 8 to
score back-to-back Tests hundreds by one run.
London—Roger
Federer has reclaimed his spot at the top of the
tennis world, securing the year-end No. 1
ranking for the fifth time in his career. The
record 15-time Grand Slam champion is now
closing in on Pete Sampras’ all-time mark of
six. “It’s one of the greatest performances I
think I’ve achieved,” said Federer, who beat
Andy Murray at the O2 Arena on Tuesday night to
clinch the ranking ahead of Rafael Nadal.
Peshawar—NWFP Police
grabbed the title of Pakistan Twenty20
Federation Cup after defeating Shereen Mahal in
the final by 28 runs here at Arbab Niaz Cricket
Stadium on Wednesday. President Peshawar
District Cricket Association Asghar Khan was the
chief guest on this occasion. Organizing
Secretary and Secretary of the Pakistan Twenty20
Cricket Association Sanaullah and large number
of players and officials were also present.
Kanpur (India)—Venkatsai Laxman and Yuvraj
Singh stroked half-centuries as India reached
642 all out shortly after tea on the second day
of the second cricket Test against Sri Lanka
here on Wednesday. Laxman (63) hit five fours on
the way to his 41st Test half-century while
Yuvraj cracked four boundaries and two sixes in
his 67-run knock to enthrall a strong 25,000
crowd at the Green Park stadium.
Karachi—Except for second seed Sultan
Muhammad, all the other seeded cueists Khurram
Agha, Sohail Shehzad, Saqib Butt and Naveen
Perwani entered the semi-finals of 13th Karachi
Club Open Snooker Tournament after winning their
matches at Amir Bakhsh Billiards Hall here on
Wednesday.
