Dunedin—Skillful, rousing bowling from Mohammad
Aamer and Mohammad Asif evoked New Zealand’s
famous second-innings collapses against
Pakistan, and almost neutralised the
disadvantage of a 97-run first-innings deficit.
Pakistan held all the momentum after a dramatic
fourth day, which featured swing, reverse-swing,
cutters, two wickets for no run, the last six
for 53, drama over reviews, rain, and bad light.
Kanpur (India)—India thumped Sri Lanka by an
innings and 144 runs on the fourth day of the
second cricket Test here on Friday to take a 1-0
lead in the three-match series. It was the 100th
Test victory for India and the biggest against
Sri Lanka, bettering the previous win by an
innings and 119 runs achieved way back in 1994
at Lucknow.
London—It was a
nailbiting situation at London’s O2 Arena as
three of the planet’s top tennis players were
left clueless as to whether they had made it
through to the semi-finals of the season-ending
ATP World Tour Finals. Two of them had qualified
from Group A — Del Potro and Federer, as it
turned out — with Murray edged out of the
five-million-dollar tournament by the tightest
of margins on an ATP statistics boffin’s
calculator.
Peshawar—The NWFP Minister for Sports, Syed Aqil
Shah announced to hold National Games in
Peshawar from 25th to 31st March 2010. The
National Games had been scheduled to be held
from 15 to 21 November, but due the worst law
and order situation in the provincial
metropolitan, the games were canceled and now
again decided to be held in March, 2009.
Glasgow—Celtic-bound Ki
Sung-Yong has told fans of the Glasgow giants
that he wants to be the new Steven Gerrard, not
the new Shunsuke Nakamura. Japanese midfielder
Nakamura remains a hero for Hoops fans after
helping the club win three league titles in his
four seasons in Scotland. South Korea’s Ki, who
is expected to complete a two-million-pound move
from FC Seoul in the January transfer window,
hopes to have a similar impact but has stressed
that he is a different kind of player.
