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Pakistan qualify for finals of the Under 19 Cricket World Cup


LINCOLN: Pak U-19 Qualify For Cricket WC U-19 Final, Pakistan youth team beat West Indies by four wickets in the first semifinal of the Under-19 World Cup on Monday. Pakistan under-19 team completed the chase with loss of six wickets at Bert Stucliffe Oval in Lincoln. Pakistan won the toss and elected to field in the first semifinal of the youth world cup. KC Brathwaite scored 85 and SD Bowrich 55 for West Indies to set a competitive target of 212 runs. Hammad Azam 92 remains unbeaten and he does it again for Pakistan. He came in under pressure and played sensibly to get Pakistan over the line. Rameez Aziz 39, Mohammed Waqas 29 and Ahsan Ali 28 added useful contributions in Pakistan total to reach the victory target. Friday, January 22, 2010
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Sunday, December 20, 2009
Happy Birthday ... original Little Master
1934
The Little Master was born. Hanif Mohammad firmly believed in occupation of the crease. He spent over 16 hours compiling his famous 337 in Bridgetown in 1957-58 to save a Test in which Pakistan had followed on 473 behind - and his innings of 499 for Karachi v Bahawalpur in Karachi in 1958-59, the first-class record until Brian Lara's 501 in 1994, would have been even higher if he hadn't been run out going for the 500th. According to the Wisden Almanack, "the scoreboard scarcely moved" during the last of Hanif's 12 Test hundreds, at Lord's in 1967 - but he frustrated the England bowlers to the tune of 187 not out. He played Test cricket alongside his brothers Wazir, Mushtaq and Sadiq (his last Test was Sadiq's first).
he was inducted in the Cricket Hall of Fame, the other 2 Pakistanis being Imran Khan & Javed Mianded.
Saturday, December 19, 2009
looking good ... All the best !!!
| Pakistanis 1st innings | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| Imran Farhat | c †Paine b Macdonald | 32 | 143 | 100 | 2 | 0 | 32.00 | |
| Salman Butt | c †Paine b Geeves | 153 | 376 | 266 | 23 | 0 | 57.51 | |
| Faisal Iqbal | c Bailey b Drew | 17 | 45 | 27 | 2 | 1 | 62.96 | |
| Misbah-ul-Haq | c Bailey b Macdonald | 43 | 131 | 90 | 0 | 2 | 47.77 | |
| Umar Akmal | c Wells b Drew | 27 | 128 | 84 | 2 | 1 | 32.14 | |
| Fawad Alam | lbw b Krejza | 33 | 117 | 79 | 3 | 1 | 41.77 | |
| Kamran Akmal*† | c Cowan b Krejza | 109 | 113 | 81 | 17 | 3 | 134.56 | |
| Mohammad Aamer | b Maher | 0 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Umar Gul | lbw b Maher | 5 | 21 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 23.80 | |
| Abdur Rauf | c Drew b Krejza | 0 | 17 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Saeed Ajmal | not out | 0 | 21 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Extras | (b 2, lb 8, w 2, nb 6) | 18 | ||||||
| Total | (all out; 127.4 overs) | 437 | (3.42 runs per over) | |||||
Friday, December 18, 2009
Well Done NAB !!!

ISLAMABAD: A NAB court has issued arrest warrants against Interior Minister Rehman Malik, DawnNews reported.
These warrants are likely in connection with two previous references against Malik.
One of the references was for alleged misuse of authority and the other for the alleged receipt of two cars from Toyota Motors as illegal gratification to expedite the purchase of official vehicles.
A NAB prosecutor told DawnNews that all these cases against Malik and others have been revived following the Supreme Court’s verdict. The move came after the verdict against the National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO) sent shockwaves through the present set up, with many prominent ministers placed on the Exit Control List. — DawnNewsSunday, December 13, 2009
Pakistan kicks some indian @#$ again ... Hockey to be precise

Pakistan crushed archrivals India 6-3 to enter the final of the Champions Challenge hockey tournament in Salta, Argentina, on Saturday.
They will meet New Zealand , who beat Argentina 3-2 in the other semi-final, played earlier.
In a thrilling encounter, marred by frayed tempers, it was Pakistan who forged ahead when Rehan Butt beat India goalkeeper Adrian D'Souza with a deft touch in the second minute.
Two minutes later, Prabhjot Singh and Muhammad Irfan were sent off after a midfield skirmish.
India forced a penalty-corner in the eighth minute and Dhananjay Mahadik found the mark to restore parity.
The goal spurred the Indian attack and Pakistan goalkeeper Akbar India was under pressure but defended well.
Goalkeper D'Souza too brought off a brilliant save at the other end soon after off Butt, but was left helpless in the 29th minute by the dashing forward who scored with a crisp shot from the top of the circle to regain the lead for Pakistan.
Suddenly the pressure was on India and Pakistan added another goal, this time through their comeback penalty-corner ace Sohail Abbas, three minutes from the breather.
Down 1-3, India, with a mountain to climb in the second period, went on all-out attack and could have pulled a goal back soon after the restart but Rajpal Singh had the mortification of seeing his deflection going just past the far post.
But the Indians' adventurism upfront left yawning gaps in defence, which the Pakistanis did well to exploit and make it 4-1 in the 58th minute when Haseem Khan found the mark with a neat piece of opportunism
The last ten minutes provided high action from end-to-end, resulting in four goals in eight minutes.
Next the final against new zealand...
Friday, December 4, 2009
Thursday, November 26, 2009
Umar Akmal ... U Da Man

| Pakistan 1st innings | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR | |||
| Khurram Manzoor | b Martin | 6 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 40.00 | ||
| 3.6 big inside edge, bowls it outside off and Manzoor shapes to slap it square of the wicket on the off side, doesn't get his bat beside the line properly and he ends up chopping it onto the off stump 11/1 | ||||||||
| Imran Farhat | lbw b Martin | 22 | 48 | 3 | 0 | 45.83 | ||
| 16.3 we have a review here, Martin bowls from round the wicket, lands it on a good length outside the off stump and gets it to angle towards middle and leg, Farhat shuffles, plays down the wrong line and the ball hits him below the knee roll in front of the leg stump, you could see his leg stump at the point of contact and that convinced Doctrove, Farhat calls for the review but Virtual Eye also says that would have hit the stumps 43/2 | ||||||||
| Fawad Alam | c †McCullum b Bond | 29 | 66 | 4 | 0 | 43.93 | ||
| 30.1 Bond's breathing fire here, he hits the deck hard from over the wicket, lands it short of a length on middle and Fawad barely had time to react and fend it off, he fails to drop his gloves down and the ball shaves his glove before landing safely in McCullum's hands 79/4 | ||||||||
| Mohammad Yousuf* | c & b Bond | 17 | 48 | 3 | 0 | 35.41 | ||
| 28.5 terrific reflexes on the follow through! Bond fires this one full and induces the drive, Yousuf awkwardly pushes it through the line and ends up spooning it low back to Bond who dives forward and cups it just inches off the pitch 74/3 | ||||||||
| Umar Akmal | c Fulton b Bond | 129 | 160 | 21 | 2 | 80.62 | ||
| 84.1 he finds Two-meter Peter in the deep! He bends his knee and chases a pitched up delivery outside off, the ball flies off the top half of the bat and lands down Fulton's throat at deep backward point 293/7 | ||||||||
| Shoaib Malik | b Bond | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 28.57 | ||
| 32.2 Bond's in the middle of a dream spell, he cramps him for room outside off and Malik still goes for the cut, there's a thick inside edge which clips the leg stump, this is great pace bowling folks 85/5 | ||||||||
| Kamran Akmal† | c Taylor b Vettori | 82 | 136 | 11 | 1 | 60.29 | ||
| 75.1 he chips down the track to take him downtown but he fails to get to the pitch of the ball and ends up getting a thick outside edge to first slip, that ends a superb partnership between these two 261/6 | ||||||||
| Mohammad Aamer | not out | 12 | 48 | 1 | 0 | 25.00 | ||
| Umar Gul | lbw b Vettori | 6 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 54.54 | ||
| 87.4 Gul asks for a review, Vettori tosses it up on middle and off and the ball straightens and clips his front pad, Taufel raises the finger, replays don't reveal any inside edge and Virtual Eye says the ball would have just missed the stumps, it appeared at first that the ball was hitting the stumps so fair call from the umpires 302/8 | ||||||||
| Mohammad Asif | not out | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | ||
| Extras | (nb 2) | 2 | ||||||
| Total | (8 wickets; 90 overs) | 307 | (3.41 runs per over) | |||||
Sunday, November 22, 2009
Saturday, November 21, 2009
List of Shame ...
ISLAMABAD: A total of 7,793 people in Sindh benefited from the National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO), Minister of State for Law and Justice Afzal Sindhu said.
Thirty-four prominent politicians benefited from the NRO, Sindhu said.
Some of the names include: Altaf Hussain, Asif Ali Zardari, Rehman Malik, Hussain Haqqani, Babar Ghauri, Dr Farooq Sattar, Saleem Shahzad, Nusrat Bhutto, Nawaz Khokar, Anwar Saifullah, Jahangir Badar, Mian Mohammad Rasheed, Tariq Rasheed, Ahmed Mukhtar, Tariq Mahmood, Sardar Maqsood Laghari, Aftab Ahmed Khan Sherpao, Ghaniur Rehman, Mir Baz Khan Khaitran, Wajid Shamsul Hasan, A. R. Siddiqui , Javed Ahmed Qureshi and Saeed Mehdi.
The list of beneficiaries presented Saturday showed 72 cases against Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) chief Altaf Hussain.
Earlier on Saturday, Afzal Sindhu formally presented the list of NRO beneficiaries to Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani and the PM directed the minister to present the list to reporters.
PM directed the minister to present the list to the media in order to remove ambiguity and speculation. — DawnNews/APPSunday, November 15, 2009
Happy Birthday - Waqar Younus
The king of swing - The man who took reverse swing to a new level
1971
Birth of the Burewala Bombshell. There have been few more scintillating sights in cricket history than Waqar Younis in his pomp. With batsmen hopping and stumps flying, he and Wasim Akram took reverse swing to a new level in the early 1990s with their toe-crushing yorkers. He was at his best in the early 1990s - after bursting onto the scene against New Zealand in 1990-91, Waqar took 109 wickets over a three-year period at an average of 18.07, at the incredible strike rate of 33.55 balls per wicket. He later became captain of Pakistan, and took 7 for 36 - the second-best figures in ODI history - against England at Headingley in 2001. He was also a huge success in county cricket, first for Surrey and then Glamorgan, for whom he took a career-best 8 for 17 against Sussex at Swansea in 1997. He retired in 2004 and is now a television commentator.
Saturday, November 14, 2009
T20 ... it was made for us ... piece of cake !!!

WORLD CHAMPS ... continue to dominate ... | Team | Opposition | Span | Mat | Won | Lost | Tied | NR | % |
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| Pakistan | v Australia | 2007-2009 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 |
| v Bangladesh | 2007-2008 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 | |
| v Canada | 2008-2008 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 | |
| v England | 2006-2009 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 50.00 | |
| v India | 2007-2007 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 25.00 | |
| v Ireland | 2009-2009 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 | |
| v Kenya | 2007-2007 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 | |
| v Netherlands | 2009-2009 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 | |
| v New Zealand | 2007-2009 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 | |
| v Scotland | 2007-2007 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 | |
| v South Africa | 2007-2009 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 50.00 | |
| v Sri Lanka | 2007-2009 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 66.66 | |
| v Zimbabwe | 2008-2008 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 |





















