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March 5, 2003 Wednesday Muharram 1, 1424 Lahore lead on second day LAHORE, March 4: Lahore with eight gold medals, five silver and three bronze were leading in the 69th Punjab Games athletics championship for men at the Railways Stadium track on the second... Maisam slams another century KARACHI, March 4: Maisam Hasnain chalked up his second century in the NBP One-day Patron’s Cup as Karachi Whites thrashed Bahawalpur by 113 runs at UBL Sports Complex here on Tuesday.... Al Jarrar tipped to win feature event LAHORE, March 4: A competitive card of six events has been charted out for the midweek Lahore Gymkhana races to be held at the Racecourse on Wednesday.... SAF Games to go ahead ISLAMABAD, March 4: Pakistan are to go ahead with this month’s SAF Games even without India.... Dubai Golf DUBAI, March 4; The eagerly anticipated showdown between the world’s top two players has been put on hold as defending champion Ernie Els prepares to win his fifth title of the... Birmingham complete double over 9-man Villa BIRMINGHAM (England), March 4: Birmingham City took a huge step towards premier league survival when they beat Aston Villa 2-0 at Villa Park in a game that saw their city rivals... ACB under fire COPENHAGEN, March 4: Australia’s cricket authorities have come under fire at an anti-doping summit in the Danish capital after banning spin bowler Shane Warne for just 12 months following a positive... Golf tournament BAHAWALPUR, March 4: A two-day golf tournament will be held at the Bahawalpur Golf Club on March 8 and 9.... SA pay heavy price for calculated miss DURBAN (South Africa), March 4: South African captain Shaun Pollock awoke on Tuesday heartbroken by a calculation error that knocked the hosts out of the World Cup (partially reported in Tuesday’s... Aussies fly high as England, Pakistan head homewards JOHANNESBURG, March 4: Australia will go through to the World Cup Super Six in prime position to plot their own route right to the March 23 final.... Heartbroken Proteas awake to broken dream JOHANNESBURG, March 4: South Africa woke up to one dominant sporting image on Tuesday — the incredulous, crushed face of skipper Shaun Pollock.... Concern grows over Gillespie’s injury JOHANNESBURG, March 4: Concerns are growing over Jason Gillespie’s World Cup participation after the Australia fast bowler was sent for a scan on his sore right Achilles on Tuesday.... Most controversial World Cup BULAWAYO, March 4: The 2003 World Cup has been the most talked about tournament in terms of controversies and results. It has all the ingredients of being the most controversial of... Hasib blames cricket board, coach and captain KARACHI, March 4: Former Test off-spinner and ex-chief selector Hasib Ahsan on Tuesday criticised Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), coach Richard Pybus and captain Waqar Younis for the debacle in the... Hussain quits one-day captaincy PORT ELIZABETH, March 4: Nasser Hussain resigned as England one-day captain on Tuesday shortly after his side were knocked out of the World Cup.... Committee named to reveiw team’s poor performance LAHORE,  March 4: Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Lt. Gen. Tauqir Zia has appointed former test cricketer Naushad Ali to review the poor performance of the team in the ICC World... Pakistan cricket buried in city of dead kings BULAWAYO (Zimbabwe), March 4: Pakistan’s ill-planned and ill-fated World Cup campaign took its natural course — an early exit after their do-or-die clash against Zimbabwe was abandoned due to rain here... Results and fixtures Feb 9: West Indies beat South Africa by three runs (Cape Town, D/N) Feb 10: Zimbabwe beat Namibia by 86 runs on D/L method (Harare). Feb 10: Sri Lanka beat New Zealand by 47 runs (Bloemfontein). Who is responsible for this debacle? KARACHI, March 4: Pakistan’s failure to progress through to the Super Six phase of the World Cup in southern Africa comes as no surprise. There were several reasons behind the team’s... Pakistan’s World Cup performances JOHANNESBURG, March 4: Pakistan were dumped out of the World Cup on Tuesday when their final match against Zimbabwe in Bulawayo was abandoned due to rain.... Dr Bacher defends rain policy JOHANNESBURG, March 4: World Cup executive director Dr Ali Bacher has defended the organisers’ decision not to include reserve days for rain in the opening stages after Pakistan and England both... Heads will roll, says Waqar BULAWAYO, March 4: Pakistan captain Waqar Younis expects heads to roll in the wake of his team’s early elimination from the World Cup.... Points Table World Cup standings at the conclusion of preliminary round matches on Tuesday:... West Indians go out on high note KIMBERLEY (South Africa), March 4: West Indies ended their disappointing World Cup campaign with an emphatic 142-run win over Kenya on Tuesday that made a mockery of the African team’s qualification...

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