| 13 March 2004 | Saturday | 21 Muharram 1425 |
|
Experts back India in ODI series but history favours Pakistan
KARACHI, March 12: Cricket experts may have rated India as favourites for the five-match limited-overs series, but history is on Pakistan's side as the two Asian giants prepare to meet in the first One-day International at the National Stadium on Saturday. ... 
|
|
Fiery Shoaib raring to launch missiles
KARACHI, March 12: Pakistan's express pacer Shoaib Akhtaron Friday said he was raring to go against the Indians and help his team win the first encounter. "I am raring to go and want to give my contribution to the team," Shoaib said, on the eve of the first ODI. ...
|
|
||
|
Frequent play can ease concern, says Ganguly
KARACHI, March 12: Indian skipper Saurav Ganguly said on Friday that security concerns on the tour can be removed by regularly playing against Pakistan. ...
|
|
Unprecedented security measures around NSK
KARACHI, March 12: Unprecedented security measures dominated the cricket fever at National Stadium Karachi (NSK) on Friday ahead of the first One-day match between arch-foes Pakistan and India which goes into live action on Saturday. ...
|
|
|
||
|
History of ODIs at National Stadium
KARACHI, March 12: The inaugural One-day International match at the National Stadium was played here between Pakistan and West Indies on Nov 21, 1980. ...
|
|
Record number of cameras to cover tour
KARACHI, March 12: The much-awaited cricket series between Pakistan and India will be covered by a record number of television cameras. ...
|
|
|
||
|
Court clears way for broadcast
NEW DELHI, March 12: India's Supreme Court Chief Justice stepped in after court hours on Friday to clear the way for the broadcast of the first match of Pakistan-India cricket series to millions of Indian homes. ...
|
|
Spin king Warne makes history as Aussies rout Lanka
GALLE, March 12: Shane Warne sealed a triumphant comeback to international cricket by becoming the first spin bowler to take 500 Test wickets as Australia defeated Sri Lanka by 197 runs on Friday. ...
|
|
|
||
|
McCullum, Oram inspire New Zealand recovery
HAMILTON, March 12: New Zealand fought back with an 84-run seventh-wicket partnership between Brendon McCullum and Jacob Oram on the third afternoon of the first Test against South Africa on Friday. ...
|
|
Former Kenyan captain denies match-fixing
NAIROBI, March 12: Former Kenyan cricket captain Maurice Odumbe on Friday denied receiving payments from an Indian bookmaker to fix matches in 2002. ...
|
|
|
||
|
Pakistan and India beaten in semifinals
MADRID, March 12: Spain and the Netherlands reached the final of the Olympic qualifying hockey tournament on Thursday(partly reported on Friday's edition). ...
|
|
Imdad leads on first day
LAHORE, March 12: Imdad Husain fired an impressive four under-par-68 card to emerge as the first day's leader of the 24th Punjab Open golf championship in professional category at the Lahore Garrison course on Friday. ...
|
|
|
||
|
Rs50m complex to host World Jr championship
ISLAMABAD, March 12: Air Chief Marshal Kaleem Saadat on Friday emphasized again that Pakistan Squash Federation (PSF) was doing everything it could for the good of the game and it was ultimately up to the players to achieve results. ...
|
|
Top seed Aqeel in semis
LAHORE, March 12: Top seed Aqeel Khan survived a scare before entering the semi-finals of the 19th Governor's Cup Ranking tennis tournament at Chenab Club, Faisalabad, according to a message received on Friday. ...
|
|
|
||
