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November 12, 2005 Saturday Shawwal 9, 1426 Toss likely to play important role in first Test: Hasan, Shoaib Akhtar in MULTAN, Nov 11: Pakistan head into the first Test of the much-awaited three-match series against England at the Multan Cricket Stadium on Saturday with their confidence unexpectedly high and fast bowler... Vaughan’s absence a huge setback, admits Trescothick MULTAN, Nov 11: Marcus Trescothick, the stand-in England captain, put up a brave face on Friday when he admitted that the world’s best second cricket team faces a tough first Test in Michael Vaughan’s absence.... Trescothick asked wife before accepting captaincy MULTAN, Nov 11: Marcus Trescothick said he asked his wife before accepting the England captaincy for the first Test against Pakistan in Multan on Saturday. The opener was named for the... Abbas helps Sialkot trounce Peshawar LAHORE, Nov 11: Fine bowling display by medium-pacer Junaid Nadir and Mehmood Azam helped Islamabad earn 55-run lead against Lahore Ravi in the Inter-region Under-19 cricket championship on Friday.... Hodge slams century SYDNEY, Nov 11: Brad Hodge celebrated his inclusion in the Australian Test squad with a brilliant century on the opening day of Victoria’s against the touring West Indies on Friday.... Horse-racing: Calendar Girl tipped to win feature race LAHORE, Nov 11: Three-year-old bay colt, Thrill, who registered a facile victory on his previous outing, can claim the supporting event of the 11th Lahore Winter Meeting at the floodlit Racecourse on Saturday.... China unveils 2008 Olympics mascots BEIJING, Nov 11: Beijing unveiled five mascots for the 2008 Olympic Games in an elaborate ceremony Friday, 1,000 days ahead of the opening ceremony of the world’s most prestigious sporting event.... Dougherty and Howell share 2nd round lead SHANGHAI, Nov 11: Britain’s Nick Dougherty and David Howell shared the halfway lead at the Champions Tournament on Friday, two shots clear of world number one Tiger Woods.... PFF names SAFF soccer organizing committee KARACHI, Nov 11: Pakistan Football Federation (PFF) on Friday announced organizing committee for December’s South Asian Football Federation (SAFF) championship without having any top PFF official.... Pakistan U-17 team leaves for New Delhi LAHORE, Nov 11: Pakistan football team left here on Friday for New Delhi to take part in Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Under-17 soccer championship qualifiers. The event will be organized from... Squash: CNS main round starts today KARACHI, Nov 11: The main rounds of the 6th Chief of Naval Staff (CNS) international squash championship gets under way at Roshan Khan/Jaghangir Khan Squash Complex on Saturday with just three foreigners in the fray.... Rustam-i-Pakistan final LAHORE, Nov 11: The final of the Rustam-i-Pakistan Dangal will be held between Mohammad Bashir Bhola Bhala (Wapda) and Zahid Iqbal Khan (Railways) at the Bahawalpur Stadium, Bahawalpur on Nov 25.... LRC directive for trainers LAHORE, Nov 11: The Lahore Race Club (LRC) has directed all owners, trainers and authorised agents that they should declare before the race, the type of shoes their horses may use in the race.... Irfan puts KH on top LAHORE, Nov 11: Off-spinner Irfanuddin snared five wickets to help Karachi Harbour bowl out Quetta in the second innings for 219 in the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy Silver League at the UBL Ground No.... Peshawar hit back LAHORE, Nov 11: Pacer Umar Gul grabbed four wickets to bring Peshawar back in the game against Sialkot on third day of Quaid-i-Azam Trophy Gold League at the Jinnah Stadium, Sialkot on Friday.... Rizwan, Kashif shine LAHORE, Nov 11: Fine centuries by openers Rizwan Ahmed and Kashif Siddique and their opening stand of 205 helped Lahore Ravi (LR) earn a big 115-run lead on first innings against... Jayasuriya axed COLOMBO, Nov 11: Sri Lanka have dropped experienced opening batsman Sanath Jayasuriya for their three-Test tour of India next month. Sri Lanka squad: Marvan Atapattu (captain), Chaminda Vaas (vice-captain), Mahela Jayawardene,... India take lead KARACHI, Nov 11: Pakistan squandered their opening day lead in the Ravi Kirloskar Trophy golf in Bangalore on Thursday. The competition was again intense and when the veteran Ashok Malik sank his putt on the 18th hole.... KU pay dearly for dropped catches KARACHI, Nov 11: The four-day Quaid-i-Azam Gold League cricket Championship match between Karachi Urban (KU) and Multan was evenly poised on the penultimate day at National Stadium Thursday.... Interesting finish on cards LAHORE, Nov 11: Half-centuries by Ashfaq Ahmed and Imran Qadir helped Lahore Shalimar remain in contention against Rawalpindi as their Quaid-i-Azam Trophy match heading towards an interesting finish on Friday.... Evenly poised ISLAMABAD, Nov 11: The PCB National Inter-region Under-19 Championship match between Rawalpindi and Lahore was delicately poised after another day of low scores.... Hyderabad beat Abbottabad PESHAWAR, Nov 11: Hyderabad defeated Abbottabad by an innings and 10 runs on Friday in the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy (Silver League). ... Volleyball trials on Nov 20-21 PESHAWAR, Nov 11: Two-day trials to select Pakistan boards volleyball team for the forthcoming National volleyball championship will be held at the Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education (BISE) Sports Gymnasium on Nov 20-21.... Ghazanfar opts out LAHORE, Nov 11: Ghazanfar Ali has said he would not be available for Pakistan hockey team which will participate in the Champions Trophy to be hosted in India from Dec 10.... Arshad to compete in Malaysia KARACHI, Nov 11: Pakistan’s Arshad Iqbal Burki will feature in the Malaysian Open squash in Kuala Lumpur later this month. Arshad will be Pakistan’s only entry in this year’s Malaysian Open to be played from Nov 15.... Memorial hockey LAHORE, Nov 11: Garrison Academy, Lahore Cantt and Defence Public School Lahore will play the opening match of the 39th Jafar Memorial Inter-school hockey championship which starts at the Packages Ground from Nov 15....

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