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| December 13, 2005 | Tuesday | Ziqa’ad 10, 1426 |
Shoaib Akhtar’s pace too hot for England
LAHORE, Dec 12: Pakistan, inspired by superlative performances from Shoaib Akhtar and Kamran Akmal, crushed England by seven wickets to level the One-day International series one-all at Qadhafi Stadium on Monday....
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ICC chief defends Australian umpire Hair
LAHORE, Dec 12: International Cricket Council (ICC) president Ihsan Mani claimed on Monday that there was no match-fixing but did not rule out the chance of ‘match-fixing’ in the game....
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ICC a waste of space, says Thomson
SYDNEY, Dec 12: Australia’s fearsome former fast bowler Jeff Thomson has branded the International Cricket Council (ICC) a “waste of space” following their attempts to gag players who criticise opponents in the lead-up to Test matches....
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Shahid Afridi back in ODI squad
LAHORE, Dec 12: All-rounder Shahid Afridi will play the third One-day against England in place of leg-spinner Danish Kaneria....
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Pathan and Kumble put India in command
NEW DELHI, Dec 12: India seam bowler Irfan Pathan stroked a career-best 93 as a makeshift opener to put his team in control of the second Test against Sri Lanka on Monday....
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Shoaib backs two bouncers in ODIs
LAHORE, Dec 12: Pakistan fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar, who decimated England with five wickets on Monday, has called on cricket’s lawmakers to allow two bouncers in one over in One-day Internationals....
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Australia lure back England bowling coach
MELBOURNE, Dec 12: Australia have reclaimed former England fast bowling coach Troy Cooley to take on the role with their own players, Cricket Australia, the sport’s governing body announced on Monday....
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BBC award for Flintoff
LONDON, Dec 12: Andrew Flintoff on Sunday won the prestigious BBC Sports Personality of the Year award for 2005. He was the favourite to win following his Man-of-the-Series agaomst Australia....
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Inzamam reaches 11,000 runs
LAHORE, Dec 12: Pakistan captain Inzamamul Haq on Monday became only the second batsmen to complete 11,000 one-day runs, achieving the feat against England in the second One-day International here....
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World Cup ticket demand soars
FRANKFURT, Dec 12: The organising committee for the 2006 World Cup in Germany expect demand to soar when the fourth sales period of 250,000 tickets begins on Monday at 12:00 a.m...
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Customs hit back through spinners
KARACHI, Dec 12: Spinners Murtaza Hussain and Azam Hussain grabbed seven wickets between them to put Pakistan Customs back in the reckoning on day three of the Patron’s Trophy Grade-I encounter against KRL at NBP Sports Complex on Monday....
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Rudolph, Prince lift South Africa
PERTH, Dec 12: South Africa were 155 for three in their second innings, leading Western Australia ‘A’ by 147 runs at the close on the second day of their three-day tour match on Monday....
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PIA battling for survival
KARACHI, Dec 12: PIA were battling for survival to save the Patron’s Trophy Grade-I cricket championship first round match after Habib Bank piled up a mammoth 681 for eight declared at UBL Sports Complex on Monday....
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World Team Squash: France shatters Pakistan’s semifinal hopes
ISLAMABAD, Dec 12: As expected No 3 seeds France put the brakes on Pakistan shattering their hopes of making the semifinals for the first time in eight years in the World Team squash championship on Monday....
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Golf: England’s Donald captures crown
THOUSAND OAKS (California), Dec 12: England’s Luke Donald fired an eight-under 64 in a bogey-free final round on Sunday to win the Target World Challenge golf tournament, beating Northern Ireland’s Darren Clarke by two strokes....
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SAFF Soccer: Bangladesh to face hosts in semifinal
KARACHI, Dec 12: Zahid Hasan Ameli’s opportunist strike helped Bangladesh become Group ‘B’ champions on better goal average after a 1-1 draw with ten-man India in SAFF soccer championship at People’s Sports Complex on Monday....
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Ozair, Sarfaraz pair claim honours
KARACHI, Dec 12: Fine Foods foiled Candyland’s efforts to record fourth win in a row clinching the weekly Swiss Movement Duplicate bridge programme by 94 Victory Points (VPs) at Aslam Memorial Bridge Hall on Sunday....
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Pakistan tough opponents: BD coach
KARACHI, Dec 12: Bangladesh soccer coach Diego Andres Cruciani on Monday rated Pakistan as tough SAFF championship semifinal opponents, saying their defence had been the strongest point with Zesh Rehman in the ranks....
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Snooker: Second win for KC ‘A’
KARACHI, Dec 12: Karachi Club ‘A’ continued its winning run by handing a 10-0 defeat to Karachi Club ‘E’ in the Haji Abdul Karim Dhedhi memorial Inter-club snooker tournament at Karachi Club, on Monday....
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Top players to compete in richest tournament
KARACHI, Dec 12: Top players of the country will be seen in action in the inaugural edition of Karachi Club (KC)-Yaqoob Admani memorial tennis championship, the richest tennis event in Pakistan’s...
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PECHS lift title
KARACHI, Dec 12: PECHS College won the Karachi Board Inter-collegiate girls tennis tournament beating DHA College for Women 2-1 in the final played at Sir Syed College court....
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Army bag five gold medals
KARACHI, Dec 12: Army boxers grabbed five gold and two silver medals as the second phase of National ranking boxing tournament for President’s fund for quake victims ended on Sunday....
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