February 11, 2006	Saturday	Muharram 12, 1427

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LAHORE, Feb 10: Thousands of cricket fans returned disappointed after failing to get tickets for the third One-day between Pakistan and India to be played at Qadhafi Stadium on Monday.

The sale of tickets started on Friday at all four branches of the designated bank but it lasted only four hours, before the buyers were told all available stock had been finished.

Eight thousands tickets of main enclosures — Fazal Mahmood and Imran Khan — were sold out through inter-net.

The remaining stock was to be sold out through bank till the day of the match.

In fact, the number of tickets are far less to the demand of the city which has a population of 6.5million.

Some spectators also reached at the Qadhafi Stadium with a hope to get the tickets but they were again disappointed as the PCB had not set up any booth.

The ticket seekers were of the view that a booth should also be set up at the stadium instead of only at the bank. They expressed the apprehension that the bank sold out fewer tickets.

A good number of policemen were deployed to control any untoward incident during the sale of tickets.