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March 18, 2007 Sunday Safar 28, 1428 [World Cup 2007 schedule] Record-breaking South Africa thrash Netherlands BASSETERRE (St Kitts), March 17: Herschelle Gibbs became the first man to hit six sixes in an over in a One-day International while Jacques Kallis smashed an unbeaten century as South... Styris, Oram steer Kiwis to victory over England GROS ISLET (St Lucia), March 17: New Zealand drew first blood against England as they won the teams'' World Cup Group C opener by six wickets here Friday.... PHF recall discarded Azlan for Kenya, Egypt tours KARACHI, March 17: Taking a sudden U-turn, the Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) has included discarded forward Azlan Khan for junior team’s forthcoming tours of Kenya and Egypt after he was axed... PCB hires senior official LAHORE, March 17: Shafqat Hussain Naghami has been appointed the Chief Operating Officer, Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) though Saleem Altaf is also working as COO currently Director Cricket Operations.... New Zealand’s Read wins final stage to emerge overall leader: 13th Tour-de-Pakistan PESHAWAR, March 17: New Zealand’s prolific cyclist Robin Read, who started his arduous Tour-de-Pakistan campaign with a terrific win in the 1st stage from Karachi to Hyderabad on March 4th, wrapped... Pakistan team donates $10,000 to mosque KINGSTON, March 17: The Pakistan cricket team on Friday donated US$ 10,000 for the repair and refurbishment of a local mosque and the Islamic Centre located near the Sabina Park.... Pakistan, India in deep trouble BRIDGETOWN, March 17: Asian superpowers India and Pakistan were in desperate trouble at the World Cup on Saturday. Pakistan slumped to 72-6 after 21 overs against the part-timers of Ireland at... Woolmer bats for World Cup minnows KINGSTON (Jamaica), March 17: Pakistan coach Bob Woolmer believes non-Test playing nations should be at the World Cup despite a series of humiliating results here. Three of the four heaviest defeats... Kaneria axed just before toss! KINGSTON, March 17: Pakistan’s touring selection committee, in a surprise move on Saturday, dropped leg-spinner Danish Kaneria and included all-rounder Azhar Mahmood in the playing eleven for their crucial World Cup Group D game against Ireland.... Dutch people remain unaware of debacle AMSTERDAM, March 17: The Netherlands became part of Cricket World Cup history 24 hours earlier but on Saturday few of their citizens knew much about it.... England in no mood to take Canada lightly GROS ISLET (St Lucia), March 17: England captain Michael Vaughan insisted there was no question of giving everyone a game against minnows Canada on Sunday just for the sake of it... Aussie captain looks beyond Dutch formality BASSETERRE (St Kitts), March 17: Defending champions Australia are already looking beyond the formality of dismissing the Netherlands on Sunday as the countdown begins to their World Cup clash against South Africa.Captain... Bracewell hails NZ bowlers GROS ISLET, March 17: New Zealand coach John Bracewell on Saturday credited his bowlers for their World Cup win over England. They prevailed by six wickets in their Group C opener... Gibbs was inspired by Lara to hit six sixes BASSETERRE, March 17: A spark of inspiration from Brian Lara spurred Herschelle Gibbs to create World Cup history when he lofted six sixes in one over against the Netherlands on Friday.... Lankans hope Malinga can sling it their way PORT-OF-SPAIN (Trinidad), March 17: Even if he had not been a cricketer, Lasith Malinga would have turned heads at the World Cup. His bleached, straw-coloured hair, blown like a lion''s mane, would have made sure of that.... Aussie tempers rise over Gavaskar’s criticisms MELBOURNE, March 17: Tensions between India and Australia have risen at the World Cup after two Australian players revealed their anger towards Sunil Gavaskar over his criticisms of their team''s behaviour, reports said here on Saturday.... Fletcher upbeat despite defeat GROS ISLET, March 17: England coach Duncan Fletcher insisted all was not lost for his side at the World Cup despite their opening group game defeat against New Zealand.... Unheralded stars of Irish team KINGSTON, March 17: Take a bow Vanessa, Geraldine and Maebh, the unheralded stars of the Irish cricket team. Without them, Ireland may not have managed their thrilling last ball World Cup tie against Zimbabwe.... Richards pays tribute BASSETERRE (St Kitts), March 17: West Indies legend Sir Viv Richards hailed Herschelle Gibbs on Saturday after the South African created history by becoming the first player to hit six sixes in an international over.Gibbs... Tendulkar to feature as superhero MUMBAI, March 17: India''s Sachin Tendulkar is to be featured as a superhero in a new range of comic books, animation and games to hit the stands in June.... Teams mourn Manjural before game PORT-OF-SPAIN, March 17: India and Bangladesh observed a two-minute silence before their World Cup match on Saturday as a tribute to Bangladesh player Manjural Islam. Players from both sides stood facing... Khyber likely to sprint to maiden win at KRC KARACHI, March 17: Four-year-old bay colt, Khyber, is likely to sprint to maiden victory when the Gymkhana race meeting resumes at Karachi Racecourse on Sunday. He has finished on the... Grecianette, Miss Thailand to vie for spoils in feature event LAHORE, March 17: A card of six events featuring two cup events will be decided when the 29th Lahore Winter Meeting gets under way at the Racecourse on Sunday.... Murray to meet Djokovic in semi-finals INDIAN WELLS (California), March 17: Britain''s No 1 Andy Murray had to overcome a nasty fall to post one of the more remarkable comebacks of his career on Friday.... Champions carve out narrow win LAHORE, March 17: Test opener Imran Farhat and Riffatullah Mohmand slammed half-centuries to help defending champions Habib Bank carve out a narrow two-wicket win against Zarai Taraqiati Bank Limited (ZTBL) in... Irfan qualifies for semis: Junior badminton LAHORE, March 17: Hafiz Irfan of Lahore has qualified for semi-finals of the boys’ under-16 event in the National Junior badminton championships by defeating Adil of the NWFP 21-5, 21-7 in a quarter-final at the Iqbal Park Sports Complex on Saturday.... New role for cueist Yousuf KARACHI, March 17: Snooker celebrity Mohammad Yousuf will be seen in a new role when he accompanies Pakistan team as coach in the S. S. Kataria International Snooker tournament, being held at Dubai from April 8 to 14.... NBP trounce Customs LAHORE, March 17: Fine bowling by Tahir Mughal and Mansoor Amjad followed by an unbeaten knock by Qaiser Abbas guided National Bank to an eight-wicket win over Pakistan Customs in the...

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