600 tickets for Pak-Zimbabwe match stolen

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Around 600 tickets worth Rs1500 each were stolen on Friday from the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) headquarters in Lahore.

The PCB has registered an FIR while the police have caught a person named Azam selling tickets in black from the Gulberg area.

Pakistan beat Zimbabwe in the first T20 being played after six year on home soil on Friday.

Tickets went on sale on May 17 for the series.

It may be a low-key affair in strictly cricketing terms, but Friday’s opening Twenty20 clash between Pakistan and Zimbabwe represented a chance for the hosts to show they are once again open for business.

Cast into sporting exile following the 2009 attacks on the Sri Lankan team, Pakistan have incurred financial losses amounting to $120 million by having to play their “home” games on neutral venues like the UAE, according to an official estimate.