Tag: Cricket

Lahore - Keeping the tradition of promoting cricket in Pakistan alive, Pepsi marked another first with the launch of Pepsi Cricket Revolution, Pakistan's first and the world's best PC cricket game.
Pakistan-based Mindstrom Studios has been working on the Pepsi Cricket Revolution, which is a 3D multiplayer cricket sports action title. With innovative gameplay, single and multiplayer game modes, local and global tournaments, and challenging opponents, it is an unprecedented gaming

LAHORE - Lahore entered the final of the Pakistan Railways Divisional Cricket Championship 2011 after beating Rawalpindi by 67 runs at the Railway Stadium.
Lahore scored 227 for the loss of nine wickets, in 40 overs. Afzal Shah was the star of the match, scoring 115. He was declared man of the match. Other contributiors for Lahore were Kashif Naveed (34) and Sibtain Sarwar (34). Rawalpindi's Mujahid Amin took three wickets after conceding 67 runs, and was supported by Nasir Malik

LAHORE - Zong's Cricket Ki Jeet - a promotional campaign for cricket enthusiasts - has received an overwhelming response on its launch, even in the initial stage of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011. Zong Marketing Head Salman Wassay said sports in general and cricket especially was very close to everyone's heart and Zong focused on offering a special activity timed with one of the largest sporting events for Pakistan.
Zong's special cricket transmission on a TV channel asks 10

LAHORE - Gamblers and bookmakers come to business as Cricket World Cup 2011 begins today in Dhaka, with an opening match between Bangladesh and India.
STAKES: Underground bookmakers or bookies have already put bets worth billions on the world cup winner. According to one estimate, nearly Rs 40,000 crore could exchange hands through illegal betting in this world cup. According to a bookmaker's rates, India's rate is set at Rs 3.20 (if one bets Rs 1000 on India and it wins, the

LAHORE - The Pakistan Blind Cricket team leaves for Australia in the wee hours of Friday to play a series against their South Australian counterparts. The team will leave for Melbourne via Bangkok from Quaid-e-Azam International Airport Karachi. The Pakistan team will play three T20s and three ODIs in Australia.

LAHORE - LG Electronics, Global Digital Leader and one of the major sponsors of cricket World Cup, today, unleashed its marketing and promotional campaign titled 'LG LAO World Cup JAO' for cricket World Cup 2011. Details of the World Cup campaign were announced at a press conference held at LG Care and Delight Centre in Karachi.
The campaign aims to bring excitement among the cricket lovers by offering exotic instant prizes on purchase of any LG product during the eight week

JOHANNESBURG - Cricket South Africa President Mtutuzeli Nyoka was ousted by the federation's members in a vote of no-confidence Saturday morning, the organisation said on its website. "With immediate effect, the position of Dr M. Nyoka as president of Cricket South Africa is terminated," the federation said.
Nyoka, who did not attend the meeting, was voted out by an "overwhelming majority" of Cricket South Africa's 11 affiliate presidents. Nyoka had locked horns with the

LAHORE: The final of the 1st Raaziq Cricket Premier League will be played today (February 12) at Railway Stadium Lahore Ufone will take on Nestle and Chairman and CEO Raaziq Group Muhammad Nadeem Khan will be the chief guests along with international cricketer Nasir Jamshed.
The Raaziq CPL League is the tournament played among 12 teams divided in two groups. Four teams qualify for the semi-finals. In the first semi-final, Ufone beat Telenor and in the second match, Nestle beat

MUMBAI - As teams prepare for the cricket World Cup in India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh, some of the game's greatest players are gearing up for an appearance of a different kind -- in a new Bollywood film.
Former Pakistan paceman Wasim Akram, ex-England captains Nasser Hussain and Graham Gooch, South Africa batsman Herschelle Gibbs and Australia all-rounder Andrew Symonds all feature in 'Patiala House', which is to be released on Friday.
The film stars Akshay Kumar, an actor

LAHORE - The Pakistan cricket squad returned Monday night from Auckland, New Zealand after winning the Test as well as ODI series against the hosts. Pakistan won the 2-test match series 1-0 and later beat New Zealand 3-2 in the ODI series, with one match abandoned due to rains. This was Pakistan's first ODI series win over the hosts in 18 years.
Pakistan however, lost the the three-match Twenty20 series 2-1. Pakistan captain Shahid Afridi has said that every player of his side

THIS WEEK - Novak Djokovic has thrown down the gauntlet to Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer for the crown of men's tennis. In an awesome, virtuoso performance at the Rod Laver Arena, Nole (as he is called) first outplayed Federer and then in a flawless performance, completely outclassed his childhood rival and friend Andy Murray.
Djokovic has been a transformed player ever since he led Serbia to the Davis Cup win against France. He has also worked hard to iron out any weaknesses in

NEWS ANALYSIS - This verdict was, or should have been, expected. Whatever one said - the tainted threesome and their lawyers, the gallery, the conspiracy theorists and the all-too-interested international and local media - it was an open and shut case the moment it was established that the NOTW sting was actually prior to the predetermined no-balls. That was the smoking gun, the rest was auxiliary stuff, including where the huge hoard of cash found in Salman Butt's room had actually

LAHORE - Lahore won the PBCC National Blind Cricket T20 Cup by eight wickets here at the New Campus ground of the Punjab University. Lahore and Okara played the final and the hosts had an easy sailing. Put into bat, Okara scored 220 runs for the loss of three wickets in stipulated 20 overs. Iftikhar Tiger was the top scorer with 100 not out while Muhammad Ashraf scored 76 runs.
Lahore in reply, reached the target of 221 in 18 overs for the loss of two wickets. Arslan Javeed

LAHORE - Sheikhupura and Gujranwala won their matches in the PBCC National Blind Cricket T20 Cup here at the Punjab University ground on Wednesday. Sheikopura defeated Multan by nine wickets. Sheikupura won the toss and put Multan into bat which scored just 88 runs in 20 overs for the loss of eight wickets.
Saeed Akhtar was top scorer with 27 runs. Sheikupura in reply reached the target in just 6.3 overs for the loss of one wicket. Ashraf Bhatti played an unbeaten innings of 69

LAHORE - The four-day Annual Royal Palm Floodlit Cricket Tournament endorsed by Coke, Highland, GNC and FR Cables took off at the superbly lit cricket arena of the Royal Palm Golf and Country Club.
At the end of the first day, four out of the 16 teams, Warriors, Lahore Eagles, Giants and Punjab Warriors stood eliminated after some fascinating battles with the winning teams, like Lahore Strikers, Punjab Kings, Lions and Royal Eagles.
Dejection was visible among the losers

LAHORE - The opening match of Tauseef Trophy Cricket League between Muslim Gymkhana
and Wahdat Eaglets will be played on Feb 18 at Wahdat Colony Ground. The league match will be played among four teams i.e Akhter Abdul Rehman Club, Mehboob Park Gym, Muslim Gym and Wahdat Eaglets. Each team will play three matches. The points system of the league matches was also announced.

LAHORE - As many as two matches of the PBCC National Blind Cricket T20 Cup were played Tuesday at cricket ground of Punjab University. Lahore won by nine wickets and Okara by 10 wickets.
The first match was played between Lahore and Multan. Multan won the toss and decided to bat first. Multan lost all their wickets for 50 runs in 16.5 overs. Salman took 2 wickets while Abdul Shakoor and Shariq Yaseen shared a wicket each. Lahore, in reply, reached home in just 5.1 overs for the