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LAHORE - Workshop clinched the final of Pakistan Railways Divisional Cricket Championship 2011, played at Railway Stadium. Workshop defeated Lahore by 119 runs. DS Officer Workshop Nasir Khalili was the chief guest while Rashad Mehmood presided over the function.
Workshop piled up 267 runs in 45 overs, with Shahbaz Butt (91), Sohail Idriss (83), Asif Khan (27) among the top-scorers. Kashif Naveed took two wickets for Lahore, who were later bundled out for 148. M Mehdi (47) and

THE REALITY CHECK - The Broader Perspective India coasted to an easy win against Bangladesh while England notched an uneasy win over the Netherlands. Ryan ten Doeschate put England bowlers to sword in their first game and if James Anderson and Stuart Broad do not get their act together, they are in for a real tough time against the likes of Sachin Tendulkar and Virender Sehwag. England looked off colour against the Dutch and will need to improve their game big time if they are to do

LAHORE - Model Town won the 2nd Javed Memorial Cricket Tournament, beating Mughalpura Whites by 41 runs here on Thursday. Batting first, Model Town were bowled out for 218. Rashid Riaz (87), Ashraf Ali (31), Nasir Jamsheed (30), and Jameel Khan (29) top scored for Model Town. Faheem Askari, Yasir Ali and Hassan Nasir took two wickets each for Mughalpura, while Imtiaz Shah and Afaq Shahid shared one apiece.
Mughalpura Whites could only score 177, for the loss of nine wicket.

AUCKLAND - Jesse Ryder scored his second one day international century to help New Zealand earn a face-saving 57-run victory over Pakistan at Eden Park on Saturday in the sixth and final match of their series.
The win was just New Zealand's second in their last 16 completed ODIs and was sorely needed to give them a hint of self belief before they head to the World Cup in India, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. "It has been a tough six months but to finish it on that note was very

LAHORE - Lahore Eagles won the One-Day National Cup 2010-11 (Division-II) title beating Khan Research Laboratories in the final at the National Stadium Karachi on Thursday. In a high-scoring thriller, Lahore achieved the target on the last ball of the match in which Hamza Paracha played key lead role with his century. He pocketed Rs 25000 after he was declared the player of the final.
KRL, after choosing to bat, hammered 281 runs. Major contribution of 65 runs came from Bazid

YANGON - Two prominent Myanmar opposition parties on Thursday added their voices to calls for Western powers to lift sanctions, as the country prepares for a new parliament after controversial elections.
The National Democratic Force (NDF) and the Democratic Party (Myanmar) said the punitive measures were "not beneficial", echoing calls made by the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and other, major ethnic parties. Khin Maung Swe, a leader of the NDF, said his party

SYDNEY - Debutant Usman Khawaja briefly lit up a gloomy first day of the fifth Ashes test on Monday but Australia's batting frailties and rain returned later in the day to leave the hosts wobbling on 134-4 at the close of play. Despite their hopes of regaining the Ashes having gone, Australia could still square the series with a victory this week but England just about edged the weather-disrupted day with some stifling bowling and key wickets.
Khawaja, the first Muslim to play

LAHORE - Muridke Gymkhana Club beat Friends Club by five wickets to lift the PCB District Sheikhupura Inter-club Championship title at the Municipal Stadium Sheikhupura on Monday.
Batting first, Friends club were all out for just 140 runs. Ahsan was the only prominent batsman with 50. Nayyar Abbas captured three wickets while Asif and Atif shared two wickets each.
Chasing the target, Muridke Gymkhana achieved the runs in just 30 overs losing five wickets. Nayyar Abbas and

KARACHI: The European Union (EU) is unlikely to lift a ban on the import of seafood products from Pakistan since the Sindh government and the Karachi Fish Harbour authorities are seemingly reluctant to comply with the EU's instructions, Pakistan Today learnt on Friday.
The EU had barred seafood imports from Pakistan in April 2007, an action taken following EU's inspectors visit to Pakistan. The inspectors had found the industry's food processing to be substandard, causing

ABU DHABI: AB de Villiers and Jacques Kallis rescued South Africa with sparkling hundreds to guide them to 311-5 at close on the first day of the second Test against Pakistan on Saturday.
De Villiers was unbeaten on 120 for his 11th hundred while Kallis notched 105 for his 37th, as the duo added 179 runs for the fourth wicket after debutant paceman Tanveer Ahmed shook South Africa with three early wickets. Mark Boucher was unbeaten on 26 at stumps.
Ahmed (4-67) had justified

GUANGZHOU: Pakistan created history Friday in crushing Bangladesh by 10 wickets to win the first-ever Asian Games women's cricket tournament. The victory handed Pakistan their first gold of the Guangzhou Games and prevented Bangladesh from claiming their country's first ever at an Asiad.
The win comes as welcome relief at a time of major problems for the men's game in Pakistan, which has been embroiled in spot-fixing and disciplinary issues for much of the past year.