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COLOMBO – Paceman Umar Gul claimed three victims as Pakistan beat Australia by four wickets on Saturday, ending the defending champions’ unbeaten 34-match World Cup run and capturing top spot in Group A. Gul took 3-30 to help Pakistan dismiss Australia for 176 — their lowest World Cup total since 1992 — before Umar Akmal hit an unbeaten 44 to steer Pakistan to victory in 41 overs, finishing top of the pool with 10 points.
Pakistan, champions in 1992, will play the fourth placed
COLOMBO – Ricky Ponting said Australia were proud of their unbeaten World Cup run, but warned the defending champions were facing their first big challenge against Pakistan on Saturday. “We are very proud of our record in World Cups, there’s no doubt about that,” said Ponting of Australia’s unbeaten 34-match streak which started after their 10-run defeat against Pakistan at Leeds in 1999. Since then Australia have won three World Cups, the last two under Ponting, who has yet to lose a
BANGALORE – Defending champions Australia can reach the World Cup quarter-finals with a victory over hapless Kenya on Sunday in what threatens to be one of the most lopsided matches of the tournament. Australia, unbeaten at the World Cup since 1999, have recorded dominant wins over Zimbabwe and New Zealand before rain washed out what promised to be their first major test of this competition, against Sri Lanka, last weekend.
One of the few things that appears to be standing in the
ISLAMABAD – Explaining the intentions behind the statement of Punjab chief minister Shahbaz Sharif regarding national conference, PML-N spokesman Ahsan Iqbal on Wednesday said the PML-N did not invite the military to control the country and neither did it try to sabotage democracy. Addressing a news conference at the PML-N secretariat, Ahsan said the PML-N never tried to grab power through unconstitutional means like NRO, as it believed in public power.
“We believe in democracy
KARACHI – Sindh Home Minister Dr Zulfiqar Ali Mirza has approved a proposal for the constitution of an oversight committee to operate the department’s complaint centre on a public-private partnership basis. According to a Home Department statement issued on Sunday, the minister said that the proposal would be submitted to the Sindh chief minister for formal approval. The proposal was shaped by the Consultant on Home Affairs, Sharfuddin Memon for making the complaint centre more
