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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 - 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 - There seems to be no end to the woes of Muhammad Yousuf as after suffering the ignominy of being rejected for the World Cup and the preparatory tour to New Zealand, the former Pakistan captain has now been slapped with fine and ban in the ongoing Quaid-e-Azam tournament.
Match referee Illyas Khan imposed penalties of Rs 15,000 fine and two-match ban on Yousuf after he violated the PCB code of conduct for wearing kits on the field and showing up late for a match in

LAHORE - Muslim Gymkhana, Mehboob Park Gymkhana, Wahdat Eaglets and Akhter Abdul Rehman Club have qualified for the league stage of 14th Tauseef Trophy Cricket Championship. The league matches will be played among four teams. Every team will play three matches.
Model Town Club has won the trophy four times. The league matches will be played between 4 teams. Every team will play three matches in the league. Every match inning comprises 40-40 overs and 18 points. The points

LAHORE - Pakistan's Aisamul Qureshi and India's Rohan Bopanna have found their names in list of final nominees for the 2010 Willi Daume World Fair Play Trophy.
The awards to be organised by AIPS will be presented at a gala ceremony in Olympic City Lausanne's Beau-Rivage Palace Hotel on January 27. AIPS as a founding member of the Committee for International fair Play (CIFP) will organise the 2010 World Fair Play Awards with the support of the World Lottery Association and

LAHORE - Habib Bank beat PIA by five wickets in the final to clinch the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy title at the National Stadium Karachi.
The final of the country's premier domestic cricket tournament was played for the first time under lights and with pink ball.
The winners HBL pocketed Rs 1,000,000 while PIA received Rs 500,000. Man of the final match, Aftab Khan of HBL was awarded Rs.50,000 while the best batsman Rameez Raja (Karachi Blues ) 801 Runs, Best Bowler Sadaf Hussain

LAHORE - Habib Bank reached 101 for three in their second innings on the third day of the four-day Quaid-e-Azam Trophy final at the National Stadium in Karachi. Aftab Khan was not out at 63.
PIA in their second innings scored 319 and gave a target of 214 to HBL with day's play remaining. PIA captain Kamran Sajid scored 70 and Fahad Iqbal 84. Habib Bank had scored 313 in their first innings.
Summarised scores: PIA first Innings 228 in 73.5 (Agha Sabir 13, Sarfraz Ahmed 1,

KARACHI - Habib Bank's bowlers were in complete control of their Quaid-e-Azam Trophy match against PIA at the National Stadium Karachi on Saturday. The are just two wickets away from giving their batsmen a modest target to chase in order to win the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy in Karachi that is unless the PIA tail wags. HBL reduced PIA to 232 for 8 in the second innings, restricting the lead to only 147, and will hope to finish off the tail quickly on the fourth morning.
The third day

KARACHI - I CC's General Manager Operations Dave Richardson on Thursday visited the National Cricker Stadium here and watched the first days' play in the day/night Quaid-e-Azam Cricket Trophy.
Former South African wicketkeeper Richardson is visiting Pakistan on the invitation of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) to watch the day/night matches in the longer version of the game. He will also submit report about the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy final to the ICC about the prospect of of

LAHORE - For the first time in the history of the Pakistan domestic cricket the final of the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy will be played under lights and with colored cricket balls.
The new playing format is expected to herald a major change in the domestic cricket structure as it would be the first time that day and night cricket will be used in the longer version of the game.
HBL and PIA, two of the most successful domestic cricket teams, will fight for honors in the final

HUA HIN - Spain's Pablo Martin holed the winning putt as Europe capped a magnificent fightback by retaining the Royal Trophy with a dramatic 9-7 victory over Asia on Sunday.
Martin produced a magical flop shot to 12 inches at the 18th to defeat Jeev Milkha Singh of India by a hole in a glorious moment for European golf. It was also a personal triumph for captain Colin Montgomerie, coming just three months after he led Europe to Ryder Cup success over the United States at Celtic

LAHORE - Habib Bank and PIA qualified for Division I Final of the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy after PIA beat Karachi Blues by an innings and 16 runs at Karachi's National Stadium on day three of the four-day match on Saturday.
Karachi Blues made 146 runs in their first innings while PIA responded with 262 runs and later bowled out Karachi for 100 runs in the second innings. Aizaz-Bin Ilyas was the star of the match, taking 14 wickets, seven each in either innings for 65 and 45 runs

HUA HIN - Japanese teen phenomenon Ryo Ishikawa beat Italy's Matteo Manassero in the battle of the young guns on Friday to help Asia to a 2-2 tie with Europe after the opening day of the Royal Trophy. The 19-year-old Ishikawa, a nine-time winner on the Japan Tour, teamed up with good friend Shunsuke Sonoda to overcome Manassero, 17, and Spain's Pablo Martin by 3 and 2 in the alternate-shot foursomes at Black Mountain Golf Club.
Europe player/captain Colin Montgomerie partnered

LAHORE - The final of the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy Division-II will be played between KRL and State Bank from December 31 to January 4 at the Pindi Stadium Rawalpindi.
The match will be supervised by Saleem Badar and Ahsan Raza while Khateeb Rizwan will be the referee and scorer Shakeel Ahmed. The winner of the final along with Abbottabad Region will be promoted to Quaid-e-Azam Trophy Division-I for the next season of 2011-12.
The winner will pocket Rs 500,000, Rs 250,000 will

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

LAHORE - Pakistan opener Imran Farhat hammered a century to lift his team HBL to 226 on day two of the four-day Quaid-e-Azam Trophy match against NBP here at the Gaddafi Stadium on Sunday.
In another match, SNGPL provided Wapda first innings lead after they were all out for 141 at the LCCA ground.
National Bank resumed their innings at 190 runs for eight and their remaining two players failed to add any score to the total and were sent back by Sarnmad Anwar, who took four

LAHORE - The International Hockey Federation has included Pakistan in next year's Champion's Trophy. Pakistan have not featured in the Champion's Trophy for the last three years.
Hosts India got an automatic entry in the 2011 men's Champion's Trophy while Pakistan and Korea were the two teams included after FIH expanded the number of participants from six to eight.
President Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) Qasim Zia and Secretary Asif Bajwa said they were grateful to FIH