Tag: Win

COMMENT - At the start of day three, no one would have thought that a result would be reached by the end of the day's play. However, in a dramatic change of events, Pakistani bowlers bowled with inspiration and intent, disposing of the Black Caps to take the first Test inside three days.
Starting the day, Pakistan were looking to go past New Zealand's first innings total of 275. Asad Shafiq, who had batted brilliantly on day two and looked good for a hundred, was given lbw for 83

LAHORE - The Chief Minister's Sports Cup phase III reached closing stages at district level as volleyball, football, badminton and athletics final competitions were played in Faisalabad, DG Khan, Multan, Rawalpindi, Sahiwal and Sargodha. Faisalabad district won the boys football final and its girls volleyball team also won.
In DG Khan, Rajanpur beat Muslimgarh by 2-1 in football match. In the final boys volleyball, DG Khan district team emerged victorious 2-1. On the other hand,

DURBAN - Rohit Sharma blazed a half-century as India cantered to a 21-run win over South Africa in a one-off Twenty20 international at the Moses Mabhida Stadium in Durban on Sunday.
After India won the toss and elected to bat, Sharma weighed in with 53 off 34 balls to help India total 168 for six. South Africa, despite a destructive innings of 67 off 39 deliveries from Morne van Wyk, managed only 147 for nine in their 20 overs, with India's off-spinner Yusuf Pathan and left-arm

ISLAMABAD - Pakistan is certain to win the vegetable war with India, as the government believes that banning onion export would increase its rival's woes and reduce domestic public pressure, while a reciprocal ban on tomato exports would be curtailed through the easily available curd.
A senior Commerce Ministry source said Pakistan would not lift the ban on onion export through land route to India and would even impose a ban on exports through the sea route, as Sri Lanka too has

LAHORE - Pakistan Air Force and the combined team of Guard Group and Diamond Paints won their matches in the Toyota Cup Polo Tournament here at the LPC ground on Friday.
Atif Tiwana with his three goals ensured a 5- 3

LAHORE - SPM Colts won the 4th SPM League Cricket Tournament, beating Global Technologies on Tuesday.
In the Professional Group of the league, SPM Colts beat Global Technology by seven wickets here at Model Town Greens ground. Global Technology scored 163 runs for the loss of nine wickets after batting first.
Mohammad Raja (28), Tahir Riaz (23) and Awais Masood (22) were top-scored for Global. SPM Colts achieved the target for the loss of three wickets, with Yasir Ali (55),

MADRID - Cristiano Ronaldo scored his 18th and 19th league goals of the season as Real Madrid started 2011 with a tense 3-2 win at derby rivals Getafe on Monday to close to within two points of champions Barcelona at the league summit. Portuguese star Ronaldo smashed home an 11th-minute penalty to open the scoring before Angel di Maria set up German international Mesut Ozil for a second on 19 minutes.
Ronaldo grabbed his second on 57 minutes after Getafe had got a foothold in

AUCKLAND - Top seed Maria Sharapova cruised through her first round match in the Auckland Classic women's tennis tournament Monday disposing of Italian qualifier Alberta Brianti in straight sets. Sharapova was seldom troubled as she won 6-2, 6-3 in less than 90 minutes on court with Brianti putting up her bravest showing in the second set when she saved four match points.
"This was my first match of the year and I hadn't played a tournament in a while, so it was important to get

LAHORE - Asfar Jutt and Mahmood Khan were declared Mr and Junior Mr Lahore after a close contest here at jam-packed Alhamra Hall on Sunday. Organised by the Lahore Bodybuilding Association and sponsored by Anti-Narcotics Department, the 59th Mr and Junior Mr Lahore Competition was contested by over 150 musclemen from over 300 clubs of the city.
Jan Mohammad, secretary LBA organized the competitions while president and former Mr Asia Yahya Butt performed the duties of judge along

SYDNEY - England's Kevin Pietersen believes the rebellion that led to him losing the captaincy two years ago had been vindicated by the Ashes triumph in Australia.
Pietersen said the captain-and-coach partnership of Andrew Strauss and Andy Flower that replaced Pietersen and Peter Moores in early 2009 had played a key role in producing that triumph.
"You know what? I have never said this before - I lost the captaincy, I got rid of the captaincy for the good of English

SYDNEY - Buoyant England will go into the final Ashes Test at the Sydney Cricket Ground on Monday intent on wrapping up their first series triumph in Australia for nearly quarter of a century.
As holders, Andrew Strauss's team are already guaranteed to keep hold of the Ashes after thumping Australia by an innings and 157 runs in the fourth Melbourne Test to take a 2-1 series lead with just one match to play.
But despite England's dominance throughout most of the series, the

WELLINGTON - Abdul Razzaq produced a man-of-the-match performance with bat and ball to ensure Pakistan salvaged some credibility and embarrassed New Zealand by 103 runs in their third and final Twenty20 international in Christchurch on Thursday.
Razzaq, who was dropped by Nathan McCullum while on two in the 19th over, proceeded to smash three sixes and three fours and finish 34 not out off 11 balls and help his side to a credible 183 for six in their 20 overs.
The

LONDON - Arsenal missed the chance to go second in the Premier League after failing to protect a lead in a 2-2 draw away to 10-man Wigan Athletic at the DW Stadium on Wednesday. Meanwhile champions Chelsea, beaten 3-1 by Arsenal on Monday, returned to the top four and ended a six-game winless streak after a 1-0 victory at home to Bolton Wanderers.
At Anfield, Wolves moved off the bottom of the table with a 1-0 win away to Liverpool that piled the pressure on Reds manager Roy

SEMMERING - Austrian Marlies Schild claimed her 26th World Cup victory when she claimed the slalom title here on Wednesday. Schild completed the two runs, the second held under floodlights, in a combined total of 1min 42.06sec, 0.32sec ahead of Germany's Maria Riesch.
Riesch, a double Olympic champion in the slalom and combined, had rebounded from a disappointing 17th in the first run with a trail-blazing 51.20sec in the second to put her in pole. But Schild, starting last with

Ian ChappelL: The thing is if you start going a new direction there's no point going in that new direction with an old captain. It's got to be a new captain and a new team and it's got to be his team. I always thought before the series started that this was the right time for Ponting to finish as a Test captain. You do have a used-by date as a captain and Ricky has reached that point. He captains the World Cup and whether or not after that he decides to stay on as a player is totally

HAMILTON - New Zealand wrapped up their Twenty20 cricket series against Pakistan with a match to spare when they blasted their way to a 39-run win in the second match here Tuesday.
Scott Styris and Peter McGlashan were the principal contributors to a 79-run onslaught in five overs which swung the match New Zealand's way in the second half of their innings of 185 for seven.
Pakistan made a valiant start to the run chase and were 58 for one after six overs before their batting

LAHORE - Karachi Gymkhana won the second Super Veterans (over 60 years) T20 cricket match defeating Karachi Kings at the Karachi Gymkhana Ground on Sunday.
The Pakistan Veterans Cricket Association organised this match. After winning the toss, Karachi Gymkhana opted to field. Karachi Kings scored 135 runs for three wickets. Rafiq Allahrakha retired at 51 runs scored in 43 balls with three fours.
Skipper of Karachi Kings and former captain Zaheer Abbas played a fine innings