Shabbir to consult spcialists in South Africa on knee injury
By our correspondent
KARACHI: Pakistan manager Haroon
Rasheed said on Tuesday that pace bowler Shabbir Ahmed was being sent to Capetown in South Africa to get a second specialist
opinion on his knee injury so that he can be fit in time for the tour of Australia in December and January.
Laxman urges teamwork for ICC Trophy
LONDON: India batsman Venkatsai Laxman insisted the team could put their 2-1 one-day series
defeat by England behind them and be a force to be reckoned with in the ICC Champions Trophy.
I wanted to be a table tennis player: Wasim Akram
LONDON: One of the great fast bowlers and former Pakistan skipper Wasim Akram said on Tuesday he
wanted to be a table tennis player and reached the pinnacle of cricket through constant hard work.
Live broadcast dispute worries Pakistan Board
By Waheed Khan
KARACHI: The live broadcast of the
forthcoming international cricket matches in Pakistan involving Zimbabwe and Sri Lanka has fallen into jeopardy after a dispute
between the two Dubai-based channels who hold the exclusive rights to telecast cricket matches from Pakistan till 2008.
SA can be ICC Trophy heroes: Smith
LONDON: South Africa captain Graeme Smith said his side had the opportunity to become heroes
during the ICC Champions Trophy that starts in England later this week.
Khalid Latif turns bowler with match-winning 7-31
By Gul Hameed Bhatti
KARACHI: Opening batsman Khalid
Latif turned his attention towards right-arm medium-fast bowling, when entrusted with the new ball by his team skipper Asim
Kamal, the Pakistan Test cricketer, and captured seven wickets for 31 runs to enable Zone IV to achieve a six-wicket win over
Zone VI, on the opening day of their two-day, third-round Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) National Inter-District Senior Cricket
Championship Karachi Region match, here at the TMC Ground on Tuesday.
Rashid Latif hopeful of making a comeback
By Waheed Khan
KARACHI: Former Pakistan captain Rashid
Latif said on Tuesday he had not given up hope of playing for Pakistan again despite upsetting some senior players including
captain Inzamam-ul-Haq after his match-fixing statement during the home series against India.
Islamabad beat Azad Kashmir by four wickets
ISLAMABAD: Rao Iftikhar brought out his all-round talents in time as Islamabad narrowly beat
Azad Jammu & Kashmir (AJ&K) by four wickets to gather as many winners’ points from this victory in the Rawalpindi
Zone National Inter-District Senior Cricket Championship, here at the KRL Stadium on Tuesday.
Warwickshire secure Championship after Sussex lose
LONDON: Warwickshire have been crowned as the 2004 English County champions, after Sussex - the
previous title-holders and the only team that could have caught them - slumped to defeat in a topsy-turvy encounter against
Middlesex on Monday.
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