DUBAI, Feb 22: Pakistan captain Misbah ul-Haq said his side are desperate to redress the balance in a Twenty20 international against England Thursday after a one-day series whitewash by the tourists. England on Tuesday completed a 4-0 rout over the Pakistanis, and showed a big improvement from their 3-0 defeat in the preceding three-Test series. Misbah wants his side to regain the upper hand, but als ...

  AUCKLAND, Feb 22: New Zealand imploded in the closing overs of the third and final Twenty20 cricket international, crumbling under an unlikely South African comeback to a three-run loss at Eden Park yesterday. Stung by an eight-wicket loss in Sunday's second Twenty20, the Black Caps looked to be cruising in chasing South Africa's modest 7-165. But they lost too many wickets in the closing overs, the ...

  DUBAI, Feb 22: Ana Ivanovic defeated Francesca Schiavone 6-1, 7-5 on Tuesday to advance to the second round of the Dubai Tennis Championships. Peng Shuai of China ousted six-seeded Marion Bartoli 6-4, 6-3, winning six straight games to wrap up the final set. Ivanovic breezed through the first set, holding her Italian opponent to just one game in 33 minutes. Schiavone made it competitive in the second ...

  LAHORE, Feb 22: The Pakistan Cricket Board has suggested the ICC executive board evolve a consensus among cricket boards on the recommendations of the Woolf report on cricket's global governance before deciding whether to implement it or not. This comes a week after Cricket Australia said the ICC executive board would be "silly" to simply reject the recommendations of the Woolf report; that itself wa ...

DUBAI: After being blown out of the water in the Test match series, England completed their revenge whitewash, hanging Pakistan out to dry with a five wicket victory in the fourth and final one-day international in Dubai on Tuesday. Being set a target of 238 runs off 50 overs. England got off to stuttering start, loosing captain Alastair Cook early on, before being cut to 68-3 in the 16th over. However, a s ...

  JAHANIAN, Feb 21: Former captain of Pakistan Cricket Team, Shahid Khan Afridi would celebrate his 32nd birthday on March 1st. Shahid Khan Afridi was born in March 1980 in Kohat and gained popularity as an all rounder cricketer; according to the survey he is the most popular player in the world of cricket. The fans of the national cricket team's hero will give tribute by cutting the cake on his birthd ...

  SYDNEY, Feb 21: Ricky Ponting has confirmed that he will play on in Test cricket but has conceded that his one-day international career is over. Ponting announced his decision at a press conference in Sydney the day after he was dropped from Australia's one-day international squad. Although Ponting did not expressly state that he was retiring from ODIs, he said the national selector John Inverarity h ...

  KARACHI, Feb 21: Inter school sepaktakraw championship won by Agah Khan school gadren . The Karachi inter school sepaktakraw championship have participated eight team Agah Khan school karimabad, dewa academy, falcon school, Lal Qaila school, Agah Khan school Karimabad, K,K,Islamic school, white rose school and paradise school. "a group picture with Rauf Abbasi chief guest along with Noushad Ahmed Kha ...

  DOHA, Feb 21: "I think confidence is very overrated," said world No. 1 Victoria Azarenka after defeating Sam Stosur 6-1, 6-2 in the Doha finals for her 17th-straight win to open the 2012 season. That sounds exactly like something the most confident player on the WTA might say. Azarenka won her opening tournament of the season, took home her first Grand Slam, ascended to No. 1 and then consolidated th ...

DUBAI: Asad Shafiq and Azhar Ali hit half centuries as Pakistan were bowled out for 237 in their allotted 50 overs as they looked to avoid a series whitewash in the fourth and final match against England here Tuesday. Shafiq made a 78-ball 65 for his sixth one-day fifty while Ali notched a 89-ball 58 for his first to help lift Pakistan from the early loss of opener Mohammad Hafeez (one) in the second over a ...