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PAKISTAN yesterday survived the West Indies’ flirtation with history to triumph by 30 runs and advance to the finals of the VB Series against Australia, starting in Melbourne on Friday. A massive effort to better those two marks was needed after a brilliant Yousuf Youhana century and another fine hand from Inzamam-ul-Haq had Pakistan firmly [...]

Man-of-the-match Abdul Razzaq was 63 not out and took 4-53 to lead Pakistan to a three-wicket win over Australia in a tri-series cricket match Sunday at the WACA Ground. Yousuf Youhana was top scorer for Pakistan with 72 runs as the winners moved ahead of the West Indies and into second place in the tri-series [...]

The vision is lofty – to make domestic cricket a popular spectator sport in Pakistan. Plenty of right noises were made at the press conference: mission statements, re-branding, and consumer-reaction models were bandied about with the same liberal abandon Pakistani bowlers display towards no-balls. Regional teams have been renamed – Peshawar become the Panthers, Hyderabad [...]

The ‘Beyond the Boundary’ series, aimed at bringing together children from the two countries, has seen 42 youngsters touring cities and villages on either side of the border and playing cricket to spread the message of peace and goodwill. The ‘Aman’ team, whose tour came to an end here on Thursday, had children playing on [...]

Pakistan’s domestic cricket now has a new name tag. It has been officially dubbed ‘National Cricket Pakistan’ and much of it — especially the regional tournaments — have the ABN-AMRO Bank as its new sponsor. The Pool B match, to be played today in the ABN-AMRO Cup first round here at the National Stadium, is [...]

The first major change to the domestic programme is that the regional teams have been given new nametags —Karachi Whites is now Karachi Dolphins, Karachi Blues is Karachi Zebras, Multan is Multan Tigers, Lahore Lions, Faisalabad Falcons, Sialkot Stallions, Hyderabad Hawks etc. “The sponsorship will extend to a lot of things like TV coverage, prize [...]

Sales of Pakistan’s one-day strip from the 2003 World Cup are expected to reach £1million following some unexpected exposure from British comedian Peter Kay on Channel 4′s comedy show Max and Paddy’s Road to Nowhere according to The Mirror newspaper. Kay wore the shirt in all six episodes of the series, which finished last Friday. [...]

The Chairman, Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), has announced the opening of the women’s wing of cricket in Pakistan. It has been decided that Dr Mira Phailbus (Sitara-e-Imtiaz and Pride of Performance) is to be Chairperson Women’s Cricket, Mr Imtiaz Ahmad (former Pakistan captain) is to be Adviser Women’s Cricket and Mrs Shamsa Hashmi is to [...]

Shoaib Akhtar does not want to be lonely on the fastest strip in the world — the Western Australia Cricket Association ground at Perth where Pakistan and Australia are slated for a Test clash on December 16. And Australia’s pace ace Brett Lee is the one he wants as company. The New South Welshman has [...]

Worcestershire county cricket club have signed fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar for the 2005 season subject to official clearance from the Pakistan Cricket Board. In a statement on its official website on Wednesday the second division club said Shoaib would be available from July 1. “Shoaib is a world class strike bowler in both forms of [...]