Posted by Schayan on 11:18 PM
Captain Shakib ul Hassan scored his fifth ODI hundred and took 3 wickets to help Bangladesh win the 4th ODI against New Zealand by 9 runs.
For New Zealand, Kane Williamson hit a valiant 108 despite injury but could not get his team over the line.
Chasing 242, New Zealand lost wickets at regular intervals and when Shafi ul Islam ended Williamson's lone vigil, it was the end for New Zealand as well.
Bangladesh now have an unassailable 3-0 series...
Posted by Schayan on 3:53 AM
Riding on the Little Master's half century, India overcame a toothless Australian attack to take the match by seven wickets, winning the two match series 2-0.
CJ Pujara, on debut, played a responsible innings of 72 and put on 72 for the second wicket with Murali Vijay(37).
For Australia Hilfenhaus, Hauritz and Watson took a wicket each before Tendulkar (53*) hit the winning ru...
Posted by Schayan on 2:25 AM
Marcus North scored a magnificent 128 to lift Australia to 478 after the tourists were in a spot of bother at 256-5 in the first innings. Tim Paine contributed a gutsy 59 before Australia were all out in the post lunch session on day 2 of the 2nd Test of the Border Gavasker Trophy.
India have a 1-0 lead in the two match seri...
Posted by Schayan on 2:45 AM
Manchester United chief executive David Gill has said there is no pressure on the club to sell any of their star players including Wayne Rooney.
Gill said the club would still prefer to have "Cristiano Ronaldo on the pitch than £80million in the bank" as proof of their desire to keep players. He said: "There was no desire at all from anyone at the club to sell Cristiano - he wanted to go and as a result we managed to extract a world record...
Posted by Schayan on 2:26 AM
The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has lifted a 12-month ban and halved a fine on all-rounder Rana Naved.
Rana was among the seven players who were banned or fined by the PCB after a disastrous tour to Australia earlier this year, on the grounds of misconduct and indiscipline. The other six had already been pardoned, their bans lifted and fines reduced.
"It is a great relief to finally be cleared of this ban and now I just want to focus...
Posted by Newz Corner on 11:01 AM
PCB spokesman Nadeem Sarwar confirmed the appointments and said details would be given later.
The appointment of Misbah is a surprise given that he was only recalled to the national team for the ODIs and T20 against South Africa on Thursday after a gap of six months.
The 36-year-old, who has never captained Pakistan in test matches, last played in the T20 World Cup in West Indies and his last test appearance was in January against Australia...
Posted by Newz Corner on 10:57 AM
In another strange move, the PPP-led government has appointment Justice (Retd.) Syed Deedar Hussain Shah as Chairman National Accountability Bureau (NAB), Geo News reported Friday.
The decision was made at a consultative meeting chaired by Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani here.
Sources told Geo News that the meeting was by Federal Minister for Law and Justice Babar Awan and some other members of the federal cabinet
Geo...
