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A hurricane innings by Armaan Khan guided Karachi Region to inflict a crushing six wickets defeat on the Lahore Region team in the final of the First National Women’s cricket Championship at the Gaddafi Stadium here on Monday. As she hit the winning shot off the bowling of Shamsa Hahmi, who also happens to be …

Both the finalists will play a 40-over match for the top honours and expressed their determination to win the historic final, however the hosts Lahore women team have a psychological edge after winning the Super League encounter against Karachi region quite comfortably. When asked about the form and fitness of the players, Lahore Women captain …

Pakistan’s Shahid Afridi, whose good looks and cavalier style has won him many female fans in his country, was mobbed by fair sex in this sleepy Indian holiday resort as well. For about 30 minutes, Pakistani heart-throb had to endure mock chiding from his Indian female fans who had come to watch him at …

Indian officials expect more than 8000 Pakistani fans to cross the border to watch the first test and Musharraf told the Pakistan Observer newspaper he was also interested in taking in some of the tour of India, which will run to three five-day tests and six one-day games. A tour of Pakistan by India’s …

Pakistan launched its first national women’s cricket championship, with organisers hoping the event will inspire up-and-coming female cricketers in the conservative Muslim country. Teams from Lahore, Karachi, Rawalpindi, Multan, Quetta, Hyderabad, Peshawar and Faisalabad are taking part. Four teams will qualify for a so-called super league, with the top two teams contesting the final on …

It’s a fear palpably felt by every Indian who set his or her foot in Pakistan during those magical days. Like us, he had seen doors and hearts open, he had felt the warmth and goodwill which was too spontaneous to have been a put on, he had seen the Indian flags flying proudly in …

The first signs of hype surrounding the India-Pakistan series were visible at the Wankhede Stadium on Tuesday. Sitting two rows behind the Indian national selectors was a man being greeted by everyone around him. He was a Pakistani but he wasn’t here to spy on the Indian cricketers nor to inspect the stadiums; Hasan Jalil …

Pakistan’s all-rounder Shahid Khan Afridi on Friday set another world mark in One-day International (ODIs) history when he hit his 190th six during his 26 runs cameo against Australia in the first of tri-series best of three finals. Afridi, surpassed the record of Sanath Jayasuriya of Sri Lanka. Former Sri Lankan captain achieved the feat …

With the PCB now changing its mind, women’s cricket is getting a fillip in Pakistan. The PCB’s main objective is to effectively organize women’s teams at the regional and district level, to tap the talent for the national’s women team. Girls participating in the tournaments at all levels will be financially supported with a fixed …

Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Women’s Wing Chairperson Mira Phailbus said on Wednesday that women’s national cricket team will feature in the forthcoming Women’s Champions Trophy to be held in July 2005. She said that they were expecting to form the women’s team in May this year so the girls could be further trained for the …

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 …

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 …