Skipper Daniel Vettori and wicketkeeper Brendon McCullum rescued New Zealand with a blazing 176-run partnership on the second day of the third Test against Pakistan.
The trophy for their two Twenty20 matches in the Dubai, starting Thursday, is being dedicated in memory of Australian batsman Phillip Hughes, who died last week after being hit on the head by a bouncer during a domestic match.
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Umar Gul and Shahid Afridi shared the bowling honours as Pakistan defeated Australia by seven wickets in a Twenty20 match in Dubai on Thursday.
Fans of Chetan Bhagat got a chance to discuss the writer's bestsellers like Five Point Someone, One Night @ A Call Centre, The 3 Mistakes of My Life and a movie, Hello based on one of his novels, during a chat on Wednesday.
New Zealand captain Daniel Vettori on Monday clarified that no complaint was lodged with the match referee vis--vis suspicion of ball tampering by Pakistan's bowlers during the Super Eights match between the teams in the World Twenty20 at the Oval on Saturday. Fast bowler Umar Gul registered best-ever figures in Twenty20 cricket, claiming five for six in three overs as Pakistan won by six runs.
The Pakistan cricket camp in England is fuming over New Zealand captain Daniel Vettori's suggestions of ball tampering by fast bowler Umar Gul in their Twenty20 World Cup Super Eight match in London on Saturday.
Though a great deal of evidence is available about the extra-judicial killings being carried out in Swat, such incidents usually go unreported due to the lack of media access in the crisis-torn region.
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Mir's son, Zahoor Ahmed Mir, said his father's security was withdrawn two months ago and all efforts to get it back had fallen on deaf ears.
Inspector General of Police Kashmir S P Pani said while a Srinagar resident based in Pakistan had started an online campaign against the slain journalist, three Lashkar militants -- Jatt, Muzaffar Ahmad and Azad Malik carried out the killing.
Top Lashkar-e-Tayiba bomb expert Abdul Karim Tunda told interrogators that he had come in contact with Pakistan's spy agency Inter Services Intelligence after meeting former ISI Chief Hamid Gul in 1995 and was in constant touch with him thereafter.
Pakistan have called up uncapped fast bowler Abdur Rauf for the final Test against India.
Seamers Rao Iftikhar and Umar Gul shared six wickets and Mohammad Yousuf hammered a century to guide Pakistan to a 25-run win over South Africa in the second one-dayer at the Gaddafi stadium on Saturday.
A half-century by Imran Nazir and three wickets from Umar Gul helped Pakistan beat New Zealand by six wickets in the first semi-final.
Violations from the Pakistani side along the Line of Control have become a common recurrence, and according to sources in the Intelligence Bureau, some peace can be expected only after Pakistan Army Chief Gen Ashfaq Parvez Kayani retires next month.
Speaker of Jammu and Kashmir Assembly Mubarak Gul on Wednesday aid he will summon former Army Chief V K Singh to explain his position on his controversial statement about payoffs to politicians in the state.
Despite dependence on the ISI for years of sustenance, Taliban leaders may harbour resentment over the ISI's excessive control, notes Rana Banerji, who headed the Pakistan desk at the Research and Analysis Wing.
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The Jammu and Kashmir assembly speaker has sought the opinion of the members of the privilege committee on the reply submitted by the former army chief, General (Retd) V K Singh with regard to the privilege proceedings initiated against him.
Former ISI chief Hamid Gul said Musharraf has not stated in his memoirs that Washington was behind his military coup.
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Pakistani cricket authorities have decided to rush fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar to South Africa to join the team before the first Test in Johannesburg which starts on Thursday.
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Watch out for Shahid Afridi's pyrotechnics against Ravichandran Ashwin's variations, Umar Gul's pace against Virat Kohli's bravado and Saeed Ajmal's guile against Mahendra Singh Dhoni's flair.
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The Pakistan A team, which will take on India in a three-day warm up game, includes seven Test cricketers.
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India have emerged winner in all five matches against Pakistan in T20 World Cups, starting from the inaugural World T20 in 2007.
'A psychological moment will be created when the Kashmiris will say they can't live with either India or Pakistan. At that time, America will step in and suggest a democratic solution to Kashmir,' former ISI chief Hamid Gul tells Sheela Bhatt.
Soumya Sarkar's maiden century helped Bangladesh secure a 3-0 one-day series sweep against Pakistan after an eight-wicket win in the third and final match on Wednesday.
