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England strike back as wickets continue to tumble
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February, 4 2012
DUBAI: Pakistan were 30-2 at lunch on the second day of the third and final Test in Dubai on Saturday, trailing England by 12 runs after losing both openers.
Pakistan, with an unassailable 2-0 lead in the series, lost Taufiq Umar (six) and Mohammad Hafeez (21) in their second innings after England posted 141 for a first-innings lead of 42.
At the break Azhar Ali (one) and Younis Khan (one) were at the crease on another day of bowlers’ domination, after 16 wickets fell on the first day with Pakistan dismissed for 99 in their first innings.
Earlier Abdul Rehman took 5-40 — his second five-wicket haul after a career-best 6-25 in Pakistan’s 72-run win in the second Test in Abu Dhabi.
Pakistan won the first Test by ten wickets, also in Dubai.
Paceman James Anderson again gave England an early breakthrough, forcing an edge off Umar which Andrew Strauss held in front of his knees in the slips.
Hafeez, who hit a six off Monty Panesar, fell leg-before to the left-armer in his next over, leaving Pakistan in a spot of bother at 28-2.
Captain Strauss top-scored with 56 for England before he was stumped by wicketkeeper Adnan Akmal off Rehman. Strauss hit five boundaries during his laborious 150-ball stay at the crease.
Resuming at 104-6, England lost nightwatchman Anderson in the first over of the day when he missed a sharp turning delivery from Rehman and was bowled.
Tow overs later, Rehman’s spin partner Saeed Ajmal trapped Stuart Broad (four) and after Strauss’s ... details
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adeja lands $2.0 million IPL jackpot
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February, 4 2012
NEW DELHI: Young India all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja was sold for $2 million at the Indian Premier League auction in Bangalore on Saturday, but a host of big-name stars missed out.
Reigning IPL champions Chennai Super Kings, owned by Indian cricket chief Narayanaswamy Srinivasan, bagged the 23-year-old Jadeja after an intense bidding war with Deccan ... details
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Zaka wants Amir back after serving ban
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February, 4 2012
DUBAI: Pakistan cricket chief Zaka Ashraf on Friday backed the return of spot-fixing convict Mohammad Amir after he serves his five-year ban, saying he was a talented fast bowler who had been “trapped”.
“I want to see Amir back but only after considering the legality of the case and only after he serves the ban,” Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman ... details
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Di Resta and Force India first on track in 2012 car
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February, 4 2012
SILVERSTONE: Paul Di Resta claimed bragging rights as the first Formula One driver to do a lap in a 2012 car on Friday after his Force India team took the wraps off their ‘Hammerhead-nosed’ VJM05 challenger.
The Scot guided the Mercedes-powered car gently out of the pitlane at a bright but bitterly cold Silverstone on a day when glamour team Ferrari ... details
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Vibrant India cruise to eight-wicket T20 win
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February, 4 2012
MELBOURNE: India revived their Australian tour with a convincing eight-wicket win over the home side in the second Twenty20 international at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on Friday.
The tourists dazzled in the field with four run outs to restrict Australia to 131 off 19.4 overs before reaching the target at 135 for two with two balls to spare before ... details
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Team India ‘afraid’, says Zaka
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February, 4 2012
DUBAI: Pakistan cricket chief Zaka Ashraf said Saturday that his side’s recent resurgence in form had left arch-rivals India afraid to take them on.
The neighbours have not played a Test series since 2007, with sporting ties frozen after the terrorist attacks on Mumbai in November 2008.
There were hopes of a thaw after the sides met in the World ... details
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More than 220 dead as big freeze grips Europe
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February, 4 2012
KIEV: Temperatures have plunged to new lows in Europe where a week-long cold snap has now claimed more than 220 lives as forecasters warned that the big freeze would tighten its grip over the weekend.
A total of 223 people have died from the cold weather in the last seven days according to an AFP tally, with Ukraine suffering the heaviest toll.
People ... details
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Record civilian death toll in Afghan war last year: UN
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February, 4 2012
KABUL: A record number civilians were killed in Afghanistan’s decade-long war last year, with a dramatic rise in the number of deaths from suicide attacks, the United Nations reported Saturday.
A total of 3,021 civilians died — mostly at the hands of insurgents — up eight per cent from 2,790 in 2010, the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan ... details
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Banned outfits gaining strength due to capital inflows, claims report
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February, 4 2012
KARACHI: Pakistan’s intelligence agencies have informed the government that the outfits banned in Pakistan and abroad were gaining momentum due to the supply of capital in the form of domestic and international currency, a BBCUrdu report said.
According to a secret report obtained by BBCUrdu, the outfits were operating through proxy bank accounts ... details
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Mullah Omar sent letter to Obama to end war
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February, 4 2012
WASHINGTON: Reclusive Taliban leader Mullah Mohammad Omar wrote to President Barack Obama last year indicating an interest in talks key to ending the war in Afghanistan, current and former US officials told The Associated Press.
The letter purportedly from Omar was unsigned.
It was passed through a Taliban intermediary in July and was intended ... details
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PM Gilani to visit Qatar to talk Afghan peace
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February, 4 2012
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani will explain Pakistan’s stance on the issue of peace talks with the Afghan Taliban when he travels next week to Qatar to meet the Gulf state’s leaders, a government spokesman said Saturday.
Last month, the Afghan Taliban announced they would set up a political office in Qatar, a major development in ... details
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