Ashwell Prince and Jacques Kallis hit fighting half centuries for South Africa on Monday against a disciplined Pakistan bowling attack on the first day of the second Test. South Africa prodded to 259-6 with Mark Boucher not out on 9 and Andre Nel yet to score as stumps were drawn for the day seven overs before scheduled close due to bad light.
Pakistan’s Test opening batsman Imran Farhat was fined half his match fee on Friday for criticising the chief selector, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) said. Farhat made a strong-worded phone call to the PCB’s chief selector Salahuddin Ahmed after batsman was not picked up for the one-day international series against Sri Lanka.
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/ 4 November 2006
Captain Ricky Ponting emerged as the star of the International Cricket Council’s (ICC) awards ceremony on Friday as Australia dominated by claiming four prizes. Ponting was adjudged the year’s best player and the most outstanding Test cricketer of the season.
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/ 2 November 2006
All-rounder Andrew Symonds led Australia to their first ICC Champions Trophy final on Wednesday with a 34-run victory against a never-say-die New Zealand in the first semifinal. Symonds smashed a run-a-ball 58 in Australia’s challenging total of 240-9 off 50 overs and then took the vital wicket of Jacob Oram (43) as the world champions bowled out a fighting New Zealand for 206 in 46 overs.
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/ 16 October 2006
England captain Andrew Flintoff was pleased with the way his team fought back in a low-scoring four-wicket loss against India in the opening Group A limited-overs international of the ICC Champions Trophy on Sunday. ”I am pleased with the character we showed,” said Flintoff, who returned to lead the England side after spending six months on the sidelines due to an ankle surgery.
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/ 13 February 2006
Hundreds of Indian cricket fans faced frustrating delays on Sunday in collecting tickets booked over the internet on the eve of the third limited-overs international between Pakistan and India in the eastern city of Lahore. The five-match limited-overs series between the two Asian nuclear neighbours is tied 1-1.
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/ 1 February 2006
Pakistan seamers Abdul Razzaq and Mohammad Asif shared seven wickets on Wednesday and engineered India’s second-heaviest-ever defeat on the fourth day of the third and decisive cricket Test to clinch the series 1-0. India were dismissed for 265 in 58,4 overs after Pakistan set a never-achieved victory target of 607 runs.
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/ 2 November 2005
England made a gallant comeback on Wednesday to snatch a 52-run win over a Patron’s XI in their tour warm-up match in Rawalpindi, Pakistan. Defending a modest total of 157 in a minimum of 60 overs, medium-fast-bowler Liam Plunkett and left-arm spinner Ashley Giles combined to bundle out the hosts for a paltry 105 in 36,5 overs.
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/ 21 October 2003
Pakistan defeated South Africa by eight wickets on Tuesday to win the first Test and go 1-0 up in the two-match series. Pakistan, who required a further 24 runs for their maiden victory against the Proteas at home, finished off the match in 6,5 overs on the fifth and final day.