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/ 30 January 2008

Pakistan overwhelm Zim in record match

Mohammad Yousuf’s brilliant century and Shoaib Malik’s all-round contribution helped Pakistan overwhelm Zimbabwe by seven wickets in the fourth one-day match in Faisalabad on Wednesday. The win, which lifted the home team to a 4-0 lead in the five-match series, came in Pakistan’s world-record 673rd one-day match.

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/ 21 January 2008

Pakistan beat Zimbabwe in first ODI

Pakistan established a new record in crushing Zimbabwe by 104 runs in the first one-day international (ODI) in Pakistan on Monday. Pakistan piled up a total of 347-5 and then restricted the visitors to 243-7 in 50 overs. It was the first time in 2 662 one-day internationals that five batsmen scored half centuries in an innings.

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/ 2 December 2007

Misbah, Akmal lead Pakistan fightback

Misbah-ul-Haq and Kamran Akmal scored battling hundreds to steer Pakistan to 358-6 against India on the third day of the second Test on Sunday. In-form Misbah, who struck 108 not out, and keeper-batsman Akmal, with 119, shared in a 207-run sixth-wicket stand after the visitors had lost four wickets in the morning session at Eden Gardens.

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/ 30 November 2007

Imperious Jaffer puts India in control

Wasim Jaffer’s unbeaten 192 steered India to a commanding 352-3 at stumps on the first day of the second Test against Pakistan on Friday. Opener Jaffer shared in two century partnerships to lay the foundations for an imposing total after the hosts chose to bat on a benign Eden Gardens pitch.

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/ 5 November 2007

India power to easy win against Pakistan

Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Yuvraj Singh slammed solid half-centuries to guide India to an emphatic five-wicket victory over Pakistan in the first one-day international here on Monday. Skipper Dhoni top-scored with 63 and Yuvraj made 58 as India surpassed Pakistan’s total of 239-7 with 18 balls to spare.

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/ 29 October 2007

SA beat Pakistan to take one-day series

South Africa spoiled Pakistan paceman Shoaib Akhtar’s comeback match on Monday with a stunning 14-run victory in the fifth and final limited-overs game to clinch the series 3-2. Akhtar took 4-43 to restrict South Africa to 233-9 off 50 overs with Jacques Kallis scoring a fighting 86 and Herschelle Gibbs making a fine 54.

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/ 26 October 2007

SA beat Pakistan to level the series

Brilliant half-centuries from Graeme Smith and Shaun Pollock helped South Africa win the fourth one-day international against Pakistan by seven wickets on Friday to level the five-match series 2-2. Pakistan’s total of 230-9 had looked respectable, but Smith (81) and Pollock (90) added 159 runs for the second-wicket stand to help their team reach 233-3 in 37.4 overs.

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/ 22 October 2007

SA vow to bounce back against Pakistan

South Africa coach Mickey Arthur said on Monday the team was confident of bouncing back in the one-day series against Pakistan after losing the second match last week. ”Lifting the team after the loss is not difficult at all and it will not be an issue,” said Arthur ahead of the third match on Tuesday.

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/ 11 October 2007

Pakistan fight to save Test against SA

Pakistan put up a spirited display as they fought to save the second Test against South Africa on the fourth day on Thursday. Kamran Akmal (49) and Younis Khan (48) added 93 runs for the unbroken second wicket to take Pakistan to 108-1 at close, raising the home team’s hopes of salvaging the match on the fifth day on a deteriorating pitch.

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/ 10 October 2007

SA tighten the screws on Pakistan

South Africa marched towards setting a stiff target for Pakistan in the second Test on Wednesday. The visitors were 154-2 at stumps on day three — enjoying an overall lead of 305 runs with captain Graeme Smith batting on 75 and in-form Jacques Kallis not out on 37.

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/ 5 October 2007

SA crush Pakistan in first Test

Fast bowler Dale Steyn took five wickets to lead South Africa to a thumping 160-run win over Pakistan just before tea on the final day of the first Test at the National Stadium in Karachi on Friday. Pakistan were bowled out for 263 chasing an improbable victory target of 424 runs, with captain Shoaib Malik the last man out after an obdurate 30 runs from 99 balls.

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/ 2 October 2007

Pakistan struggle after Kallis brilliance

Pakistan will have to fight hard to save the first Test against South Africa after a masterly knock of 155 by Jacques Kallis put the tourists in command at the National Stadium in Karachi on Tuesday. At the close on the second day, Pakistan were 127-5 in reply to South Africa’s first innings total of 450, still needing a further 124 to avoid the follow-on.

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/ 24 September 2007

India defeat rivals to snatch Twenty20 title

Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s young India team snatched the inaugural Twenty20 World Championship title after defeating arch-rivals Pakistan by five runs in a rousing final on Monday. The Indians, restricted to 157-5, fought back to bowl out valiant Pakistan for 152 before a sell-out crowd of 32 000 at the Wanderers in Johannesburg.

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/ 22 September 2007

Pakistan cruise into Twenty20 final

A half-century by Imran Nazir and three wickets from paceman Umar Gul helped Pakistan beat New Zealand by six wickets with seven balls to spare on Saturday to reach the final of the inaugural Twenty20 World Championship. Gul was not introduced until the 12th over at Newlands in Cape Town.

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/ 21 September 2007

Twenty20 draws closer to final

The inaugural Twenty20 World Championship has been whittled down from 12 teams to just four, and by 10pm on Saturday evening, it will be known which two teams will battle it out in the final at the Wanderers on Monday. The first semifinal, pits Pakistan against New Zealand, and the second, between Australia and India, should be a cracker.

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/ 20 September 2007

Pakistan secure top spot in group

Pakistan laboured to a four-wicket win over Bangladesh at Newlands on Thursday to earn themselves a Twenty20 World Championship semifinal date at the same ground this weekend. Pakistan’s win ensured they finished top of group F in the Super Eight stage with three wins in three matches.

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/ 18 September 2007

Pakistan stun Aussies in six-wicket victory

Captain Shoaib Malik and Misbah-ul Haq put on a century partnership as Pakistan stunned Australia by six wickets in a Twenty20 World Championship match at the Wanderers in Johannesburg on Tuesday. The pair put on 119 off 78 balls for the unbroken fifth wicket to help their team recover from 46-4 and surpass Australia’s 164-7 with five balls to spare.

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/ 14 September 2007

India beat Pakistan in ‘bowl-out’

Pakistani fast-bowler Muhammad Asif stunned a near-capacity crowd of partisan supporters by taking a wicket in each of his four overs in the Twenty20 World Championship cricket match against India at the Sahara Stadium Kingsmead in Durban on Friday, setting up a grand struggle between the two Asian giants.

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/ 12 September 2007

Afridi helps Pakistan crush Scotland

Shahid Afridi smashed 22 off seven balls and then grabbed 4-19 as Pakistan brushed aside Scotland by 51 runs in the Twenty20 World Championship in Durban on Wednesday. The pugnacious all-rounder ensured his team faced no hiccups after Craig Wright had taken three wickets to restrict Pakistan to 171-9 at the Kingsmead.