Shahid Afridi In Top ICC Rankings

Pakistan’s captain Shahid Afridi is in top ICC ranking. He is at number three position in the top five all-rounders. Shahid Afridi also jumped five places up and reached number nine spot in top ten best bowlers.

The performance of Shahid Afridi in the world cup had lifted the team. He took his team to top ranking. It was his effort that brings the team to the semi final. Pakistan lost the match against India in the semi final. Shahid Afridi was wicket less in that match. He led the team like a true captain.

Shahid Afridi decided to skip the West Indies tour after the world cup but he later on decided to travel with team and make himself available for selection. He is now selected in the team and will travel to West Indies.

Shahid Afridi Wants Result Oriented West Indies Tour

Shahid Afridi said that the tour of West Indies will be result oriented. He added that youngster included in the team will help them a lot and they will definitely try to overcome the West Indies team. He is hoping for favorable results for Pakistan team.

Shahid Afridi added cricket lovers are expecting from team and they will try to give series win to nation.

Vettori Accepted Defeat Realistically

New Zealand captain Denial Vettori has accepted the defeat against New Zealand in the semi final boldly and said that it was not good performance from the New Zealand batsmen. Vettori was not happy on the field when they were losing the game. After the match when he was called up for post match interview he came after drying his eyes.

We will give tough time to India: Afridi

The captain of Pakistan cricket team Shahid Khan Afridi has said the morale is team is very high and they will give tough time to their traditional rival India. Green shirts will play the semi-final of ICC World Cup 2011 against blue shirts on Wednesday, 30 March in Mohali. He said that every player has the realization of his responsibility and his side is reached in the semi-final with the prayers of nation. He was talking to a Pakistani news channel on airport before going to New Delhi.

Afridi said that Pakistan has always given the tough time to blue shirts on Indian surface. All players are very confident and the team is ready to face the challenge of any team. He said that the strategy of the game will be finalized after looking the wicket. He added that the team has fulfilled the promise of reaching in the semi-final and with the prayers of nation, will give positive results in the semi-final. He further said that it is not essential that India always defeat Pakistan in the World Cup. This is cricket and any thing could be happened in this.

Greenshirts have reached from Dhaka to New Delhi where they will stay for some hours. After that they will fly for Mohali.

Pak. hockey team reaches final of Asian Games

Staff Report

GUANGZHOU: Pakistan’s hockey team has qualified for the final of the Asian Games after beating South Korea in the semi final by 4-3 on penalty strokes in a sensational match.

The team has reached the final of the 16th Asian Games after beating defending champions, South Korea, in a sensational match.

Pakistan has qualified for a final in the Asian Games after 20 years. The victory has brought smiles to the faces of Pakistan’s hockey fans, who have been disappointed by the team’s performance for a few years. Trend Pk

India defeat Pakistan in hockey

NEW DELHI: Sandeep Singh starred as India trounced arch-rivals Pakistan 7-4 in a high-scoring thriller on Sunday to storm into the semi-finals of the Commonwealth Games hockey.

Faced with the prospect of elimination before the knock-out rounds, India responded with a resounding display before some 19,000 delirious home fans at the Major Dhyan Chand stadium.

The hosts finished with nine points to finish second in Pool A behind world champions Australia and will now take on England, who beat South Africa 2-1, in the semi-finals on Tuesday.

In Pool B, New Zealand substituted their goalkeeper with an extra outfield player to draw 1-1 with Canada and book a semi-final date with Australia, who thrashed Malaysia 7-0 earlier in the day in a tie which had no bearing on the semi-final make-up.

India’s coach Jose Brasa praised the part played by the

India defeat Pakistan in hockey

NEW DELHI: Sandeep Singh starred as India trounced arch-rivals Pakistan 7-4 in a high-scoring thriller on Sunday to storm into the semi-finals of the Commonwealth Games hockey.

Faced with the prospect of elimination before the knock-out rounds, India responded with a resounding display before some 19,000 delirious home fans at the Major Dhyan Chand stadium.

The hosts finished with nine points to finish second in Pool A behind world champions Australia and will now take on England, who beat South Africa 2-1, in the semi-finals on Tuesday.

In Pool B, New Zealand substituted their goalkeeper with an extra outfield player to draw 1-1 with Canada and book a semi-final date with Australia, who thrashed Malaysia 7-0 earlier in the day in a tie which had no bearing on the semi-final make-up.

India’s coach Jose Brasa praised the part played by the

Missile strike kills four militants in South Waziristan

Staff Report

WANA: A drone strike killed four militants in South Waziristan tribal region on Tuesday.

Unmanned US aircraft have significantly stepped up attacks on Taliban and Al-Qaeda-linked operatives in the semi-autonomous region this month, recording at least 21 attacks in September.

Tuesday’s strike took place in Zeba village close to the Afghan border and west of Wana, the main town in South Waziristan.

Two missiles were fired at a militant compound, killing four militants. SAMAA

Pakistan beat the Aussies in T20

BIRMINGHAM: Pakistan extracted revenge on Australia in their first meeting since the semi-final in St Lucia.

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Paraguay and Spain goalless at break

JOHANNESBURG: Paraguay and Spain were goalless at half-time in their World Cup quarter-final here Saturday.

The winners will play Germany in the semi-final in Durban on Wednesday.

Uruguay beat Ghana on penalties

JOHANNESBURG: Uruguay claimed their first World Cup semi-final appearance in 40 years after a pulsating 4-2 penalty shootout win over heartbroken Ghana at Soccer City on Friday.

Uruguay goalkeeper Fernando Muslera saved skipper John Mensah and Dominic Adiyah”s attempts after the quarter-final had been locked at 1-1 after extra time.

Two-time World Cup winners Uruguay will now play the Netherlands in the semi-finals in Cape Town on Tuesday.

Ghana could have won the match in the last minute of extra-time but leading scorer Asamoah Gyan sent a penalty crashing off the crossbar after Luis Suarez had been sent off for deliberate handball on the goal-line.

Ghana were bidding to become the first African team to win through to the semi-finals of the World Cup after Cameroon (1990) and Senegal (2002) had fallen in the last eight.

The Ghanaians scored first through Sulley Muntari two minutes into first-half stoppage time before Diego Forlan equalised with a brilliant free kick in the 55th minute.

In a pulsating quarter-final before 84,017 fans, Ghana led after Inter Milan midfielder Muntari let fly with a 30-yard effort which swerved and beat the diving Muslera into the bottom-left corner.

Muntari was having his first start of the tournament after coming in for the suspended Andre Ayew after being close to being sent home.

Muntari, who has a history of clashes with the management of his national side, had a dressing-room bust-up with Ghana”s Serbian coach Milovan Rajevac earlier in the tournament.

Man-of-the-match Forlan equalised with a spectacular direct free kick 10 minutes after the resumption.

The influential Atletico Madrid star sent his free kick over the three-man defensive wall and beyond Richard Kingson”s reach into the top of the net after Ghana had threatened to take the game away from the Uruguayans.

Both teams went at each other in pulsating end-to-end action with fierce tackles and plenty of goalmouth action before the quarter-final went into extra time.

Uruguay, who last reached the semi-finals in 1970, will be without defender Jorge Fucile for the game after his second yellow card with Suarez also sitting out the game.

Just before halftime Uruguay also lost their skipper and key defender Diego Lugano with an injured right knee and he was replaced by Andres Scotti.

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