Hockey: Pakistan beat Egypt 2-1

CAIRO: Pakistan Junior Hockey Team started their tour to Egypt on positive note, defeating their hosts by 2-1 on Saturday.

The first half of the match remained goalless.

Captain Umar Bhutta opened Pakistan’s account in the fourth minute of the second half. But the hosts came back strongly and scored the equalizer in the 51th minute of the game.

Two minutes before the game’s end, Pakistan’s Muhammad Irfan scored the decisive goal to win the match 2-1.

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Gambhir leads India to easy win over New Zealand

JAIPUR: India’s stand-in captain Gautam Gambhir cracked an unbeaten 138 off 116 balls to lift the hosts to an eight-wicket win over New Zealand in the second one-day international on Wednesday.

The left-hander’s eighth one-day century enabled India to surpass New Zealand’s challenging 258-8 with seven overs to spare in the day-night match at the Sawai Man Singh stadium in Jaipur.

The emphatic victory gave India a 2-0 lead in the five-match series after the hosts had won the first game in Guwahati on Sunday by 40 runs.

Gambhir put on 87 for the first wicket with Murali Vijay (33) and 116 for the second with Virat Kohli, who followed up his century in Guwahati with a fluent 64.

The skipper hit 18 boundaries in his fluent knock.

Gambhir led India as regular captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni was rested for the series along with other senior players

Nafees, Shuvo star in Bangladesh ODI win

DHAKA: Shahriar Nafees smashed a brisk half-century and Suhrawadi Shuvo grabbed three wickets as Bangladesh raced to a seven-wicket victory over New Zealand in the third one-day international on Monday.

The left-handed opener cracked 13 fours in his 73 to help Bangladesh achieve a 174-run target with 10 overs to spare for a 2-0 lead in the five-match series.

Left-arm spinner Shuvo, playing only his fifth one-dayer, finished with 3-14 off 10 disciplined overs to restrict the tourists to a modest total after the hosts elected to field on a slow track.

“Suhrawadi bowled well and we kept taking wickets. Our opening batsmen then batted solidly and gave us a good start, that’s what we needed,” said Bangladesh skipper Shakib Al Hasan.

Bangladesh, who had won just one of their 17 one-day internationals against New Zealand before this series, were given a

England win fifth ODI against Pakistan by 121 runs

SOUTHAMPTON: Eoin Morgan’s latest match-winning Rose Bowl century saw England to a crushing 121 run-victory against Pakistan as they took the five-match one-day series 3-2 on Wednesday to end a scandal-marred season.

Success meant England had won consecutive Test (3-1), Twenty20 (2-0) and limited overs series against a Pakistan side whose tour was overshadowed by ‘spot-fixing’ allegations.

Man-of-the-match Morgan made 107 not out in a total of 256 for six after England had slumped to 47 for three following captain Andrew Strauss’s decision to bat first.

Former Ireland left-hander Morgan had previously made an unbeaten 103 as England beat Australia by four wickets in the first one-dayer at the Rose Bowl in June.

Pakistan were eventually dismissed for 135 with 13 overs still left, seamer Stuart Broad taking three for 25 and off-spinner Graeme Swann

Pakistan set 266 runs target against England

Pakistan 265 for 7 (Hafeez 64, Razzaq 44, Swann 4-37)
Pakistan scored 265 for seven from their 50 overs in the fourth one-day international against England at Lord’s on Monday.
Pakistan reached 265 for 7, an innings lit up first by Shahid Afridi and then by Abdul Razzaq and also dominated by Graeme Swann, who claimed 4 for 37 in a superb display of offspin.
Mohammad Hafeez remained top scorer with 64, followed by 44 by Razzaq. Fawad Alam and Kamran Akmal made 29 and 28 respectively.
England lead 2-1 in the five-match series.

England board to discuss corruption probe

LONDON: The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) will meet on Saturday to discuss an ICC investigation into possible corruption during Friday’s one-day international against Pakistan at the Oval.

The International Cricket Council said on Saturday it is investigating the match after receiving information from a British newspaper alleging a suspicious scoring pattern in Pakistan’s innings. Pakistan won the third game of the five-match series by 23 runs.

“The ECB is seeking clarification and details from the ICC and the ECB board will meet later today to discuss the matter,” the board said in a statement on Saturday.

Earlier ICC chief executive Haroon Lorgat said the investigation followed a report in the Sun newspaper which said bookmakers knew details of Pakistan’s innings before the match began.

“A source informed The Sun newspaper that a certain

West Indies, South Africa opening ODI today

ANTIGUA: West Indies will seek a drastic turnaround in fortunes when they face South Africa in the opening one-day international (ODI) of the five-match series here today.

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India Beat Sri Lanka by 3 Runs in 1st ODI

RAJKOT, India: India Beat Sri Lanka by 3 Runs in 1st ODI, India beat Sri Lanka by three runs Tuesday in the first one-day international at Madhavrao Scindia Cricket Ground to lead 1-0 in the five-match series:

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India 414-7 (Virender Sehwag 146, Mahendra Singh Dhoni 72, Sachin Tendulkar 69; Chanaka Welegedara 2-63) def. Sri Lanka 411-8 (Tillakaratne Dilshan 160, Kumar Sangakkara 90, Upul Tharanga 67; Harbhajan Singh 2-58)

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India Beat Sri Lanka by 3 Runs in 1st ODI was first posted on December 15, 2009 at 5:43 pm.