Sunday, February 27, 2011

Pakistan gets a big crucial victory against Sirilanka

COLOMBO: Pakistan skipper Boom Boom Afridi was excited on the victory against the tournament favourites Sri Lanka at RPC stadium Colombo on Saturday night and reclaimed that Pakistan is the most dangerous team in the World Cup.


They say the World Cup is boring. They say that Pakistan have no chance of winning the title. They will be sitting down to breakfast and helping themselves to fat helpings of their own words. Both of those opinions will have to be hastily revised after Sri Lanka, second-favourites for the title by virtue of their home advantage, lost an enthralling match in Colombo. The 11-run margin of victory would have been larger still had Pakistan not shown some of those familiar failings that must make them so frustrating to support. But then, if they played perfect cricket, they would not be nearly so entertaining to watch.
At the heart of the game was a duel between two of the most enthralling cricketers of modern times, Muttiah Muralitharan on the one hand and Shahid Afridi on the other. But if they were centre stage they had a splendid supporting cast.
There were majestic innings from Misbah-ul-Haq and Younus Khan. And then there was Shoaib Akhtar, sweating with the effort of shrugging off the years so he could pound in as he once did in his pomp. He clean bowled Mahela Jayawardene with an unplayable off-cutter. And Kamran Akmal, veering between the brilliant and the utterly absurd, completed two waspish stumpings but bungled a pair of far easier chances.
For the Sri Lankans Kumar Sangakkara gritted his teeth and did his damndest to play a captain's innings. And Nuwan Kulasekara followed up an inspired spell of death bowling with a slogger's knock of 24 from 14 balls that kept his side in the match right up until the final over. They needed 18 from it, but could only manage seven.
Murali delivered a masterclass in off-spin after Sri Lanka lost the toss and were asked to bowl. His 10 immaculate overs cost 33 runs, a sum that only contained a single scoring shot that went for more than a single. Never mind any fours or sixes, Murali only gave up one solitary two. His two overs in the batting powerplay cost only five runs and included the wicket of Umar Akmal, diddled into slapping a catch to midwicket. By the end of his spell cricket fans everywhere were wishing that someone could talk him out of his decision to retire once the World Cup is over.
And yet he finished on the losing side. As well as he bowled he could not dislodge either Misbah or Younus. They came together with the score on 105 for three, Pakistan having squandered a rollocking start by contriving a pair of the most idiotic dismissals imaginable. Mohammad Hafeez ran himself out after he held himself in position to admire his own sweep to short fine leg. By the time he looked around he found his partner, Kamran Akmal, was sharing his crease. Not long afterwards, Akmal decided to jump down the pitch and heave-ho at a delivery from Rangana Herath. He did not turn around to watch Sangakkara sweep off the bails, but kept walking back to the pavilion.
After all that naivety, the contrast with Misbah and Younus could not have been starker. They hit only four fours between them in their stand of 108, and yet still scored at more than five runs an over, tick-tocking along by working singles into the gaps on the leg side. The Sri Lankans missed the death bowling of Lasith Malinga, out injured, and 32 runs came from the last three overs.
That final flourish put Pakistan over the top, just. Though when the Sri Lankans were 76 without loss in the 15th over it did not look as though that would be the case. And then on came Afridi. If Muralitharan bowls with the cunning of Cardinal Richelieu, Afridi does so with the swagger of D'Artaganan. He took four wickets, meaning he now has nine for just 49 runs in two matches in the competition so far.
He had Tillakaratne Dilshan cut onto his stumps, and then ripped a fast leg-break past Thilan Samaraweera's outside edge. When he had Sangakkara caught the game looked up, though of course his team's erratic fielding meant they found numerous ways to extend the game towards a thrilling climax.
Cricket fans would not have it any other way.



Pakistan won by 205 runs - Pakistan vs Kenya ODI ICC World Cup 2011 Cricket

Pakistan won by 205 runs in the ICC World Cup Cricket 2011 match against Kenya.
Man of the match in Pakistan Vs Kenya match was Umar Akmal of Pakistan team.
Pakistan won the Toss and decided to bat and won the match with a good margin.
Pakistan managed to score 317 runs in 50 overs by losing 7 wickets at a run rate of 6.34 runs.
Kenya could only score 112 runs in 33.1 overs by losing 10 wickets at Run rate of 3.38 runs.
Kenya who batted second was not able to win the match against Pakistan in this group match in ICC 2011 Worldcup.
Umar Akmal  who scored 71 runs was the top scorer for Pakistan. Collins Obuya who scored 47 runs was the highest scorer for Kenya.
The Pakistan vs Kenya is the 6th match among World cup Cricket Group Stage matches.
This match is scheduled to take place at Mahinda Rajapaksa International Cricket Stadium at Hambantota in Sri Lanka at 2.30 pm (IST) on Wednesday 23 February 2011.


Thursday, February 10, 2011

Pakistan today conducted a successful test fires Cruise Missile Hatf-VII (Babur)

Babur Cruise Missile during its initial launch...Image via Wikipedia
Rawalpindi - February 10, 2011:

Pakistan today conducted a successful test fire of the indigenously developed Cruise Missile Hatf-VII (Babur) having a range of 600 kms. The missile tests are part of a process of validating the system. Babur, which can carry strategic and conventional warheads, has stealth capabilities, is a low flying, terrain hugging missile with high maneuverability, pin point accuracy and radar avoidance features. It also incorporates the modern cruise missile technology of Terrain Contour Matching (TERCOM) and Digital Scene Matching & Area Co-relation (DSMAC).

The test was witnessed by Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee, General Khalid Shamim Wynne, Director General Strategic Plans Division, Lieutenant General (Retired) Khalid Ahmed Kidwai, Commander Army Strategic Force Command Lieutenant General Jamil Haider, Chairman NESCOM Mr Muhammad Irfan Burney, senior officers from the armed forces and strategic organizations, scientists and engineers. The Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee reiterated that the test will go a long way in consolidating Pakistan’s strategic deterrence capability, and further strengthening national security. Pakistan’s resolve and commitment to continue its strategic programme will remain paramount, he added.

The successful test has also been warmly appreciated by the President and Prime Minister of Pakistan, who have congratulated the scientists and engineers on their outstanding success.


Saturday, February 5, 2011

Pakistan wins the match and series against New Zealand after 2 years

On Feb 3rd, 2011--Pakistan wins the match and series against New Zealand after 2 years.Pakistan wins the match by 41 runs and series against New Zealand on the land after 17 years. Ahmed Shehzad declared man of the match. In Hamilton, Ahmad Shehzad and Muhammad Hafeez start innings, Hafeez out on 14, after him Kamran Akmal and Younis Khan went back to pillion on 17 and 21 simultaneously.  On the other hand Ahmed Shehzad played superb innings and made 115runs on 109 balls. Misbah-ul-Haq 25, Umar Akmal 32, and Shahid Afridi made 24 runs; overall team score in 50overs is 268runs. Chile Mills, Jacob Orem and Scott Stirs took 2, 2 wickets each. In response to that, New Zealand start was not good, 2 players Guptil and Taylor out on 65 and 69 respectively. After winning while talking Pakistani Captain Shahid Afridi said that after a long time Pakistan won ODI series which is a positive, Ahmed Shehzad played superb, Muhammad Hafeez is best all rounder in team. He said that we are strongly working on fielding whose results were also coming. He also appreciates bowler’s performance. Man of the match Ahmed Shehzad said that he is happy on making century before World Cup. On other hand New Zealand Captain Ross Taylor said that due to earlier loss of wickets pressure increased.


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