Yousuf hopes to lift team?s downbeat morale
SYDNEY: Mohammad Yousuf spent the most of Thursday trying to talk his players out of depression following his team?s disappointing defeat in the secon
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PCB consulting with Afridi for T20 matches
LAHORE: The selection committee of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has started consultations with national T20 captain Shahid Afridi for the Twenty20 Internationals to be played against Australia and England.
PCB selection committee chairman Iqbal Qasim told Geo News that the consideration of names of players for the T20 matches against Australia and England has been started and T20 team captain Shahid Khan Afridi has been contacted on telephone in this regard.
Shahid Afridi is playing domestic cricket in Australia these days.
Pakistan will play their only T20 match on the tour of Australia on February 5 at Melbourne while they will play two T20 matches against England in Dubai on February 19 and 20.
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US envoy reiterates ?resolve to cooperate? with Pakistan
Karachi
The United States Administration has organized itself diplomatically to enhance diplomatic and civilian elements of its policy with Pak
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Miliband denies secret talks with Taliban
ISLAMABAD: British Foreign Secretary David Miliband has said that Britain has never held secret talks with Taliban.
He made these comments during his visit to Islamabad today (Saturday).
Dismissing reports about talks with Taliban, he said Britain has never held secret talks and will never do so in future also.
?I can not say that Usama bin Laden is in Pakistan, he said, but added he is not in Afghanistan either.?
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Dasti?s comments do not suit any parliamentarian: PCB
LAHORE: Condemning the remarks of Jamshed Dasti, chairman National Assembly standing committee for sports, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) said that the words used in his remarks do not suit any parliamentarian.
This has been said in a statement issued from the PCB that chairman PCB Ijaz Butt these days is in Bangladesh where he has to attend a ceremony regarding the World Cup 2011.
Director cricket operations Zakir Khan could not attend the meeting as his flight delayed due to fog and this has been communicated to the ministry of sports and the National Assembly secretariat.
This has been further said in the statement that in the past, Younis Khan had resigned from captaincy on such remarks of the standing committee.
The PCB said that Ijaz Butt holds the right reserved to answer these non-parliamentarian remarks.
Sources said that chairman PCB Ijaz Butt would soon hold a press conference in this regard.
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?England ?lucky? over ball tampering?
LONDON: Former captain Michael Vaughan said on Thursday England had been ?lucky? to escape official censure over allegations of ball-tampering in the
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Ex-mill prices of 20-kg ?atta? bag up by Rs15
Rawalpindi
Owners of flourmills has raised ex-mill rate of 20-kg ?atta? bag to Rs550, fixing its retail price of Rs565 against its previous pri
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Pakistan is ?safe? for sport events: Amir Khan
KARACHI: Light welterweight world champion Amir Khan declared that he feels secure here, sending out a clear message to the world?s sporting nations t
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Aisam determined to give best performance in Australian Open
LAHORE: Pakistan tennis star Aisam-ul-Haq said that he would display the best performance in Australian Open Tennis Tournament.
He said that he had practiced in the Chennai Open and would do more hard work after going to Australia.
He said this while talking with Geo News at the Lahore Airport before leaving for Australia.
Aisam said that the Chennai Open was a better start of the current year but unfortunately, he lost in the qualifying round.
He said that he is leaving for Australia a week before the beginning of the tournament because the weather is warm there so he would need extraordinary practice.
The tennis star said that he underwent training during his stay at Lahore. Earlier, he was giving attention on doubles but now he would focus on singles.
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Team to learn lesson from mistakes: Yousuf
SYDNEY: Pakistan cricket team captain Mohammad Yousuf said that his team would have to learn from its mistakes which would enable it to outplay any team of the world.
The national team captain said that Pakistan team still has the ability to beat Australia and any team of the world but for this, it has to overcome its weaknesses.
Yousuf said that criticism on the defeat at Sydney was expected but it should be positive and besides this, positive aspects of the team should also be highlighted.
He said that before the series against Australia, nobody was hoping that the Pakistan team would give the hosts a tough time. However, our team displayed better performance in Sydney Test and it dominated the match for three days but one day?s poor performance became the cause of defeat.
He said that he is ready for Hobart Test and he hopes that his team would show 100 per cent performance there.
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