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Bahawalpur PD defeat Karachi PD by 7 wickets in a one-sided fixture Sports Bulletin Report KARACHI: Defending champions Bahawalpur PD continued their winning streak by defeating the hosts Karachi PD by seven wickets after an easy and one-sided contest in the first league match of the second phase of the National physical Disability T20 Cricket Championship at Rashid Latif Cricket Academy Cricket Ground Gulberg on Tuesday. Bahawalpur won the toss and invited Karachi to bat first. Karachi scored 134 runs for the loss of three wickets in 20 overs. Umar Farooq scored 55 runs off 48 balls with the help of three fours and three sixes, while Sadiq Shah scored 35 runs with three fours and two sixes on 25 balls. Abid Hussain and Abdul Khaliq took one wicket each for Bahawalpur. In response, Bahawalpur Disabled reached the target by losing three wickets in 16.5 overs. Mohammad Nauman scored a magnificent half-century of 54 runs off 37 balls with the help of seven fours. Abid Hussain scored 38 runs off 25 balls with the help of four fours while skipper Mohammad Shahzad scored 14 runs. Haroon Rasheed took one wicket for Karachi PD. General Secretary Amiuddin Ansari gave Bahawalpur PD Mohammad Nauman and special guest DSP Sindh Polls Javed Malik to Man of the Match Cash Award of 1000 rupees to Multan's Zubair Saleem. Nabil Akhtar, Zia Shamim, Jameel Kamran were also present on this occasion. In the second match, Quetta won the toss and batted first and the whole team scored 114 runs in 19 overs. Jamin Shah scored 68 runs off 35 balls of aggressive batting with the help of five sixes and four fours. Zubair Saleem was the top scorer. He took seven wickets for 9 runs. In response, Multan PD achieved the required target of 115 runs in 14 overs for the loss of 6 wickets. Ghulam Mohammad scored an aggressive 34 runs off 19 balls with the help of seven fours while Abdul Manan scored 20 runs. Ali Bakhsh took three wickets by giving 21 runs. During the interval, the chief guest, Sindh Police Cricket Captain  Turab Hussain, introduced the two teams while he also watched the match for a while General Secretary PDC and Auran Tournament Amiruddin Ansari, Regional Head Multan and Bahawalpur Jameel Kamran were also present on this occasion.

Sports Bulletin Report MULTAN (December 12, 2022): Mark Wood led England to a 26-run win inside four days in the second Test against Pakistan on Monday at the Multan Cricket Stadium. Pakistan, in pursuit of a challenging victory target of 355, were bowled out for 328 within an hour after lunch on day four to send England into the third match with an unassailable 2-0 lead in its first Test tour of Pakistan in 17 years. England won the first Test by 74 runs at the Pindi Cricket Stadium in Rawalpindi. Wood grabbed 4-65 including prized scalp of left-hander Saud Shakeel (94) who missed on his maiden Test hundred before lunch. Saud’s patient, third successive half century in just over five hours nearly pulled off Pakistan’s highest-ever successful chase in a home Test after the hosts resumed on the fourth day on 198-4, needing a further 157. Saud shared 80-run stand with Mohammad Nawaz (45) before Wood struck in his first over with the second new ball. He first had Nawaz caught down the leg side off a short ball and then ended Saud’s defiance with another short ball in the same area. Wicket-keeper Ollie Pope took a low catch down the leg side after Wood got Shakeel tangled. The third umpire, Joel Wilson of the West Indies, ruled in the bowler’s favor after viewing several replays, after on-field umpire Aleem Dar referred the decision with a soft signal of out. Resuming the fourth day with an overnight score of 198 for four with still 157 required, Pakistan lost Faheem Ashraf (10) in the day’s sixth over when Joe Root had the lefthander caught at slip as Stokes chose to deploy spinners from one end. Saud and Nawaz stifled England for nearly 22 overs before Wood struck twice in quick succession to raise England’s hope of clinching the three-match series late in the first session. Fast bowler Ollie Robinson thrice went past Nawaz’s bat, but the left-hander showed aggression against Root and left-arm spinner Jack Leach with some crisp boundaries before Stokes turned to the pace of Wood and gained two crucial wickets. Abrar made a brisk 17 that featured three extravagant boundaries against Wood in one over after lunch before England seamers Robinson (2-23) and James Anderson (2-44) wrapped up the tail to seal England win. Scores in brief: England 281 all out, 51.4 overs (Ben Duckett 63, Ollie Pope 60, Mark Wood 36 not out, Will Jacks 31, Ben Stokes 20; Abrar Ahmed 7-114, Zahid Mehmood 3-63) and 275 all out, 64.5 overs (Harry Brook 108, Ben Duckett 79, Ben Stokes 41, Joe Root 21; Abrar Ahmed 4-120, Zahid Mehmood 3-52) Pakistan 202 all out, 62.5 overs (Babar Azam 75, Saud Shakeel 63, Faheem Ashraf 22; Jack Leach 4-98, Joe Root 2-23, Mark Wood 2-40) and 328 all out, 102.1 overs (Saud Shakeel 94, Imam-ul-Haq 60, Abdullah Shafique 45, Mohammad Nawaz 45, Mohamad Rizwan 30; Mark Wood 4-65, James Anderson 2-44)

Sports Bulletin Report KARACHI: The tickets for the third and final Test between Pakistan and England at National Bank Cricket Areana Karachi will go on sale from Tuesday at 1000. As it continues to make sure that the quality cricket action is accessible for cricket fans, the Pakistan Cricket Board has kept the ticket prices for what will be the first affair between these two teams in Karachi since that epic 2000 match at nominal rates. The ticket prices range from PKR150 to PKR500. ·         A General enclosure (Nasim-ul-Ghani, Iqbal Qasim, Muhammad Brothers, Intikhab Alam and Wasim Bari) ticket is for PKR150 ·         A First-Class enclosure (Asif Iqbal, Waqar Hassan and Majid Khan) ticket is for PKR250 ·         A Premium enclosure (Imran khan, Quaid, Wasim Akram and Zaheer Abbas) is for PKR300 ·         A VIP enclosure (Hanif Muhammad, Javed Miandad and Fazal Mehmood) is for PKR500 The tickets will be sold physically from Asghar Ali Shah Stadium in Nazimabad, RJ Mall (Pakistan Physical disability cricket association) and Sector-35-F, Korangi n0.4. To further facilitate the fans in getting hold of the tickets, the PCB, through BookMe, will also place van booths at Do Talwar Clifton and Numaish Chowrangi.

Sports Bulletin Report Dubai (UAE): England captain Jos Buttler claims the ICC Men’s Player of the Month award after being at his remarkable best with the bat in his side’s charge to T20 World Cup triumph in Australia last month, while Pakistan opening batter Sidra Ameen is named ICC Women’s Player of the Month for posting mammoth scores in the recent successful ODI series against Ireland on home soil. Buttler and Ameen secure the awards following a global vote conducted among media representatives, ICC Hall of Famers, former international players, and fans registered at icc-cricket.com. England’s triumphant skipper Buttler once again underlined his reputation as one of the most fearsome batters in world cricket last month. November started with a Player of the Match performance in the dramatic 20-run victory over New Zealand in Brisbane. Making his 100th T20I appearance, the opener smashed 73 from 47 balls to provide some much-needed momentum to England’s campaign. After England had secured their passage to the knockout stages, he followed this display with arguably his highlight of the tournament. Chasing 169 for victory in the semi-final against India, he demonstrated the full array of his strokeplay in smashing 80 from 49 balls. His record-breaking opening partnership of 170 with Alex Hales saw them claim a historic ten-wicket win in Adelaide. Even though his scoring in the Final was somewhat quiet by his standards, Buttler registered a valuable 26 runs against a menacing Pakistan bowling attack. He then led the efforts in the field with his expert captaincy, forcing Pakistan to fall short, and claiming England’s second ever T20 World Cup trophy. Buttler claims the award from a field which also contained teammate and fellow World Cup winner Adil Rashid, and Pakistan fast bowler Shaheen Shah Afridi, both of whom played significant roles with the ball, guiding their sides all the way to the showpiece finale of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup in Australia. Reacting to his ICC Men’s Player of the Month prize, Buttler commented: “I want to thank the fans for voting for me as the ICC Player of the Month for November. This award is down to the efforts of my teammates in what was the most incredible month of cricket, culminating in winning the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup in Australia. “It is right up there amongst the best months of cricket I’ve been involved in, and it was pretty special to lead a group of players to the ultimate accolade of becoming world champions." Former England international and ICC Player of the Month voting panel member Lydia Greenway, added: “Jos continues to show the world why he is one of the best white ball players to have graced the game. Fearless, skillful and a fantastic leader who, coming into the tournament had big shoes to fill following Eoin Morgan’s departure. Determined to do things his way paid off immensely in his own and his team’s performances.” Sidra Ameen secures the ICC Women’s Player of the Month award thanks to her dominant performances against Ireland in November’s ODI series, becoming the second successive winner of the prize from Pakistan after Nida Dar won back in October. Amassing 277 runs through the series and only being dismissed once, opening batter Ameen started the month with her highest score in ODIs, a remarkable 176 not out, as the hosts claimed a convincing 128-run victory in the first match. Ireland’s bowlers were left equally powerless to stop Ameen in the second ODI, as she posted another unbeaten score of 91 from 93 balls, this time to chase down the target in a nine-wicket victory. Despite finally losing her wicket in the third ODI, Ameen walked away with the Player of the Series award to cap off a memorable series, and a successful run of performances in 2022. Ameen claims her inaugural ICC Women’s Player of the Month award after beating two other prolific batters in the global vote – Thailand’s Natthakan Chantham and Ireland’s Gaby Lewis, who both piled on the runs in their respective matches during the month. On winning the ICC Women’s Player of the Month award for November, Ameen commented: “I feel great to have won this award. It is also special following my teammate Nida Dar who won the award for October. This shows our team has displayed some great performances in the past few months in international cricket. “I would like to dedicate this award to my parents and to everyone who has always supported me and prayed for my success. My performance with the bat against Ireland which helped the side claim the sweep over Ireland in the ODI series at home will always remain close to my heart. “Individually, this year has been great for me, I have scored three ODIs centuries and all coming this year. And to top it off, ending the year by winning the ICC Women’s Player of the Month for November is just amazing.”  

Sports Bulletin Report MULTAN (December 11, 2022): Pakistan will have to score further 157 runs to win the Multan Test and to level the series 1-1, as they have six wickets in hands at Multan Cricket Stadium. Pakistan were 198 for 4 al the end of day-3 game. The tourists who are already 1-0 up in the three-match Test series, will look to win Test match tomorrow at the Multan Cricket Stadium and take an unassailable lead. Meanwhile, the hosts will be eager to go all out to win this Test match and go into the Karachi Test with series levelled 1-1. Pakistan lost the key wicket of half centurion Imam-ul-Haq late on the third day to give England hope in the second Test on Sunday. England, which held a 79-run first innings lead, had set up a target of 355 runs after it was bowled out for 275 in its second innings today. England had defeated Pakistan by 74 runs in the first Test at the Pindi Cricket Stadium, which was also England’s first test in Pakistan for 17 years. The left-handed pair of Imam, who made 60, and Saud Shakeel (54 not out) had shared a 108-run stand and attacked the bowlers before Imam played a lose drive against Jack Leach and was caught in the slip late in the last session. England had earlier missed an opportunity to dismiss Imam soon after he completed his half-century. Television replays showed a tiny spike on Imam’s bat when he tried to glance Mark Wood down the legside delivery and was well caught by Ollie Pope. However, captain Ben Stokes didn’t go for the referral. James Anderson, OIlie Robinson and Wood showed great display of seam and swing bowling in the middle session, claiming three wickets for 17 runs before Imam and Shakeel dug in and took Pakistan to 136-3 at tea. Imam didn’t open the innings after feeling discomfort in his right hamstring and went to hospital for MRI scans, but batted confidently at No. 5 though Will Jacks had a chance to end his innings but couldn’t hold onto a sharp return. Harry Brook also couldn’t grab a low one-handed catch at forward short leg when Shakeel was batting on just four. Earlier in the day, Brook had hit his second successive century and made 108 off 149 balls before England were bowled out for 275. In the absence of Imam, Abdullah Shafique (45) and Mohammad Rizwan (30) batted fluently and provided a confident start of 66 before England’s seamers started to pressure the home team after lunch. Anderson dismissed Rizwan immediately after the break off a ball that left the right-hander just enough to knock back his off stump. Babar Azam (1) offered no shot to Robinson’s sharp incoming delivery and was also clean bowled. Wood switched ends and went through the defenses of Abdullah with a sharp fast delivery as Pakistan slumped to 83 for three. Mystery spinner Abrar Ahmed prospered again and ended up with match figures of 11 for 234, becoming only the second Pakistani after Mohammad Zahid to take 10 wickets on a Test debut. Fast bowler Zahid took 11-130 against New Zealand at the Pindi Cricket Stadium in 1996. Resuming their second innings at the overnight score of 202 for five, with 281 runs ahead, Stokes (41) stretched the sixth wicket stand with Brook to 101 runs as England scored at a brisk pace before losing five wickets for just 19 runs. Brook, 74 overnight, raised his second hundred with a pulled boundary from left-arm spinner Mohammad Nawaz before Stokes fell to a brilliant running catch by Mohammad Ali at deep mid-wicket. Abrar, who took seven for 114 in the first innings, claimed his fourth second-innings wicket by having Robinson clean bowled off a googly before leg-spinner Zahid Mahmood (3-52) took the last two wickets in one over shortly after England’s lead crossed the 350-run mark. Brook, who hit 14 fours and a six, was caught in the outfield when he swept Mahmood to deep square leg and Anderson was trapped leg before wicket. Scores in brief: England 281 all out, 51.4 overs (Ben Duckett 63, Ollie Pope 60, Mark Wood 36 not out, Will Jacks 31, Ben Stokes 20; Abrar Ahmed 7-114, Zahid Mehmood 3-63) and 275 all out, 64.5 overs (Harry Brook 108, Ben Duckett 79, Ben Stokes 41, Joe Root 21; Abrar Ahmed 4-120, Zahid Mehmood 3-52) Pakistan 202 all out, 62.5 overs (Babar Azam 75, Saud Shakeel 63, Faheem Ashraf 22; Jack Leach 4-98, Joe Root 2-23, Mark Wood 2-40) and 198-4, 64 overs (Imam-ul-Haq 60, Saud Shakeel 54 not out, Abdullah Shafique 45, Mohamad Rizwan 30)

BIPIN DANI Dr. Krishantha Samaranayake deserves all credit for bringing smile on all rounder Chamika Karunaratne's face. The player took Player of the Match in his last IPL match on Saturday. He looked normal as he got all his four teeth implanted earlier this week. The 26-year- old Chamika Karunaratne sustained an injury and lost four teeth while fielding in a game between Kandy and Galle  in the Lanka Premier League (LPL) at Hambantota. Speaking exclusively over the telephone from Galle, the surgeon who was celebrating his 54th birthday on Saturday, said, "Chamika had a deep laceration on lower lip. Lip had been degloved from bone. It was repaired successfully. Two teeth had totally come out of the mouth. Another two teeth just hanged by oral mucosa. All 4 teeth retransplanted and splinted. Could get the normal position of teeth".  The consultant surgeon in Oral and Maxillofacial surgery did this surgery at Asiriya Hospital in Galle. This has been the first international cricketer being treated by him. However, as a medical student, he had witnessed former India captain Mohammad Azharuddin's teeth treatment in Kandy. Azhar had teeth injury in Kandy some 25 years ago. Unlike India's former cricketer Anil Kumble, who came to bowl with bandage on his face for the similar injury, Chamika will not need any such dressing on his jaw. "Chamika had no external injury. There was no damage to his skin", doctor added.

Sports Bulletin Report MULTAN: England finished Day two of the Multan Test with a lead of 281 runs as Pakistan took five English wickets in the second innings. It was yet another day of Abrar Ahmed entering the record books as he picked up his maiden ten-wicket haul in Test Cricket. Earlier in the first session Pakistan lost eight wickets while notching the total of 202 runs. Babar Azam and Saud Shakeel resumed Pakistan’s innings on the second day with the overnight score of 107 for the loss of two wickets. Saud soon raced to his second Test fifty off 66 balls. Ollie Robinson who did not get to bowl in the evening session on the opening day finally had the ball in hand as he struck on his second ball of the day. He bagged the prized scalp of Babar by getting through his defence. The partnership between Babar and Saud lasted for 91 runs off 126 balls as Babar departed for 75 runs. Mohammad Rizwan joined Saud on the crease as the scoring rate slowed down. Rizwan took 29 balls to get off the mark as he played a cracking drive through covers against Mark Wood. Saud survived an LBW scare as England challenged a Marais Erasmus decision but couldn’t get the decision overturned. Rizwan and Saud’s partnership-building effort soon came to a halt as Saud holed a Jack Leach ball to mid-on where he was taken by James Anderson. Leach also reached the milestone of 100 Test wickets with this scalp as well. Pakistan started losing wickets in a flurry as Rizwan went back to a perfectly pitched Leach ball that turned just enough to crash into his stumps. Leach just didn’t stop there, he came back again in his next over to remove Mohammad Nawaz who was caught at mid-off by Robinson. Joe Root was introduced to the bowling attack as Pakistan were losing track of their batting innings and he too chipped in to bag two scalps. Salman Ali Agha lobbed an easy catch to Ben Stokes at short mid-on while Mohammad Ali was dismissed for a four-ball duck. Faheem Ashraf tried forging a partnership with the tail-enders Zahid Mehmood and Abrar Ahmed. With Zahid, he managed to score 10 off 20 balls but Zahid did not disturb the scorers in his eight-ball stay on the wicket. Abrar and Faheem Ashraf added 23 vital runs off 40 balls before being caught on the deep backward square leg boundary. English openers Zak Crawley and Ben Duckett walked into bat in the second session of the day with a lead of 79 runs. Abrar did not take long enough to get his name back on the scorecard as he ran Crawley out with a direct hit as he ran in from mid-on. Will Jacks was promoted up the order, but his stay at the wicket was short. He immediately made an impact in his first over yet again as Jacks tried an ill-fated heave over midwicket only to have his furniture disturbed. England had a lead of 104 when Root joined Ben Duckett in the middle and put on a substantial third-wicket partnership of 54 runs from 80 balls. As has been the story of Pakistan’s bowling so far, Abrar struck again to remove well-set Root (21) courtesy a brilliant grab by Abdullah Shafique at short leg. As other bowlers failed to find breakthroughs, Abrar made sure English wickets keep on falling at regular intervals but Duckett and Harry Brook stalled the fall of wickets with a partnership of 68 runs from 90 balls. It was again Abrar who deceived Duckett with a ball that stayed low and went onto hit his stumps. Duckett fell 21 runs short and departed for 79 runs off 98 balls, becoming Abrar’s 10th scalp in the game. Abrar, with that wicket, became only the second Pakistani and 18th overall debutant to pick a ten-wicket haul in his first Test. The last wicket to fall in the second day’s play was of Ollie Pope who lost his wicket via a run out. With less than an hour to go in the day, Stokes joined Brook in the middle and forged an unbeaten partnership of 47 runs from 68 balls. As the teams walked back to the pavilion England had a lead of 281 runs with Brook and Stokes in middle batting at 74 and 16, respectively.

Sports Bulletin Report LAHORE: Blasters defeated Dynamites by seven runs in the final of the T20 Women’s Cricket Tournament 2022-23 at Lahore’s Gaddafi Stadium on Friday. Besides lifting the glittering trophy, the Blasters team also pocketed PKR1million as the winning prize. Dynamites had to settle for a PKR500,000 runners-up cash prize. On Friday morning, PCB Dynamites were set a 146-run target, they fought hard but eventually finished their quota of 20 overs at 138 for eight. Blasters’ Maham Manzoor led the charge in the bowling with four for 17 in four overs. Masooma Zahra bagged two wickets for 25 in four overs. Nida Dar top-scored for the Dynamites with an unbeaten 22-ball 37, which included four fours and one six. Opener Nahida Khan scored run-a-ball 34, hitting three fours. Earlier, Blasters posted 145 for three in their allotted 20 overs. Pakistan captain Bismah Maroof who was later adjudged the player-of-the-tournament, returned undefeated on a 22-ball 45, smashing five fours. Sidra Amin top-scored for her side, scoring 49 off 45 balls, hitting seven fours. Nida Dar with her off-spin bagged two wickets for 23. Scores in brief: Blasters beat Dynamites by seven runs Blasters 145-3, 20 overs (Sidra Amin 49, Bimah Maroof 45 not out; Nida Dar 2-23) Dynamites 138-8, 20 overs (Nida Dar 37 not out, Nahida Khan 34, Sidra Nawaz 27; Maham Manzoor 4-17, Masooma Jafferi 2-25) Player of the match – Maham Manzoor (Blasters) Player of the tournament – Bismah Maroof (Blasters)

Sports Reporter ISLAMABAD: The Shifa International Hospital Islamabad beat Jaguars XIs by 39 runs in the Champions League Cricket Tournament match here at Ghouri Cricket Ground F-11 Islamabad. Jaguars Captain won the toss and invited to Shifa International team batting. Shifa International piled up 197 for 9 runs in the allotted 30 overs. Azmat Bashir 38, Shahzad Kiani 36, Irfan Khan 25, Captain Qutab Uddin Qureshi 23 and Nasir Mehmood 21 runs were their leading run-getters. Jaguars XI Saad (3 for 31), Sohail Qaiser (3 for 40) and Usman Khaleequ (2 for 41) were the other main wicket-takers. In reply, Jaguars XIs were bowled out for 158 runs in the 28th overs, Bedar (40), Usman Khaleequ (28) and Taha Kiani 24 were their main scorers. Imtiaz Alam bowled well and claimed 2 wickets for 17 runs in 6 overs, while Ali Mubashir (2 for 21), Tahir Akhtar (2 for 26) and Irfan Khan (2 for 36) bowled well for Shifa International. Azmat Bashir was declared “Man of the Match” for his impressive Performance.

Staff Bulletin Report ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and England cricket team will hold their full practice session on Thursday at Multan Cricket Stadium for the preparation of the 2nd Test of the three-match Tie, as England have earned the 1-0 in the series by winning the Pindi Test by 74 runs. According to the media department of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), the players of England and Pakistan will practice on December 8, 2022, from 10:00 am to 1:oo pm. A player from both teams will talk to media persons after practice sessions. The Multan Test will be played from December 9 to 13 at Multan Stadium, as the coin will be tossed at 9:30 am to decide which team will bat first. A player of the playing XIs from Pakistan and England will face the media at the end of each day’s game.