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    Pakistan In England 1967

  • Israel declassifies 1967 Six-Day War archives

    JERUSALEM: Israel on Thursday released thousands of previously classified official documents charting political decisions during the 1967 Six-Day War when it occupied the West Bank and east Jerusalem...

    “What were the ministers’ initial positions regarding the future of the territories?”On June 15, 1967, five days after the end of the war, ministers of the security cabinet discussed various options for the newly occupied territories,...

  • 1967 struggle veterans vow to revive student movement

    HYDERABAD: The Golden Jubilee of the March 4, 1967 student movement was celebrated at a well-attended programme in Khanabadosh Writers Cafe here on Saturday evening with prominent student activists of the time expressing their resolve to help their present day counterparts in relaunching the movement...

    “Zulfikar Ali Bhutto [who later formed Pakistan Peoples Party] had also realised the importance of the March 4 movement and named the...

  • 2nd Test: Rampant Pakistan edge England in fading light

    DUBAI: Pakistan's bowlers wore down tough resistance from England's tail to win the second Test by an emphatic 178-run margin in Dubai on Monday, taking a 1-0 lead in the three-match series...

    Leg-spinner Yasir Shah (4-87) and left-arm spinner Zulfiqar Babar (3-53) shared the bowling honours as England, set a daunting 491-run target, were bowled out for 312 late on the fifth day with just 6...

  • Uncapped Ansari named in England squad for Pakistan Tests

    LONDON: Uncapped Surrey all-rounder Zafar Ansari was named in England’s squad on Tuesday for the forthcoming three-Test series against Pakistan in the United Arab Emirates...

    There was no place, however, for opener Adam Lyth or Gary Ballance, both deemed to have failed during the Ashes Test series against Australia that England won 3-2...

  • Yasir takes 10 as Pakistan humble England

    LONDON: Yasir Shah marked his first Test outside of Asia and the United Arab Emirates by taking 10 wickets in the match as Pakistan beat England by 75 runs in their series opener at Lord’s on Sunday...

    His return, which surpassed Waqar Younis’s previous Test-match best for Pakistan at Lord’s of eight for 154, was central to the tourists going 1-0 up in this four-match series...

  • ECB announces schedule for Pakistan's Test tour to England in May 2018

    The English Cricket Board (ECB) on Tuesday announced the dates for Pakistan team's short tour in May 2018, where the green shirts will play two Tests against England...

    “Test match cricket has a strong, consistent and passionate following across England and Wales and the seven summer Tests, starting with the Pakistan matches, are sure to attract good crowds," the ECB Chief Executive Officer Tom Harrison was quoted as saying...

  • British-Pakistani MP to campaign for England tour of Pakistan

    The newly-elected British MP who has been here with her ailing mother vowed to launch a campaign with other parliamentarians to convince their government to send England team to Pakistan...

    Talking to Dawn during the match, Yasmin said it was extremely pleasing to see sporting environment in Pakistan, adding she only decided to watch the match after observing the fanfare in Lahore...

  • Arthur wants Pakistan to go flat out against high-flying England

    CARDIFF: Pakistan coach Mickey Arthur has insisted his side will not settle for simply reaching the Champions Trophy semi-final against England as he urged them to go ‘one step further’...

    And their fans could have been forgiven for thinking the worst when Pakistan suffered a 124-run thrashing by arch-rivals and title-holders India in their Group ‘B’ opener, with Arthur himself branding the team’s performance ‘shambolic’...

  • Ruthless Pakistan overwhelm England to reach final

    CARDIFF: Pakistan delivered an inspired all-round performance to rout a ragged England team by eight wickets in a one-sided Champions Trophy semi-final on Wednesday...

    Pakistan bowled and fielded tightly to restrict the hosts to a paltry total of 211 all out and the lowest-ranked team in the tournament knocked off the runs in style with a massive 12...

  • COMMENT: Unfancied Pakistan played to a plan to shock England

    When Mohammad Hafeez, the oldest player in the team, pulled Ben Stokes over square leg for four, Pakistan’s fans roared and danced and shouted and waved flags of green and white in the sunshine of Sophia Gardens...

    Above the maelstrom of celebration, Dil Dil Pakistan boomed out from the stadium’s speakers and found an echo among the jubilant throng...

  • England cruise past Pakistan in rain-hit Women's World Cup clash

    The Pakistan women's cricket team has lost against England, in what turned out to be a walk in the park for the English side after rain struck, in their ICC Women's World Cup match in Leicester on Tuesday...

    Pakistan bowlers received a thrashing by the strong English batting which racked up 377 — the fifth highest total ever in international cricket — in their stipulated 50 overs...

  • Record-breaking England women whip Pakistan

    LONDON: Natalie Sciver and Heather Knight both scored maiden centuries as England posted their highest-ever ICC Women’s World Cup total en route to beating Pakistan by 107 runs on the Duckworth-Lewis-Stern (DLS) Method in Leicester on Tuesday...

    Sciver hit 137 off 92 balls and captain Knight scored 106 off 109 balls as England recovered from 42 for two to finish at 377 for seven in 50 overs, the second-highest total in competition...

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