Canadian cricket team offers to tour Pakistan

LAHORE: The Canadian Cricket Board has offered to have the national team tour Pakistan.The Pakistan Cricket Board has welcomed the offer and said that the tour could take place after September 2012. The offer was made via an email sent by the Canadian Cricket Board to the PCB. According to a spokesman from the PCB the tour will enhance relations between the boar...

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Watson blitz steers Rajasthan to easy win over Pune

PUNE : Shane Watson blasted an unbeaten 51-ball 90 to guide Rajasthan Royals to an easy victory by seven wickets against Pune Warriors in the Indian Premier League season-V here at the Subrata Roy Sahara Stadium on Tuesday. Chasing an easy target of 126, Rajastahan Royals completed the seven-wicket win in 16.2 overs. Australian opener Watson, who batted dominantly...

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Mandeep shines as Punjab outplay Deccan by 25 runs

HYDERABAD : Kings XI Punjab defeated Deccan Chargers by 25 runs in the fifth edition of the Indian Premier League here at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Uppal on Tuesday. Chasing a difficult target of 171 runs to win, Deccan Chargers were restricted to 155 for eight in the allotted 20 overs. Main scorers were Australian Daniel Harris (30) and Akshath Reddy (24)....

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China coach excited by women's progress

KARACHI : China's coach Rashid Khan on Tuesday expressed high hopes for his women's team at this year's Asia Cup Twenty20, saying that they were outperforming the men. The 52-year-old former Pakistan paceman has spent five years coaching China since the Asian Cricket Council (ACC) and International Cricket Council marked the country as one of the biggest new markets...

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