When it comes to Pakistani cricketers, there’s no shortage of things to talk about, especially if that cricketer is Shahid Afridi. few days ago Dawn.com has given it’s readers an opportunity to speak their heart out and ask anything they want to know from Afridi to get it answered by Afridi himself. Here is the follow up post by Dawn with all the answers from Afridi.  Read more... (1537 words, 1 image, estimated 6:09 mins reading time)

The portraits of Founder of Pakistan Quaid-e-Azam Muhammed Ali Jinnah have been missing from the Prime Minister House and Presidential House as blogger Farhan spotted it first and reported as “The terrible Blunder at the presidency”. Later on Aly B reported in as “Pakistan – No Longer A Living Monument Of The Quaid?”, Teeth Maestro as “Zardari throws out Quaid-e-Azam from the Presidency”. Afterwards it was revealed by The News and Geo TV.  Read more... (214 words, 1 image, estimated 51 secs reading time)

Daily express reported about Sohail Tanveer that he is involved in a British model of Pakistani origin named Shanzay. Sohail has not shown his classy performance in the recent T20 world cup and has spent most of the time outside the ground. It has been reported that he has violated the night curfew rule of team during the matches and remain most of the time outside the hotel.  Read more... (250 words, 2 images, estimated 1:00 mins reading time)

The victorious Pakistan cricket players of the Twenty20 World Cup have termed the victory as a gift for nation which will help minimize the miseries of statesmen being faced by nation due to current panic and unrest found in country by suicide bombings.  Read more... (274 words, 2 images, estimated 1:06 mins reading time)

An eight-wicket win over Sri Lanka in the World T20 final at Lord’s provided Pakistan, the team and the country, a reason to smile. After Long 17 years and After 16 days of all-action cricket, the world has new T20 Champions – Pakistan.  Read more... (511 words, 4 images, estimated 2:03 mins reading time)

Match facts

Thursday June 18
Start time 1730 local (1630 GMT)

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Pakistan team grabbed its first win at the ICC T20 World Cup 2009 at Lord’s by defeating Netherlands. Shahid Afridi and Kamran Akmal starred for Pakistan with the ball as the Test side ensured the end of the Netherlands’s fairytale performance at the World Twenty20 at Lord’s.  Read more... (217 words, 1 image, estimated 52 secs reading time)

In a highly awaited match of Pakistan in the T 20 world cup tournament England defeated Pakistan by 48 runs to come back into the tournament in their group B day-night match at The Oval.

Chasing an improbable target of 186 runs, Pakistan made 137 runs for the loss of seven wickets in the allotted 20 overs.  Read more... (219 words, 1 image, estimated 53 secs reading time)

India 159 for 1 (Rohit 80, Gambhir 52*) beat Pakistan 158 for 6 (Misbah 37*, Younis 32, Ishant 1-11) by nine wickets

Scorecard and ball-by-ball details  Read more... (274 words, 1 image, estimated 1:06 mins reading time)

The Oval prepares for the battle between Pakistan and India today. While both teams lost their opening warm-up matches on Monday, with a poor turnout at Lord’s and Trent Bridge, this particular warm-up has witnessed the biggest demand for tickets. With an expected full-house this afternoon, security – for fans and players – remains a talking point, especially with recent matches involving either team in England culminating in pitch invasions.  Read more... (460 words, 2 images, estimated 1:50 mins reading time)