Source: The Star
Home side puts up stiff challenge but ultimately succumbs; Sri Lanka cruises in early match
Faraz Sarwat
Special to the Star
A spirited Canada fought hard against Pakistan yesterday at King City, but ultimately lost their opening match of the T-20 Canada 2008 Cup by 35 runs.
Jet-lagged and lethargic, Pakistan were pegged-back in their 20 overs […]

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Source: AFP
KARACHI (AFP) — Opener Salman Butt hit an attractive century to lift Pakistan to 329-9 in 50 overs in the fifth and final day-night international at National Stadium here on Saturday.
The 23-year-old left-hander scored 136 for his sixth one-day hundred, second in the series, and added a record 179 runs for the second wicket […]

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Source: AFP
FAISALABAD, Pakistan (AFP) — Pakistan relied on an entertaining half-century by Salman Butt to beat Bangladesh by seven wickets on Duckworth-Lewis method in a rain-hit second day-night international on Friday.
The left-handed opener cracked a 72-ball 76 to help Pakistan reach 160-3 with 10 balls to spare, chasing a revised target of 158 in 25 […]

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Source: Hindustan Times
Saurav Ganguly gave India the all important breakthrough just over an hour after play resumed on Day 3 when he picked up the set batsman Salman Butt for 68. He pitched it on a length and outside the off-stump and it just moved a shade away. Butt fell for the lure of […]

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