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124 Lahore Lions’ total – lowest by any side in this edition of CLT20 playing its full quota of 20 overs.  (Also Read:  MATCH REPORT: M19 - PERTH SCORCHERS V LAHORE LIONS ) 78 Total which Lahore Lions required to restrict Perth Scorchers to in order to qualify for the semi-finals. 63 Mitchell Marsh’s score- second highest by a captain in this edition. The highest has also come from Perth Scorchers when Adam Voges scored an unbeaten 71 against Kolkata Knight Riders at Hyderabad on September 24. 47 Balls taken by Saad Nasim for his fifty – slowest in this edition by any batsman. 19 Number of dot balls bowled by Mohammed Hafeez in the match. In CLT20 history only one bowler has bowled more dot balls in a match – 20 by Samuel Badree for Trinidad & Tobago against Leicestershire at Hyderabad in 2011. 2.00 Mohammed Hafeez’s economy in the match – best for any bowler in this edition. 2 Lahore Lions total at the fall of third wicket – lowest score in CLT20 history for any t...

The Lahore Lions gave themselves a good chance of progressing to the main draw of the Oppo CLT20 2014 after they defeated Southern Express by 55 runs in the fifth qualifying stage match. The result, which improved the Lahore Lions’ net run rate significantly, means the champions of Pakistan’s domestic T20 competition climb up to second in the standings and will go through to the tournament proper if the Northern Knights defeat the Mumbai Indians later in the evening.  ( Also Read:  MATCH REPORT: Q6 - MUMBAI INDIANS V NORTHERN KNIGHTS ) After being put in to bat, the Lahore Lions rode on skipper Mohammad Hafeez’s calculated effort to post 164 for 6. Coming in to bat at 51 for 2, the 33-year old took time to warm up, crawling to 15 from 24 balls, before taking control of proceedings. He singled out leg-spinner Seekkuge Prasanna for punishment and hit him for a boundary and three sixes in an over. When he was dismissed in the final over of the innings, he had scored 67 runs –...

Shahid Afridi (34 off 18) played a blinder of a knock to pull off a thrilling victory against India in what was a virtual semi-final in the 2014 Asia Cup. The charismatic cricketer sealed a tense chase of 246 with consecutive sixes off R Ashwin to give his team a one-wicket win.     (Also Read:  Stats Highlights: India vs Pakistan – Asia Cup 2014 ) With Pakistan needing 43 runs off five overs, the match hung on tenterhooks. To turn up the excitement level even further, Shahid Afridi walked into the middle. He began by running his partner (Sohaib Maqsood) out and then concentrated on sending the ball out of the boundary. A four and a six in the 46th over, off Jadeja swung the momentum in Pakistan’s favour. In the next, the one bowled by Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Afridi and Umar Gul eased the target by smacking a four and a six respectively. In the last three, Pakistan needed 17. Pakistan’s chase began on the perfect note with the openers firing straight away. Sharjeel K...

Images: India v Pakistan, 2nd ODI - Eden Gardens, Kolkata, Jan 3, 2013

2nd ODI: India v Pakistan at Kolkata, Jan 3, 2013 After scoring a century in the first ODI of the series at Chennai, Pakistan opener Nasir Jamshed was back in prime form at Kolkata as well. The left-hander, who boasts an outstanding record against India, scored his third ODI century. Incidentally, all his limited overs tons have come against the Men in Blue. On the back of this performance, Pakistan returned victorious at the Eden Gardens yet again; a venue where they are yet to lose an ODI to India. This win made it 4-0 in favour of the visitors at Kolkata. Here are these and some other stats highlights from today’s game: This was the fourth one-day international between India and Pakistan at Eden Gardens, Kolkata. Pakistan have won all four. The 141 run-partnership between Nasir Jamshed and Mohammad Hafeez is Pakistan’s best for the opening wicket against India in India. The previous best was 131 between Salman Butt and Shahid Afridi at Kanpur in 2005. Nasir Jamshed (10...

Video of Bhuvneshwar Kumar bowled Mohammad Hafeez on his 1st ball of first ODI- India v Pakistan-1st ODI-2012 Bhuvneshwar Kumar became the 194th player to represent India in one-day internationals. Bhuvneshwar Kumar had a dream start to his ODI debut as he took a wicket off his very first ball in one-day internationals by bowling Mohammad Hafeez out. He became only the second Indian bowler to take a wicket off his very first ball in ODIs, after Sadagoppan Ramesh who did so against West Indies at Singapore in 1999. Bhuvneshwar had also taken a wicket off his sixth ball in Twenty20 Internationals (victim – Nasir Jamshed). He thus became the first Indian to take a wicket in his first overs both in ODIs and T20Is.

Full Highlights: India vs Pakistan - 2nd T20, Ahmedabad 28 Dec, 2012 Ahmedabad’s Sardar Patel Stadium (Motera) became India’s ninth ground to host a Twenty20 International. Interestingly, all nine grounds have hosted one match each. Man-of-the-Match: Yuvraj Singh  for his blistering 72-run knock off 36 balls Man-of-the-series: Mohammad Hafeez  for his two crucial back-to-back half centuries   Brief scores: India 192/5 in 20 overs  (Y Singh 72, MS Dhoni 33, A Rahane 28, U Gul 4/37) beat  Pakistan 181/7 in 20 overs  (M Hafeez 55, N Jamshed 41, A Dinda 3/36) by 11 runs    Yuvraj Singh: "Yesterday I was batting in the nets and I couldn't middle a single ball, so I was trying to spend time in the middle. That yorker [which hit him on the boot] reminded me of Wasim Akram but that's cricket, you got to take a few blows ... we thought 160-170 was a good total but if MS and me stayed till the end we knew we could score more."...

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