The Faysal Bank T20 Super Eight headed into its Second day and after a fitting start to the tournament, thanks to the Exciting T20 Cricket played at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, The Second day also promised to provide enthralling Cricket to the passionate spectators, as Sialkot Stallions were scheduled to play against Lahore Eagles in the First match, whereas the hosts and the Defending Champions Rawalpindi Rams were all set to begin their Title Defense in their first match against the tournament front runners the mercurial Karachi Dolphins.

In the first game Lahore Eagles batted first against Sialkot Stallions. The Stallions Captain Shoaib Malik won the toss and elected to field first. The start to the Eagle’s innings was more than disastrous as they lost three important Batsmen...

Bangladesh defeated by Pakistan in a nail-bitting final of Asia Cup by 2 runs. Although, Bangladesh could not succeeded to claim the trophy, but they claimed the hearts of millions of Bangladeshi cricket fans by providing unmatched performances in the whole tournament. Though, Bangladesh was defeated by Pakistan in the first match too, but they brought the match in a very close situation. Pakistan very hardly managed to win the match. Then in the next two matches against India and Sri Lanka, Bangladesh's performance level was at its peak. The tigers beated India and Sri Lanka by 5 wickets, which was a great achievement.

Today, twenty years have passed since Pakistan’s historic triumph at Melbourne. It’s a day many Pakistanis look up to with pride. A day Pakistan beat their colonial masters to stake a claim on dominance of the cricketing world.

For many, the 1987 heartache at Lahore had been cured.Talents that would carry the mantle of Pakistan cricket in years to come had been unearthed. A glorious career of an able and charismatic leader had come to a befitting climax. 

Being Pakistan’s solitary world cup victory, makes it even more special for the Pakistani fans around the globe. Pakistan’s journey in this tournament epitomized their innate ability to leave the opposition flabbergasted with their inconsistency.

Even the most optimistic of opinions would have written them off halfway through the tournament. It was a safe bet against a team which had managed a solitary win in its first five games. Yet it took one man’s unshakeable resolve and a stroke of luck to drive Pakistan to top of the world.

The Pakistani Domestic Season for the year 2011-2012 is heading towards a close, with P.I.A doing a double by winning the Quaid-e-Azam trophy in December last year and also the Faysal Bank National One Day Cup 2012 the Final Tournament which is The Faysal Bank Super Eight T20 will be played in Rawalpindi from the 25^th of March. As per the schedule top 8 Regional T20 teams will participate in the tournament. These teams will be divided into two groups of four teams each. Group A includes Faisalabad Wolves, Lahore Lions, Karachi Zebras and Peshawar Panthers, whereas Groups B features power houses like Karachi Dolphins, Rawalpindi Rams, Sialkot Stallions and Lahore Eagles.

Rawalpindi Rams, the Home team will be defending the title which they won in June last year under the dynamic leadership of International All Rounder Sohail Tanvir. And the tournament is sure to attract a lot of spectators because of participation of international stars like Shoaib Malik, Umar Gul, Umar Akmal, Aizaz Cheema, Imran Nazeer, Saeed Ajmal, Mohammad Hafeez, Mohammad Sami, Khalid Latif, Fawad Alam and many more.

With so many stars representing different regional sides, the tournament is sure to be a big hit once again just like the last time and will provide quality and entertaining cricket to Pakistani crowds that are deprived of seeing International Cricket since long.

The current edition of the Super Eight will be the Second one. And will be a successor to a very Successful and Entertaining First edition that was played in Faisalabad, June last year.

The first edition was a very big hit and it saw a huge number of people from Faisalabad and Sargodha amassed at the Iqbal Stadium to watch the entertaining T20 Cricket on display.

Star All rounder Shahid Afridi replaced as Captain, pulled out of the Dolphins side alongside his team mate Fawad Alam.

Chipper, chirpy and cheerful; Boom Boom is back with a boooooooom! Another 5-wicket haul for him. Now confined to the role of a senior member of the side only, this bouncy character has not much to do in the field than just to bowl. So imagine where does all the yearning to pat a few backs and change a few positions or roar a few suggestions to a down-and-out bowler go…

Not sure? It simply clamps on to his status as world’s most destructive bowler. With Shoaib Akhtar out of the scene, Brett Lee not getting any younger and other express bowlers not making their mark like the former two champions, this era belongs to spin greats and Afridi stands tall amongst them.

Every young cricketer dreams of playing for his country. Only the very lucky few get the chance, most keep dreaming and waiting. It is the ultimate high, representing millions of people, knowing you are the best amongst them, making them proud, making your parents proud, raising your country's name as high as possible.

Everybody should have the right to be considered for selection but should anyone be given 2 rights after they have abused the first one?

Mohammed Amir, along with two other cricketers were banned and jailed for spot-fixing last year. There is outrage and disgust at the two senior players but surprisingly there is sympathy for Amir because of his age. Now the jail term is nearing its end and Amir will soon be released from prison. His lawyers may appeal for his ban to be shortened so he can play cricket sooner rather than later. Now the question arises, Should Amir be allowed to play for Pakistan again?

I would love to know if you agree or not. I ask the question : Should he play for Pakistan again?

Rajasthan  claimed their second successive Ranji Trophy at the Chinnaswamy stadium, Chennai earlier today . They defeated Tamil Nadu on the basis of 1^st innings lead.

Rajasthan won the toss and chose to bat on one of the flattest tracks ever, they scored  621 in 245 overs with Aakash Chopra making 94 and Vineet Saxena scoring 257. Kanitkar (67), Bist (57), Parida (40) and Rituraj Singh (45) also made useful contributions.

The hosts' vaunted batting line-up crumbled as they could manage to score only 295 in their 1^st innings with Mukund, Murali Vijay and Badrinath failing and only Dinesh Karthik fought bravely with 150.

Former Pakistani captain and Twenty20 hot property, Shahid Khan Afridi, who is currently playing for Melbourne regenades in Australia, has shunned the dollars for national duty by opting out of the Bangladesh Premier League where he was the costliest player after fetching a price tag of USD 700,000 in the auction.

Mervyn Westfield, the 23 year old Essex Fast bowler today declared himself guilty of Spot-Fixing a 40 over game against Durham back in September 2009. This comes two months after the Pakistan trio were sentenced to jail for fixing a bracket of no-balls in the Lords Test against England in 2010. So where has the Westfield being guilty taken us? Is the question.

Looking at the forums around the Internet, I have seen many Pakistani fans in jubilation. What happened with Salman, Asif and Amir was they got caught doing something they should have not done. Blame the News Of The World, ICC, the British justice system, the PCB or anyone else; you reap what you sow. They were apart of a sting which, believe it or not, help Pakistani cricket no ends in the long run. 

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