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India beat Pakistan in the 5th ODI to claim the Cricket Samsung Cup at Lahore yesterday. What a disappointing performance by the Pakistani cricket team.

India beat Pakistan by 5 wickets to level the series 2-2, despite excellent performance by Inzamam. India’s top order batsmen got out fairly quickly but Mohammad Kaif and Dravid took their country to victory with relative ease. The 5th ODI, the final and deciding game should prove to be even more exciting, now that the series has been leveled. Let’s hope Pakistan wins, inshaAllah

I was horrified today to read this story. I find it interesting to read Pakistan mentioned in a story like this. Here’s an excerpt from the story, please visit full article here.

The newspaper also said “the evidence strongly contradicted” other published accounts by Kelley: that he spent the night with Egyptian terrorists in 1997; met a vigilante Jewish settler named Avi Shapiro in 2001; watched a Pakistani student unfold a picture of the Sears Tower and say, “This one is mine,” in 2001; interviewed the daughter of an Iraqi general in 2003; or went on a high-speed hunt for Osama bin Laden in 2003.
Hotel, phone or other records contradicted Kelley�s explanations of how he reported stories from Egypt, Russia, Chechnya, Kosovo, Yugoslavia, Cuba and Pakistan, the newspaper said.

Pakistani is leading the Pakistan vs. India One Day International cricket match series 2-1 after today’s exciting thriller.
It was a nail biting game, yet again. Thankfullly, it went in Pakistan’s favor. Yasser Hameed’s batting performance was remarkable. Abdul Razzaq’s half century came in very handy in the end. The game was won by the Pakistani bowlers. Shabbir was excellent, despite the extras he gave away, because he took the most important wickets very early in the game. The two Shoaibs, Abdul Razzaq and Sami bowled very well also.
The Indian batting did a pretty good job to make the 244 runs, a somewhat fighting total, despite the fact that they lost their major batsmen when they were still under a hundred runs! Indian bowling attack was not bad either, with Irfan Pathan, Zaheer Khan, not to mention Tendulkar, who took the wicket of Inzamam. Nehra wasn’t playing today.
Let’s hope Pakistan wins the 4th ODI as well. I can’t wait until the 5th ODI for a Pakistani win. InshaAllah, Pakistan looks like they are in form right now and may easily beat India.

The ODI series is turning out to be a nail biting thriller. Pakistan beat India by 12 runs to level the five match series 1-1. Pakistani batting and bowling were both better than the 1st game. Shahid Afridi was a good addition so were Shabbir. Shoaib Akhtar and Mohammad Sami played much better as well. Tendulker’s 142 was an excellent innings to watch. The match was won by a combination of Yasser Hameed’s and Shahid Afridi’s explosive batting and Shoaib Akhtar’s and Mohammad Sami’s accurate killer bowling. A great joy to watch!