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International Defence Cricket Challenge Cup 2012
Pakistan Joint services cricket team which is presently touring Australia has qualified for the semi finals of "International Defence cricket Challenge Cup 2012" in Canberra Australia, defeating Royal New Zealand Air Force team in the last pool match. Pakistan Team has been one of the best teams, remained unbeaten in all the seven pool matches of the tournament, in addition to a warm up match with Royal Australian Navy.
Exhibiting great performance in all the league matches, Pakistan Armed Forces team out all participating teams including 10 wickets victory against Royal Australian Navy in a warm up match, 4 wickets victory against Malaysia in the first, 218 Runs victory against Australian Army in the second match consecutively. In another round of matches, Pakistan Armed Forces team beat ANZAC Barbarians, a mix of Australian and New Zealand Army Teams by 7 wickets, New Zealand Army by 9 wickets, Royal Australian Air Force by 9 wickets and Royal Australian Army by 206 Runs. Pakistan wins the last pool match in style, chased the total of 137 runs for the loss of two wickets in fifteen overs.
Participating for the first time, Pakistans Joint Services Team comprises players from tri services. Major Babar Nawaz is leading as a captain. Overall, team has made three centuries out of a total of four in the tournament. Fakhar Zaman is the top scorer with 251 Runs in 4 innings while, Naser Iqbal is the top wicket getter with 15 Wickets.
It is worth mentioning here that with the central theme of Defence unity through cricket the tournament is held after every two years in engaging international defence teams in a sporting and cultural exchange. A total of eight teams from Pakistan, Australia, Malaysia and New Zealand are participating in the tournament. Pakistan will play the semi-final on 21 Nov in Canberra.
:: ISPR :: Inter Services Public Relations - PAKISTAN
Pakistan Joint services cricket team which is presently touring Australia has qualified for the semi finals of "International Defence cricket Challenge Cup 2012" in Canberra Australia, defeating Royal New Zealand Air Force team in the last pool match. Pakistan Team has been one of the best teams, remained unbeaten in all the seven pool matches of the tournament, in addition to a warm up match with Royal Australian Navy.
Exhibiting great performance in all the league matches, Pakistan Armed Forces team out all participating teams including 10 wickets victory against Royal Australian Navy in a warm up match, 4 wickets victory against Malaysia in the first, 218 Runs victory against Australian Army in the second match consecutively. In another round of matches, Pakistan Armed Forces team beat ANZAC Barbarians, a mix of Australian and New Zealand Army Teams by 7 wickets, New Zealand Army by 9 wickets, Royal Australian Air Force by 9 wickets and Royal Australian Army by 206 Runs. Pakistan wins the last pool match in style, chased the total of 137 runs for the loss of two wickets in fifteen overs.
Participating for the first time, Pakistans Joint Services Team comprises players from tri services. Major Babar Nawaz is leading as a captain. Overall, team has made three centuries out of a total of four in the tournament. Fakhar Zaman is the top scorer with 251 Runs in 4 innings while, Naser Iqbal is the top wicket getter with 15 Wickets.
It is worth mentioning here that with the central theme of Defence unity through cricket the tournament is held after every two years in engaging international defence teams in a sporting and cultural exchange. A total of eight teams from Pakistan, Australia, Malaysia and New Zealand are participating in the tournament. Pakistan will play the semi-final on 21 Nov in Canberra.
:: ISPR :: Inter Services Public Relations - PAKISTAN
