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HEART-BREAKER: This is how you feel when you fall one run short of your double-hundred! Earlier today, KL Rahul was dismissed on 199 by Adil Rashid. # INDvENG # 5thTest

Younis Khan finally ended his lean streak of runs by scoring 65 runs off 147 balls in the second innings. And those who are criticising his shot, remember he has loads of experience under his belt to play that kind of shot under such circumstances. It just didn't work this time, very rare! I would like to put it as what Misbah Ul Haq said "That's how you score a hundred and that's how you sometime score a duck". The good thing is that he's back among runs going into the second test. He's a legend and always will be! # AUSvPAK

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Lala travelling with family via train after 24 Y and tweeted: "Experience of travelling by train in Pak after 24 yrs. Extremely impressed by the standard n timing 👏🏼 👏🏼 loving every moment of it 😍 " # VaseemG .

Steven Smith: "Lost all my fingernails. some game of cricket, wasn't it. Asad played an unbelievable innings. Was hardwork. Lot of credit to the way they played." @OfficialHassam

Mitchell Starc: "They played really well to score that total on the backend of the game. We knew if we got one, we'd eventually get the other. Long night, didn't get to bed till 1.30 - 2 o'clock. The ball went soft rather quickly, a bit of hard work towards the end. They've gusted it out and credit to them. @OfficialHassam

Most runs in a continent by visiting players: 2675 A COOK (Asia)* 2674 D Bradman (Eur) 2651 S Tendulkar (Aus) 2623 W Hammond (Aus) # INDvENG # VaseemG .

Highest 4th Innings Individual score by an asian batsmen at the Gabba. Asad Shafiq's 137 was highest from Pakistan. # FHK

ICC latest test rankings after final test of Ind v Eng today. (Aus v Pak rankings not yet updated, will be updated after completion of series) # VaseemG .

Asad Shafiq: "It is the best innings of my career." "I am just feeling great. It would have been even better had we won the match. Still I am happy that we recovered from such a bad position and came so close to victory.” “This performance has given us a belief that we can win from any situation. We may have lost the match but it will boost our morale for the next games in Melbourne and Sydney.” @OfficialHassam

'Azhar's ODI place on shaky ground' - PCB chairman "We are more than happy with Azhar as a player, human being and a person," he told ESPNcricinfo in Karachi. "But his leadership skills have not given us confidence and his place in ODI side is on shaky ground. It is also a fact that we had left it up to him to step down as captain during the England series but after a collective decision we decided to allow him to carry on for the West Indies series.

PCB chairman Shaharyar Khan considers Sarfraz Ahmed as a "strong option" to lead Pakistan in all three formats .

Over 1,000 E-Challans with Photo Evidence of Violations Served in Lahore Most of you might already be familiar with the system of E-Challan, and for those who aren’t, E-Challan is an electronic ticket charging system meant to detect any sort of violation of traffic rules. The E-Challan system uses an Android phone and a Bluetooth printer for the job and lets traffic police print out challans on the spot as per their needs. This makes the task of ticketing the violators a lot more easier for the Police Force. When someone is caught red handed, the Police Officer will enter the driver’s license plate number into an Android app which will then be fed to the central database for authenticity. The database will then input the type of violation into the system, and it will be printed out through a portable Bluetooth printer. The challan is then sent to your home address and if the fine isn’t paid within the due date (usually 15 days), the vehicle can be impounded till...

HBL declared their innings on 485-1. Imam 200*, Fakhar Zaman 170, Ahmad Shahzad 104*. Zulfiqar Babar 1-129, Asif 0-62, Irfan --67. Target for WAPDA 444. # QEATrophy # Fina l

BREAKING: AB Devlilliers has stepped down as a captain of South African Test team! He stated "Following the squad's outstanding performances in Australia, it is clearly in the greater interests of the team that Faf du Plessis should be confirmed as the permanent Test captain." # Cricket # SouthAfrica

Maiden double century for Imam ul Haq in first class cricket, previous best was 129 in last FC match. Well played Imam. # QEATrophy # Final # HBL Century for Ahmad Shahzad as well in the final of QEA Trophy. All three top order batsmen from HBL have scored centuries. Fakhar Zaman 170, Imam ul Haq 193*, Ahmad Shahzad 101*. # Final

A Man who has nurtured so many and taken it upon himself to Babysit me throughout my career!! How I will forever look up to this Man Anupamji you are the hand that gives and the shoulder to lean on. Love & Prayers to you always, your Baby AK

The Gabba pitch on the eve of the first Test between Australia and Pakistan

Jason Gillespie "Amir's as exciting as they come, bowls with good pace, above 140kph & swings the ball around corners – what's not to like?" # AusVPak # VaseemG .

Wahab Riaz, Yasir Shah scuffle during net practice Leg-spinner Yasir Shah and fast bowler Wahab Riaz were got into a scuffle with each other during net practice on Wednesday, one day before Pakistan clash against Australia in the first Test match.

New Zealand and Australia are set to host England in a Twenty20 Tri-series next summer

Most Test Double Hundreds in a Calender Year 4 Clarke (2012) 3 Don Bradman (1932) 3 Ponting (2003) 3 McCullum (2014) 3 VIRAT KOHLI (2016) # Arslan

Pakistan wins Silver Medal in Asian Ju-Jitsu Championship 2016. Final Standings: 1- Iran 2 - Pakistan 3 - Thailand 4 -Turkmenistan # VaseemG .

MONSTER - Virat Kohli becomes the first Indian to score THREE DOUBLE-HUNDREDS in a calendar year! Overall, he's the fifth batsman to score three hundreds in an year, a feat which he acheived by scoring double ton verses England earlier today in the 4th test! This guy is just unstoppable! # INDvENG

A complete list of 100's by Virat Kohli in the international arena of completed matches : ODIs - 1st : 107 vs Srilanka, Kolkata 2nd : 102* vs Bangladesh,, Dhaka 3rd : 118 vs Australia, Vishakhapatnam 4th : 105 vs New zealand, Guwahati 5th : 100* vs Bangladesh, Dhaka 6th : 107 vs England, Cardiff 7th : 112* vs England, Delhi 8th : 117 vs West Indies, Vishakhapatnam 9th : 133* vs Srilanka, Hobart 10th : 108 vs Srilanka, Dhaka 11th : 183 vs Pakistan, Dhaka 12th : 106 vs Srilanka, Hambantota 13th : 128* vs Srilanka, Colombo 14th : 102 vs West Indies, Port of Spain 15th : 115 vs Zimbabwe, Harare 16th : 100* vs Australia, Jaipur 17th : 115* vs Australia, Nagpur 18th : 123 vs New zealand, Napier 19th : 136 vs Bangladesh, Fatullah 20th : 127 vs West Indies, Dharamshala 21st : 139* vs Srilanka, Ranchi 22nd : 108 vs Pakistan, Adelaide 23rd : 138 vs South Africa, Chennai 24th : 117 vs Australia, Melbourne 25th : 106 vs Australia, Canberra 26th : 154* vs New Zeala...

During his recent interview Najam Sethi has said that Sialkot truly deserved to be the sixth team in Pakistan Super League. This is to inform you all that after the 2nd edition we might see addition of one or two teams in PSL. In your opinion which city/region team should be added. # Pakistan # Cricket # PSL

As per the sources, Babar Azam hand injury is not serious at all he will be available and fit for the first test in Brisbane. # AusvPak

# Justin_Bieber likely to perform at the opening ceremony of Pakistan Super League next year.

Congrats to Rashid Khan who took all 12 wickets to fall on Day 3 against the England Lions. The Afghanistan Cricket Board ⭐️ is quite the prospect, but also one of the oldest looking 18-year-old's i've ever seen!

Most runs in a series for an Indian skipper vs Eng: 501 V KOHLI * 500 S Gavaskar, 1981 426 M Azharuddin, 1990 351 S Ganguly, 2002 # INDvENG

Quaid-e-Azam Trophy Final HBL 236/10 M.ASIF 4 wkts Pakistani fast bowlers shining nowadays: Mohammad Irfan 3 Wickets vs HBL Mohammad Asif 3 Wickets vs HBL Junaid Khan 20 Wickets in BPL Mohammad Amir 5 Wickets vs CAXI Rahat Ali 5 Wickets vs CAXI Wahab Riaz 4 Wickets vs CAXI

Awesome start for Pakistan for the Australia tour. Pakistan beat CA XI by 201 runs in the 3-day tour game. Azhar Ali hit 82* in the second innings followed by Mohammad Nawaz 36*. Nawaz also picked up 3 wickets, Mohammad Amir and Rahat Ali picked up 2 wickets each, Azhar Ali ended up with one wicket! Good signs for Pakistan ahead of the 1st Test vs Australia starting 15th of December! # CAXIvPAK

Nice to see Pakistan starting the tour well winning the practice match by a massive margin of 201 runs against Cricket Australia XI courtesy fantastic bowling performance in both innings by Pakistan pacers, bowled out CA XI for 114 and 109. Pakistan played the practice match with three left arm pacers [Amir-Wahab-Rahat], the trio picked up 14 wickets. Talking about Pakistan pacers, Pakistan were below par during the two test series against New Zealand which includes their bowling as well, In Australia Pakistan badly need couple of match winning/changing spells from their pace bowlers in order to make some mark in this tough tour of Australia. Do you think this bowling attack of Pakistan including Sohail Khan and Imran Khan can really test Aussies? # AusvPak

Lionel Messi scored twice in the second half to lead Barcelona to a 3-0 win at Osasuna on Saturday # LaLiga

Mike Hussey "I've always thought Pakistanis have amazingly talented players who come onto the scene & you think wow this guy’s unbelievable" "Amir's an outstanding talent. I know he’s been through a lot but I’m happy to see him back playing international cricket"

BACK-UP FOR A BAD BACK: Pakistan have drafted a 17-year-old left-arm spinner Mohammad Asghar into their squad for the Australia Tests. Asghar arrives as a backup for lead spinner Yasir Shah, who missed his side's tour game with a back spasm. 

Canadian Immigration News....... New Canadian skilled foreign worker visa policy celebrated by tech industry....................... In response to a shortage of global talent in Canada, the government has moved to reduce the processing time for skilled foreign worker visas to two weeks. The government’s decision has been welcomed by the country’s tech industry, which they see as improving Canada’s competitiveness by making it easier to recruit top foreign talent on Canadian v isas. Bill Morneau, Canada’s finance minister, announced the new policy as part of an economic update. He said: “Ottawa will reduce the processing time for visas and work permits to two weeks, a drop from the many months it takes now.” The scheme, which is aimed at high-growth businesses, will also feature a temporary work permit that will enable foreign workers to work in Canada for 30 days a year. It’s expected that the new initiative will begin in early 2017. Employing overseas nationals on ...

Visited PIMS. Talked to the family members of the crash victims who were there. Inspected the facilitation centre set up by PIA and others 23 bodies brought so far. Arrival of the other 24 bodies delayed due to weather conditions in havelian which has delayed chopper takeoff 6 or 7 bodies have been identified so far. Blood sample taken from others being DNA tested. Help of KRL also being sought for DNA test Asad Umar from pti

Tour Match: Cricket Australia XI v Pakistan Cricket Australia XI 3/4 vs Pakistan 208/10 Stumps - Day 1

Yasir Shah has picked up the back injury, he has been advised for few days rest. The leg spinner will miss the warm up match against Cricket Australia starting from 8th Dec. 

Junaid Khan shines once again for Khulna Titans in BPL, he picked up 4 wickets for 24 runs in 4 overs v Dhaka Dynamites in Qualifier 1. 

QEA Trophy - Super Eight: SNGPL beat Karachi Whites by 190 runs. First Innings: SNGPL 361 all out [Iftikhar Ahmed 181, Adnan Akmal 79, Tabish Khan 7-77]. Karachi Whites 206 all out [Behram Khan 64, Faraz Ali 44, Imran Ali 3-31] Second Innings: SNGPL 237 all out [Abubakar Khan 55, Imran Butt 48, Tabish Khan 4-66]. Karachi Whites 202 all out [Daniyal Ahsan 52*, Babar Rehman 36, Asad Ali 4-63, M Imran 4-73].

'Wickets will be better in Australia as compared to New Zealand, Pakistan team has the capability to make a comeback' - Misbah. 

NCA is conducting a 2 weeks specialized camp for emerging Spin bowlers and batsmen under the supervision of NCA Elite Coaches at National Cricket Academy, Lahore from 13th –till 25th December 2016. 32 players have been shortlisted to attend this program including Spin Bowlers and batsmen unearthed from various Academies Program i.e. Remote Areas Trials/U-19 along with few talented batsmen for fostering their batting skills against Spin bowling. The list of players are as follows. 

LAHORE (Web Desk) – Junaid Jamshed aged 52, born on 3rd September 1964 in Karachi.  His father Jamshed Akber Khan was a retired Group Captain in Pakistan Air Force. After graduating from local boarding high school in Lahore, Jamshed proceeded to join the PAF, initially focusing to become professional F-16 fighter pilot. But due to weak eye-sight during the tough physical, his nomination papers were rejected by the PAF selection board. Jamshed was later accepted at the University of Engineering and Technology in Lahore where he excelled in courses in mathematics and physics before declaring his major in Mechanical engineering . ...