Pakistan ready to host India

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Pakistan are hoping to stage home Tests against India next February following talks between their respective boards.

The Indian government have refused to allow the national team to visit Pakistan since a one-day series in 1997 - and they have not played Test cricket there for 14 years.

The two sides met during the recent World Cup in South Africa, a game which India won by six wickets, prompting fresh initiatives to try and re-establish regular contact.

Pakistan Cricket Board chief executive Lt. General Tauqir Zia held talks with his Indian counterpart, Jagmohan Dalmiya, in Dubai last weekend and is happy that progress has been made.

“The Indian board has now sent a fresh request to its government for resumption of ties and…I am optimistic that the impasse will be broken next year,” he said.

“Once the ice is broken at government level, I think cricket can be used as a confidence building measure.”

Pakistan are due to tour India next February under the International Cricket Council’s 10-year Test programme.

But the PCB is insisting that India show good faith by first playing in Pakistan.

“We are planning to host India in February 2004 and we have approached the International Cricket Council in this regard,” said Zia.

Fans from both countries are keen to see the rivalry resumed.

A home series against India would also be a welcome financial boost for the PCB, which has suffered major losses in recent years following the cancellation of a number of series, and the switching of others to neutral countries.

The two governments have been at loggerheads over India’s accusations that Pakistan has been supporting militant groups in Jammu and Kashmir.

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But full diplomatic ties were restored last week and India are planning to appoint an amabassador to Pakistan in the near future.

Dalmiya, the head of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), expects cricket to benefit from the thawing of relations.

“I am pretty confident that we will be granted permission to resume cricket ties with Pakistan in a few days,” he commented.

“We are constantly in touch with our government to find out their latest views on the subject and we are getting positive signals.”

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Re: Pakistan ready to host India

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Pakistan are hoping to stage home Tests against India next February following talks between their respective boards. ....
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"abhee dillee (Delhi) door hai" is an Urdu Quote. means that its very far right now, you never know what happens between May '03 and Feb '04. i hope they build better ties sooner than later.

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they're bunch of cowards.

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Exactly:hehe:…

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Oh man I can't wait if this is true, the joy of 99 test series will be back, its going to be an amazing contest.

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It's been a looooooooong time.
Here's the list of all Test matches history between Pak and india.



Opp Res  Margin     Toss Bat FO Match                         [Test #]

Ind lost inn & 70r  lost 2nd y  1st Test  in Ind 1952/53 at Delhi [355]
Ind won  inn & 43r  lost 2nd n  2nd Test  in Ind 1952/53 at Lucknow [356]
Ind lost 10 wickets won  1st n  3rd Test  in Ind 1952/53 at Mumbai (BS) [357]
Ind draw -          won  1st -  4th Test  in Ind 1952/53 at Chennai [358]
Ind draw -          lost 1st n  5th Test  in Ind 1952/53 at Calcutta (Kolkata) [360]
Ind draw -          won  1st n  1st Test  in Pak 1954/55 at Dhaka [394]
Ind draw -          lost 2nd n  2nd Test  in Pak 1954/55 at Bahawalpur [395]
Ind draw -          won  1st n  3rd Test  in Pak 1954/55 at Lahore [397]
Ind draw -          won  1st n  4th Test  in Pak 1954/55 at Peshawar [398]
Ind draw -          won  1st n  5th Test  in Pak 1954/55 at Karachi [400]
Ind draw -          won  1st n  1st Test  in Ind 1960/61 at Mumbai (BS) [497]
Ind draw -          won  1st n  2nd Test  in Ind 1960/61 at Kanpur [499]
Ind draw -          won  1st n  3rd Test  in Ind 1960/61 at Calcutta (Kolkata) [501]
Ind draw -          won  1st n  4th Test  in Ind 1960/61 at Chennai [503]
Ind draw -          lost 2nd y  5th Test  in Ind 1960/61 at Delhi [505]
Ind draw -          won  1st n  1st Test  in Pak 1978/79 at Faisalabad [831]
Ind won  8 wickets  won  2nd n  2nd Test  in Pak 1978/79 at Lahore [832]
Ind won  8 wickets  lost 2nd n  3rd Test  in Pak 1978/79 at Karachi [833]
Ind draw -          won  1st n  1st Test  in Ind 1979/80 at Bangalore [861]
Ind draw -          won  1st n  2nd Test  in Ind 1979/80 at Delhi [863]
Ind lost 131 runs   lost 2nd n  3rd Test  in Ind 1979/80 at Mumbai [865]
Ind draw -          lost 2nd n  4th Test  in Ind 1979/80 at Kanpur [866]
Ind lost 10 wickets won  1st n  5th Test  in Ind 1979/80 at Chennai [869]
Ind draw -          lost 2nd n  6th Test  in Ind 1979/80 at Calcutta (Kolkata) [871]
Ind draw -          lost 1st n  1st Test  in Pak 1982/83 at Lahore [941]
Ind won  inn & 86r  won  2nd n  2nd Test  in Pak 1982/83 at Karachi [942]
Ind won  10 wickets won  2nd n  3rd Test  in Pak 1982/83 at Faisalabad [945]
Ind won  inn & 119r won  1st y  4th Test  in Pak 1982/83 at Hyderabad (Sind) [946]
Ind draw -          lost 1st -  5th Test  in Pak 1982/83 at Lahore [947]
Ind draw -          lost 2nd n  6th Test  in Pak 1982/83 at Karachi [948]
Ind draw -          lost 2nd n  1st Test  in Ind 1983/84 at Bangalore [961]
Ind draw -          lost 1st n  2nd Test  in Ind 1983/84 at Jalandhar [962]
Ind draw -          lost 2nd n  3rd Test  in Ind 1983/84 at Nagpur [963]
Ind draw -          won  1st y  1st Test  in Pak 1984/85 at Lahore [995]
Ind draw -          lost 2nd -  2nd Test  in Pak 1984/85 at Faisalabad [996]
Ind draw -          won  1st n  1st Test  in Ind 1986/87 at Chennai [1066]
Ind draw -          won  2nd n  2nd Test  in Ind 1986/87 at Calcutta (Kolkata) [1067]
Ind draw -          lost 2nd n  3rd Test  in Ind 1986/87 at Jaipur [1069]
Ind draw -          won  1st n  4th Test  in Ind 1986/87 at Ahmedabad [1071]
Ind won  16 runs    won  1st n  5th Test  in Ind 1986/87 at Bangalore [1073]
Ind draw -          lost 1st n  1st Test  in Pak 1989/90 at Karachi [1127]
Ind draw -          won  2nd n  2nd Test  in Pak 1989/90 at Faisalabad [1128]
Ind draw -          lost 2nd -  3rd Test  in Pak 1989/90 at Lahore [1130]
Ind draw -          won  2nd n  4th Test  in Pak 1989/90 at Sialkot [1132]
Ind won  12 runs    won  1st n  1st Test  in Ind 1998/99 at Chennai [1442]
Ind lost 212 runs   lost 2nd n  2nd Test  in Ind 1998/99 at Delhi [1443]
Ind won  46 runs    won  1st n  1st Match in Ind 1998/99 at Calcutta (Kolkata) [1444]

source: www.cricinfo.com

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[QUOTE]
*Originally posted by UMAIR316: *
Oh man I can't wait if this is true, the joy of 99 test series will be back, its going to be an amazing contest.
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But nothing can top Shoiab cracking Tendi's stump on the first ball ;)

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:hehe:…

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fir Shuru ho gaye :hehe: Abhi abhi to team me wapas aaya hai woh bhi kitni safarishoN ke baad, kyon Bechare ke peeche paR gaye :slight_smile:

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Who is talking about him coming back under sifarish… The fact that he dismantled the stump of your God Tendulkar was too good… If I were the selector, I’d give him a permanent place in the team just for that one feat, even if he bowls as a spinner for the rest of his life.

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the last we saw of that shoaib cat was that he was getting beaten down like a red headed step child by everyone on the Indian team. :hehe:

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The last I saw him was again getting some people’s God Tendi out… :rotfl:

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/\ :hehe:

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I guess you have selective blindness.
Did you forget 18 run in one over and that yateem face of pindi Local. :wink:

:rotfl:

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Techinically Spock is correct because the last time we saw Shoaib and Tendulkar in the same match, he did get him out after the spanking he recieved from Tendulkar earlier on in the match.

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That’s why you are not the selector and you never will be :rotfl: . I know how important that feat is for you. Shoaib Akhtar should be given highest gallantry award for getting Sachin out. What a feat :hehe:

Umair316 - Spock is wrong technically :hehe: He said ** “But nothing can top Shoiab cracking Tendi’s stump on the first ball”**, it was not his first ball, neither did he crack Tendulkar’s stump.

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Not again :rolleyes:

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Not to ruin this topic but it was the first ball Tendulkar faced and his stumps blown away by Shoaib, maybe you don’t have good memory.

FoW: 1-26 (Laxman, 9.2 ov), 2-91 (Kumble, 23.6 ov),
3-147 (Dravid, 50.1 ov), 4-147 (Tendulkar, 50.2 ov),
5-164 (Ramesh, 54.5 ov), 6-205 (Ganguly, 68.3 ov),
7-205 (Azharuddin, 69.1 ov), 8-211 (Srinath, 73.1 ov),
9-212 (Prasad, 74.3 ov), 10-223 (Mongia, 76.2 ov).

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asif_k :D

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Umair316 - This thread is already ruined now. Thanks to some flamers and that was not the last time we saw Sachin and Rawlpindi in the same match. Who are you trying to fool ?? This is what you said :-

Last time we saw Sachin & Rawalpindi in the same match was on 1st march 2003. Spock is wrong and so are you technically or otherwise. Now who has a very short and selective memory ?? :hehe: