Australia survive late scare

Johennsberg, October 01: Weary and longing desperately for home they may be, but Australia will be going nowhere quietly. Combative to the last, they squeaked home against Pakistan yesterday in a nerve shredding finale and finished their Champions Trophy group campaign undefeated.

The tie was decided off the last ball when Australia, eight wickets down, ran a bye to the wicketkeeper. At 187 for 8, still needing 19 to win, it had looked all up for them but somehow they resisted Pakistan’s revival.

Youngsters will keep pressure on out-of form seniors: Younis

Karachi, August 08:Pakistan captain Younis Khan hoped that the success of youngsters Fawad Alam and Umar Akmal will keep the pressure on senior batsmen to perform well.

After his team’s 146-run triumph over Sri Lanka in Colombo Friday night, Younis said that it is very important for Pakistan to have talented rookies in the side because they are the ones who can force the more established players to give their best in order to keep their place in the squad.