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Pakistan celebrate cricket return with series triumph

Sarfraz Ahmed

By: Eastern Eye Staff

Pakistan celebrated the return of international cricket with a thumping 33-run win to clinch the final Twenty20 match and the series against a World XI team at Lahore’s Gaddafi stadium Friday (15). The hosting of the short series is a major step towards convincing international teams to begin touring Pakistan again, with Sri Lanka already due to play a Twenty20 match in Lahore on October 29. Foreign teams have refused to tour Pakistan since a militant attack on the Sri Lankan team bus in Lahore in March 2009. Under Sarfraz Ahmed, Pakistan team outplayed the World XI – with cricketers from seven countries – in Friday’s decider…

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