Hafeez, Younis take Pakistan to big lead

CHITTAGONG: Opener Mohammad Hafeez cracked a career-best 143 and Younis Khan an impressive 96 not out on Saturday to put Pakistan in a commanding position in the opening Test against Bangladesh. Hafeez hit 14 fours in his fourth Test hundred as Pakistan posted 415-4 in their first innings at stumps on the second day in reply to Bangladesh’s 135, to gain a 280-run lead with six wickets in hand. Younis, playing his 72nd Test, completed 6,000 runs when he lofted left-arm spinner Shakib Al Hasan for a straight six in the last session. He also hit 10 fours in his 155-ball knock. Asad Shafiq, who put on 104 for the unbroken fifth-wicket stand with Younis, was 40 not out with two sixes to his name as the tourists plundered 283...

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Pakistan fight to avoid wooden spoon

AUCKLAND: Pakistan slumped to their fourth Champions Trophy loss in five matches with a 5-0 mauling from Germany Saturday, leaving the Green Shirts in a fight with South Korea to avoid the wooden spoon. In the other Pool D match, the Koreans squandered a 2-0 lead to go down 4-3 to Great Britain. The world number two Germans steamrollered Pakistan, who failed to build on a promising 6-2 win over South Korea in their previous match at the last major tournament for men’s hockey before the London Olympics. “The Germans played the game of the tournament, they did not make mistakes,” Pakistan team manager Khawaja Junaid said of the reigning Olympic champions. “We tried to hold them but they played at top pace with long bounces...

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