Younus made an unbeaten 123 off 117 balls and Misbah was 70 not out from 62 balls to see Pakistan through a difficult target of 309 runs with 27 balls to spare for the loss of only two wickets. Both were involved in an unbroken third wicket stand of 144 runs.
Younus hit 11 fours and one six in his fifth ODI hundred while Misbah struck seven fours, including the winning boundary, and one six.
Credit for this big win also goes to the openers – Salman Butt and Nasir Jamshed, who set a sound foundation with a 65-run stand before Butt was run out on 36. Later, Nasir who was playing for the first time in this tournament, retired hurt at 53.
Earlier, batting first after winning the toss, India piled up a huge score of 308 runs for seven wickets in the allotted 50 overs.
Captain Mahinder Singh Dhoni top scored with 76, supported by Rohit Sharma (58). Both added 112 runs for the fifth wicket partnership.
NEW DELHI: The Indian Cricket Board has urged the International Cricket Council (ICC) to hold the Champions Trophy in Pakistan.
The board said that even if there were any security risks in Pakistan then it may be delayed rather than changing its venue.
The ICC has to finally decide this week in its executive board meeting in Dubai that whether the Champions Trophy should be held in Pakistan or in any other country.
Sri Lanka and South Africa are being considered as the substitute venue but ICC president Ray Maley has recently declared at the ICC Trophy ceremony in Lahore that the security situation and organizing matters in Pakistan are quite satisfactory.
Now, India supporting Pakistan has also issued an statement that the Champions Trophy should not be shifted anywhere from Pakistan.
BEIJING: Beijing organizers took possession of the 3,000 medals for next month's Olympics in a ceremony near Tiananmen Square on Thursday, 36 days before the start of the Games.
The medals were the first for an Olympics to be designed by the winners of a public competition and each has a distinctive inlay of jade, which represents beauty, nobility, perfection, power and immortality to the Chinese.
"These exquisite medals represent the ultimate expression of athletic achievement," organizing committee vice president Jiang Xiaoyu said. "The unique design represents the ambition of the Beijing Olympic Games."
Jiang also took symbolic possession of the 3,000 medals for September's Paralympics from Australian mining company BHP Billiton, who sponsored the medals for both Games.
KARACHI: Secretary Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) Asif Bajwa said that he demanded from the Sports Minister to get approve from the Government of Pakistan an annual grant of Rs 7 million for the Federation.
During a press conference along with Federal Minister for Sports Najmuddin at the Hockey Club of Pakistan, Asif Bajwa said that the annual grant by the Pakistan Sports Board for the PHF has been raised from Rs 2.5 million to Rs 5 million.
He said that the Hockey Club of Pakistan is not being shifted any where and this issue would be resolved at government level.
Asif Bajwa told that a six-nation tournament in the name of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto would be held in the year 2009.
Federal Minister for Sports Najmuddin said on this occasion that the sports grounds in Karachi and Lahore would be got relieved from the illegal occupants.
He said that he had issued notices to all federations that those officials not willing to work make way to young people.
The Black Caps thrashed a makeshift Irish side by 290 runs in what was the biggest margin of victory in the history of one-day international cricket, surpassing India's 257-run defeat of Bermuda at last year's World Cup.
New Zealand's total of 402 for two was also their highest one-day international total and an opening stand of 274 runs between Brendon McCullum and James Marshall was the fifth highest for any wicket.
In reply, Ireland were scuttled out for 112. McCullum claimed his first ODI century with a knock of 166 from 141 deliveries that featured 11 boundaries and ten sixes.
Southee and Michael Mason claimed three wickets apiece while only some lusty hitting from tail-ender Peter Connell, who top-scored with 22 not out, ensured Ireland hoisted their tally above the 100 mark.
