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PAKISTAN WIN WORLD CUP 2009!!

To all forum members especially pakistanis!
We deserve to celebrate the great T20 victory by our Team!:smitten:

but dear friends spare a thought for our Shaheeds, Ghazis and IDPs who are putting their lives on-the-line on a daily basis so that we can enjoy these "great moments" in our lives!

Please pray for them:pakistan:

May Allah Bless them and Bless all of you:pakistan:
 
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Guardian

the sportblog.com

Homeless and hounded but defiant to the glorious end

"Whatever the effect of Pakistan's triumph in the final of World Twenty20, it was certainly one in the eye for the Islamist militants. It is one thing to attack the Sri Lankan team's coach in the middle of Lahore and force international cricket to flee from Pakistan, it is quite another to quench the indomitable spirit of Pakistani cricket.

Putting national sentiments aside, Pakistan's victory in World Twenty20 was the most joyous outcome imaginable in a tournament replete with happy, vibrant, adventurous cricket, a statement that the sport is so imprinted upon Pakistan's national consciousness that even the awful prospect of a nomadic existence for several years to come, playing Twenty20 in temporary homes around the world, will not break them.

Billy Smart's Circus has nothing on the unpredictable thrills available at the circus headed by Younus Khan, who has laughed at adversity so defiantly through the last fortnight that it would have been no surprise to see him accepting the trophy in a pair of Krusty The Clown slippers."

Cricinfo.com


A time to laugh, a time to heal


Pakistan's win has brought respite from death and bombs and given a nation the gift of celebration

Osman Samiuddin

"Sea View was bouncing last night. Karachi's beach is never lost for humanity but last night it was particularly overrun. Mostly they were young men, from all over the city, dancing with the great abandon of those who cannot but do not care anyway. At regular distances, cars would have to stop, allow the men to dance all around, occupants being invited to dance, or drive on through under a flag. Mostly it was a Pakistan flag, but those of political parties were not absent. Those who didn't dance on the streets did so from the windows of their cars, bopping to horns and stereos. Save for rallies welcoming back exiled leaders I have never seen such scenes in Karachi.

TV channels elatedly confirmed that such scenes were not confined to Pakistan's most urban city. Lahore anyway needs no excuse to party, but even the capital, once described as a "fig of bureaucratic imagination," loosened its tie and let out its paunch. Obligatory scenes from refugee camps housing the displaced from the battle in Swat followed and why not? These are people who have lost everything but their lives and nobody will begrudge them a little cheer.

Rarely has cricket's place in this country's conscience been as entrenched as it has been over the past two years. Rarely has it so contributed to the mood of the hour. Since the Oval Test, in drawing rooms, on streets, at parks, at dinners, parties, mosques, markets, hotels, tea shops, courtrooms, police stations, cricket has lurked, waiting for politics to get over. Few things in this country are as talked about as politics but cricket has been a competitive second. Dope tests, intrigues, the death of a coach, rotten performances, more rotten administration, the Lahore terrorist attacks; people outside Pakistan worried that the Lahore attacks were the death of cricket but really, cricket has never more been life and life has never more been cricket, just that with all the beauty came the ugliness, unpredictability and despair ................................................

It has been said that few sporting victories anywhere around the world have been as significant as this. Perhaps it is true, but the real truth of that will emerge over time. Pakistan's win will do little in literal terms for the war on terror; if we're lucky the spirits will be emboldened further. Countries are still unlikely to visit Pakistan for international cricket because that is not really part of this.

But the win and the run have brought, for however long, respite from war, death, bombs and load-shedding (power cuts). People have laughed and smiled since Pakistan's run began, with that outstanding Afridi catch and Umar Gul spell. Last night they laughed and smiled and danced and jigged and blew their horns and waved their flags and ate their mithai (sweets) and set off their firecrackers more than they have for a long time. That is as powerful a gift as can be given to any nation. "
 
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They took the worldcup from us.... we brought the CUP back, a Slap on the face of world cricket.

ICC(Indian Cricket Club) can do their planning, but major planner is sitting somewhere else.

i can not help my tears of thank to ALMIGHT ALLAH. and also aware of others on the forum of the feeling of same contentment. LONG LIVE PAKISTAN, DISPLACED PEOPLE AND PAKISTAN FORCES :pakistan::pakistan::pakistan:

thank you ALMIGHT ALLAH, a sajda to u for such a morale booster win. :tup: ;)
 
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Fab day for the fans

Nagraj Gollapudi at Lord's

June 21, 2009

Cricket remains secondary in England except when it comes to The Ashes. In the years to come, though, the theory will be sternly tested. Cue the 2009 World Twenty20: the tournament went on for 16 days, spread over three venues across London and Nottingham, culminating in a final at Lord's on Sunday attended by a sellout crowd. Surprisingly, even the old traditionalists, the MCC members who had ignored most of the event, decided to turn up in strong numbers today, flashing their bacon-and-eggs ties proudly.

This was the first time two teams from the subcontinent clashed in the final of a big event at the world's most famous ground. It was a big test given the tournament, and crowd, and having witnessed most of Pakistan's games there was no doubt that their raucous supporters would make sure their chants of 'Pakistan zindabad [long live Pakistan]" were heard as far as West Ham, Ilford and Southall if not Lahore, Karachi or Rawalpindi.

Not sure if it was by coincidence or by design, the organisers decided to hold the final on the longest day of the year. England's bright summer continued as Lord's was basked in sunshine - cricket lovers didn't need more motivation to turn up from early morning.

Steve Elworthy, the tournament director, asked if he would have imagined the final to be such a raging success in the absence of India, said his team had promoted the event cleverly. "We went to Brick Lane on 'Baisakhi [the harvest festival]' and set up a tent to market the event to the Bangladesh fans. We tried to reach out as many areas with Asian ethnicity in England to educate the fans and attract them to the event."

Smart thinking, given the healthy crowds witnessed at The Oval and Trent Bridge.

The English don't warm up to sporting events like their arch-rivals Australia who, as South African cricket writer Neil Manthorp once said, would "turn out in thousands to witness even a cockroach race." Football remains England's No. 1 sport, followed by rugby and cricket. However, despite the threat from events like the Lions' rugby tour, a Formula 1 race and the US Open golf, the World Twenty20 managed to garner some newsprint, in addition to the air time on radio and television.

Even if the tickets were somewhat steep, priced at £50, £60 and £90, the fans did not mind spending the money. Apart from the final, some of the best games in the tournament were the warm-up clash between India and Pakistan at The Oval, the opening game between England and the Netherlands, attended by 1200 odd colourful Dutch fans dressed in traditional orange, the crunch India-England Super Eights game, and both the semi-finals.

The most distinguishing feature about this tournament was the rich quality of cricket, a far cry from the hitting contest prevalent in both IPL seasons. Probably that prompted a member to say: "I've never been a fan of Twenty20 but this was something else." There were thousands of more converts by the end of the event.

A Sri Lankan family cancelled their barbecue to arrive for the final without any tickets. Little did they know to enter the home of cricket was as expensive as finding a seat at Centre Court on day one to watch Roger Federer. The cheapest bargain they found was £300 per ticket, a pound more than the price to watch Federer play tomorrow.

Fans had booked ticket months in advance. "Ninety percent of the tickets for the final were booked six months ago," Elworthy said. A Sri Lankan fan anticipated a final against India and had bought the ticket three months in advance. "I'm happy we are here but feel sad that India aren't."

But if anyone was taking the mickey out of the India's absence it was the boisterous Pakistan fans, who had invaded grounds in large numbers throughout the tournament. The Pakistani band Vital Signs' age-old hit Dil, dil Pakistan reverberated through the afternoon as Younis Khan's men silenced Sri Lanka emphatically. "Dear India, you can hide your tears, you (are) pussycats. R (you are) no match for our 'majestic lions'" read a banner in one of the stands. The banter was sporting and taken by the Indian fans in the right spirit. "I bought my ticket from an Indian," was another poke at the former world champions.

Twenty20 cricket's biggest achievement has been to attract fans who had never ever seen or heard about the game. There were a bunch from Kosovo, supporting Pakistan even if they couldn't tell Shahid Afridi from Umar Gul. Apparently a form of cricket is famous in Kosovo and is known as 'guaxha' (pronounced 'goojah').

Would Lord's witness the same sort of intense fervour once again in a month's time when the second Test of the Ashes would be played here? "No, there will be nothing like that. As Australia run through our batting, the English fans will be drowning in tears," said an ECB official.

But today was all about celebrations and the chants like "jive, jive Pakistan. Chand sitara Pakistan. Jeetaga Pakistan. Pakistan jeetega" poured into the streets outside the Grace, North and East Gates outside Lord's.

Nagraj Gollapudi is an assistant editor at Cricinfo
 
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I would like to dedicate this song!


EYE OF THE TIGER!!!







Risin' up, back on the street
Did my time, took my chances
Went the distance, now I'm back on my feet
Just a man and his will to survive

So many times, it happens too fast
You change your passion for glory
Don't lose your grip on the dreams of the past
You must fight just to keep them alive

Chorus:
It's the eye of the tiger, it's the cream of the fight
Risin' up to the challenge of our rival
And the last known survivor stalks his prey in the night
And he's watchin' us all in the eye of the tiger

Face to face, out in the heat
Hangin' tough, stayin' hungry
They stack the odds 'til we take to the street
For we kill with the skill to survive

chorus

Risin' up, straight to the top
Have the guts, got the glory
Went the distance, now I'm not gonna stop
Just a man and his will to survive




These words fit us perfectly...Pakistan Zindabad! :pakistan:
 
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Dhoni= ooooan oooan oooan
Maan: Kia hua beta
Dhoni: Mien nay bhi final khelna hai
Maan: Beta aap nahi khail sakhte
Dhoni: Per ami papa tu final khail rahey hian
Maan: Beta ya bachoon ka kaamm nahi
Dhoni: Per mien nay papa ku warm up game mien hira dia tha
Maan: Beta wo aap ku kush kerney kay liey assey khail rahey thay, jao ab zid nahi karo shabash feeder lu aur dood poe ja ker chaloo .

Moral of the story: B.aap phir bhi b.aap hi hota hai


Don't take it personal, just fun ;)
 
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Celebrations in Indian Kashmir after Pakistan win
1 day ago

SRINAGAR, India (AFP) — Residents in Indian-ruled Kashmir Sunday fired crackers in the region's main city after Pakistan beat Sri Lanka to win the World Twenty20 championship, witnesses said.

Srinagar -- the Kashmiri summer capital -- erupted in celebration after Pakistan beat Sri Lanka by eight wickets and as scores of Kashmiri youth poured on to the streets and lit firecrackers.

The youths also chanted pro-Pakistan and pro-freedom slogans as Indian paramilitary troops stayed in their bunkers, witnesses said.

Thousands of Kashmiris, including women and children, were glued to their televisions sets to watch the tense final.

"It is a great victory and one day I hope we will merge with Pakistan," said a die-hard Pakistani cricket fan, Mohammed Yaseen.

Residents in Muslim-majority Kashmir valley traditionally support Pakistan in sports events.

Indian Kashmir is in the grip of a nearly 20-year insurgency that has so far claimed more than 47,000 lives by an official count.

Islamabad denies Indian allegations that it funds and arms the insurgency. Most militant groups want Indian-ruled Kashmir to merge with Pakistan, and a few want the region to become independent.

AFP: Celebrations in Indian Kashmir after Pakistan win
 
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u r most welcome to join this two men nostalgic club. :cheers:
any plan to go back for a visit or something coz we two will be there for this comin 14th august??

Bro...I just came 4 months back....:cry:

So probably next T20 in april @home :bounce: :pakistan:
 
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