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Pakistan vs New Zealand 2002
Fri, August 22 2014
Shoaib Akhtar’s career-best 6 for 11 crushes New Zealand at Lahore
On May 3, 2002. A freight train that went by the name of the Rawalpindi Express ran amok at the Gaddafi Stadium and crushed six hapless New Zealanders. Jaideep Vaidya revisits the carnage.
Thu, May 02 2013
Inzamam-ul-Haq becomes the second Pakistani to score a triple century in Tests
On May 2, 2002, Inzamam-ul-Haq became the second Pakistani batsman to score a 300 in Tests. The knock of 329, that included 38 boundaries and 9 sixes, put the sturdy batsman eight short of Hanif Mohammad’s world record. Pakistan inflicted the fifth-biggest defeat on New Zealand in that Test, winning by a margin of an innings and 324 runs. Karthik Parimal looks back at that momentous occasion for the big man.