International cricket returns to Pakistan

Published October 21, 2012
Pakistani cricketer and captain of  Pakistan All Stars Shahid Afridi (L), carries the trophy with International World XI captain Sanath Jayasuriya (R) and Mohammad Ali Shah, Sindh's sports minister during a ceremony. -Photo by AFP
Pakistani cricketer and captain of Pakistan All Stars Shahid Afridi (L), carries the trophy with International World XI captain Sanath Jayasuriya (R) and Mohammad Ali Shah, Sindh's sports minister during a ceremony. -Photo by AFP

The exhibition match between International World XI and Pakistan All Stars before a capacity crowd of 35,000 at the National Stadium in Karachi marked the return of international cricket of a sort in Pakistan after the 2009 attack on the Sri Lanka team in Lahore. Security was tight on October 20 as Pakistan hosted the first of two Twenty20 matches. -Photos by agencies

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