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Al Horford who had 15 rebounds and 20 points. NBA EASTERN CONFERENCE PLAY-OFFS 1st rd: Atlanta Hawks 107 Brooklyn Nets 97 (Atlanta lead series 3-2) NBA Western Conference Play-offs 1st rd: Memphis Grizzlies 99 Portland Trail Blazers 93 (Memphis Grizzlies win series 4-1). CRICKET PAKISTAN are set for a return to hosting Test-playing nations after Zimbabwe confirmed a tour will take place in May. No full Test member of the International Cricket Council has toured Pakistan since 2009, when a terrorist attack on the Sri Lanka team bus left six policemen and two civilians dead, with several players injured. ‘Home’ games have since been played in the United Arab Emirates, but Afghanistan and Kenya have undertaken tours to Pakistan over the last year. And Zimbabwe will now be the first full Test nation to set foot in Pakistan, in a series comprising two Twenty20 internationals and three one-day internationals for late May. On their official Twitter feed, Zimbabwe cricket managing director Alistair Campbell said: “We are touring Pakistan as a measure of establishing bilateral relations between us and them. They will also come to Zimbabwe in August.” 1st TEST (Khulna): Bangladesh 332 (Mominul Haque 80, Imrul Kayes 51) v Pakistan 537-5 (Mohammad Hafeez 224, Azhar Ali 83, Misbah-ul-haq 59, Sarfraz Ahmed 51 no, Asad Shafiq 51 no). WTA J&T BANKA PRAGUE OPEN. Quarter-finals: (1) Karolina Pliskova (Cze) bt Denisa Allertova (Cze) 6-2 5-7 6-1, Yanina Wickmayer (Bel) bt Danka Kovinic (Mne) 2-6 6-3 6-3, Katerina Siniakova (Cze) bt (3) Barbora Zahlavova Strycova (Cze) 6-4 6-2, Lucie Hradecka (Cze) bt Klara Koukalova (Cze) 7-5 4-6 7-5. WTA GRAND PRIX S.A.R LA PRINCESSE LALLA MERYEM (Marrakech). Quarterfinals: Kristina Mladenovic (Fra) bt Lara Arruabarrena (Spa) 6-4 6-1, Timea Babos (Hun) bt (3) Flavia Pennetta (Ita) 6-2 5-7 7-5, (4) Elina Svitolina (Ukr) bt Karin Knapp (Ita) 6-0 3-6 6-3.
By Alan Pickup