Reports & Previews

Afridi limits Afghanistan to 195

Afridi celebrates one of his five wickets.
Taibu - owes Zimbabwe a good knock.

T20 series preview: New Zealand v Zimbabwe

Tatenda Taibu owes Zimbabwe a good knock, while Brendan Taylor's side have an opportunity to show some strength of character.

Dernbach and company celebrate on Friday.

England manufacture warm-up win

A sound bowling display, a contrived piece of administration and some decent batting afforded Alastair Cook's men a win over the England Lions in Abu Dhabi on Friday.

Mangal addresses the media on Thursday.

Afghans step onto the big stage

Pakistan captain Misbah-ul-Haq wants fast-improving teams like Afghanistan to play more international matches against Test-playing nations in order to gauge their progress in a better fashion.

Australia welcome triumph on Friday.

Australia edge thriller

Australia kept their unbeaten record in the ODI tri-series intact as they clinched a thrilling five-run victory over Sri Lanka, despite a never-say-die innings from Angelo Mathews in Perth on Friday.

Nicol and Guptill put on 153 in 22 overs.

Zimbabwe hammered yet again

New Zealand's dominance of Zimbabwe continued in the third and final one-day international, as the tourists slumped to another embarrassing defeat.

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I told you I'll be back.pakistan and I are the greatest at what we do.we whitewashed the best team on foreign conditions.we took it easy on them and did not play wahab riaz or umar akmal. Pakistan are...

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