Donald Tiripano

Zimbabwe captain Chamu Chibhabha won the toss and decided to bat in the third and final one-day international against Pakistan in Rawalpindi on Tuesday.

Medium pacer Tinashe Panyangara has been ruled out of the upcoming ODI series and three T20 internationals against India with a back injury, while Graeme Cremer returned to lead the side in both forms of the game.

Zimbabwe almost pulled off a stunning win but Bangladesh edged past their spirited rivals in the end to save the day, registering a thrilling four-run victory in the second ODI on Tuesday.

Zimbabwe bowlers produced an impressive performance at the death to eke out a 11-run win over Scotland, registering their second successive win in the qualifying round of the ICC World T20.

Skipper Sean Williams scored a pugnacious hundred and allrounder Donald Tiripano hit a maiden half century to delay Afghanistan's victory on the fourth day of the second Test in Abu Dhabi on Saturday.

Opener Imran Butt missed a maiden Test hundred by just nine runs but Pakistan ground their way towards a big lead over Zimbabwe on the second day of the first Test in Harare on Friday.

Left-arm spinner Nauman Ali struck twice for Pakistan as Zimbabwe crumbled to 118-5 in their second innings at tea on the third day of the first Test in Harare on Saturday. Nauman removed Milton Shumba for four and stand-in skipper Brendon Taylor for 29 as the home side lost five wickets in the session to find themselves perilously close to an innings defeat.

Liton Das fell five runs short of a maiden Test century as Bangladesh recovered from the loss of early wickets to be 294/8 when bad light brought an early close to the first day of their Test against Zimbabwe on Wednesday.

Batter Regis Chakabva will lead a 17-member Zimbabwe squad in the three-match ODI series against India starting here on August 18. The three matches will be played at the Harare Sports Club. The second and third matches are scheduled on August 20 and 22 respectively.

Sri Lanka captain Angelo Mathews won the toss and chose to field first against Zimbabwe in the third one-day international in Hambantota on Thursday.

Ambati Rayudu scored an unbeaten 133-ball 124 to guide India to a respectable total of 255/6 against Zimbabwe after early wobbles in the first ODI.

He could not be with his boys in their hour of glory, but Zimbabwe coach Lalchand Rajput thoroughly enjoyed his team scoring a thrilling upset win over Pakistan in the third and final ODI in Rawalpindi on Tuesday.

Leg-spinner Usman Qadir and paceman Haris Rauf grabbed three wickets apiece as Pakistan kept Zimbabwe down to a paltry 134/7 in the second Twenty20 international in Rawalpindi on Sunday.

Bangladesh took four wickets in the first session on Sunday to move closer to victory over Zimbabwe on the final day of a one-off Test at Harare Sports Club. Needing a world-record 477 fourth-innings runs to win when they batted a second time from Saturday, Zimbabwe moved from 140-3 overnight to 174-7 at lunch with Donald Tiripano and Victor Nyauchi at the crease.

Rashid Khan bowled a total of 99.2 overs in the second Test between Zimbabwe and Afghanistan at the Sheikh Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi. This is the most number of overs bowled by a bowler in a Test since 1998 when Sri Lanka's Muttiah Muralitharan had bowled 113.5 overs against England at The Oval.

Fawad Alam notched his fourth Test hundred as Pakistan built an imposing first innings lead over Zimbabwe on the second day of the first Test in Harare on Friday.

Hashmatullah Shahidi became the first Afghanistan player to smash a Test double hundred while his team notched up several batting records on a memorable day two of their second and final match against Zimbabwe in Abu Dhabi on Thursday.

Zimbabwe have recalled batsman Brendan Taylor and picked five uncapped players in their 16-man squad for the two-Test series against Pakistan that starts at the Harare Sports Club on Thursday.

Zimbabwe skipper Chamu Chibhabha won the toss and decided to bat in the third and final Twenty20 international against Pakistan in Rawalpindi on Tuesday.

Liton Das struck his second one-day international century to guide Bangladesh to 321/6 in the first one-day international of a three-match series against Zimbabwe in the northeastern city of Sylhet on Sunday.