The brothers McCullum ensured that New Zealand sealed their two-match Twenty20 series against Zimbabwe with a convincing win in the second game..
A series of double-strikes at vital junctures in England's innings helped India limit the visitors to a below-par total in good batting conditions at the Feroz Shah Kotla, leaving their batsmen with a modest chase to secure a 2-0 lead in the five-ODI series. .
The heady heights of a Test win must be a distant memory for Zimbabwe, even though it was only two months ago that they beat Bangladesh in their comeback Test.
Misbah-ul-haq, Pakistan's captain, chose to bowl in the series opener against Sri Lanka on a hot and dry day in Abu Dhabi. The pitch at the Sheikh Zayed Stadium was flat and offered nothing for the bowlers during the last Test there, between Pakistan and South Africa in November last year. Misbah said he saw some moisture in the track that could help his fast bowlers early on.This Pakistan team has coped well amid controversy and several off-field distractions. The workings of an embattled cricket board, Zulqarnain Haider's 'disappearance', Shahid Afridi's conditional retirement from international cricket and the information emerging out of the ongoing spot-fixing trial are all unsettling developments but results on the field have been the bright spot for Pakistan cricket in these troubled times. Since the spot-fixing controversy broke out, they have drawn with South Africa, beaten New Zealand away, drawn with West Indies away, beaten Zimbabwe and made it to the semi-final of this year's World Cup.
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