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2nd Test - Zimbabwe v Pakistan - Harare - Day 1 Close
Pakistan won the toss & elected to bat
Pakistan 268-4 Azar Ali 126 Abid Ali 118 no Muzarabani 3-41

2nd Test - Zimbabwe v Pakistan - Harare - Day 2 Close
Pakistan 510-8 dec Abid Ali 215 no Azar Ali 126 Nauman Ali 97 Muzarabani 82-3
Zimbabwe 52-4 Chakabva 28 no

2nd Test - Zimbabwe v Pakistan - Harare - Day 3 latest
Pakistan 510-8 dec
Zimbabwe 132 Chakabva 33 Hasan Ali 5-27 & f/o 220-9 Chakabva 80 B Taylor 49 no Nauman Ali 5-86 Sheheen 4-45
Zimbabwe trail {Pakistan by 158 runs

Pakistan wrapped up the win over Zimbabwe, with Shaheen taking the final wicket of Luke Jonwe for 37 & in doing so taking his innings haul to 5-52. Zimbabwe finished 231 all out & Pakistan won by an innings & 137 runs.

The 5 wickets by Pakistan's left-arm bowlers Shaheen Shah Afridi (5-52) & Nauman Ali (5-86) in the 2nd innings of this match was only the 2nd time this has occurred in a Test Match. The first case was of this feat was England's George Hirst & Colin Blythe, against Australia at Edgbaston in 1909. When the 2 bowlers in question took all 20 wickets for England.
If you add Hasan Ali (5-27) in the 1st innings to the 2 left-armers, this is the first time that 3 Pakistan bowlers have achieved this in a Test Match, & only the 6th time for any side, the last occasion was at Edgbaston in 1993, when Australia's Paul Reiffel, Shane Warne, & Tim May all picked up 5-fors against England.

Nottinghamshire & England seamer Harry Gurney has announced his retirement from all cricket at the age of 34, after failing to recover from a shoulder injury.

Jofra Archer has been ruled out of the Zealand Test series, after a failed comeback for Sussex in the Championship this week. He may now require surgery on his elbow.

2nd ODI (D/N) Dhaka Bangladesh v Sri Lanka
Bangladesh won the toss & elected to bat
Bangladesh 246 48.1 overs Rahim 125 Mahmudulla 41 Chameera 3-44 Sandakan 3-54
Sri Lanka 141-9 (40 overs) Gunathilaka 24 Rahman 3-16 Miraz 3-28
Bangladesh beat Sri Lanka by 103 runs (D/L method)

Alex Wakely, Northants two-time T20 Cup winning captain, has retired from professional cricket at the age of 32.

Devon Malcolm & Dean Headley are to be appointed ECB match referees.