The resolve of the Bangladesh batsmen has been under question in recent times, and some more arose after the early dismissals in both sessions, but Tamim Iqbal's restrained half-century kept a disciplined Zimbabwe at bay in Khulna

Central Zone consolidated a 111-run lead on the back of half-centuries from Faiz Fazal and Jalaj Saxena

Taijul Islam's 8 for 39, the best figures by a Bangladesh bowler, should have heralded a dominant victory, but he found himself in the middle again, at No. 9, striking the winning boundary to overhaul a target of 101

Plays of the day from the second ODI between South Africa and New Zealand in Mount Maunganui

Hashim Amla's 16th ODI century served as the fulcrum to another resolute South African batting performance that set up a series win over New Zealand

West Indies have won 18 and lost 20 games in the last two years. Following an all-round performance in Kochi, they will be looking to work on their consistency

Pakistan's batsmen have looked rusty and their shot selection has been poor. They will need to rally quickly against an Australia side not shy of aggression

Chennai Super Kings had won three finals out of six before this. They were hungry for a fourth title, and they bulldozed their way there with the help of a consistently powerful batting line-up, led by Suresh Raina

Plays of the day from the second semi-final of the Champions League T20, between Kings XI Punjab and Chennai Super Kings

Kings XI Punjab were bowled out for the eighth time as Chennai Super Kings wrapped up a 65-run drubbing to reach the CLT20 final courtesy a Dwayne Bravo half-century and a ruthless bowling performance

Two batting line-ups with impressive firepower take aim at each other in the Champions League semi-final, but Kings XI lead Super Kings 3-0 in 2014

The Chinnaswamy stadium spent the entire Dolphins-Lahore Lions match waiting to see Chennai Super Kings. But Robbie Frylinck made the wait worthwhile. So did MS Dhoni

Plays of the day from the Champions League T20 match between Barbados Tridents and Cape Cobras in Mohali

Sybrand Engelbrecht led Cape Cobras past a Jonathan Carter century to keep his side's hopes of a semi-final spot alive in the Champions League, after a narrow Super Over win

Plays of the Day from the Group A match between Kolkata Knight Riders and Perth Scorchers in Hyderabad

Kolkata Knight Riders clung on to a three-wicket victory over Perth Scorchers, led by Sunil Narine's four wickets and a Suryakumar Yadav cameo, to make the semi-final of the CLT20

Plays of the day from the Champions League match between Cape Cobras and Hobart Hurricanes in Hyderabad

A match that had slowly been tipping into the Cape Cobras' hands was wrested away and Hurricanes hurtled to victory with one over to spare

Plays of the day from the Champions League match between Kings XI Punjab and Barbados Tridents in Mohali

The Kings XI Punjab production line of batsmen was under threat of being shortcircuited again. But Akshar Patel strode in at No. 8 and clobbered 20 runs off the penultimate over to script a second successive victory in Mohali