Over the last eight months, Oman has demonstrated an invaluable capability to ignore pressure and execute the basics in crunch time, traits that were on display again in a hair-raising victory over Hong Kong

Oman left-arm spinner Aamir Kaleem provided the biggest talking point of the match by mankading star batsman Mark Chapman prior to delivering the final ball of the ninth over of the Hong Kong chase

On Sunday, Rohan Mustafa made this demand of his coach Aaqib Javed: 'Just give me opening and I can do something for UAE'. Three matches into his new role, he has become the country's new record holder for the country's highest score in T20Is

ESPNcricinfo's guide to the four teams vying to emerge out of the Asia Cup's qualifying group

ESPNcricinfo picks out some of Brendon McCullum's best limited-overs innings

Afghanistan are poised to capture a second trophy on this tour unless Zimbabwe, who have lost two matches on the trot now, can get themselves out of their funk

Flattened stumps were a regular occurrence for our T20 bowling nominees

Plays of the day from the second ODI between Afghanistan and Zimbabwe in Sharjah

Mohammad Shahzad recorded the highest score by an Afghanistan batsman in ODIs - 131 not out - to beat Zimbabwe by four wickets

Kane Williamson struck 108 not out to lead New Zealand to victory by five wickets over Sri Lanka and seal the series 2-0

Kane Williamson is batting on 78 not out with New Zealand needing another 47 runs to win the Hamilton Test, but Sri Lanka kept the contest alive with a few late wickets

Dushmantha Chameera's bouncers punched massive holes in the New Zealand batting line-up and left Sri Lanka with a great chance of securing a first-innings lead in Hamilton

R Ashwin took his 13th five-wicket haul, and his 150th Test wicket as well, as South Africa were bowled out for 184 and India built their lead to 142 by the end of the day with Cheteshwar Pujara's half-century

On a pitch that looked more like it was four days old, India crumbled to 201 all out thanks to Dean Elgar's part-time spin. But the hosts' own spinners had a strong say in the final moments of the day to keep the Mohali Test even

South Africa coach Russell Domingo is not unduly worried about his batsmen's aptitude on turning pitches despite four of the top six batsmen falling to spin in Chennai

Virat Kohli's 23rd ODI century was the cornerstone of India's series levelling victory in Chennai and it was also a sign of his evolution as a batsman according to MS Dhoni

India's captain MS Dhoni believes that the presence of an extra fielder outside the ring during the slog overs has made it "difficult" for batsmen to find the "big shots"

Attacking mindset key for spinners, while batsmen need to show little more restraint in order to sustain consistency, says India offspinner

MS Dhoni had intended to bat at No.4 in the ODI side after his Test retirement, but he decided to stay at No.5 to help the development of the junior players. His finishing ability was again on show in India's win in Indore.

After a difficult week in which his very place in the team was being questioned, he answered back with an innings of hope, skill and defiance