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ESPNcricinfo previews the third ODI between Zimbabwe and Pakistan to be played in Harare

Umar Amin, the Pakistan middle-order batsman, has said his team had a simple plan coming into Thursday's game against Zimbabwe: "play to potential to win the game"

Mohammad Hafeez led the way with an attacking, unbeaten 136 to lift Pakistan to 299, and although Zimbabwe had their moments in the chase, they failed to stretch Pakistan over a sustained period in the second ODI

Faisal Iqbal has said that he is ready to prove his worth in the upcoming Tests against Zimbabwe, should he get the chance

A win in one of the remaining two matches will give Zimbabwe their first bilateral series win since beating New Zealand 2-1, 12 years ago

Pakistan captain Misbah-ul-Haq has admitted he "misread the pitch" at the Harare Sports Club in their seven-wicket loss to Zimbabwe in the first ODI

Brendan Taylor, the Zimbabwe captain, termed the seven-wicket win against Pakistan in the first ODI as "awesome" and said "he couldn't be happier"

Coming off a disappointing T20 series, where Zimbabwe failed to figure out how to close out a chase, they held their composure and applied themselves better despite the short turnaround time

Money won't come around for a while, but that should not stop Brendan Taylor and his men from putting up a fight. Especially in these dark times, that is the bare minimum the followers of Zimbabwe cricket deserve

The PCB governing board has provisionally approved a budget of approximately rupees 3 billion with a deficit of rupees 500 million for the year 2013-14

India Under-23 defeated Pakistan Under-23 by nine wickets and secured the Emerging Teams Cup in Singapore

Pakistan batsman Ahmed Shehzad said he was happy with his consistency during the T20 series against Zimbabwe

Ahmed Shehzad, in the company of his captain Mohammad Hafeez, established several records on way to plundering an unbeaten 98 against Zimbabwe

Pakistan Under-23s pulled off an unlikely, one-wicket win against Sri Lanka Under-23s to set up a title clash against India in the ACC Emerging Teams Cup

Zimbabwe had their moments where they stretched Pakistan with a confident start in their chase of 162, but tackling the spinners in the middle overs was always going to be the bigger proposition

In a relatively quiet month for international cricket, save for the ongoing marquee Test series in England, Zimbabwe and Pakistan have managed to shoehorn a series to fill a gap in the calendar

Shoaib Malik, the 31-year old Pakistan allrounder, believes he has another "five or six years" of cricket left in him

Pakistan captain Misbah-ul-Haq has suggested the idea of having a franchise-based Twenty20 league to groom young talent in the absence of any international cricket in Pakistan

The Pakistan Cricket Board has sought the advice of a neurologist to further examine the batsman Umar Akmal, who spent a night at a hospital after a seizure on the flight to Jamaica last Wednesday

Sami Aslam's century set up a daunting total and Zafar Gohar's four-wicket haul ensured Pakistan Under-19s thumped England Under-19s by 192 runs in the final of the tri-nation tournament