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Match Reports

Phillips hundred powers New Zealand to 87-run win over India

Glenn Phillips and Michael Bracewell transformed the innings with a 115-run stand before Jacob Duffy took four wickets to dismantle India's reply.

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Shadab Khan turns Pakistan’s last wicket into a winning partnership

With 88 still needed and only Haris Rauf for company, Shadab carried a failing chase through to victory against England in Lahore.

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Abhishek Sharma’s 38-ball century put India’s chase beyond New Zealand

His 113 supplied the decisive weight in a 199-run pursuit, while an opening stand with Vaibhav Sooryavanshi denied the hosts an early foothold.

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Azmatullah Omarzai and Ijaz power Afghanistan's sixth-wicket rescue

Their 142-run partnership began with five wickets down and gave Afghanistan the substance for a series-clinching victory. Ijaz Ahmad Ahmadzai's half-century provided crucial support to Omarzai's hundred.

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Match Reports

Omarzai century lifts Afghanistan to 19-run win over Zimbabwe

A 142-run sixth-wicket stand rescued Afghanistan from 5/4, before Sikandar Raza's unbeaten century fell short. The victory sealed the series with a game to spare.

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Ben Duckett's 167 gave England continuity across two defining stands

An opening partnership with Tom Banton and another substantial stand with Harry Brook allowed Duckett to shape England's innings well beyond its initial platform.

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Match Reports

Duckett leads England to 55-run win over Sri Lanka

Ben Duckett's century anchored a succession of productive stands. Pavan Rathnayake answered with a hundred, but Liam Dawson's wickets helped England close out the chase.

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Match Reports

South Western Districts beat Titans by three wickets as Maloka guides chase

Regan Rhode disrupted Titans' innings before Modise Maloka saw the chase through despite regular wickets. Titans' late recovery and fightback with the ball were not enough.

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Vaishnavi Sharma leads India W to eight-wicket win over Zimbabwe W

India completed a 3–0 series sweep as Zimbabwe's attempts to rebuild repeatedly stalled. Unbeaten half-centuries from Pratika Rawal and Shafali Verma then secured a comfortable finish.

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Afghanistan beat Zimbabwe by 37 runs after Ahmadzai's counterattack

Shahidullah Kamal held the innings together before Rashid Khan supplied a late burst, and Zimbabwe could not sustain their middle-order recovery.

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Abhishek powers India to six-wicket win over New Zealand and series success

An opening stand of 133 put India firmly in control after Daryl Mitchell’s unbeaten 89 had carried New Zealand towards 200. The visitors secured an unassailable 3–0 series lead.

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Match Reports

Shadab rescues Pakistan to one-wicket win over England

An unbroken 89-run last-wicket stand with Haris Rauf carried Pakistan home after they had slipped to 154/9. Ben Duckett's century had earlier helped England recover from 52/4.

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