India vs Australia 6th ODI: Dhawan and Kohli make a mockery of Australia’s 350

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Kohli became the fastest cricketer to score 17 ODI centuries

India opening batsman Shikhar Dhawan and vice-captain Virat Kohli kept the national team’s hopes of winning the seven-match ODI series against Australia alive as they both registered centuries to make a mockery of the baggy greens’ total of 350 in the sixth ODI in Nagpur.

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Sri Lanka vs South Africa 3rd ODI: Score one for South Africa as David Miller and Lonwabo Tsotsobe bring them back from brink of series defeat

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Miller’s 85 helped South Africa get back into the series

With South Africa staring down the barrel of a series defeat, batsman David Miller and pace bowler Lonwabo Tsotsobe led the Proteas to a 56-run victory over Sri Lanka in the third ODI in Pallekele.

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Our tour of Zimbabwe is ‘less intense’ compared to the ‘hectic’ two months we have just endured, says Duncan Fletcher

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India can have even more “fun” now that they have an unassailable 3-0 lead

India coach Duncan Fletcher believes that the national team’s ongoing tour of Zimbabwe is “less intense” compared to the two “hectic”, but successful, months they have just endured, in which they won the last ever Champions Trophy and a tri-series tournament that included Sri Lanka and the West Indies.

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West Indies vs Pakistan 4th ODI: Pakistan secure ODI series victory despite Marlon Samuels’ century

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Samuels’ century was spoiled by Pakistan and the rain

The rain Gods must have been smiling down on Pakistan during the fourth ODI as they were able to secure an unassailable 2-1 series win over the West Indies, despite a valiant century by all-rounder Marlon Samuels.

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