The odds are stacked heavily against New Zealand.

After 50 overs, all India had was what they did when Warner was dismissed — hope.

It is perhaps no surprise that two of the greatest ODI captains have been master manipulators of pressure.

March 24 will be the day one of these two great cricketing sides come of age.

Afridi’s career will forever be defined by the 102 he made off 40 balls in his first ever outing with the bat

Tired, exhausted and shorn of their best men, they took on a force far more superior

Pakistan go out but they can go out proud. They lost but they lost to themselves

Students of Khipro are more used to picking cotton than flipping pages

Misbah is his own man and will be leading the side his own way.

Misbah knows fully well that this is not 1992 and that he is no Imran Khan