Younis lends a hand in Pakistan whitewash

Younis scored 90, took four catches, set up two run outs and took one for 24 with his occasional off spin.

The visitors slipped to 39 for three in the 10th over with Kamran Akmal, Misbah-ul-Haq and Faisal Iqbal all dismissed cheaply. Inzamam-ul-Haq and Yousuf Youhana turned the tide with a fourth wicket stand of 51 that was ended in the 23rd over when Inzamam hammered a return catch to Brian Murphy to be dismissed for 27.

For Zimbabwe none of the batsman except Andy Flower (72) flourished. Shahid Afridi, who failed with the bat, took three wickets.

Shoaib gets one match ban for gestures, bottle throwing

HARARE: Shoaib Akhtar has been banned for one match and fined half his match fee after being found guilty of bringing the game into disrepute. Match referee Clive Lloyd summoned Shoaib to a hearing after two separate incidents during the match in which he gestured at the crowd and threw a plastic water bottle into the stands. The bottle did not hit any spectators, but struck a wall. “That is bringing the game into disrepute, and he was on a severe reprimand before for scratching the ball,” Lloyd said on Sunday. “He will lose his match fee, and he has been banned for one one-day international.” Shoaib had been reprimanded earlier by Lloyd for ball tampering after the first Test in Harare last month. Pakistan team manager KM Nasir declined to comment on the suspension.