Zimbabwe win series

FAISALABAD, DEC 21: Zimbabwe won their first away series after the third and final cricket Test against Pakistan was abandoned as a draw without a ball bowled throughout the five days due to fog.

Iqbal Stadium remained enveloped in thick fog for the fifth day running today when umpires Salim Bader and his New Zealand colleague Doug Cowie called off play at 11.00 hrs IST.

The touring side secured the series on the basis of a seven-wicket victory in the First Test at Peshawar. The weather-hit Second Test at Lahore also ended in a draw.

Hit by allegations of match-fixing and betting against some leading players, the season will go down as one of the most dismal for the home side which earlier lost a series to Australia for the first time in 39 years.