21.   Top Zimbabwean batsman Andy Flower is likely to return to the squad after missing the last match due to a hip muscle strain.

22.   Tight bowling backed by an alert field saw Pakistan losing three top batsmen through run-outs.

23.   Last week former captain and top batsman Martin Crowe ruled himself out of the India leg.

24.   New Zealand had gone into the match without top batsmen Rutherford, Stephen Fleming and Bryan Young.

25.   Richie Richardson denied accusations on Thursday that he has ordered his pace attack to deliberately target top English batsman.

26.   Stephen Fleming, the top New Zealand batsman, gathered his first limited overs century.

27.   Taylor, like many top batsmen before him, lamented that players having bad trots appear to be dealt a cruel hand by chance.

28.   The losses to Sri Lanka have brought calls to lift the ban imposed on former captain and top batsman Salim Malik pending an inquiry into bribery charges against him.