Pakistan 130 for 2 (Shafique 41, Khushdil 36*, Masakadza 1-19) beat Zimbabwe 129 for 9 (Chibhabha 31, Qadir 4-13, Wasim 2-27) by eight wickets

In a game so similar to the second T20I it could almost be a carbon copy, Pakistan eased to a seven-wicket win over Zimbabwe to complete a clean sweep over the visitors. It was another game lit up by a delightful spell from Usman Qadir whose 4 for 13 ripped Zimbabwe to shreds as they stuttered to 129, their lowest total of the series. Pakistan made short work of the chase again, getting to the target with a dismissive Khushdil Shah six with nearly five overs to go. Zimbabwe failed to apply any pressure on a youthful top order; Babar Azam decided to push debutant Abdullah Shafique up the order, who didn't disappoint, his 33-ball 41 the top score.

Zimbabwe won the toss, and for the fifth straight time on tour, the visitors batted first. But if the opening stand has been an Achilles heel for Chamu Chibhabha's side, the entire bating order failed to turn up on Tuesday. Brendan Taylor's dry run in this format continued when he holed out to square leg off Imad Wasim while Haris Rauf snared Craig Ervine with a lovely outswinger two overs later.

But it was the Qadir show once again. He demonstrated the exciting potential he carries with a mesmeric spell of legspin bowling. He coaxed a top edge from Chibhabha, who top-scored for Zimbabwe with 31, with his second delivery, allowing just one run off the bat in that first over. If the previous T20I game was a showcase of how well Qadir bowled the googly, he demonstrated today he wasn't a bad exponent of the traditional legbreak either. Giving the ball air and beating the Zimbabweans in the flight consistently, he kept the run-scoring on a leash, and as the pressure began to build, he forced low-percentage slogs from them.

Milton Shumba was beaten all ends up by a googly that simply required the wicketkeeper to whip off the bails, while Wesley Madhevere was undone by the classical legbreak as he tried to see him off with a defensive shot. As was the case on Monday, Qadir would remove Elton Chigumbura, playing his last international game, off the final ball of his spell, whose inside edge was sharply pounced upon by Rizwan.

All told, it was a sorry display with the bat from Zimbabwe. After a smart start that saw them rack up 21 runs in the first two, they began to fade, and once the wickets started to fall, the run rate began to fall as well. The middle order, traditionally Zimbabwe's strength, capitulated in the face of a sparkling bowling performance, nos. 3 to 7 managing a mere 27 runs between them. It was left to a wagging tail to get Zimbabwe past 120, with Donald Tiripano's spirited 28 combining with Wellington Masakadza for a 33-run eighth-wicket partnership, the highest of the innings.

Babar Azam might have fancied his chances of scoring a fifth straight half-century this white-ball series, but instead selflessly decided to promote Shafique up the order to open with Fakhar Zaman. While Zaman didn't quite get the runs he so desperately needs in international cricket - he was dropped once and managed just 21 off 24 balls - Shafique showed more promise. Alongside Haider Ali's whose swashbuckling style is already becoming something of a trademark, he broke the back of the target with a sharp 40-run partnership. Zimbabwe failed to create any real chances that might have allowed them to have a crack at the lower-middle order, and even when Shumba got Ali to nick off, Shah was sent in ahead of the Pakistan captain.

Pakistan fans were offered a glimpse into the type of power-hitting he might have to offer lower down the order, as he made a blistering cameo that drew the curtains on Zimbabwe's tour in frighteningly quick time. Three fours and as many towering sixes in a 15-ball knock saw him rattle along to 36, and when he smashed Faraz Akram over cow corner, he sealed a 3-0 sweep.

Pakistan may have faded somewhat in this format over the past year or so, but with a new generation of talent, they may now feel they stand in good stead ahead of next year's T20 World Cup. Zimbabwe, meanwhile, will be left to rue a series that takes the shine somewhat off a stellar ODI series.

The development of women's cricket took a significant step forward late last week with an announcement from the Afghanistan Cricket Board who pledged to award 25 central contracts to players from a select talent pool that was invited to a national team trial camp at Kabul International Stadium in October. However, board officials have told ESPNcricinfo that cultural sensitivities may make it far more challenging for the women to be able to rise up the ICC global rankings in the same manner as the men's team achieved through the last decade.

"We need to go steadily and gradually," said one ACB official to ESPNcricinfo, requesting anonymity due to what he described as "complex" reactions within Afghanistan to the plans for women's cricket. "We need to be very careful given what is happening in this country because of security. In countries like Afghanistan, it is quite challenging. The first thing is we should not challenge are the cultural and traditional norms and principles. We should go ahead understanding the context. We should not copy and paste what is happening in other countries. It's absolutely not comparable."

"So we need to be very careful about moving forward, but the intention is there and the vision is there. You never know. If things improve in this country, if there is stability in this country, we could have some surprises in terms of women's cricket. But it depends on what is happening in this country in terms of political and social situation. We are in dire need of resources and facilities that people do not question in terms of religion and cultural issues."

Besides those based in and around Kabul, the next biggest group of players who attended the women's national team camp came from the Herat Province, situated on the western part of the country bordering Iran. It's an indication of how much cricket has spread across the whole of the country. According to multiple sources, the contracts for the women's players will be 12 months in length and will be reviewed on a rolling six-month basis, but exact remuneration was not disclosed.

At a very basic logistical level, one of the biggest hurdles women's cricket development faces in Afghanistan is the demand for women's only facilities. According to an official, the women's national team camp was organized in a time frame so as not to clash with any activities that men's national team players that were scheduled to take place at Kabul International Stadium. No men were allowed to be present during the duration of the women's team camp, an accommodation that can be difficult to organise outside of Kabul.

"We have some very good plans for women but the problem is the facilities to accommodate them," said an ACB official. "Unlike the western countries, here you need to respect the religion and the culture and that requires isolated facilities for the women. That is lacking in Afghanistan. We don't even have enough facilities for the men in Afghanistan at basic standards, leaving aside international standards. This would be the biggest challenge.

"If we have isolated facilities specific to women, I'm sure it will somehow reduce the public reaction because they know there are no specific facilities for women. The morale situation for fighting and war in this country is affecting all cricket including women's cricket."

At the time of Afghanistan's elevation to Test status, they were the only one of the 11 countries to not have a functioning women's national team. To date, Afghanistan has not entered a women's team to compete in any ICC or Asian Cricket Council regional tournament. However, the pledge to award central contracts is a move that local officials hope will demonstrate to the rest of the world that they intend to make women's cricket a meaningful part of their overall plans going forward.

"It is not very easy to engage women in education, sports, health or any other sector," said an ACB official. "What we have seen from the men's point of view, we have seen some very good progress that the men have done extremely well in terms of the cricket development of Afghanistan. We thought we can also encourage women. We are being careful but the plans will proceed and we will see how the women progress."

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Azhar Ali has been removed as Pakistan Test captain, with limited-overs skipper Babar Azam replacing him in the role. That makes Azam, 26, the Pakistan captain across all three formats, bringing to an end Azhar's brief second stint.

In just over a year as the man at the helm in Test cricket, Azhar led Pakistan in eight Test matches, which included two wins - against Sri Lanka and Bangladesh, and three defeats, which led to series losses against Australia and England.

As ESPNcricinfo reported last month, there had been serious discussions at the PCB about the possibility of a younger replacement to Azhar as Test captain. Azhar's annual appraisal was carried out in September, with him meeting PCB CEO Wasim Khan, believed to carry significant influence with the PCB chairman Ehsan Mani - whom the ultimate decision rests with. At the time, Azam was an obvious leading contender for the role, given he remains one of the few players in Pakistan guaranteed a starting spot in all three formats. Unlike Azhar or his predecessor Sarfaraz Ahmed, there are no questions over his form with the bat, a cause of instability for both men over their tenures.

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FRISCO, Texas -- The promising season of Dallas Cowboys rookie cornerback Trevon Diggs could be over and is definitely on hold.

Multiple sources confirmed Diggs broke a bone in his foot late in Sunday's loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers and will miss 4-6 weeks. He will not need surgery, but he will be in a walking boot.

NFL Network first reported Diggs' status.

Diggs, a second-round pick, has started every game this season and leads the Cowboys in interceptions with two. His two takeaways came against Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Carson Wentz in Week 8. Diggs became the first Cowboys rookie with two interceptions in the same game since Sean Lee in 2010 and the first Cowboys rookie cornerback with multiple picks in the same game since Terence Newman in 2003.

Diggs gave up a number of plays but the Cowboys have liked his competitiveness, which was on display in Week 3 when he tracked down DK Metcalf and forced a fumble at the goal line, negating what would have been a touchdown.

He is added to a long list of starters the Cowboys have lost to injury this season: quarterback Dak Prescott (ankle), left tackle Tyron Smith (neck), right tackle La'el Collins (hip), tight end Blake Jarwin (knee) and defensive tackle Trysten Hill (knee).

With Diggs out, the Cowboys could turn to Chidobe Awuzie as his replacement, although Awuzie has not played since Week 2 because of a hamstring injury. He has practiced for much of the past two weeks, but the coaches have not felt confident enough in him to get him back on the field. Saivion Smith, who was called up from the practice squad before the Steelers game, took over for Diggs in the fourth quarter.

The Cowboys have their bye week this week but are not practicing as they follow the NFL's intensive protocols for the coronavirus after a Steelers player tested positive on Monday.

The Pittsburgh Steelers have placed quarterback Ben Roethlisberger and three others on the Reserve/COVID-19 list after being deemed "high-risk" close contacts with TE Vance McDonald, who returned a positive test for the virus on Monday.

As "high risk" contacts, Roethlisberger, OL Jerald Hawkins, RB Jaylen Samuels, and LB Vince Williams must isolate for five days after their last contact with McDonald, and they cannot return to the UPMC Rooney practice facility for at least those five days. They may participate in team meetings virtually.

All four will be tested throughout the week before possibly being eligible to play Sunday against the Cincinnati Bengals.

NFL's Dr. Allen Sills previously said the deciding factor for "high-risk" designation is often determined by whether the person had close contact while not wearing a mask.

McDonald was placed on the COVID-19 list Monday night after his positive test and must isolate for at least 10 days.

Despite missing Friday's practice with an "illness" designation, McDonald traveled with the team on a plane to Dallas on Saturday.

The team remains in the intensive COVID-19 protocol dating to last week after Baltimore Ravens DB Marlon Humphrey tested positive following the Steelers-Ravens game.

The Steelers can look to the Ravens' timeline with Humphrey's positive test last Monday for an idea of how this week could go.

Humphrey was placed on the Reserve/COVID-19 list on Monday to begin his 10-day quarantine. The next day, the Ravens placed seven players identified as "high risk" contacts of Humphrey on the Reserve/COVID-19 list. Matthew Judon was removed from the list Thursday, while the other six were activated Saturday. Six of the players played in Sunday's win against the Indianapolis Colts. Now, only Humphrey remains on the Reserve-COVID-19 list.

Throughout the season, Roethlisberger has been a vocal advocate of taking precautions to minimize the spread of COVID-19.

"We need to be cautious, be careful and protect each other," Roethlisberger said in October. "Fans are allowed in the stadium, which means we're allowed to have guests in town and things like that. In the Roethlisberger family, we're not changing anything. No guests are coming in town. But there are a few challenges that have been presented and so hopefully guys can continue to be as cautious and as careful as we have been to this point."

Tom Bosworth can now target all three major championships in a busy 2022 summer season

In other circumstances, Tom Bosworth would be hugely disappointed at a major championships not featuring a 20km race walk. But, given the disruption the coronavirus has caused to the sporting calendar, the omission of the event at the Commonwealth Games could actually be a blessing in disguise, as the 2018 silver medallist says he can now more feasibly target a 2022 treble.

With the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games postponed by a year, the World Athletics Championships in Oregon has also been delayed and will now take place on July 15-24, 2022, just before the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham from July 28 to August 8, while athletics at the European Championships in Munich is scheduled for August 15-21.

As a result, organisers last month announced that the Commonwealth Games programme would not include a 20km road event but would instead feature a 10,000m track contest.

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“Birmingham 2022 have done brilliantly with equality in medal events – there are more medals around for women than there are for men – and the para sport side of things as well, so they are all about inclusion and I was heavily involved in making sure that there was a race walk of some kind,” Bosworth explains.

“Then, when the season started to look how it was and trying to fit everything in, I said ‘okay it’s not the end of the world if they have to choose to go with a 10,000m rather than a 20km’ because it actually probably opens the door to keeping that race at the same level of quality as it was in Gold Coast four years prior. I think it almost works perfectly.

“It means it is so much easier to bounce off the World Championships and go and race again over the 10,000m and then potentially bounce off that to the European Championships. The most important thing was for there to be a full track and field schedule on and Birmingham 2022 have made sure they have done that because they are all about inclusion and equality in their championships, we have seen that across the board.

“Would the Commonwealth Games, if it had been a 20km, have been a main aim straight after a World Championships? No, probably not,” he adds. “And that’s not any disrespect to the Commonwealth Games, it’s ‘can I recover in that period?’ and we are looking at about a 10-day gap.

“Really, if you look at it, in the space of 13 months we have all four major championships. Goodness, I hope my 31/32-year-old knees hold up for that period of time!”

Bosworth admits that, like in Glasgow in 2014, he had feared there might not be a race walk on the Commonwealth Games programme at all.

“I was adamant I wouldn’t let that happen because it’s complete discrimination, in my opinion,” he says.

“For me and for many, it’s disappointing that the Commonwealth Federation have race walking as a non-compulsory event which is why there was this choice to put it as a 10,000m or not even have it all. That shouldn’t be the case – it’s a compulsory event within track and field so if you’re going to host athletics you’re going to host a race walk, full stop.

“But also, at the same time, Commonwealth Games and all these multi-sport championships need a way to continue to grow and financially be stable going forwards and so race walkers will probably look at this and actually now go ‘great, a 10km on the track’ – it’s something completely different. It also means we can come home off a World Championships and we don’t have to go ‘wow, we have to now do another 20km’ – 40km of racing in such a short period of time.

“The Commonwealth Games to me is a major championships that I absolutely adore competing in and so it’s really disappointing that it’s a governing body ultimately that decides whether I go to a championships or not rather than my level of ability.”

The 20km race walk was back on the programme for the 2018 Games on the Gold Coast, with Dane Bird-Smith claiming victory on home soil as he won in 79:34, just four seconds ahead of Bosworth with a British record.

He is keen to build on that in Birmingham, where the home advantage will be his.

“I got silver there in a British record time and Dane beat me just by a few seconds,” Bosworth says. “He had that home support in that last 500m that pushed him round, perhaps. I was so happy for him, he is such a good friend of mine and I was so proud to be just a few seconds off him. He’s an Olympic bronze medallist.

“For a home event, I’m going to want that to be the other way around, but I will be 32 as well, so no pressure! There will definitely be a few of the younger lads who will be wanting to get on that podium as well. And it’s going to be completely different because it’s going to be a 10,000m so it might not quite be made for a 32-year-old, I don’t know! But I’m going to go and give it my best and make sure that I hopefully get another medal, at least.”

As their most recent squad announcement for this month's matches against Wales and Panama showed, the United States men's national team has some exciting individual talents coming through. With an average age of 21 years, 10 months, the likes of Christian Pulisic and Giovanni Reyna will take the headlines, but a team is not made of glamour alone and the good news is that a midfielder from Brazil is also emerging who can set the stage for the more attacking players to succeed.

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Joao Lucas de Souza Cardoso was born in Denville, New Jersey, where his Brazilian parents ran a porcelain business. When their son was only 3 months old, they went back home to Criciuma in the south of Brazil, though Joao Lucas was never allowed to forget his North American roots. When he showed promise at football, he was nicknamed "Johnny."

Now 19-year-old Johnny Cardoso has become the first player in 24 years to earn a call-up to the U.S. while playing for a club outside North America or Europe. (Cobi Jones last did it, during the 1996 CONCACAF Gold Cup while playing for Vasco da Gama.) A year ago, Cardoso was named to the roster for the United States U23 team for the first time for a camp in Miami and now he's in the big leagues.

Much of the credit for this recognition has to go to Eduardo Coudet, his club coach at Internacional, in the southern Brazilian city of Porto Alegre. An Argentine, Coudet is in his first year in charge of the club and when he took over he was eager to have a look at the products of Inter's much-praised youth ranks. The youngster who caught his eye was Cardoso -- not one of the players the local media had considered among the most likely future stars, but now the attraction is clear.

Coudet was a midfielder with a top-level career that was solid rather than stunning. He had a few games with Celta Vigo in Spain, but his best football was played in Argentina with Rosario Central and River Plate, before he ended his playing days in Mexico and then with Philadelphia Union and the Fort Lauderdale Strikers. He was not exceptionally quick or skillful, he had no outstanding talents, but he understood the game and could make a midfield tick by doing the simple things at the right time. Clearly, Coudet saw some of those qualities in Cardoso.

Cardoso has been with Inter since 2014. He began as an attacking midfielder and then played with some success as a striker, but on his way through the youth ranks he was transformed into a deep-lying midfielder precisely because of his ability to understand what to do and when to do it. Coudet, then, saw a player who was not blessed with excess pace but was quick on the turn, quick to make the pass, quick to move into position to receive. Cardoso is strong enough to take care of himself in a crowded midfield and he can keep the ball moving, which keeps his team ticking over.

September was his best month so far and he started a number of big games for Inter. Coudet uses his defensive midfielder almost as a third center back, and though Carsoso has had some experience in this role, most of his appearances have come higher up the field, where Coudet values the calm maturity of his play. Cardoso has taken just a few months to go from being just one more of the club's youth products to a star of the future.

After an injury spell, he is being eased back into contention, and started Wednesday night's 2-1 win against Atletico Goianiense in the Copa do Brasil. There is plenty of competition for places in the Inter midfield, and he is unlikely to start many games when the team is at full strength, but the club is fighting on three fronts: Inter is top of the league and still alive in both the Copa Libertadores and the domestic cup. The matches are coming thick and fast, and there will be chances for fringe players.

The hope is, for club and country, that Cardoso can grow into something much more than a fringe player.

Tasmania 239 and 2 for 26 (Copeland 2-7) need 322 more runs to beat New South Wales 64 and 6 for 522 dec (Larkin 161, Henriques 113, Abbott 102*, Starc 86*)

Centuries from Moises Henriques and Sean Abbott and two late strikes from Trent Copeland put New South Wales in position to pull off one of the most remarkable turnarounds in Sheffield Shield history.

Having been bowled out for 64 on the opening day, the Blues third-lowest total in Shield history, and having trailed on the first innings by 175, a phenomenal batting display from Nick Larkin, Henriques, Abbott, and Mitchell Starc gave them a chance to declare their third innings and set Tasmania 347 to win, with 13 overs left in the third day.

The declaration proved a master-stroke with Copeland removing both Tasmania openers to leave Matthew Wade and nightwatchman Peter Siddle to survive until stumps.

Earlier in the day, Henriques cruised to his 12th first-class century and his partnership with Larkin, which had rescued the Blues from a perilous position on the second day, reached 250. Henriques was out shortly after, nicking Siddle to second slip.

Larkin passed 150 for the second time in his Sheffield Shield career but his dismissal for 161 was a career-first. He was squared up by a peach of a delivery from Gabe Bell and held the pose of his squared up defensive stroke, but both feet were outside the popping crease. Tim Paine under-armed a throw at the stumps quickly and hit with Larkin stood still as a statue, dumbfounded and stumped.

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That was the last wicket Tasmania took as Abbott and Starc piled on the pain with a soul-destroying unbeaten 189-run partnership for the seventh wicket. The pair plundered 13 fours and seven sixes between them, feasting mainly on the part-time offerings of Beau Webster and Jake Doran. Drinks had to be called at one stage because one of Starc's blows over midwicket could not be found.

Abbott brought up his maiden first-class century with a delightful clip off his toes wide of mid-on and the Blues immediately declared leaving Starc 14 runs shy of his maiden hundred and less than impressed with his captain Peter Nevill. But it was the right move as Charlie Wakim edged Copeland in the third over with Abbott plucking a sensational catch low to his right at third slip.

Jordan Silk, after holding NSW at bay with a fine century in the first innings, was Copeland's second victim to leave Tasmania with a huge mountain to climb on the final day.

Victoria 4 for 414 dec and 0 for 61 trail Western Australia 479 (Marsh 135, Inglis 125, Holland 4-115) by four runs

Will Pucovski resumed his batting domination of the Sheffield Shield but did so without much hope of putting Victoria in a position to win after Western Australia dragged their first innings late into day three at Karen Rolton Oval through a superb century from the wicketkeeper Josh Inglis.

In the company of Marcus Harris, Pucovski strode to an unbeaten 32 to follow his first innings of 202, as the Victorian openers took their side to 0 for 61 and four runs behind WA overall.

Scored impressively while shepherding the tail from No. 8, this was the Leeds-born Inglis' second first-class century in four games, after he had gone five years without making one while demonstrated tidy glovework for WA in that time.

He had arrived at the crease at a moment when Victoria seemed capable of taking control of the contest, with WA 6 for 272 at the fall of Shaun Marsh's wicket for 135 and still 142 runs in deficit while facing the prospect of batting last against the sharp turn being generated by Jon Holland.

Marsh had received sturdy support from the nightwatchman Matt Kelly, who rather overstayed his welcome in the minds of the Victorians on his way to 31, but he had only added another 17 with D'Arcy Short when the WA captain was pinned lbw by Will Sutherland, skidding a ball through low from around the wicket.

Sutherland would take the next wicket also, but not until Inglis and Short had added 92 as the wicketkeeper took the lead role with a tempo seldom far from a run a ball. The pace quickened further when Cameron Gannon joined Inglis, the ninth-wicket pair adding 85 in a mere 10 overs and vaulting WA into the lead.

When Holland took a mark at deep fine leg to dismiss Gannon off Boland with the field extremely well spread, the game had gone from a very possible Victorian victory to a likely stalemate with one day remaining. Holland's 4 for 115 contained plenty of handsome deliveries, while Sutherland and Boland also pushed through some effective spells for their captain Pete Handscomb. Simon Mackin was relatively economical, but Mitch Perry's one wicket came at a cost of 4.5 runs an over.

All that appears to be left is another chance for Pucovski to add to his Shield tally, which currently stands at 489 runs for once out.