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Hussey challenges Dhoni's number-one batting spot while Shahid Afridi can achieve career-best ranking

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Seventh-placed Sri Lanka needs to win series to improve its ranking

Dhoni has to perform with the bat to defend his number-one position while Yuvraj can return to the top three and Sehwag can regain a top 10 spot

By Chris Barclay of NZPA

Napier, Dec 13 NZPA - Chest pains, hayfever, fluctuating blood pressure and a whack on the finger.

The third cricket test against New Zealand has hardly been a pain-free experience for Pakistan's most prolific spin bowler.

By Chris Barclay of NZPA

Napier, Dec 10 NZPA - Daniel Vettori has resorted to throwing underarm and needs back-up when chasing in the field as a chronic shoulder injury plagues his performance in the test cricket series with Pakistan.

By Chris Barclay of NZPA

Napier, Dec 10 NZPA - It's an affliction Tim McIntosh and Daniel Flynn would happily accept in the test cricket series against Pakistan, but New Zealand's leading batsman Ross Taylor admits to be irritated by a new tendency to get out when a century beckons.

By Chris Barclay of NZPA Napier, Dec 10 NZPA - New Zealand may revise their recent policy of playing two spinners in the Napier cricket test after indications the pitch for the series finale with Pakistan will favour the quick men.

By Chris Barclay of NZPA

Wellington, Dec 7 NZPA - In an ideal world, Daniel Vettori would have visualised New Zealand returning to the Basin Reserve today to complete a record-setting fourth innings run chase and a test cricket series triumph.

Wellington, Dec 3 NZPA - New Zealand captain Daniel Vettori has won the toss and asked Pakistan to bat first in the weather-affected second cricket test at the Basin Reserve here today.

Wellington, Dec 2 NZPA - The Australian tasked with ensuring the Basin Reserve's 50th cricket test is not a damp squib is confident it has not be compromised by Wellington's miserable weather.