St Lucia Zouks batsman Gidron Pope made the most of a pair of lives early in his innings to hammer USAs bowling attack, finishing with seven sixes in his 62 off 27 balls as a CPL Invitational XI defeated a USA XI by seven wickets with two balls to spare.In a match reduced to 13 overs a side due to 75-minute lightning delay, USA XI won the toss and batted first with their innings anchored by opener Fahad Babar, who peppered the leg side boundary to top-score with 59 off 35 balls, in a knock that included seven fours and two sixes. Babar brought up his 50 off 28 balls in the 10th over and played a chanceless innings to help USA XI to a more-than-respectable 129 for 5.Despite several other batsmen making starts, nobody else was able to get to 20 on a good batting deck. USA XI had been motoring along with Babar in control, taking the score to 65 for 1 after five overs, but mystery spinner Nikhil Dutta, of St Kitts & Nevis Patriots and Canada, took 3 for 16 in three overs including the wicket of Babar to rein USA XI back in.In reply, Pope and Steven Taylor put on 99 for the first wicket, inside eight overs, for CPL XI, though USA XIs sloppy fielding aided them greatly. A top edge from Pope, batting on 5, off Jessy Singh was spilled by Elmore Hutchinson at third man in the second over. Three balls later, with Pope on 9, the batsman was beaten in flight by Usman Rafiqs offspin but wicketkeeper Akeem Dodson botched a regulation stumping.Pope found his groove in the fourth over, clattering Singh for 17 runs including a four and six over the leg side and another maximum over long off. After scoring just 10 off his first eight balls, he made it to 50 in 22 balls in the seventh over when he punished Adil Bhatti for three sixes straight down the ground as part of a 25-run frame.Ambidextrous spinner Prashanth Nair struck in the eighth over to remove Pope, having him caught at long off. He then used clever variations in flight to strike twice more, nabbing Taylor at short third man for 35 and Hamza Tariq for a second-ball stumping to finish with 3 for 24 in three overs. Alex Ross and Kyle Corbin took CPL XI over the line, finishing unbeaten on 16 and 12 respectively.The full 30-man USA national squad will commence with three 50-over trial matches starting on Monday after which the squad will be trimmed down to a final 14 ahead of WCL Division Four in Los Angeles from October 29-November 5. 11 Zimbabwes Test losses against New Zealand - the most for the side against any team. The second Test was Zimbabwes sixth consecutive loss to New Zealand - their longest losing sequence against any team.254 New Zealands margin of victory in this Test - their biggest win in terms of runs. Their previous best was in 2002 against West Indies in Barbados. This is also the second-biggest loss for Zimbabwe in terms of runs.2 Runs in which Zimbabwe lost their last five wickets. They collapsed from a score of 130 for 5 to 132 all out in their second innings. There are only two instances when a team has lost their last five wickets for fewer runs. Both Zimbabwe and New Zealand were involved in these instances. Zimbabwe took Bangladeshs last five wickets without conceding a run in 2013 and New Zealand had lost five wickets for one run against Pakistan in the second innings of a Test in Auckland in 2001.99.97 The difference in averages (runs scored per wicket lost) between the two teams in this Test - the highest for New Zealand in a win. While New Zealand scored 748 runs in this Test losing only six wickets, they took 20 Zimbabwe wickets for 494 runs. Their previous best had come against Pakistan in Hamilton in 2001, when they made 407 runs in their first innings losing only four wickets and took 20 Pakistan wickets conceding 222 runs.13 Wickets by New Zealand spinners in this Test - equalling the sides second highest tally in a Test outside Asia. New Zealands spinners took as many as 17 Australia wickets in the Auckland Test in 2000, the highest for the side. They took 13 wickets in the Jamaica Test in 2014. Overall, theree are only seven other instances when New Zealands spinners have taken 13 or more wickets in any Test.dddddddddddd11 Number of wickets taken by Neil Wagner in this series - equalling the most he has taken in two Tests in any series. He had taken 11 wickets against India in a two-Test series in 2013-14. Wagner was named Man of the Series for his 11 wickets against Zimbabwe at an average of 17.00 - his first such award in Tests. He is yet to win a Man-of-the-Match award.4 Man-of-the-Match awards won by Kane Williamson in Tests. This was his first as New Zealands captain. Click here for a list of New Zealand players who have won Man-of-the-Match awards in Tests.3 Number of batsmen before Kane Williamson who had hit fifty-plus scores in each of their first three innings as captain. Williamson followed up his 91 in the first Test of this series with 113 and 68 not out in this match. Rohan Kanhai, Kepler Wessels and Virat Kohli are the players to achieve this feat.638 runs scored by Ross Taylor in just four Tests against Zimbabwe. This is the most any New Zealand batsman has made in four Tests against any opposition. Williamson is second in this list with 559 runs against Sri Lanka in his first four matches against them. Taylors 638 runs also equals the most any batsman has made in his first four Tests against Zimbabwe. Rahul Dravid had accumulated 638 runs in his first four matches against them at an average of 159.50, exactly half of what Taylor presently averages against Zimbabwe - 319.00. ' ' '