Raza led Zimbabwe’s revival with his unbeaten knock of 97
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Sri Lanka spinner Rangana Herath ripped through Zimbabwe’s batting line-up with a four-wicket haul and left them struggling at 59/5, but Sikandar Raza grabbed the headlines on the third day in Colombo as he scored an unbeaten 97 to help his side’s lead swell to 262 runs.
Gayle has not played ODI cricket since the 2015 World Cup
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The West Indies have been undergoing a tough transition phase after omitting several of their high-profile players in all three formats of the game.
“It broadens my experiences and broadens my learning and hopefully it will hold me in good stead going forward”
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Former Australia pace bowler Jason Gillespie has been named as Papua New Guinea’s coach on an interim basis.
“Sri Lanka Cricket wishes to apologise to those subjected to this ignominy”
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Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) has confirmed that they will launch a probe after a decision was taken to strip the Hambantota groundstaff of the pants they had been wearing during the fifth ODI between Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe on Monday.
“I was, at the time, in a very vulnerable financial state and this dilemma too easily persuaded me to participate in spot fixing”
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Former South Africa left-arm seamer Lonwabo Tsotsobe has been handed an eight-year ban for his involvement in the 2015 Ram Slam T20 Challenge corruption scandal.
“Mr Shastri has been the Team Director in the past, and brings with him a wealth of experience, both as player and as coach”
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Ravi Shastri has officially been unveiled as India’s new head coach until the conclusion of the 2019 World Cup.
Bairstow left the nets after being struck on the toe
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England wicketkeeper-batsman Jonny Bairstow suffered an injury scare just a day before the first Test against South Africa.
“We haven’t really discarded a player after one Test match or two or three innings”
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South Africa head coach Russell Domingo has confirmed that Theunis de Bruyn will be selected ahead of uncapped batsman Aiden Markram for the first Test against England.
“Dickwella admitted the offence and accepted the sanction proposed by match referee Chris Broad”
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Sri Lanka wicketkeeper-batsman Niroshan Dickwella was fined 30 per cent of his match fee after attempting a stumping that was deemed to be “contrary to the spirit of the game”.
“He deserves to be included and we feel that he will add maturity and experience to our middle-order”
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Gary Ballance has been recalled to England’s squad for the first Test against South Africa, which begins on July 6 at Lord’s.
