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South Africa captain Temba Bavuma has been cleared to face Sri Lanka in two home tests starting in Durban on Nov. 27 after missing out on the series sweep in Bangladesh last month with an elbow injury.
COLOMBO : Sri Lanka recalled seamer Kasun Rajitha and left-arm spinner Lasith Embuldeniya on Tuesday for the two-test series in South Africa starting later this month.
SYDNEY : Wallabies coach Joe Schmidt has called up Hamish Stewart, Darby Lancaster, Tom Hooper and Harry Hoopert from the Australia XV squad for the last two matches of the end-of-season tour against Scotland and Ireland.
Nigeria striker Ademola Lookman and South Africa goalkeeper Ronwen Williams were among five stars shortlisted on Monday for the African Player of the Year award. A Confederation of African Football (CAF) statement listed Morocco defender Achraf Hakimi, Ivory Coast winger Simon Adingra and Guinea striker Serhou Guirassy as the other contenders. Lookman scored a hat-trick for Atalanta in a 3-0 UEFA Europa League final victory over Bayer Leverkusen last season and is favoured to win the award. Surprisingly, Liverpool's Mohamed Salah has been left out of the nominees, despite enjoying a stellar year again with his club.
Top-order batter Shafali Verma was on Tuesday dropped from India's 16-member women's team for the three-match ODI series in Australia in December after a string of poor performances in the past year. The BCCI selectors seem to have once again lost patience with the 20-year-old right-handed batter, whose recent ODI form has been disappointing. Shafali has scored just 108 runs in six matches this year with 33 being the highest. She was dropped in December last year from the team midway during the home ODI series against Australia on the basis of her poor run, before making a comeback against South Africa in June this year in Bengaluru.
MELBOURNE : For all the doubts that surround India heading into the five-match series in Australia, the hosts will be the last to doubt the qualities of Rohit Sharma's team.
SYDNEY : Australia's mouthwatering clash with India sees the two behemoths of the modern game go head-to-head in five tests over six weeks with the tourists eyeing a third straight series triumph Down Under.
Nine-time champions, Super Falcons, will know their opponents in the 2025 African Women’s Cup of Nations when the draws hold in Morocco next week.The Confederation of African Football (CAF), yesterday, confirmed that the draws for the championship will hold on Friday, November 22 at Mohammed VI Technical Centre in Sale, Morocco.