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BENGALURU : Andy Flower was appointed head coach of the Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) on Friday replacing Sanjay Bangar, with the Indian Premier League (IPL) side also releasing their director of cricket operations Mike Hesson.
Royal Challengers Bangalore on Friday appointed vastly experienced Andy Flower as their head coach, officially ending the term of Mike Hesson and Sanjay Bangar. The contracts of both Hesson, director of cricket operations, and Bangar, the head coach, were up for renewal in September but the franchise decided to move on from the duo. Rajesh Menon, vice-president and head of RCB, met Flower in London for discussions before drafting him in.
Gillingham have confirmed striker Macauley Bonne is in training with them.
The Indian cricket team continued its dominance against the West Indies to further increase their lead as the team with the most consecutive bilateral ODI series wins against the Caribbeans. India's mammoth 200-run victory marked their 13th consecutive ODI series win against the Windies. The last time India suffered an ODI series defeat at the hands of the Caribbean team which stretches back to 17 years. India lost the ODI series by 4-1 in 2006 against the West Indies team which was led by the legendary cricketer Brian Lara.
Namibia were crowned champions of the Africa Qualifier and have booked their berth for the ICC U19 Men's Cricket World Cup in Sri Lanka next year, informed ICC on Sunday. Namibia became the third team to punch their tickets for the U19 World Cup 2024 through the Qualifier route. Last month, New Zealand went through from the East Asia-Pacific Qualifier while Nepal advanced from Asia in February 2023. The three teams join 11 others — Afghanistan, Australia, Bangladesh, England, India, Ireland, Pakistan, South Africa, Sri Lanka, West Indies and Zimbabwe — who automatically qualified as the best-placed Full Member nations from the previous edition in 2022.
Aviation outfit, ValueJet, has agreed in principle to support Nigeria Rugby Football Federation (NRFF) in all their activities ahead of the 2024 Olympics qualifiers in September.
Wisdom Moyela Libamba secured the sole goal as Zambia clinched a record-breaking seventh Cosafa Cup title with a 1-0 triumph over Lesotho in an exhilarating final held at a packed King Zwelithini Stadium in Durban on Sunday.