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Cricket South Africa (CSA) on Sunday confirmed that pacer Duanne Olivier has been ruled out of the upcoming three-match Test series against England, beginning August 17. He has been ruled out due to a grade 2 right hip flexor muscle tear. Olivier had sustained the injury during the four-day tour match against England Lions at The Spitfire Ground St Lawrence in Canterbury.
The Proteas have been dealt a blow by losing seamer Duanne Olivier to injury ahead of he first Test against England on Wednesday.
Pakistan and Netherlands will be squaring off in a three-match ODI series, starting from August 16, and the next two games will be played on 18 and 21 at the Hazelaarweg Stadium in Rotterdam. Ahead of the series, the Babar Azam-led side was seen sweating it out at the gym at the team hotel. In a video posted on the Instagram of the Pakistan Cricket Board, players like Babar Azam, Shaheen Afridi, Imam Ul-Haq, among others, were seen doing workout.
Given the state-of-the-art facilities they are used to back at home, the UAE’s leading cricketers might be forgiven for feeling trips away can be something of a comedown.
Sachin Tendulkar is regarded as one of the best batters to ever play the sport of cricket. Almost, all batting records in Test and ODI cricket belong to him and till date, he remains as the highest run-scorer in international cricket. The batter went on to register 100 tons in international cricket, but the first of his centuries came 32 years ago in 1990 against England at Old Trafford. At that time, Sachin was just 17 years and 112 days old.
The Indian Premier League (IPL) is one tournament where overseas players get to mingle with the Indian players, and the competition has been a big reason why players all around the world get along pretty well. 2011 IPL was the time when former New Zealand player Ross Taylor got to share the dressing room with the likes of Rahul Dravid and Shane Warne. That particular edition of the tournament made Taylor understand of how much fandom the Indian cricketers enjoy and how difficult it is for them to venture out in the public.
New Zealand pace bowler Matt Henry has returned home with a rib injury, ruling him out of the three-match one-day international series against the West Indies.
The UAE managed to cling on to third place in the Cricket World Cup League 2 in absentia on Saturday.