SANS FAF, SA SEEK TEST SWEEP AGAINST PAKISTAN
JOHANNESBURG: Despite being without suspended captain Faf du Plessis, South Africa will be pushing for a clean sweep when they play Pakistan in the third and final Test starting at the Wanderers Stadium on Friday. Opening batsman Dean Elgar was announced as stand-in captain on Wednesday after Du Plessis was suspended for one match after South Africa fell short of the required over rate during their nine-wicket win in the second
Test at Newlands. Du Plessis is likely to be replaced in the batting order by Zubayr Hamza, 23, who will become South Africa’s 100th Test player since the country returned to international cricket in 1991.
Proteas pick uncapped Van der Dussen for Pak ODIS
CAPE TOWN: South Africa have named uncapped batsman Rassie van der Dussen in their 14-man squad for the first two contests of the five-match one-day international series against Pakistan. Squad: Faf du Plessis (captain), Hashim Amla, Quinton de Kock, Reeza Hendricks, Imran Tahir, Heinrich Klaasen, David Miller, Dane Paterson, Andile Phehlukwayo, Dwaine Pretorius, Kagiso Rabada, Tabraiz Shamsi, Dale Steyn, Rassie van der Dussen.
Smith leaves Bangladesh T20 meet with elbow injury
DHAKA: Former Australia captain Steve Smith dropped out of the Bangladesh Premier League Twenty20 tournament due to an elbow injury after playing just two matches, his franchise Comilla Victorians said Thursday. “Smith has suffered an elbow injury. We are not sure how he picked it up, but the last two days he could not bat in training due to the problem,” Victorians’ head coach Mohammad Salahuddin told AFP. “He had an MRI test here but the result was not very clear. He sent the report to Australian physicians who advised him to return home immediately,” he said. Smith, who was leading Comilla in the tournament, scored just 13 runs in his two matches, including a duck in the last match. Salahuddin said he expected Smith to return once he had recovered.