Zimbabwe's veteran batter Sean Williams has made himself unavailable for national selection, having recently withdrawn from the ICC Men's T20 World Cup Africa Qualifier 2025 in Harare due to potential anti-doping testing on Tuesday.
Zimbabwe's cricket team has made a change to their squad for the Men's T20 World Cup Africa Region Final, releasing 39-year-old batsman Sean Williams due to personal reasons.
Sean Williams has been named in the T20I squad after last featuring in the T20I format in May 2024 against Bangladesh, as per the official website of the ICC.
Zimbabwe's batting woes in the recently concluded series against New Zealand reached an unwanted milestone. It was only the sixth instance in Test history where a team went through a series of at least two matches without a single fifty-plus score. Sean Williams' 49 in the first Test stood
Former Zimbabwe skipper Brendan Taylor is all set to return to international cricket in the second Test against New Zealand, after serving a three-and-a-half-year suspension for breaching the ICC's anti-corruption code, as per ESPNcricinfo.
South Africa won their maiden World Test Championship (WTC) title victory over Australia by five wickets at Lord's last month. With this victory, South Africa has won its first-ever world title in international cricket. This is also the country's second ICC trophy.
With this win, South Africa is 1-0 up in the two-match series. However, this match and series are not part of the ICC World Test Championship (WTC) 2025-27.
Sean Williams etched his name in the history book after hammering his sixth Test hundred on the second day of the opening Test against South Africa on Sunday at Queens Sports Club.
England started their international summer with a dominant performance, defeating Zimbabwe in just five sessions of play in their four-day Test at Trent Bridge.
Star India spinner Ravindra Jadeja remained at the top, whereas Bangladesh cricketer Mehidy Hasan Miraz rose in the latest ICC Men's Test Player Rankings for all-rounders, as per the ICC official website.