India captain Harmanpreet Kaur named in WBBL’s team of the tournament

Tim Paine's brother-in-law allegedly sent lewd texts to same woman as former captain

Australia wicket-keeper batsman Tim Paine had resigned from Test captaincy earlier after it emerged that he was being investigated for a sexting scandal. The right-hander made the announcement of him stepping down from the post in a press conference. It was revealed that the incident involved a former Cricket Tasmania employee in 2017. The reports further claimed that a Cricket Tasmania female employee was offended by “Mr Paine’s sexually explicit, unwelcome and unsolicited photograph of his genitals in addition to the graphic sexual comments.” Now, it has been reported that Paine’s brother-in-law, Shannon Tubb who works at a private school sent lewd messages to the same woman as per Herald Sun. Yubb is the coach of the first XI cricket team at Adelaide's prestious Prince Alfred College. The headmaster of the school has expressed his disappointment on the incident. 'We're very disappointed, I've got to know Shannon well over the last couple of years. It was quite confronting,' headmaster Bradley Fenner said. 'In the light of this news, we are reviewing Shannon's position with us and will advise the school community about this in due course,' headmaster Frenner added. 'We will consider what we do and we will look through this thoroughly and look at what has occurred.' Paine’s resignation came a few days before the start of the Ashes series. The fixtures are scheduled to begin on December 8 in Brisbane.

Three Sri Lanka players test positive for Covid-19 at Women's World Cup Qualifier

The ICC Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier 2021 in Zimbabwe suffered a blow after three Sri Lankan players were tested positive for Covid-19. The players have been put under isolation and have been provided with the medical care. Apart from the three cricketers, other Sri Lankan players have tested negative but have been isolated as a precautionary measure. The ICC Head of Events Chris Tetley has said that the tournament will continue as per the schedule. "We have playing squads of 15 at the event, which allows for injuries and illness, including COVID-19 to be managed, and in addition teams have had the option of bringing travelling reserves with them,” he said. "As you would expect, the remainder of the squad are being closely monitored and they will all be re-tested ahead of taking to the field on Tuesday,” he added. "The event bio-security plan provides us with protocols to manage positive tests effectively with the intention of enabling the event to proceed whilst keeping all other players and participants safe," said Tetley. Sri Lanka are slated to play Netherlands on Tuesday in Harare and will then take on West Indies on Saturday and Ireland on Monday respectively.

BAN vs PAK | 3rd T20I: Shahnawaz Dahani makes debut for Pakistan

Fast bowler Shahnawaz Dahani is all set to make his T20I debut for Pakistan against Bangladesh on Monday in Dhaka. The right-hander was the most successful bowler in the Pakistan Super League this year as he was a part of the Multan Sultans in the tournament and was rewarded for the same after he was picked for the T20 World Cup by the selectors as one of the reserved players. Pakistan have already taken an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match series. Earlier, all-rounder Shoaib Malik opted out of the final game as it was reported that he would be flying to Dubai due to an illness to his child. The Babar Azam-led side has been in some good form in the recent past. They had won all the matches in the group stage in the T20 World Cup before bowing out of the tournament in the semis and have continued the form against Bangladesh as well. The T20I series will be followed by a two-match Test series slated to begin on November 26 in Chattogram.

Jeremy Solozano to play no further part in Test; Shai Hope named as concussion substitute

Injured West Indian debutant, Jeremy Solozano has been ruled out of the first Test match against Sri Lanka. Solozano’s debut day was cut short by a horrific injury on Day 1 after he copped a vicious blow from Dimuth Karunaratne at short leg. He was taken for scans after looking dazed from the blow and West Indies has updated late on Sunday night that Solozano had not suffered any structural damage but would be kept overnight for further observation. After the 26-year-old got stretched off by the medical staff at Galle International Stadium in Colombo, Shai Hope fielded for the rest of the day and now, he has been named as the concussion substitute for the rest of the match as well. The rule states that teams would have to play like-for-like replacements for the injured player and the 28-year-old right hand batter has been approved as the same. Meanwhile, West Indies found early inroads into the Test match on Day 2 after being made to toil hard on the first day of the game. At the time of writing Sri Lanka were batting at 345-6 having batted 121.4 overs. Dinesh Chandimal (37 off 71) and Suranga Lakmal (6 off 32) were at the crease.