There was also a redemption element of sorts to Rabada’s efforts with the ball. The 30-year-old fast bowler had come into the match with something of a cloud hanging over him having recently served a short ban for recreational drug use. “It wasn’t my best moment, as I have alluded to,” Rabada said, in a...
The sun burst through after lunch and that adage about looking up to the sky, rather than down at the pitch, rang true as Smith and Webster patiently steadied the ship for Australia. Since his last Test at Lord’s during the 2023 Ashes – when he made 110 – Smith has endured a slightly fallow...
Kagiso Rabada takes his fourth five-wicket haul in 11 Test matches against Australia as South Africa bowl out the number one Test team in the world for 212 in the first innings of the ICC Test Championship final at Lord’s. FOLLOW LIVE: South Africa v Australia – day one Available to UK users only. Read...
Kagiso Rabada dismisses Usman Khawaja for a duck before taking the wicket of Cameron Green to leave Australia on 16-2 on day one of the ICC World Test Championship final at Lord’s. FOLLOW LIVE: South Africa v Australia – day one Available to UK users only. Read full article at source...
Saids and the World Anti-Doping Agency define substances of abuse as those “frequently abused in society outside of the context of sport”. “The player accepted responsibility for the doping offence and honoured his provisional suspension,” Saids said. Its statement added that Rabada was offered a chance to undertake a treatment programme, completing two sessions to...
South African fast bowler Kagiso Rabada says he is serving a provisional suspension for failing a drugs test. The 29-year-old returned home from the Indian Premier League where he was playing for Gujarat Titans at the start of last month to “deal with an important personal matter”. But he has now confirmed it was because...