Brendan Taylor returned to the Zimbabwe test team after serving a four -year international cricket board (ICC) on Thursday, joined the team for the second test against New Zealand in Queens Sports Club in Bulawayo. Taylor, replaced by Ben Currana, was sanctioned in January 2022 for receiving $ 15,000 from an Indian entrepreneur during a Delhi trip in 2019 and immediately reported the ICC incident, along with positive testing for cocaine use. The match saw Taylor’s emotional comeback to match the new Zealand, introduced by three new debutants of the tests – Jacob Duffy, Zakary Foulkes and Matthew Fisher, replaced by Michael Bracewell, Nathan Smith and William O’Rouke. New Zealand entered the match that led the two-match series 1-0 after their nine Branet victory in the first test in Bulawayo. According to Taylor’s reports in the incident, it included gaining additional benefits during his Indian journey, including the Samsung S10 and shopping allowances. The delayed report of these ICC interactions has resulted in its suspension of the international cricket. Captain Zimbabwe Craig Ervine won throwing and in the second test he decided to bat first. The play of XI home team was Brian Bennett, Brendan Taylor, Nick Welch, Sean Williams, Craig Evine as Captain, Sikandar Raza, Tafadzwa Tsig and Tanaka Chivang.
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New Zealand, who played without their regular captain Tom Latham for injury to his shoulder, was built by a team composed of Will Young, Devon Conway, Henry Nicholls, Rachin Ravindra, Daryl Mitchell, Tom Blundell as Wicketkeeper, Mitchell Santner, Jacob, Jacob Dufles. The test series between Zimbabwe and New Zealand lacks an official broadcast partner in India. However, cricket fans can watch matches through FanCode, which provides streaming services for series.Taylor’s return to the test cricket came after serving the four -year suspension of ICC for violating their anti -corruption code. Former Captain Zimbabwe, who returned to comeback at the Queens sports club, seemed to have folded and scored 44 runs after Zimbabwe decided to first bat in the second test against New Zealand.
