Banned Warner and Smith return in Canada T20 league
Banned Warner and Smith return in Canada T20 league
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Melbourne [Australia], Jun 4 (NT): Former skipper Steve Smith Former Australian vice-skipper, who are serving one-year suspension handed by Cricket Australia for alleged role in ball-tampering scandal,  all set to start playing at the Global T20 Canada league later this month.

Worth mention here Warner along with Steve Smith were handed a one-year ban from both domestic and international cricket while bowler Cameron Bancroft was conferred a suspension of nine months for their involvement in ball-tampering scandal that held during the third Test of the four-match series against South Africa in March this year.

Now Warner will mark a return to the bat-ball- game when he turns out for the Winnipeg Hawks in the inaugural Global T20 tournament in Canada, as ESPNcricinfo reported. On the other hand Smith will feature for Toronto Nationals as a marquee player in the tournament .This event is slated to run at Maple Leaf Cricket Club located in King City, Ontario, from June 28 to July 15.

Apart from Warner and Smith, Pakistan all-rounder Shahid Afridi, Sri Lanka fast bowler Lasith Malinga, West Indies players Chris Gayle, Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Darren Sammy and Dwayne Bravo will also participate in the tournament as ANI reported.

After the Canadian league, Warner and Bancroft will play in Darwin's limited-overs Strike League. But Bancroft had committed to feature in the entire tournament while Warner will play in just two matches. (NT)

 

 

 

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