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Former South African allrounder Lance Klusener appointed as Zimbabwe batting coach

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Former veteran South African allrounder Lance Klusener has joined again as the Zimbabwe men’s national team as batting coach. The appointment was confirmed by the Zimbabwe Cricket (ZC) board during a meeting conducted on March 7 (Monday). The 50-year old has previously served as Zimbabwe’s batting coach between 2016 and 2018. He was then made the head coach of the Afghanistan national team, before resigning from his post from January 1, 2022.

Several other decisions were also taken by the board during the meeting. Left-handed batter Craig Ervine was confirmed as Zimbabwe’s full-time white-ball captain. The 36-year old batter his ODI career has played over a 100 matches in which he has scored 2837 runs at an average of 32.61. Talking about his T20I numbers, Ervine has played 34 matches for his country in which he has scored 777 runs making it at an average of 25.06.

Senior batter Sean Williams appointed as Test captain

Meanwhile, Sean Williams has been given the post of Test captain for the Zimbabwean side. Williams has represented his country in 14 matches in which he has amassed a total of 1034 runs at a decent average of 41.36. In bowling, the left-arm spinner has scalped a total 21 wickets at an economy of 3.18.

Zimbabwe board in a statement released on Monday confirmed the appointment of Lance Klusener as the team batting coach. “He is taking over from Stuart Matsikenyeri, who now moves to the position of assistant coach, while Lalchand Rajput remains in charge as head coach of the national side,” an official statement was quoted by NDTV Sports.

In the meantime, Zimbabwe Cricket is in the process of the appointment of a bowling coach and a fitness trainer for the men’s national team. Zimbabwe will lock horns with Ireland in a five ODIs, three T20Is and one Test match series scheduled to start from the month April. In July, Bangladesh is set to visit Zimbabwe to play two Tests, three ODIs and an equal number of T20Is.

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The court, generally, considers a person who commit a crime and the one who destroys the evidence, as criminals in the eyes of law. But what if an animal destroys the evidence of a crime committed by a human.

In a peculiar incident in Rajasthan, a monkey fled away with the evidence collected by the police in a murder case. The stolen evidence included the murder weapon (a blood-stained knife).

The incident came to light when the police appeared before the court and they had to provide the evidence in the hearing.

The hearing was about the crime which took place in September 2016, in which a person named Shashikant Sharma died at a primary health center under Chandwaji police station. After the body was found, the deceased’s relatives blocked the Jaipur-Delhi highway, demanding an inquiry into the matter.

Following the investigation, the police had arrested Rahul Kandera and Mohanlal Kandera, residents of Chandwaji in relation to the murder. But, when the time came to produce the evidence related to the case, it was found that the police had no evidence with them because a monkey had stolen it from them.

In the court, the police said that the knife, which was the primary evidence, was also taken by the monkey. The cops informed that the evidence of the case was kept in a bag, which was being taken to the court.

The evidence bag contained the knife and 15 other important evidences. However, due to the lack of space in the malkhana, a bag full of evidence was kept under a tree, which led to the incident.

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