{"id":9035,"date":"2025-08-29T13:21:19","date_gmt":"2025-08-29T07:51:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/?p=632140"},"modified":"2025-08-29T13:21:19","modified_gmt":"2025-08-29T07:51:19","slug":"zim-vs-sl-1st-odi-brendan-taylors-return-after-3%c2%bd-years-cut-short-as-keeper-walks-off-injured","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/cricket\/zim-vs-sl-1st-odi-brendan-taylors-return-after-3%c2%bd-years-cut-short-as-keeper-walks-off-injured\/","title":{"rendered":"ZIM vs SL 1st ODI: Brendan Taylor\u2019s return after 3\u00bd years cut short as keeper walks off injured"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"181\" data-end=\"429\">Zimbabwe\u2019s veteran batter <strong data-start=\"207\" data-end=\"225\">Brendan Taylor<\/strong>, making his long-awaited comeback to international cricket after serving a three-and-a-half-year ban, suffered a setback in the opening ODI against Sri Lanka at Harare Sports Club on Friday, August 29.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"431\" data-end=\"740\">The 39-year-old, who returned to the ODI side \u2014 the format in which he has been most prolific for Zimbabwe \u2014 had taken the field as wicketkeeper in the series opener. However, Taylor injured one of his fingers early in Sri Lanka\u2019s innings and was forced to walk off, handing the gloves to <strong data-start=\"720\" data-end=\"737\">Clive Madande<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"742\" data-end=\"990\">It was a disappointing turn of events for fans, who were eager to see the former captain back in action. Taylor\u2019s presence had added weight to Zimbabwe\u2019s batting lineup, with hopes pinned on his experience and proven record in the 50-over format.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"992\" data-end=\"1257\">At the time of his exit, Sri Lanka had reached <strong data-start=\"1039\" data-end=\"1059\">9\/0 in 2.2 overs<\/strong> after Zimbabwe opted to bowl first. While the extent of Taylor\u2019s injury is still unclear, Zimbabwe supporters will be anxious to know whether the comeback man can take further part in the series.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Zimbabwe\u2019s veteran batter Brendan Taylor, making his long-awaited comeback to international cricket after serving a three-and-a-half-year ban, suffered a setback\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":250,"featured_media":31804,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9035","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cricket"],"reading_time":"1 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9035","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/250"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9035"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9035\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31804"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9035"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9035"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9035"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}