While You Were Asleep: Former umpire Asad Rauf passes away, Aussie batter Rachael Haynes pronounces retirement, Shubman Gill struggles for Glamorgan

Former ICC elite panel umpire Asad Rauf has handed away after struggling a cardiac arrest in Lahore.

Rauf was 66.

Rauf officiated in 64 Tests (49 as on-field umpire and 15 as TV umpire), 139 ODIs and 28 T20Is. He was promoted to ICC’s elite panel in 2006 and within the subsequent seven years Rauf went on to turn into one among World and Pakistan’s most distinguished umpires.

Rauf was banned by the BCCI in 2016 for 5 years after its disciplinary committee discovered him responsible of corrupt practices and bringing the sport into disrepute after he was accused of getting accepted costly items from bookies and for his involvement in a match fixing controversy throughout IPL 2013.

In 2012, Rauf was additionally within the information for accusations of sexual exploitation from a Mumbai primarily based mannequin, who claimed that she had an affair with the Pakistan umpire that was extended due to the latter’s promise of getting married on which he later backed out. Rauf, who had denied the allegations ten years in the past.

Rauf has been working a shoe store in Lahore’s Landa Bazar.

Rachael Haynes calls it give up

Australia batter Rachael Haynes has introduced her fast retirement from worldwide cricket.

The 35-year-old top-order batter additionally retired from state cricket however stated she would play yet one more season for Sydney Thunder within the Women’s Big Bash League.

Rachael Haynes, what a participant! ⭐

Australia’s vice-captain is retiring after 167 matches within the inexperienced and gold and 3818 worldwide runs to her identify. pic.twitter.com/4tt8Dg3RPx

— cricket.com.au (@cricketcomau) September 15, 2022

The lefthander has scored 3,818 runs in additional than 150 internationals over all three codecs since her debut in 2009 and gained six world titles with Australia.

As vice-captain since 2018, Haynes helped Australia to 2 T20 World Cup triumphs and this yr to a 50-overs World Cup triumph and the inaugural Commonwealth Games gold medal.

With captain Meg Lanning on an indefinite go away of absence from the Australia facet, Haynes’s retirement alerts the start of the tip for Australia’s golden technology of ladies’s cricketers.

Thank you @RachaelHaynes in your management, humour and your dedication to our workforce.

Nearly 4000 worldwide runs, and an limitless reel of screamers within the area. It’s been a pleasure! 💚💛 pic.twitter.com/I3s1lVizSM

— Australian Women’s Cricket Team 🏏 (@AusWomenCricket) September 14, 2022

Haynes believes the way forward for Australian ladies’s cricket is in secure arms, nevertheless.

“One of the great things about having a long career is watching those around you develop,” she stated.

“I’m extremely proud of the way this team has brought players in and nurtured their development. The ability to help players transition smoothly has been instrumental to our team’s success,” she added.

Shubman fails towards Middlesex

After scoring an attention grabbing 92 on his debut for Glamorgan, Shubman Gill has struggles towards Middlesex within the second sport. The Indian batter managed to attain solely 22 and 11 in each the innings as Glamorgan is inching in direction of a heavy defeat.

On Day 3 on the stumps, Glamorgan’s lead is simply by 15 runs with solely two wickets of their arms.

After being put into bat, Glamorgan had been bowled out for a paltry 214 of their first innings. In reply, Middlesex scored 390 and took a hefty 176-run first innings lead. Glamorgan, of their second essay, are 191 for 8.

Gill was cleaned bowled by Toby Ronald-Jones within the first innings, whereas the veteran Tim Murtagh eliminated him within the second innings.

Gill, who has had two back-to-back Player of the Series awards in ODIs towards the West Indies and Zimbabwe, has performed 11 Tests and 9 ODIs for India thus far. He has been in super type of late with 100 and three fifties in his final six 50-over video games. He can be an integral a part of the Indian Test squad.