New Delhi [India], March 10 (ANI): Zimbabwe batter Kelis Ndhlovu has been ruled out of the third and final ODI against New Zealand after suffering a concussion during the second match of the series in Dunedin on Sunday. <\/p>\n
The 20-year-old was struck on the head by a short-pitched delivery from New Zealand Women’s pacer Bree Illing in the seventh over of Zimbabwe Women’s innings while attempting to duck under the bouncer, as per the Zimbabwe Cricket website. <\/p>\n
Ndhlovu and Modester Mupachikwa had added 25 for the opening wicket at the time of the incident. Despite wearing a helmet, Ndhlovu was hit by the penultimate ball of the over and collapsed immediately after the impact. <\/p>\n
She received medical attention on the field before being transported by ambulance to a local hospital for further assessment. Ndhlovu briefly lost consciousness and was subsequently diagnosed with a concussion. <\/p>\n
An MRI scan later confirmed there was no skull fracture. She was treated and subsequently discharged from the hospital. Ndhlovu returned for a follow-up examination on Tuesday morning, where further tests confirmed there were no additional complications. <\/p>\n
She continues to recover while taking prescribed medication and remains under medical observation. Zimbabwe Women have already conceded the three-match series after losing the opening two matches and will face New Zealand Women in the final ODI starting at midnight Zimbabwe time. <\/p>\n
The series marks Zimbabwe Women’s debut in the ICC Women’s Championship, the qualification pathway for the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup. (ANI) <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"New Delhi [India], March 10 (ANI): Zimbabwe batter Kelis Ndhlovu has been ruled out of the third and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":126617,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[60],"tags":[2797,69376,56954,33559,69374,16678,69375,55425,926,106],"class_list":["post-126616","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-zimbabwe","tag-cricket","tag-final-odi","tag-further","tag-medical","tag-odi-against","tag-opening","tag-ruled-out","tag-series","tag-the-icc","tag-zimbabwe"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@africa\/116206019788372485","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126616","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=126616"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126616\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/126617"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=126616"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=126616"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=126616"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}