On the second day of the warm-up match against South Africa at Arundel, Zimbabwe’s starter Ben Curran suffered a fracture to his right hand.
In the fifth over of Zimbabwe’s innings, a delivery from Kagiso Rabada struck the left-handed hitter, who was treated on the ground before being sent for an X-ray, which verified the fracture. After scoring four runs, he was forced to retire due to injury. He will also miss Zimbabwe’s home Test matches against the Proteas later in June due to this fracture.
Ben Curran might miss four to six weeks of playing professional cricket, but surgery is doubtful.
Since making his Zimbabwean debut in December 2024, Ben Curran has participated in six Test matches, the most recent of which was against England. He participated in six ODIs as well. Ben Curran has not yet received a T20I cap. In every red-ball match he has played thus far, the left-hander has opened the batting, and he did the same in the warm-up game.
After batting for 79 overs, South Africa declared themselves on 313 for 2. At the end of the day, this gave the Proteas an hour to bowl against Zimbabwe. Sharing the new ball, Rabada and Marco Jansen bowled incredibly fast.
Rabada gave the Proteas their first wicket by hitting Curran and then had Brian Bennett caught at gully. Lungi Ngidi, who broke Nick Welch’s bat at the end of the day’s play, took Rabada’s position.
So far, there has only been one day of play; the first day was rained out, and the weather for the third day is probably going to be the same. There won’t be any play until at least Thursday’s second session, it was verified.
Due to the poor weather forecast for Friday, South Africa will have less practice before facing Australia in the World Test Championship (WTC) final in London. At Lord’s, where the final starts on June 11, the Proteas will train for three days.
Following the warm-up match, Zimbabwe will head home to get ready for South Africa’s two Test matches, which start in Bulawayo on June 28. In addition, they will host the T20I tri-series against New Zealand and South Africa. Later in 2025, they will play Afghanistan in two Test matches, host the Kiwis for two Test matches, and host the T20 World Cup Qualifiers.
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