Cricket-South African test batsman Hamza back after doping suspension


  • Cricket
  • Tuesday, 25 Apr 2023

FILE PHOTO: Cricket - South Africa v England - Second Test - PPC Newlands, Cape Town, South Africa - January 6, 2020 South Africa's Zubayr Hamza and England's Ollie Pope in action. REUTERS/Mike Hutchings

CAPE TOWN (Reuters) - Test batsman Zubayr Hamza is to return to international cricket in June following a doping suspension after being chosen for the South Africa A squad to tour Sri Lanka.

Hamza, who have played six tests for South Africa and a single One Day International, was handed a nine-month suspension last year after testing positive for a banned substance.

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