METH LOSES TEETH

Keegan Meth was withdrawn from the final UCB ODI match between Zimbabwe and
Bangladesh at Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo, on Sunday. He sustained a mouth
injury off the last ball of the Bangladesh innings when he had a direct ball
blow straight onto his mouth after Nasir Hossain played a shot back to him.

Meth lost three upper row teeth on impact and a laceration of his lower
lip. The doctor on call at the venue attended to the Meth's lower lip wound
which was sutured at Mater Dei Hospital in Bulawayo where he was attended
to by a dentist.

The extent of the damage on Meth's jaws and mouth can only be ascertained
after X ray examination and the dentist's report tomorrow. "Due to the
extent of the injury we had to rush him [Meth] to the hospital. He will have
to go for X-Rays tomorrow to establish the nature of the dental injury. He
will require some orthodentistry for the three teeth and any other possible
injuries that might have ensued from the impact," said Zimbabwe National
team physiotherapist, Amato Machikicho.

Keegan was able to join the rest of the team during Zimbabwe's innings and
also partook in the celebrations thereafter.

-ENDS-

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