{"id":94726,"date":"2025-12-21T09:34:05","date_gmt":"2025-12-21T04:34:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=94726"},"modified":"2025-12-21T09:55:06","modified_gmt":"2025-12-21T04:55:06","slug":"left-arm-seamer-ngarava-named-zimbabwe-test-and-odi-captain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/latest-news\/left-arm-seamer-ngarava-named-zimbabwe-test-and-odi-captain\/","title":{"rendered":"\u00a0Left-arm seamer Ngarava named Zimbabwe Test and ODI captain"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>HARARE:\u00a0Left-arm seamer Richard Ngarava has been named Zimbabwe&#8217;s new Test and <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/latest-news\/thai-prime-minister-anutin-charnvirakul-dissolves-parliament-amid-border-clashes-with-cambodia\/\">ODI<\/a> captain.<\/p>\n<p>Ngarava, 27, takes over from Craig Ervine, who stepped down from the role, according to a media statement from Zimbabwe Cricket (ZC). All-rounder Brian Bennett was announced as Ngarava&#8217;s deputy. Veteran Sikandar Raza will continue to captain Zimbabwe in T20Is.<\/p>\n<p>The new appointments were made following the Zimbabwe board&#8217;s fourth quarter meeting in Harare. &#8220;Ngarava has shown remarkable growth as a player and leader over the years,&#8221; ZC chairman Tavengwa Mukuhlani said. &#8220;He commands respect within the dressing room and has consistently delivered for Zimbabwe across all formats. We believe he is ready to lead the team into its next chapter.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Craig Ervine led with professionalism, resilience and dignity during a challenging period. ZC is deeply grateful for his contribution to the team&#8217;s stability and progress.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Ngarava has played 11 Tests and 145 white-ball internationals for Zimbabwe since making his debut in 2017. He is Zimbabwe&#8217;s highest wicket-taker in T20Is, with 108 strikes in 90 matches at an economy rate of 7.30. He also has franchise T20 experience, having had stints in the UAE&#8217;s ILT20, Lanka Premier League and Bangladesh Premier League.<\/p>\n<p>At 22, Bennett has scored centuries in all formats for Zimbabwe and is known for his attacking enterprise at the top.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Brian&#8217;s appointment as vice-captain reflects our confidence in his cricketing intelligence, maturity and long-term leadership potential,&#8221; Mukuhlani said. &#8220;He represents the future of Zimbabwean cricket.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HARARE:\u00a0Left-arm seamer Richard Ngarava has been named Zimbabwe&#8217;s new Test and ODI captain. Ngarava, 27, takes over from Craig Ervine, who stepped down from the role, according to a media statement from Zimbabwe Cricket (ZC). All-rounder Brian Bennett was announced as Ngarava&#8217;s deputy. Veteran Sikandar Raza will continue to captain Zimbabwe in T20Is. The new [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":94727,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,6],"tags":[33141,33142],"class_list":["post-94726","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-news","category-sports","tag-left-arm-seamer-ngarava","tag-zimbabwe-test-and-odi-captain"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94726","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=94726"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94726\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":94728,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94726\/revisions\/94728"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/94727"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=94726"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=94726"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=94726"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}