Ireland captain Andrew Balburney and Zimbabwe captain Jonathan Campbell
Johnathan Campbell Test Captain on Debut: The only Test match is being played between Ireland and Zimbabwe. A special view was seen in this match. When 27 -year -old Jonathan Campbell made his debut in the Test. The special thing is that he is also the captain of Zimbabwe in this match. Because Zimbabwe’s regular captain Craig Irwin did not play in this match due to personal reasons and he withdrew his name. Only after this, the responsibility of captaincy was entrusted to Campbel.
This happened for the fourth time in Test cricket
Jonathan Campbell’s father Alastair Campbell has also been the captain of Zimbabwe. This is the first pair of father-son who captained Zimbabwe in Tests. At the same time, this is the fourth pair of father and son in the history of overall Test cricket, who has captained their respective countries in Test cricket. Among them, the pair of Frank Mann and George Mann, Colin Cowdre and Chris Cowdre and India’s Lala Amarnath and Mohinder Amarnath have done this feat.
Has shown captaincy in domestic cricket
Jonathan Campbell has previously shown domestic cricket and has a captaincy experience. He has also played 9 T20I for Zimbabwe’s team. Apart from this, 1913 runs have been recorded in 34 first class matches, in which only four centuries have been scored from his bat. Apart from this, 1372 runs are recorded in 45 List-A matches. He has also scored 12 half-centuries in List-A.
Alastair Campbell has scored 7 centuries in ODI cricket
Jonathan’s father Alastair Campbell scored 2858 runs in 60 Tests for Zimbabwe. Apart from this, he scored 5158 runs in 188 ODIs, including 7 centuries and 30 half -centuries. He is counted among the veteran players of Zimbabwe. Now his son has also caught his path and today is the captain of Zimbabwe.
Ireland captain Andrew Balburney won the toss and decided to bat first. After this, the entire team of Ireland was able to score just 260 runs. Andy McBriny scored the highest 90 runs for the team. Apart from him, Mark Eder contributed 78 runs. It was because of these players that Ireland’s team reached a respectable score. For Zimbabwe, Blessing Mujarabani took the most 7 wickets. Zimbabwe has so far scored 72 runs at the loss of one wicket and is 188 runs behind.
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