{"id":192341,"date":"2026-07-10T09:49:33","date_gmt":"2026-07-10T15:19:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=192341"},"modified":"2026-07-10T09:49:33","modified_gmt":"2026-07-10T15:19:33","slug":"zimbabwe-confirms-captains-ngarava-to-lead-in-tests-odis-raza-stays-as-t20i-captain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=192341","title":{"rendered":"Zimbabwe confirms captains \u2014 Ngarava to lead in Tests, ODIs; Raza stays as T20I captain"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"content-body-71207158\">Zimbabwe has confirmed \u200bRichard Ngarava will \u200ccaptain its Test \u200band One-Day \u2060International sides while veteran Sikandar Raza is \u200cretained as Twenty20 captain, \u200cthe country\u2019s cricket \u200cboard \u2060said in \u2060a statement on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Josephine Nkomo was appointed \u200bcaptain of \u200cthe Zimbabwe women\u2019s team.<\/p>\n<p><b>ALSO READ: <a href=\"https:\/\/sportstar.thehindu.com\/cricket\/england-cricket-drinking-rules-alcohol-permit-players-ben-stokes-brendon-mccullum-rob-key-policy-curfew-ecb\/article71206988.ece\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">England cricket\u2019s new drinking policy: No booze for Bazball?<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>Ngarava made his captaincy debut in \u200cthe one-off Test \u200bagainst Bangladesh at Harare Sports \u2060Club last month, which Zimbabwe \u200cwon by an innings and 85 runs, and was also in charge for \u200ctheir two ODI wins \u200bover Bangladesh this week.<\/p>\n<p>The \u206028-year-old opening bowler \u2060replaces Craig Ervine as test \u200ccaptain.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"publish-time\" id=\"end-of-article\">Published on Jul 10, 2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/sportstar.thehindu.com\/cricket\/zimbabwe-cricket-captains-confirmed-richard-ngarava-tests-odis-raza-t20is-nkomo-womens-latest\/article71207158.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Zimbabwe has confirmed \u200bRichard Ngarava will \u200ccaptain its Test \u200band One-Day \u2060International sides while veteran Sikandar Raza is \u200cretained as Twenty20 captain, \u200cthe country\u2019s cricket \u200cboard \u2060said in \u2060a statement on Friday. Josephine Nkomo was appointed \u200bcaptain of \u200cthe Zimbabwe women\u2019s team. ALSO READ: England cricket\u2019s new drinking policy: No booze for Bazball? Ngarava made &#8230; <a title=\"Zimbabwe confirms captains \u2014 Ngarava to lead in Tests, ODIs; Raza stays as T20I captain\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=192341\" aria-label=\"Read more about Zimbabwe confirms captains \u2014 Ngarava to lead in Tests, ODIs; Raza stays as T20I captain\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":192342,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-192341","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/11908_23_2_2026_19_20_32_5_DSC_6390.JPG","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":190650,"url":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=190650","url_meta":{"origin":192341,"position":0},"title":"ZIM vs BAN, 1st ODI: Ngarava makes dream captaincy debut as Zimbabwe stuns Bangladesh","author":"Ajay Kumar Verma","date":"July 6, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Richard Ngarava celebrated his debut as Zimbabwe ODI captain on Monday by scoring 27 and taking three wickets in a 25-run victory over Bangladesh in Harare. 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