dyton mupawaenda
Brandon Moyo
Zimpapers Sports Hub
ONE of the Curran brothers will finally play for the Chevrons.
Ben Curran has been named in the Chevrons squad after Zimbabwe Cricket made a few changes to their white-ball squads that played against Pakistan last week as they shift focus to Afghanistan.
The series against Afghanistan gets underway at Harare Sports Club tomorrow.
The Chevrons and Afghanistan are scheduled to face off in a full series comprising three T20Is, as many One Day Internationals (ODIs) and two Tests.
The 20-over matches at Harare Sports Club will get the ball rolling, followed by ODIs at the same venue and Tests in Bulawayo.
ZC announced their white-ball squads yesterday, with the major highlight being a maiden call-up for England-born Rhinos star batter Ben Curran.
He is the son of the late Kevin Curran, a former Zimbabwe international and coach, and is also the brother of England internationals – Tom and Sam Curran.
The two are World Cup winners with England.
Ben’s maiden call-up to the national team comes as no surprise, as the 28-year-old has been in scintillating form in domestic cricket.
In his four List A innings this season, Curran has scored a century and two half-centuries.
His latest half-century came against Southern Rocks last Thursday, where he made 53 runs off 72 balls.
Curran’s century came against Tuskers, scoring a brilliant 125 runs off 130 deliveries.
He boasts an impressive average of 64.50 and was picked for the ODI squad.
Left-arm fast bowler Newman Nyamhuri – who grabbed the limelight at the ICC Men’s Under-19 World Cup in South Africa earlier this year – also received a call-up to the senior squad, alongside seasoned campaigner Victor Nyauchi.
At just 18, Nyamhuri has been one of the country’s standout young talents, impressing earlier this year at the ICC Under-19 Men’s Cricket World Cup in South Africa, where he emerged as Zimbabwe’s leading wicket-taker with eight scalps.
The promising pacer has since drawn praise as a “future star” of Zimbabwean cricket.
The Test series will mark Zimbabwe’s first home Boxing Day Test in 28 years, a significant moment for local cricket fans.
ZIMBABWE ODI SQUAD:
Craig Ervine (captain), Brian Bennett, Ben Curran, Joylord Gumbie, Trevor Gwandu, Tinotenda Maposa, Tadiwanashe Marumani, Wellington Masakadza, Tashinga Musekiwa, Blessing Muzarabani, Dion Myers, Richard Ngarava, Newman Nyamhuri, Victor Nyauchi, Sikandar Raza, Sean Williams.
Online Reporter