Jonathan Campbell made his entry in Zimbabwe cricket in style as he made a rare record in his debut match . Johnathan Campbell is currently captaining the Zimbabwe side which is up against Ireland for a test series. The first instalment of the series is currently being played at Queen’s sports club.
Campbell was awarded with the leadership duties as regular skipper Craig Ervine was unavailable for the match due to injury. Zimbabwe was dealt with another blow as their veteran all rounder Sean Willams was also out of this match due to injury.
An official confirmation from the cricket board made it clear that Jonathan Campbell will be leading Zimbabwe in the first test against Ireland. Prior to Jonathan Campbell his father Alistair Campbell was also captain of the side from 1996 to 2002.
Father Son duo to captain a international side
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| Sl No | Player Names | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Frank Mann, George Mann | England |
| 2 | Colin Cowdrey, Chris Cowdrey | England |
| 3 | Lala Amarnath, Mohinder Amarnath | India |
| 4 | Alistair Campbell, Jonathan Campbell | Zimbabwe |
The father -son are one of the rare duos to captain an international team.
Jonathan Campbell also became one of the rare players in international cricket who were appointed as the captain of the side in their first match itself. Earlier South Africa’s Neil Brand was also appointed as the captain of the side in their clash against New Zealand in 2024.
Players to become captain in their debut match:
| Sl No | Player Names | Country | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lord Harris | England | 1879 |
| 2 | Ivo Bligh | England | 1882 |
| 3 | Aubrey Smith | England | 1889 |
| 4 | Alfred Richards | South Africa | 1896 |
| 5 | Murray Bisset | South Africa | 1899 |
| 6 | Henry Taberer | South Africa | 1902 |
| 7 | Biddy Anderson | South Africa | 1902 |
| 8 | Percy Sherwell | South Africa | 1906 |
| 9 | Henry Leveson Gower | England | 1910 |
| 10 | Johnny Douglas | England | 1911 |
| 11 | Frank Mann | England | 1922 |
| 12 | Rony Stanyforth | England | 1927 |
| 13 | Harold Gilligan | England | 1930 |
| 14 | Freddy Calthorpe | England | 1930 |
| 15 | Nelson Betancourt | West Indies | 1930 |
| 16 | Jackie Grant | West Indies | 1930 |
| 17 | Herby Wade | South Africa | 1935 |
| 18 | Maharajkumar of Vizianagaram | India | 1936 |
| 19 | Alan Melville | South Africa | 1938 |
| 20 | George Mann | England | 1948 |
| 21 | Nigel Howard | England | 1951 |
| 22 | Tony Lewis | England | 1972 |
| 23 | Lee Germon | New Zealand | 1995 |
| 24 | Neil Brand | South Africa | 2024 |
Zimbabwe left arm pacer Blessing Muzarabani in red hot form the visitors won the toss and elected to field first. The Irish team were reduced to 31/5 before Mc Brine joined hands with Lorcan Tucker.
After seeing off Muzarabani who, picked up 7 wickets including captain Andy Balbirnie (9) and star batsman Paul Stirling (10). The added a crucial partnership of 51 for the sixth wicket.
Tucker was bowled for 33 by Trevor Gwandu ,prompting McBrine to take the bull by the horn, forming up a sturdy seventh-wicket partnership with Mark Adair; they added 127 runs.
Adair offered resistance to the Zimbabwe bowlers as he reached his half-century score off 48 balls.
He struck 13 fours and reached 78 before he nibbled an outside edge and his shot went straight to Nyasha Mayavo, the wicketkeeper, after he was dismissed by a delivery from Muzarabani
McBrine, who had a career-best score of 86 in Test matches, struck 12 fours off 132 balls before running out of partners and, therefore, Ireland was eventually all out in 56.4 overs
