Zimbabwe Cricket (ZC) has called up Jonathon Campbell as the only uncapped player in its 15-man squad for its tour to Bangladesh for a five-match Twenty 20 International (T20I) series in May, reports agencies.
Jonathon is the son of former Zimbabwe captain Alistair Campbell, considered as one of the finest ever players the country has produced.
Campbell played 60 Tests and 188 ODIs for Zimbabwe and scored more than 8000 runs.
His son Jonathon Campbell, 26, is a legspin-bowling allrounder who was part of the country's emerging team which won the gold medal at the 13th African Games in March 2024. He scored 115 runs from four innings at a strike rate of 126.37 but wasn't needed to bowl all that much. He did pick up a wicket though, from a total of two overs.
Zimbabwe have recalled Tadiwanashe Marumani and Faraz Akram for the upcoming five-match T20I series in Bangladesh. Sikandar Raza will continue to lead the 15-member group.
The rest of the squad is the same as the one that toured Sri Lanka in January this year where they won a game to level the series before losing the decider. Campbell played a role in the Zimbabwe Emerging Players squad winning the gold medal in the African games last month and has been rewarded.
Clive Madande and Brian Bennett were also present in that Emerging Players squad and have retained their spots in the senior side as well. Former player Stuart Matsikenyeri will be in charge of Zimbabwe for this series in the absence of a head coach.
The series will kick start on May 03 with the first three games scheduled to be held in Chattogram. The final two games will be played in Dhaka. The series will serve as the ideal preparation for Bangladesh ahead of the T20 World Cup in June. However, Zimbabwe failed to qualify for the global event.
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