Sports Desk: Twenty-five years ago, Bangladesh organized the ‘Merrill International Cricket Tournament-1999’. In addition to the host country, Zimbabwe and Kenya participated. Alastair Campbell led the Zimbabwe team at the service.
In the first match against Bangladesh with the bat, he played an innings of 55 runs with four fours. After that, he took 2 wickets and 25 runs in 5 overs. In the second match, he did not get any wickets with the ball but played an innings of 97 runs with the bat and won the team. Be the best of the match.
When Campbell visited Bangladesh in 1999, his son Jonathan Campbell was 1 year and 3 months old. 25 years after his father’s visit, his son Jonathan is coming to play in Bangladesh. Zimbabwe today announced a 15-member squad for the five-match T20I series against Bangladesh. Jonathan, the 26-year-old son of former Zimbabwean captain Alastair Campbell, is the new face on that team.
The all-rounder, who is awaiting his debut with the national team, has so far scored 1678 runs in 30 first-class matches with four centuries and eight half-centuries. 194 in the highest innings. He took 39 wickets with the ball. The best bowling figure in an innings is 4 wickets for 62 runs.
Scored 1063 runs with 8 half-centuries in 39 List ‘A’ cricket matches. The highest personal collection is 76. He took 27 wickets. The best bowling figure is 5 wickets for 28 runs.
He also scored 293 runs in 26 T20 matches. He took 10 wickets. The best bowling figure is 3 wickets for 19 runs.
His father, Alexander Campbell, played 60 Tests and 188 ODIs for Zimbabwe. He scored 2858 runs in Tests with 2 centuries and 18 half centuries. The highest inning was 103 runs. He scored 5185 runs in ODIs with 7 centuries and 30 half centuries. The highest individual score was an unbeaten 131.
He took 12 wickets in 30 innings in ODIs. The best bowling figure is 2 wickets for 20 runs.
The Bangladesh-Zimbabwe T20 series will start on May 3 in Chittagong. Will continue until May 12.
