Zimbabwe Cricket (ZC) has announced Sean Williams as their new Test cricket team captain while Chamu Chibhabha will lead the limited-overs side. ZC said that t?he appointments were recommended by former captain and current director of cricket, Ham?ilton Masakadza.

BREAKING: @ZimCricketv has named Sean Williams as substantive Test captain, while Chamu Chibhabha will lead the ODI and T20I sides as interim skipper. We wish both of them all the best in their new roles #NewCaptains #Congratulations 👏🏏🇿🇼@sean14williams @chamulaw pic.twitter.com/XwOIZcUlPA

— Zimbabwe Cricket (@ZimCricketv) January 7, 2020

“The role of captain is an honor and a responsibility which Sean and Chamu thoroughly deserve, both of them being exceptional players and great servants of our game over the years,” said Masakadza.

“I am delighted that they have accepted their new roles, and I extend my congratulations to them and wish them all the best as they help to take Zimbabwe to the next level,” added Masakadza.

Williams has played 179 international matches, whereas Chibhabha has 139 international games to his name. Chibhabha’s last appearance for his side came in 2018 in a T20 match against South Africa.

ZC also announced a two-match Test series against Sri Lanka to be pla?yed in Harare this month. The opening Test is scheduled from 19-23 January and the last gam??e from 27-31 January. This will be their first assignment since reinstatement as an ICC member back in October 2019.

“Sri Lanka are always a very competitive team who have been playing well and I am looking forward to the Test series,” said Zimbabwe’s head coach Lalchand Rajput.

“We know our home conditions better; our players are getting match-fit and enjoying some game time. So all we have to do is to get in the middle and perform,” he said. “We have not had much game time, so the players will be very keen and eager to seize this opportunity and do well,” Rajput added.

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Hamilton Masakadza bowed out of international cricket in style on Friday, smashing 71 runs off just 42 deliveries to help Zimbabwe end Afghanistan’s winning streak in T20 internationals.

Zimbabwe’s hopes of qualifying for the final of a tri-series also involving Bangladesh was already over after three successive defeats. But it at least ended the tournament on a high as skipper Masakadza pulled off a brilliant final innings for his nation.

Having walked out to a guard of honour after Afghanistan’s total of 155-8, the 36-year-old thumped five sixes and four fours in his entertaining knock, underpinning a seven-wicket win completed in 19.3 overs.

Masakadza ended his international career, which began in 2001, having played in 38 Tests, 209 ODIs and 66?? T20Is, scoring 9,543 runs across all formats. His tally of 1,662 runs in T20Is is almost double that of any other Zimbabwe player.

Here’s how Twitter reacted:

🚨Zimbabwe win! 🚨

The perfect send-off for captain Hamilton Masakadza? who has played his last game for his country today!

His side win by seven wickets 👏 pic.twitter.com/Gx9cDTTKzt

— ICC (@ICC) September 20, 2019

Test – 38
Runs – 2223
50 – 8
100 – 5
Top – 158
Wkt – 16

ODI – 209
Runs – 5658
50 – 34
100 – 5
Top – 178*
Wkt – 39

T20I – 66
Runs – 1662
50 – 11
Top – 93*
Wkt – 2

Congratulations to Zimbabwe's Hamilton Masakadza on a great International cricket career @ZimCricketv #ThankYouHami

— Daniel Alexander (@daniel86cricket) September 20, 2019

Youngest to score a Test century on debut.

Signs off with a 42-ball 71 ending Afghanistan's sequence of 12 successive T20I wins.

Fitting end to Hamilton Masakadza's career.#ZIMvAFG

— Deepu Narayanan (@deeputalks) September 20, 2019

Zimbabwe beat Afghanistan by 7 wickets.

Their first win agains?t Afghanistan after 8 consecutive defeats.

Ad its a Winning Farewell for Hamilton Masakadza who scored brilliant 71 off 42 balls#AFGvZIM #ZIMvAFG pic.twitter.com/nwO8YLwIzu

— Abhijeet �?(@TheYorkerBall) September 20, 2019

So, yeah, both happened: a half-century (71 off 42 balls) for #HamiltonMasakadza and a win for Zimbabwe in Masakadza's final game in national colours.#AFGvZIM

— Annesha Ghosh (@ghosh_annesha) September 20, 2019

Hamilton Masakadza signed off an acclaimed international career in style here,leading Zimbabwe’s 156 chase with 71, to snap Afghanistan’s world-record winning streak in T20Is pic.twitter.com/cE3ETA6s3t

— Ethan Takudzwa Augustine Chihuri (@Teechihuri) September 21, 2019

Historic win for Zimbabwe! 🇿🇼
Their first-ever victory over Afghanistan in T20Is! They also break Afghanistan's world-record winning streak of 12 matches. 🙌#AFGvZIM #AFGvsZIM

— Omkar Mankame (@Oam_16) September 20, 2019

Not often that we get to celebrate a cricket win for Zimbabwe! The game was a dead rubber, but the Chevrons ended Afghanistan’s world record of 12 T20 wins in a row with a 7-wicket victory in the tri-series. What a send-off for Hamilton Masakadza, 71 in his final game for Zim! pic.twitter.com/f5Eegcqrut

— Steve Vickers (@SteveVickers5) September 20, 2019

A Guard of Hono??ur 🙌 18 year long career comes to an ?end.

Captain Hamilton Masakadza playing his last International Game and scored 71 off 42 while //t.co/pkoOkU4RoF winning

Couldn't have asked a better Farewell. #AFGvZIM #ZIMvAFG pic.twitter.com/waKO9U18GZ

— Abhijeet �?(@TheYorkerBall) September 20, 2019

Zimbabwe WIN their 1st game of the tri-series by 7 wickets! What a lovely way to say goodbye to one of their legends, who's served them well for 18 years. Goodbye Masakadza! #AFGvZIM

— ThePoppingCrease (@PoppingCreaseSA) September 20, 2019

Special farewell to Hamilton Masakadza. Excellent inning!
Thank you!! @HamiltonMasaka2 #AFGvZIM

— Shaileshh (@Shaileshh__) September 20, 2019

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Indian skipper Virat Kohli has retained his top spot in the latest ICC T20I Rankings for the batsmen ?with 799?? points.

Australia stand-in captain Aaron Finch is second while fellow batsman Glenn Maxwell is third in the list.

Top 10 batsmen in ICC T20I Rankings :

*Rankings updated till February 02, 2017

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