On March 4, the Afghan legspinner will be just 19 years and 165 days old. No one has previously skippered their country - in any Test, ODI or T20I - in their teenage years. Here, The Cricketer rounds up the top 10 young skippers...
The Player Performance Index for the first time bundles batsmen, bowlers and allrounders in together to formulate a ranking order, while weighting is given to the context of matches, the strength of tournaments and the quality of opposition
Either of the uncapped pair of Heinrich Klaasen and Wiaan Mulder could become South Africa's 100th Test player since the country's return to the international arena. Can you name the 99 before them?
Courtney Walsh, who has been on the Bangladesh staff since 2016, will take charge of the team for the upcoming Nidahas Trophy - a T20 tri series also involving Sri Lanka and India
Rashid Khan, who currently tops both the one-day international and T20 bowling rankings from the ICC, is only 19 years old but he will have the responsibility of guiding his team through to next year's World Cup in England
Australia coach Darren Lehmann has refuted Moeen Ali’s assertion that the Ashes crowds in Australia were “quite disappointing”
26/02/2018 | The Cricketer | Global Game | England | Australia |
Wicketkeeper-batsman Klaasen and allrounder Mulder replace Andile Phehlukwayo and Chris Morris in the 15-man party for the games, the first of which is due to get under way at Kingsmead on March 1
South African paceman is ready to call it quits after the Test series against Australia, citing family commitments as a major reason
Ravichandran Ashwin will hope to guide his team to their first ever IPL success this year after being appointed skipper for the upcoming tournament, which is due to begin on April 7
Roelof van der Merwe, the holder of Somerset's highest-ever individual 50-over score, is in his second stint with the club and will now remain at the County Ground until the end of the 2019 campaign
26/02/2018 | The Cricketer | Men's T20 Blast | Men's One Day Cup | Domestic | County Championship |
The Essex batsman was due to feature in the third 'Test' match against West Indies A in Antigua, which starts on Monday, but will now fly home after X-rays confirmed the extent of the damage
26/02/2018 | The Cricketer | England news | England | Domestic |
Seth Rance, who has won two one-day international caps and played in four T20Is for his country, is a volunteer firefighter and station officer for the Greytown Fire Brigade
South Africa's Aiden Markram will join the club for the early weeks of the County Championship campaign, while New Zealander Tom Latham will arrived later in the summer
26/02/2018 | The Cricketer | Men's One Day Cup | Domestic | County Championship |
Mark Wood experienced soreness in his left ankle prior to the game in Hamilton on Sunday and sat out the encounter