Zimbabwe appoint Craig Ervine as full-time white-ball captain

Lance Klusener has re-joined the support staff as a batting coach and will work alongside head coach Lalchand Rajput

Craig Ervine has been appointed as Zimbabwe’s full-time white-ball captain after occupying the position on an interim basis since August 2021.

The 36-year-old is the fifth man to lead Zimbabwe in white-ball cricket since the start of 2020.

Under his interim leadership, Zimbabwe won two of their six ODIs and four out of eight T20Is and completed a 2-1 T20I series win over Scotland in September 2021.

Sean Williams will continue to captain the Test side while wicketkeeper Regis Chakabva will serve as vice-captain in all three formats.

^{Lance Klusener returns as batting coach [Anesh Debiky/Getty Images]}

Lalchand Rajput, who has coached Zimbabwe since 2018, has been retained as head coach while Lance Klusener has re-joined the support staff as a batting coach.

Klusener previously held the same position from 2016 to 2018 before being appointed head coach of the Afghanistan national side in 2019. He left Afghanistan following the 2021 T20 World Cup.

Since Rajput was appointed head coach in May 2018, initially on an interim basis, Zimbabwe have won two out of 10 Test matches, six of 35 ODIs and 11 of 40 T20Is.