{"id":43710,"date":"2026-08-25T12:42:51","date_gmt":"2026-08-25T10:42:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=43710"},"modified":"2026-08-25T12:42:51","modified_gmt":"2026-08-25T10:42:51","slug":"cremer-returns-for-zimbabwe-t20i-tri-series","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/cremer-returns-for-zimbabwe-t20i-tri-series\/","title":{"rendered":"Cremer returns for Zimbabwe T20I tri-series \u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Veteran leg-spinner Graeme Cremer has been recalled to Zimbabwe\u2019s 15-man T20I squad for the upcoming tri-series against South Africa (SA) and Namibia, with all-rounder Sikandar Raza named team captain.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Cremer returns to the national setup after recovering from a left-arm injury sustained following the 2026 T20 World Cup. He previously ended a seven-year international absence when he made his comeback at the tournament in February.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Zimbabwe will open their campaign against SA on August 29, before playing hosts Namibia two days later in Windhoek. The three nations will meet twice in a double round-robin format, with the top two teams moving on to the final on September 6th.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;ChannelAfrica&#8211;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":43711,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"news-type":[20],"class_list":["post-43710","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-sport","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"Graeme Cremer recalled to Zimbabwe T20I squad","published_date":"2026-08-25 12:41:20","news_description":"Graeme Cremer recalled to Zimbabwe T20I squad","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/43710","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/43710\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":43712,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/43710\/revisions\/43712"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/43711"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43710"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=43710"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}