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Zach makes history
17-year-old Academy player, Zach Vukusic created a new international cricket record earlier this week when he led Croatia in their ongoing T20I bilateral home series with Cyprus.
The all rounder, who was born in Exeter attends King’s College, Taunton, became the youngest player in history to lead an international team at the age of 17 years and 311 days.
He broke the previous record of Noman Amjad who captained France at the age of 18 years and 24 days in July 2022.
In the first match of the series, which is being played at Zagreb, the all rounder hit 43 off 32 balls including five 4s and two 6s, while in second game he scored 23 and took two for 10 from his three overs. The series is ongoing.
Playing for Somerset Seconds this season he has claimed some impressive wickets including Colin Ingram and Ravi Bopara, both former internationals, about which he modestly said: “They were lucky balls I would say, people took good catches, I just bowled the balls so I can’t take full credit for it.”
Zach made his international debut for Croatia in 2024, as did his 19-year-old sister Erin who is also on the Somerset CCC playing staff.
