Nottinghamshire have announced the signing of Dane Schadendorf, a teenaged wicketkeeper who played for Zimbabwe in the 2020 Under-19 World Cup, on a two-year contract.
Schadendorf became a viral hit in the warm-up matches ahead of the tournament, thanks to a legside stumping in a fixture against New Zealand that evoked MS Dhoni in his prime. He also made 81 against eventual finalists India in a warm-up match, though was less successful in the World Cup itself with 138 runs in nine innings.
This stumping from Zimbabwe U19’s Dane Schadendorf is out of this world.
— Cricket World Cup (@cricketworldcup) January 14, 2020
He was born in Harare, but will qualify as a local player in county cricket thanks to a British passport. He had played club cricket for Caythorpe as well as for Nottinghamshire’s Under-18s and second XI in the 2020 season.
“My game is probably more suited to white-ball cricket at the moment, but I’m working really hard on my red-ball game, and…