Very sad news has come out from the family of Zimbabwe cricket team’s T20 captain Sikandar Raza. Raza’s younger brother Mohammad Mahdi died at the age of 13. This news has sent a wave of mourning not only in Zimbabwe cricket but in the entire cricket world. Zimbabwe Cricket Board (ZC) issued an official statement confirming this tragic incident. The board said that Mohammed Mahdi died on 29 December 2025 in Harare. He was suffering from a serious disease called Hemophilia since birth and recently he died due to health problems. He was laid to rest at Warren Hills Cemetery in Harare on 30 December.

Zimbabwe Cricket Board expressed condolences

Zimbabwe Cricket Board said in its statement, “Zimbabwe Cricket expresses its deepest condolences to its T20 captain Sikandar Raza and his family. The board, players and staff stand with the Raza family at this difficult time. We pray that God gives strength to the family to bear this loss and may the soul of Mohammed Mahdi rest in peace.”

Raza’s pain spilled over on social media

Sikandar Raza also reacted to this sad news through social media. While sharing the statement of Zimbabwe Cricket, he posted a broken heart emoji, which expresses his pain. Cricket fans and fellow players are continuously consoling Raza.

This personal tragedy has come at a time when Sikandar Raza is going through an important phase of his career. Recently he performed brilliantly for Sharjah Warriors in ILT20 2025. Raza scored 171 runs in 10 matches in the tournament and also took 10 wickets, which proved his all-round ability once again.

Eyes set on T20 World Cup 2026

Sikandar Raza has a big responsibility in the coming months. He is going to lead the Zimbabwe team in the T20 World Cup starting in February 2026. This time is emotionally very challenging for Raza, an important pillar of the team.

Ireland cricket team opener Peter Moore has announced his retirement from international cricket at the young age of 34 years. He played a total of 85 matches in his international career, including teams in formats. Let us know that this big player of Ireland did not make international debut for this team. He only played Test format for Ireland.

For which country did Peter Moore make international debut?

Peter Moore of Ireland played his international match against the same country, for which he made his debut. Yes, this batsman played international cricket for two countries. On 2 February 1991, Moore was born in Harare, the capital of Zimbabwe.

Peter Moore played his international debut against Bangladesh playing for Zimbabwe on 26 November 2014. After this, he made his Test and T20 debut for Zimbabwe in 2016.

In 2019, he was also appointed as the vice -captain of Zimbabwe, but after that he took a new twist in his career. Peter Moore made it to the Ireland cricket team after receiving the Irish passport. He made his international debut for Ireland in Dhaka at the age of 32 in 2023.

Played final international against Zimbabwe

Peter Moore played his last international Test against the same country, for which he played cricket for 8 years. On 10 February 2025, Peter played the last Test against Zimbabwe, in which he scored a total of 34 (4+30) runs. Please tell that Peter played only in Test format against Ireland, while he had played in all three formats against Zimbabwe.

Peter Moore International Career

In his international career, Peter Moore played 15 Tests, 49 ODIs and 21 T20 matches. In this, he scored 734, 827 and 364 runs respectively. He could never score a century in all three formats, although he has 11 half -centuries in his name.