Tyler Adams will captain the United States team at the World Cup, at 23 the youngest of this year’s tournament and the youngest for the Americans at the soccer showcase since Walter Bahr in 1950. The last of the 32 captains announced for this year’s World Cup, Adams is only the second under 30 years old. England forward Harry Kane is 29 and has captained the Three Lions since the 2018 World Cup, when he was 24. United States coach Gregg Berhalter made the annoucement Sunday, the day before the Americans play Wales in their first World Cup match since 2014. “He leads by his actions and his words,” Berhalter said. Adams, from Wappinger, New York, has captained the national team nine times previously, including seven wins, one loss and one draw. Berhalter had rotated the armband since he was hired in December 2018. Christian Pulisic has captained the Americans 11 times, including seven victories, one defeat and three ties, and Walker Zimmerman has captained the United States six times. Read: FIFA World Cup 2022: Things you need to know Adams was captain in seven of 14 World Cup qualifiers, Pulisic four and Zimmerman three. Different players captained the United States national team for each game in 1950. Bahr was 23 years, 3 months, 2 days for the 5-2 loss to Chile on July 2, 1950. Adams will be 23 years, 9 months, 8 days on Monday. Ed McIlvenny (25) wore the armband for the famous 1-0 upset of England in Belo Horizonte and Harry Keough (22) for the opening loss to Spain. Previous World Cup captains included 24-year-old Mike Windischmann in 1990, 25-year-old Tony Meola in 1994, 37-year-old Thomas Dooley in 1998, 28-year-old Claudio Reyna in 2002 and Reyna again in 2006, 31-year-old Carlos Bocanegra in 2010 and 31-year-old Clint Dempsey in 2014. Earnie Stewart, then 33, captained the United States in the 2002 opener against Portugal because of Reyna’s strained right quadriceps. Read: Messi or Ronaldo: Who has better chance at leading team to FIFA World Cup win? “We’re not a group of guys that it’s like, oh, I want to be captain,” Weston McKennie said Saturday. “Whoever has it, has it. The mission is still the same. The goal is still the same, and we just need all 26 players no matter their role to be on the same page and have the same role at the end of the day, which is to compete and win games.”

Australia's 24th men's ODI captain Aaron Finch has announced his retirement from ODI cricket. The opening batter, who turns 36 in November, said he will retire from one-day international cricket effective Sunday after his team plays New Zealand in the third and final ODI. A recent run of poor form has seen Finch average just 3.7 runs, including three ducks, since scoring 62 runs against Sri Lanka in an ODI in June. Cricket Australia said in a statement Saturday that Finch will continue to captain the country's T20 side and will lead them in defence of their world title when the T20 World Cup is played in October and November in Australia. "It has been a fantastic ride with some incredible memories," said Finch, who played 145 ODI matches, 54 as captain. "I have been extremely fortunate to be a part of some brilliant one-day sides." "It is time now to give a new leader the best possible opportunity to prepare for and win the next World Cup. I thank all of those who have helped and supported my journey to this point." One of the most damaging opening batters in the world when at his best, Finch has scored 5,401 runs in the ODI format and averaged close to 40, including 17 centuries. But he failed to get past 20 in his last seven innings and his continuing place in the side was in doubt. Read: SL vs AUS 2022: Lankans eye first home series win over Australia since 1992 Finch's decision leaves Australia searching for a new one-day captain ahead of next year's World Cup in India. Australia Test skipper Pat Cummins previously indicated he does not want to captain the ODI side. "Being a bit over 12 months out from the 50-over World Cup, I thought the timing was right now," Finch said. "I could have tried to play another series – the series against England post-World Cup – and that would have been a bit of a fairytale finishing at the MCG. But I think that's never been my style to be self-indulgent in any kind of way." Australia has already clinched the three-match ODI series against New Zealand ahead of Sunday's final match in Cairns, north Queensland state, after winning the first two matches.

With only 23 days left for this year's T20 Asia Cup, the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) is yet to name a captain for the national team. BCB President Nazmul Hasan said they will announce a new captain for the Asia Cup within the next few days. "We have a few names to consider and also have Mahmudullah Riyad on our list," Nazmul told the media after a board meeting Thursday. Nazmul hinted that they have four names on their list: Shakib Al Hasan, Riyad, Nurul Hasan Sohan and Liton Das. Read: Asia Cup 2022 Schedule: Groups, full fixtures, venues Ahead of the three-match T20I series against Zimbabwe, Bangladesh named wicketkeeper-batter Nurul Hasan Sohan as their T20I captain. He led Bangladesh in the first two matches of the series. During the second match of the series, he took a blow to his finger and was ruled out of the series. Sohan is not a part of the Bangladesh team that will play a three-match ODI series against Zimbabwe, starting Friday. The Asia Cup will begin on August 27 in the UAE. Bangladesh will play their first match against Afghanistan on August 30 and their second match on September 1 against Sri Lanka