{"id":417528,"date":"2026-02-10T06:35:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-10T06:35:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/417528\/"},"modified":"2026-02-10T06:35:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-10T06:35:08","slug":"lewis-mcmanus-northants-wicketkeeper-stands-down-as-one-day-captain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/417528\/","title":{"rendered":"Lewis McManus: Northants wicketkeeper stands down as one-day captain"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Northamptonshire Steelbacks wicketkeeper Lewis McManus has stepped down as captain of the One-Day Cup side.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">McManus, who was appointed one-day skipper in 2023, has taken the decision to step back after leading the side in the past three campaigns.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;Lewis has worked extremely hard over the past couple of years and we&#8217;re very thankful for his service as captain and for all of the help he has provided the younger players in particular,&#8221; said head coach Darren Lehmann.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The 31-year-old, who scored 110 runs and took four catches in last year&#8217;s competition, joined the club from Hampshire in 2022.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;He&#8217;s still an important player and leader within the group and we&#8217;re looking forward to him having a strong summer,&#8221; Lehmann added.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Northants have said a decision on McManus&#8217; successor will be made closer to this year&#8217;s competition.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Northamptonshire Steelbacks wicketkeeper Lewis McManus has stepped down as captain of the One-Day Cup side. McManus, who was&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":417529,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[1721,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-417528","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cricket","tag-cricket","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/417528","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=417528"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/417528\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/417529"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=417528"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=417528"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=417528"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}