Monday 26 December 2011

FAMOUS ZIMBABWE CRICKTERS

Prosper Utseya

Personal information
Full name Prosper Utseya
Born 26 March 1985 (age 26)
Harare, Zimbabwe
Batting style Right-handed
Bowling style Right arm off break
Role Bowler
International information
National side Zimbabwe
Only Test (cap 65) 6 May 2004 v Sri Lanka
ODI debut (cap 81) 20 April 2004 v Sri Lanka
ODI shirt no. 52
Domestic team information
Years Team
2009–present Mountaineers
2006–2009 Easterns
2004–2005 Midlands
2003–2004 Manicaland
2001–2003 Mashonaland
Career statistics
Competition Tests ODI FC LA
Matches 1 111 63 162
Runs scored 45 749 2,098 1,225
Batting average 22.50 13.61 20.77 14.08
100s/50s 0/0 0/2 1/11 0/2
Top score 45 68* 115* 68*
Balls bowled 72 5,583 11,449 7,986
Wickets 0 84 180 132
Bowling average – 45.98 28.85 41.13
5 wickets in innings 0 0 8 0
10 wickets in match 0 0 2 0
Best bowling 0/55 4/46 7/56 4/16
Catches/stumpings 2/– 33/– 26/– 51/–
Source: CricketArchive, 10 June 2010
Prosper Utseya (born March 26, 1985) is a Zimbabwean cricketer. Rising from the ranks of township cricket in Harare's Highfield suburb, he attended Churchill High School (the cradle of many black Zimbabwean players), thanks to Zimbabwe Cricket Union scholarships. He bowls a right-arm off break and is a useful right-hand batsman.
While his initial place in the national team owed much to the withdrawal of several white players after Heath Streak's dismissal from captaincy, Utseya has more than earned his place since. He was ranked 15th in the ICC ODI Bowling Rankings in September 2006.
He has a reputation for being an extremely parsimonious bowler, albeit with less wicket taking prowess. In a Cricinfo article from August 2006, he had the lowest economy rate (3.84) amongst all spinners in the history of ODI cricket. In comparison, the economy rates for Muttiah Muralitharan and Harbhajan Singh at the same time were 3.85 and 4.11 respectively.
In July 2006, Prosper was appointed as the National Captain at the age of 21, replacing Terry Duffin at the last minute (see Cricinfo interview of August 2006). He got off to a good start, with a well fought 3-2 series victory against fellow wooden spoon contenders Bangladesh. He resigned as captain in 2010.

Hamilton Masakadza

Personal information
Full name Hamilton Masakadza
Born 9 August 1983 (age 28)
Harare, Zimbabwe
Batting style Right-handed
Bowling style Right-arm leg break
Relations SW Masakadza
International information
National side Zimbabwe
Test debut (cap 53) 27 July 2001 v West Indies
Last Test 8 August 2011 v Bangladesh
ODI debut (cap 65) 23 September 2001 v South Africa
Last ODI 9 June 2010 v Sri Lanka
Domestic team information
Years Team
2000–05 Manicaland
2001 Mashonaland
2001–11 Zimbabwe
2009–11 Mountaineers
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI T20I F/C
Matches 15* 102 14 90
Runs scored 889 2653 411 6246
Batting average 29.63 27.07 329.35 42.48
100s/50s 2/3 3/16 0/3 15/30
Top score 119 178* 79 208*
Balls bowled 126 970 24 2792
Wickets 2 26 1 44
Bowling average 19.50 34.11 39.00 28.70
5 wickets in innings 0 0 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 n/a n/a 0
Best bowling 1/9 3/39 1/9 4/11
Catches/stumpings 8/- 43/- 6/- 67/-
Source: CricketArchive, 5 August 2011
Hamilton Masakadza (born August 9, 1983) is a Zimbabwean cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and occasional right-arm leg-break bowler.
In February 2000 he became the first black Zimbabwean to score a first-class century. Soon after, in July 2001 he became the youngest player to make a century on his Test debut. His innings of 119 was made against the West Indies in Harare and helped his side draw the match. Still at high school, he was aged just 17 years and 254 days at the time. He only held this record until August however when Mohammad Ashraful took it from him. His career since has been often interrupted by his studies but he has managed a further 14 Tests.
He went into the record books again against the West Indies in December 2007, this time in an ODI. His opening partnership of 167 with Vusi Sibanda was a national record, with Masakadza making 80 of those runs. His maiden ODI century against a Test-playing nation came on 14 August 2009, eight years after his Test century, when he scored 102 off 112 balls against Bangladesh batting at Number three.
He is also the first Zimbabwean to have two ODI scores of more than 150, both coming in one week when he scored 156 and 178 not out against Kenya in October 2009 in the first and fifth matches in Harare.He plays for Mountaineers in the logan cup in the new franchise system. His brother, Shingirai Masakadza is also playing for Zimbabwe and the Mountaineers.

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Brian Murphy

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For other people of the same name, see Brian Murphy (disambiguation).
Brian Murphy
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Personal information
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Legbreak googly
Career statistics
Competition Tests ODIs
Matches 11 31
Runs scored 123 72
Batting average 10.25 8.00
100s/50s 0/0 0/0
Top score 30 20*
Balls bowled 2153 1422
Wickets 18 29
Bowling average 61.83 38.96
5 wickets in innings 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 n/a
Best bowling 3/32 3/43
Catches/stumpings 11/- 11/-
Source: Cricinfo, 11 February 2006
Brian Andrew Murphy (born 1 December 1976 in Salisbury - now Harare) is a former Zimbabwean cricketer. He played his cricket for Mashonaland in Zimbabwe and Western Province in South Africa. He played a total of 11 Test matches and 31 One Day Internationals for Zimbabwe, and was the surprise choice as captain when Heath Streak stepped down in 2001. However, after four ODIs and one Test he sustained a hand injury and the captaincy was taken over by Stuart Carlisle.
He returned as a player after recovering from injury. He played in the World Cup 2003 and immediately after that he quit Zimbabwe and went to England where he was offered a better deal. He also took a job, coaching at the University of Cape Town in South Africa.
He is currently playing/coaching in UK for Swardeston CC. He is a registered player in East Anglian Premier Cricket League.

 

Grant Flower
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Personal information
Born 20 December 1970 (age 41)
Salisbury, Rhodesia
Nickname Flower Power (along with brother Andy)
Batting style Right hand bat
Bowling style Slow left arm orthodox
Role Batsman
Career statistics
Competition Tests ODIs
Matches 67 221
Runs scored 3,457 6571
Batting average 29.54 33.52
100s/50s 6/15 6/40
Top score 201* 142*
Balls bowled 3378 5,62
Wickets 25 104
Bowling average 61.48 40.62
5 wickets in innings 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 n/a
Best bowling 4/41 4/32
Catches/stumpings 43/- 86/-
Source: Cricinfo, 14 March 2004
Grant William Flower (born 20 December 1970) is a Zimbabwean cricketer. He is rated among the best Zimbabwean cricketers in history for his handy left arm spin and fine batting skills. He was a fitness fanatic who spends hours in the gym, and was also regarded as a brilliant fielder who was usually seen in the gully. "Flower Power", the combination of Grant and his brother Andy Flower, was the mainstay of Zimbabwean batting for a decade. He was his team's most successful opening batsman who played the role of anchorman, with strokeplayers coming in down the order. He played a lead role in, arguably, Zimbabwe's finest Test victory, against a strong Pakistan side. He would show a liking for the Pakistani side over his career, averaging over 40 against them and scoring 3 centuries including an unbeaten 201. Grant Flower needs to score 215 runs to overtake his brother Andy as the country's leading run scorer in ODI cricket.

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Heath Streak

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Personal information
Batting style Right hand bat
Bowling style Right arm fast medium
Career statistics
Competition Tests ODIs
Matches 65 189
Runs scored 1990 2943
Batting average 22.35 28.29
100s/50s 1/11 0/13
Top score 127* 79*
Balls bowled 2259.5 1578.0
Wickets 216 239
Bowling average 28.14 29.82
5 wickets in innings 7 1
10 wickets in match 0 n/a
Best bowling 6/73 5/32
Catches/stumpings 17/- 46/-
Source: Cricinfo, December 7 2005
Heath Hilton Streak (born March 16, 1974, in Bulawayo) is a former Zimbabwean cricketer. He made his Test debut in Zimbabwe's tour of Pakistan 1993/1994 making his mark by taking 8 wickets in the 2nd Test at Rawalpindi (December 9–14, 1993). He won the Man of the series award in that series taking 22 wickets at an average of 13.54. He bettered his best bowling figures in 1995 when Pakistan toured Zimbabwe taking 6/90 in the first Test at Harare.
In 1995/96, Streak played in the same Matabeleland team as his 46-year-old father Denis in the final of the Lonrho Logan Cup against Mashonaland Country Districts; this was the first instance of a father and son playing in the same first-class match for more than thirty years.
In 2000/2001, he won 2 man of the series awards, first in Zimbabwe's tour of England and then in Bangladesh's tour of Zimbabwe.
He is the only Zimbabwean bowler to have taken over 100 Test wickets and one of only 2 Zimbabwean bowlers to have taken over 100 ODI wickets (the other being Grant Flower). There is little doubt that he is the best bowler to have played for Zimbabwe, with the ability to extract seam movement at a lively pace on even the deadest of wickets.
He retired from international cricket in October 2005 to become captain of Warwickshire County Cricket Club having previously played county cricket for Hampshire. He also captains his fellow exiled Anglo-African players from Zimbabwe in the Red Lions team, which plays charity games in England.
On 25 April 2007, Streak resigned as Warwickshire captain, saying captaining the side was affecting his on field abilities. He was replaced as captain by Darren Maddy. At the end of the 2007 season he left Warwickshire citing family reasons.[1]
At the bottom of the year of 2007, he joined the Ahmedabad Rockets in the Indian Cricket League. He played two seasons in the ICL along with appearing in the Hong Kong sixes.
In 2009, he cut his ties with ICL, and in that August was appointed as the bowling coach of Zimbabwean national team. He was also given the responsibility of working with the young Zimbabwean fast bowlers and for franchise cricket.
Later it also appeared that Heath Streak is the most possible candidate for the head coach job of Zimbabwean national team when the contract of Walter Chwaguta ends. It is believed that Walter Chwaguta will be Streak's assistant coach.

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Alistair Campbell

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Personal information
Batting style Left-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm offbreak
Career statistics
Competition Tests ODIs
Matches 60 188
Runs scored 2858 5185
Batting average 27.21 30.50
100s/50s 2/18 7/30
Top score 103 131*
Balls bowled 66 509
Wickets - 12
Bowling average - 36.16
5 wickets in innings - 0
10 wickets in match - n/a
Best bowling - 2/20
Catches/stumpings 60/- 76/-
Source: Cricinfo, 11 February 2006
Alistair Douglas Ross Campbell (born 23 September 1972 in Salisbury - now Harare) is a former Zimbabwean Test cricketer. In total he played 60 matches in his Test career, captaining Zimbabwe on 21 occasions. He also played 188 One Day Internationals, being captain in 86 of them. He retired from cricket in 2003.
A left-handed batsman, Campbell batted in the middle order in Test cricket but usually opened in One Day International cricket. After becoming the youngest ever Zimbabwean to make a first-class century he was selected for the 1992 World Cup in Australia, aged 19. He struggled throughout but in the coming years managed to cement his spot in the national side. On the 1993–94 Pakistan tour he scored 3 half centuries against the likes of Wasim Akram and Waqar Younis.
In October 1994 he fell painfully short of his maiden Test century when he was dismissed by Sri Lankan paceman Ravindra Pushpakumara for 99. This remained his highest Test score for five years until he brought up 3 figures against India at Nagpur in 2000–01. He scored one more Test century in his career, an innings of 103 the following season against the West Indies.
He was more successful in the ODI arena, making over 5000 runs and maintaining an average of over 30. His most prolific year was in 2000 when he made 960 runs at 38.40. Of his 7 hundreds, 2 of them were made against Australia.
Campbell took over the captaincy of Zimbabwe in 1996. He led them to a series victory in Pakistan in 1998-99, and also led the team to the Super Six stage of the 1999 World Cup. After 3 years in charge he stood down from the captaincy for what he stated as 'personal reasons'.
After not being selected for the 2003 World Cup, Campbell announced his retirement from international cricket only to reconsider when he was chosen to replace an injured Mark Vermeulen. Zimbabwe's final match of the World Cup turned out to be the final match of Campbell's career as he was never selected again for his country.
In July 2009, Alistair was re-inducted into Zimbabwe cricket after being selected Chairman of their Cricket Committee, a major step in the revival of the sport in the nation.[1] He is also the chief selector of the Zimbabwean national cricket team

 

David Houghton

David Houghton Player and Coach of the Zimbabwe World cup squad 1992
Personal information
Full name David Laud Houghton
Born 23 June 1957 (age 54)
Bulawayo, Zimbabwe
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm off break
Role Batsman, Wicket keeper, coach,
International information
National side Zimbabwe
Test debut (cap 8) 18 October 1982 v India
Last Test 25 September 1997 v New Zealand
ODI debut (cap 6) 9 June 1983 v Australia
Last ODI 5 October 1997 v New Zealand
Domestic team information
Years Team
1993–1998 Mashonaland
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA
Matches 22 63 120 163
Runs scored 1464 1530 7445 4191
Batting average 43.05 26.37 39.39 29.20
100s/50s 4/4 1/12 17/36 1/12
Top score 266 142 266 142
Balls bowled 5 12 149 53
Wickets - 1 2 2
Bowling average - 19.00 29.50 28.50
5 wickets in innings - - 0 -
10 wickets in match - - 0 n/a
Best bowling - 1/19 2/7 1/9
Catches/stumpings 17/– 29/2 165/16 112/11
Source: Cricinfo, 26 August 2011
David Laud Houghton (born 23 June 1957) is a former Zimbabwean Test cricketer. He captained Zimbabwe in their first four Test matches, losing two and drawing two. Zimbabwe won one of the 17 One Day Internationals he was captain for.
David Houghton also represented his country in hockey and was described by the Pakistan hockey team captain as the best goal-keeper he had ever played against.[1]
Probably Zimbabwe's second-best batsman in their short cricketing history (after Andy Flower), Houghton holds the record for the highest Test score by a Zimbabwean, with his 266 against Sri Lanka in 1994/5.His other memorable one day cricket inning was against New Zealand in 1987 Reliance World Cup, in which Houghton scored 142 runs off 137 deliveries with 13 fours and 6 sixes.[2]Since retiring as a player, Houghton has gone on to become a coach and commentator. Before he was the coach of Derbyshire County Cricket Club he was the coach at Radlett Cricket Club in Hertfordshire. Whilst in this role his best achievement was taking Radlett to victory in the Evening Standard trophy which is London's most prestigious cricket competition. He was coach of Derbyshire from 2004 to the middle of the 2007 season when he quit.[3]

Tatenda Taibu

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Personal information
Full name Tatenda Taibu
Born 14 May 1983 (age 28)
Harare, Zimbabwe
Nickname Tibbly
Height 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)
Batting style Right handed
Bowling style Right arm off spin/right arm medium
Role Wicketkeeper
Relations Kudzai Taibu (brother)
International information
National side Zimbabwe
Test debut (cap 52) 19 July 2001 v West Indies
Last Test 20 September 2005 v India
ODI debut (cap 64) 23 June 2001 v West Indies
Last ODI 9 June 2010 v Sri Lanka
ODI shirt no. 44
Domestic team information
Years Team
2008–present Mountaineers
2008 Kolkata Knight Riders
2006–2007 Namibia
2005–2006 Cape Cobras
2000–2005 Mashonaland
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA
Matches 24 136 109 216
Runs scored 1,273 3,001 6,510 4,928
Batting average 29.60 29.13 38.75 30.41
100s/50s 1/9 2/18 12/36 4/31
Top score 153 107* 175* 121*
Balls bowled 48 84 924 569
Wickets 1 2 22 14
Bowling average 27.00 30.50 19.59 30.71
5 wickets in innings 0 0 1 0
10 wickets in match 0 0 0 0
Best bowling 1/27 2/42 8/43 4/25
Catches/stumpings 48/4 107/31 285/29 188/53
Source: CricketArchive, 30 July 2011
Tatenda Taibu (born May 14, 1983) is a Zimbabwean cricketer. He is a wicketkeeper and batsman, and can also bowl right arm off spin. On 6 May 2004, he became the youngest Test captain in history, when he captained his team against Sri Lanka.[1]

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Brendan Taylor

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Personal information
Full name Brendan Ross Murray Taylor
Born 6 February 1986 (age 25)
Harare, Zimbabwe
Batting style Right-handed batsman
Bowling style Right-arm off break
Role Batsman, Zimbabwe captain
International information
National side Zimbabwe
Test debut (cap 64) 6 May 2004 v Sri Lanka
Last Test 1 November 2011 v New Zealand
ODI debut (cap 80) 20 April 2004 v Sri Lanka
Last ODI 22 October 2011 v New Zealand
Domestic team information
Years Team
2001/02 Mashonaland A
2002/03–2004/05 Mashonaland
2007/08–2008/09 Northerns
2009/10–present Mid West Rhinos
2011-present Wellington cricket team
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC List A
Matches 13 129 68 184
Runs scored 780 3,985 4,719 5,528
Batting average 31.20 34.65 39.99 33.30
100s/50s 2/5 6/24 14/19 8/33
Top score 117 145* 217 145*
Balls bowled 42 396 366 606
Wickets 0 9 4 20
Bowling average – 45.11 53.25 30.20
5 wickets in innings 0 0 0 1
10 wickets in match 0 0 0 0
Best bowling 0/6 3/54 2/36 5/28
Catches/stumpings 14/0 63/18 83/4 94/26
Source: Cricinfo, 3 December 2011
Brendan Taylor (born 6 February 1986) is a Zimbabwean cricketer, who is mainly a batsman but occasionally keeps wicket or bowls off-spin. He is currently the captain of the Zimbabwean cricket team, having taken over the reins from Elton Chigumbura after the 2011 Cricket World Cup. In 2011, he became the first Zimbabwean batsman to hit back-to-back One-Day International centuries (128 not out and 107 not out), achieved against New Zealand in October. He was selected to play Twenty20 cricket for the Wellington cricket team as an overseas player in New Zealand's HRV Twenty20 Cup in December 2011.

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Andy Flower

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Personal information
Full name Andrew Flower
Born 28 April 1968 (age 43)
Cape Town, South Africa
Nickname Petals; Flower Power (along with brother Grant)
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Batting style Left-handed
Bowling style Right-arm off break
Role Wicket-keeper England Team Director
International information
National side Zimbabwe
Test debut (cap 6) 18 October 1992 v India
Last Test 16 November 2002 v Pakistan
ODI debut (cap 20) 23 February 1992 v Sri Lanka
Last ODI 15 March 2003 v Sri Lanka
Domestic team information
Years Team
2002-2006 Essex
1996-2005 MCC
2003/04 South Australia
1993/94-2002/03 Mashonaland
Career statistics
Competition Test ODIs FC LA
Matches 63 213 223 380
Runs scored 4794 6786 16379 12511
Batting average 51.54 35.34 54.05 38.97
100s/50s 12/27 4/55 49/75 12/97
Top score 232* 145 271* 145
Balls bowled 3 30 629 132
Wickets - - 7 1
Bowling average - - 38.57 103.00
5 wickets in innings - - 0 0
10 wickets in match - - 0 0
Best bowling - - 1/1 1/21
Catches/stumpings 151/9 141/32 361/21 254/48
Source: Cricinfo, 13 November 2007
Andrew "Andy" Flower OBE (born 28 April 1968 in Cape Town, South Africa) is a former international cricketer for Zimbabwe and is currently the England coach.
On 22 December 2011, Andy Flower was awarded with the 2011 Coach of the Year on BBC Sports Personality of the Year.

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