Hamilton Masakadza

Hamilton Masakadza
Personal information
Born (1983-08-09) 9 August 1983 (age 41)
Harare, Zimbabwe
Height6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium
RoleTop-order batter
Relations
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 53)27 July 2001 v West Indies
Last Test11 November 2018 v Bangladesh
ODI debut (cap 65)23 September 2001 v South Africa
Last ODI7 July 2019 v Ireland
ODI shirt no.3
T20I debut (cap 6)28 November 2006 v Bangladesh
Last T20I20 September 2019 v Afghanistan
T20I shirt no.3
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1999/00–2004/05Manicaland
200/01Mashonaland
2003/04Matabeleland
2006/07–2008/09Easterns
2009/10–2017/18Mountaineers
2013Sylhet Royals
2017Amo Sharks
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI T20I FC
Matches 38 209 66 140
Runs scored 2,223 5,658 1,662 9,564
Batting average 30.04 27.73 25.96 39.85
100s/50s 5/8 5/34 0/11 23/44
Top score 158 178* 93* 208*
Balls bowled 1,152 1,844 72 4,130
Wickets 16 39 2 62
Bowling average 30.56 41.94 56.50 29.53
5 wickets in innings 0 0 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 0 0 0
Best bowling 3/24 3/39 1/4 4/11
Catches/stumpings 29/0 71/– 25/– 124/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 20 September 2019

Hamilton Masakadza (born 9 August 1983) is a Zimbabwean former cricketer, who played all formats of the game for Zimbabwe. He captained the national team during 2016 ICC World T20, but was relieved of his duties following an indifferent team performance in the tournament, where they failed to get past the qualifying round.[1] In February 2019, Zimbabwe Cricket confirmed that Masakadza would captain the national side across all three formats for the 2019–20 season.[2]

He was a right-handed batsman and occasional right-arm medium-pace bowler. His brothers, Shingirai Masakadza and Wellington Masakadza, also played for Zimbabwe; all three have played domestically for the Mountaineers.

He became the first player to score multiple 150-plus scores in a series or tournament, where he achieved the feat against Kenya in 2009.[3] In October 2018, during Zimbabwe's tour to South Africa, Masakadza became the fourth cricketer for Zimbabwe to play in 200 One Day International (ODI) matches.[4][5]

In September 2019, Masakadza announced that he would retire from international cricket following the conclusion of the 2019–20 Bangladesh Tri-Nation Series.[6][7] On 20 September 2019, he played in his final international cricket match for Zimbabwe, against Afghanistan.[8] In October 2019, Masakadza was appointed as Zimbabwe Cricket's director of cricket.[9]

  1. ^ Zimbabwe sack Masakadza, Whatmore. ESPNcricinfo
  2. ^ "Hamilton Masakadza to lead Zimbabwe in all three formats through 2019-20". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 19 February 2019.
  3. ^ "Rohit Sharma's seventh 150-plus score in ODIs". Cricinfo. Retrieved 29 October 2018.
  4. ^ "LATEST: Masakadza guns for victory over Proteas in his 200th ODI". The Sunday News. Retrieved 3 October 2018.
  5. ^ "South Africa vs Zimbabwe: Hamilton Masakadza's road to 200 ODIs". Cricket Country. Retrieved 3 October 2018.
  6. ^ "Hamilton Masakadza to retire after T20I tri-series in Bangladesh". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 3 September 2019.
  7. ^ "Zimbabwe aim to make it a memorable farewell for Hamilton Masakadza". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 19 September 2019.
  8. ^ "Zimbabwe look to snap unwanted streak against Afghanistan in Masakadza's farewell". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 20 September 2019.
  9. ^ "Hamilton Masakadza appointed Zimbabwe Cricket's director of cricket". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 30 October 2019.