Prince Masvaure

Prince Masvaure
Personal information
Full name
Prince Spencer Masvaure
Born (1988-10-07) 7 October 1988 (age 36)
Bulawayo, Zimbabwe
BattingLeft-handed
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 98)28 July 2016 v New Zealand
Last Test29 April 2021 v Pakistan
ODI debut (cap 137)18 July 2018 v Pakistan
Last ODI22 July 2018 v Pakistan
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA
Matches 9 2 115 87
Runs scored 432 40 5,601 2,150
Batting average 27.00 20.00 29.63 27.92
100s/50s 0/4 0/0 9/32 1/13
Top score 74 39 166 100
Balls bowled 84 18 5,774 1,095
Wickets 0 0 84 32
Bowling average - - 39.08 29.09
5 wickets in innings - - 0 0
10 wickets in match - - 0 0
Best bowling - - 4/28 3/22
Catches/stumpings 2/- 0/- 54/- 27/-
Source: Cricinfo, 28 July 2024

Prince Spencer Masvaure (born 7 October 1988) is a Zimbabwean first-class cricketer.[1] In July 2016 he was named in Zimbabwe's Test squad for their series against New Zealand.[2] On 28 July 2016 he made his Test debut against New Zealand.[3]

He was the leading run-scorer for Mid West Rhinos in the 2017–18 Pro50 Championship tournament, with 271 runs in eight matches.[4]

In June 2018, he was named in a Board XI team for warm-up fixtures ahead of the 2018 Zimbabwe Tri-Nation Series.[5] Later the same month, he was named in a 22-man preliminary Twenty20 International (T20I) squad for the tri-nation series.[6] He made his One Day International (ODI) debut for Zimbabwe against Pakistan on 18 July 2018.[7]

In December 2020, he was selected to play for the Rhinos in the 2020–21 Logan Cup.[8][9] In January 2022, during the 2021–22 Logan Cup, Masvaure played in his 100th first-class match.[10]

  1. ^ "Prince Masvaure". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 12 May 2015.
  2. ^ "Cremer to lead Zimbabwe in Tests against New Zealand". ESPNcricinfo. ESPN Sports Media. 21 July 2016. Retrieved 21 July 2016.
  3. ^ "New Zealand tour of Zimbabwe, 1st Test: Zimbabwe v New Zealand at Bulawayo, Jul 28-Aug 1, 2016". ESPNcricinfo. ESPN Sports Media. 28 July 2016. Retrieved 28 July 2016.
  4. ^ "2017–18 Pro50 Championship, Mid West Rhinos: Batting and Bowling Averages". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 31 May 2018.
  5. ^ "Graeme Cremer, Sikandar Raza left out of T20 practice matches". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 8 June 2018.
  6. ^ "Raza, Taylor absent from Zimbabwe T20I squad". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 20 June 2018.
  7. ^ "3rd ODI, Pakistan Tour of Zimbabwe at Bulawayo, Jul 18 2018". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 18 July 2018.
  8. ^ "Logan Cup first class cricket competition gets underway". The Zimbabwe Daily. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
  9. ^ "Logan Cup starts in secure environment". The Herald. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
  10. ^ "Masvaure hits century of first-class matches". The Sunday Mail. Retrieved 23 January 2022.