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Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe cricket team
Status Full Member
Test Captain Craig Ervine
ODI Captain Craig Ervine
T20I Captain Sikandar Raza
Test Ranking 10th
ODI Ranking 11th
T20I Ranking 13th
Tests Played 117
Test Record Won 13 Lost 75 (29 Drawn)
First Test vs Flag of India India at Harare Sports Club, Harare, 18-22 October 1992
Last Test vs Flag of West Indies West Indies at Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo, 12-14 February 2023
ODIs Played 572
ODI Record Won 151 Lost 398 (8 Tie, 15 No Result)
First ODI vs Flag of Australia Australia at Trent Bridge, Nottingham, 9 June 1983
Last ODI vs Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Sri Lanka at R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo, 11 January 2024
T20Is Played 140
T20I Record Won 46 Lost 91 (2 Tie, 1 No Result)
First T20I vs Flag of Bangladesh.svg Bangladesh at Sheikh Abu Naser Stadium, Khulna, 28 November 2006
Last T20I vs Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Sri Lanka at R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo, 18 January 2024

The Zimbabwe national cricket team represents Zimbabwe in men's international cricket and is administered by Zimbabwe Cricket. Zimbabwe has been a Full Member of the International Cricket Council since 1991 and made their test debut in 1992 against India.

Statistics and Records[]

Playing Record
Format M W L T D/NR Inaugural Match
Test Matches 117 13 75 0 29 18 October 1992
One Day Internationals 572 151 398 8 15 9 June 1983
Twenty20 Internationals 140 46 91 2 1 28 November 2006

Test Matches[]

Team Records[]

Highest Team Total 563/9d Flag of West Indies West Indies Harare Sports Club, Harare 27-31 July 2001
Lowest Team Total 51 Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand McLean Park, Napier 26-28 January 2012
Highest Total Conceded 735/6d Flag of Australia Australia WACA Ground, Perth 9-13 October 2003
Lowest Total Conceded 103 Flag of Pakistan Pakistan Arbab Niaz Stadium, Peshawar 27-30 November 1998

Most Career Runs[]

Player Runs Average Career Span
Andy Flower 4,794 51.54 1992-2002
Grant Flower 3,457 29.54 1992-2004
Alistair Campbell 2,858 27.21 1992-2002
Brendan Taylor 2,320 36.25 2004-2021
Hamilton Masakadza 2,223 30.04 2001-2018

Most Career Wickets[]

Player Wickets Average Career Span
Heath Streak 216 28.14 1993-2005
Ray Price 80 36.06 1999-2013
Paul Strang 70 36.02 1994-2001
Henry Olonga 68 38.52 1995-2002
Graeme Cremer 57 45.68 2005-2017

Highest Scores[]

Player Score Opponent Venue Date
David Houghton 266 Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Sri Lanka Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo 20-24 October 1994
Andy Flower 232* Flag of India India Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground, Nagpur 25-29 November 2000
Guy Whittall 203* Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo 25-29 September 1997
Grant Flower 201* Flag of Pakistan Pakistan Harare Sports Club, Harare 31 January-4 February 1995
Andy Flower 199* Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa Harare Sports Club, Harare 7-11 September 2001

Best Innings Bowling Figures[]

Player Figures Opponent Venue Date
Paul Strang 8/109 Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo 12-16 September 2000
Sikandar Raza 7/113 Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Sri Lanka Harare Sports Club, Harare 27-31 January 2020
Douglas Hondo 6/59 Flag of Bangladesh.svg Bangladesh Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka 14-18 January 2005
Ray Price 6/73 Flag of West Indies West Indies Harare Sports Club, Harare 4-8 November 2003
Heath Streak 6/73 Flag of India India Harare Sports Club, Harare 20-22 September 2005

Best Match Bowling Figures[]

Player Figures Opponent Venue Date
Adam Huckle 11/255 Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo 25-29 September 1997
Paul Strang 10/158 Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo 12-16 September 2000
Ray Price 10/161 Flag of West Indies West Indies Harare Sports Club, Harare 4-8 November 2003
Heath Streak 9/72 Flag of West Indies West Indies Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain 16-20 March 2000
Heath Streak 9/105 Flag of Pakistan Pakistan Harare Sports Club, Harare 31 January-4 February 1995

Win/Loss Record[]

Opponent M W L T D First Match First Win
Flag of Afghanistan.svg Afghanistan 2 1 1 0 0 2 March 2021 3 March 2021
Flag of Australia Australia 3 0 3 0 0 14 October 1999
Flag of Bangladesh.svg Bangladesh 18 7 8 0 3 19 April 2001 22 April 2001
Flag of England England 6 0 3 0 3 18 December 1996
Flag of India India 11 2 7 0 2 18 October 1992 10 October 1998
Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand 17 0 11 0 6 1 November 1992
Flag of Pakistan Pakistan 19 3 12 0 4 1 December 1993 4 February 1995
Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa 9 0 8 0 1 13 October 1995
Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Sri Lanka 20 0 14 0 6 11 October 1994
Flag of West Indies West Indies 12 0 8 0 4 16 March 2000

One Day Internationals[]

Team Records[]

Highest Team Total 408/6 Flag of the United States United States Harare Sports Club, Harare 26 June 2023
Lowest Team Total 35 Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Sri Lanka Harare Sports Club, Harare 25 April 2004
Highest Total Conceded 418/5 Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa Senwes Park, Potchefstroom 20 September 2006
Lowest Total Conceded 58 Flag of Afghanistan.svg Afghanistan Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah 2 January 2016

Most Career Runs[]

Player Runs Average Career Span
Andy Flower 6,786 35.34 1992-2003
Brendan Taylor 6,684 35.55 2004-2021
Grant Flower 6,571 33.52 1992-2010
Hamilton Masakadza 5,658 27.73 2001-2019
Alistair Campbell 5,185 30.50 1992-2003

Most Career Wickets[]

Player Wickets Average Career Span
Heath Streak 237 29.81 1993-2005
Prosper Utseya 133 46.90 2004-2015
Graeme Cremer 119 30.22 2009-2018
Tendai Chatara 115 32.61 2013-2023
Grant Flower 104 40.62 1992-2010

Highest Scores[]

Player Score Opponent Venue Date
Charles Coventry 194* Flag of Bangladesh.svg Bangladesh Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo 16 August 2009
Hamilton Masakadza 178* Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya Harare Sports Club, Harare 18 October 2009
Sean Williams 174 Flag of the United States United States Harare Sports Club, Harare 26 June 2023
Craig Wishart 172* Flag of Namibia.svg Namibia Harare Sports Club, Harare 10 February 2003
Hamilton Masakadza 156 Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya Harare Sports Club, Harare 12 October 2009

Best Bowling Figures[]

Player Figures Opponent Venue Date
Henry Olonga 6/19 Flag of England England Newlands, Cape Town 28 January 2000
Bryan Strang 6/20 Flag of Bangladesh.svg Bangladesh Aga Khan Sports Club, Nairobi 14 October 1997
Henry Olonga 6/28 Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo 15 December 2002
Graeme Cremer 6/46 Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya Harare Sports Club, Harare 13 October 2009
Chris Mpofu 6/52 Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya Gymkhana Club Ground, Nairobi 19 October 2008

Win/Loss Record[]

Opponent M W L T NR First Match First Win
vs Full Members
Flag of Afghanistan.svg Afghanistan 28 10 18 0 0 18 July 2014 18 July 2014
Flag of Australia Australia 33 3 29 0 1 9 June 1983 9 June 1983
Flag of Bangladesh.svg Bangladesh 81 30 51 0 0 11 October 1997 11 October 1997
Flag of England England 30 8 21 0 1 18 March 1992 18 March 1992
Flag of India India 66 10 54 2 0 11 June 1983 7 February 1997
Ireland flag Ireland 22 8 10 1 3 15 March 2007 17 October 2008
Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand 38 9 27 1 1 10 October 1987 3 February 1996
Flag of Pakistan Pakistan 62 4 54 2 2 27 February 1992 26 February 1995
Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa 41 2 38 0 1 10 March 1992 29 May 1999
Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Sri Lanka 64 12 49 0 3 23 February 1992 5 November 1994
Flag of West Indies West Indies 49 11 36 1 1 13 June 1983 26 July 1999
vs Associate Members
Flag of Bermuda Bermuda 2 2 0 0 0 18 May 2006 18 May 2006
Flag of Canada.svg Canada 2 2 0 0 0 16 May 2006 16 May 2006
Flag of Hong Kong Hong Kong 1 1 0 0 0 10 March 2018 10 March 2018
Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya 32 25 5 0 2 26 February 1996 27 February 1996
Flag of Namibia.svg Namibia 1 1 0 0 0 10 February 2003 10 February 2003
Flag of Nepal Nepal 1 1 0 0 0 18 June 2023 18 June 2023
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands 7 4 3 0 0 28 February 2003 28 February 2003
Flag of Oman Oman 1 1 0 0 0 29 June 2023 29 June 2023
Flag of Scotland.svg Scotland 4 1 2 1 0 15 June 2017 17 June 2017
Flag of United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates 6 5 1 0 0 19 February 2015 19 February 2015
Flag of the United States United States 1 1 0 0 0 26 June 2023 26 June 2023

Twenty20 Internationals[]

Team Records[]

Highest Team Total 236/5 Flag of Singapore Singapore Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo 11 July 2022
Lowest Team Total 82 Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Sri Lanka R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo 18 January 2024
Highest Total Conceded 229/2 Flag of Australia Australia Harare Sports Club, Harare 3 July 2018
Lowest Total Conceded 71 Flag of Rwanda Rwanda Wanderers Cricket Ground, Windhoek 27 November 2023

Most Career Runs[]

Player Runs Average Career Span
Sikandar Raza 1,854 25.39 2013-2024
Sean Williams 1,691 23.81 2006-2024
Hamilton Masakadza 1,662 25.96 2006-2019
Craig Ervine 1,429 22.68 2010-2024
Ryan Burl 1,156 26.88 2018-2024

Most Career Wickets[]

Player Wickets Average Career Span
Tendai Chatara 62 23.38 2010-2023
Richard Ngarava 59 21.33 2019-2024
Luke Jongwe 58 21.60 2015-2024
Sikandar Raza 58 22.91 2013-2024
Blessing Muzarabani 53 23.26 2018-2024

Highest Scores[]

Player Score Opponent Venue Date
Solomon Mire 94 Flag of Pakistan Pakistan Harare Sports Club, Harare 4 July 2018
Hamilton Masakadza 93* Flag of Bangladesh.svg Bangladesh Sheikh Abu Naser Stadium, Khulna 22 January 2016
Peter Moor 92* Flag of Singapore Singapore Indian Association Ground, Singapore 3 October 2019
Sikandar Raza 87 Flag of Singapore Singapore Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo 11 July 2022
Sikandar Raza 82* Flag of the United States United States Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo 14 July 2022
Sikandar Raza 82* Flag of Namibia.svg Namibia Wanderers Cricket Ground, Windhoek 25 October 2023

Best Bowling Figures[]

Player Figures Opponent Venue Date
Sikandar Raza 4/8 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo 17 July 2022
Wellington Masakadza 4/11 Flag of the United States United States Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo 14 July 2022
Luke Jongwe 4/18 Flag of Pakistan Pakistan Harare Sports Club, Harare 23 April 2021
Sikandar Raza 4/24 Flag of Namibia.svg Namibia United Cricket Club, Windhoek 30 October 2023
Wellington Masakadza 4/28 Flag of Scotland.svg Scotland Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Nagpur 10 March 2016

Win/Loss Record[]

Opponent M W L T NR First Match First Win
vs Full Members
Flag of Afghanistan.svg Afghanistan 15 1 14 0 0 26 October 2015 20 September 2019
Flag of Australia Australia 3 1 2 0 0 12 September 2007 12 September 2007
Flag of Bangladesh.svg Bangladesh 20 7 13 0 0 28 November 2006 11 May 2013
Flag of England England 1 0 1 0 0 13 September 2007
Flag of India India 8 2 6 0 0 12 June 2010 19 July 2015
Ireland flag Ireland 15 7 8 0 0 17 March 2014 14 July 2019
Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand 6 0 6 0 0 4 May 2010
Flag of Pakistan Pakistan 18 2 16 0 0 12 October 2008 23 April 2021
Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa 6 0 5 0 1 8 October 2010
Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Sri Lanka 6 1 5 0 0 10 October 2008 16 January 2024
Flag of West Indies West Indies 4 1 3 0 0 28 February 2010 28 February 2010
vs Associate Members
Flag of Canada.svg Canada 2 1 0 1 0 11 October 2008 13 October 2008
Flag of Hong Kong Hong Kong 1 1 0 0 0 8 March 2016 8 March 2016
Flag of Jersey Jersey 1 1 0 0 0 12 July 2022 12 July 2022
Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya 1 1 0 0 0 30 November 2023 30 November 2023
Flag of Namibia.svg Namibia 11 4 7 0 0 17 May 2022 17 May 2022
Flag of Nepal Nepal 2 2 0 0 0 27 September 2019 27 September 2019
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands 5 2 2 1 0 19 March 2014 19 March 2014
Flag of Nigeria Nigeria 1 1 0 0 0 29 November 2023 29 November 2023
Flag of Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea 1 1 0 0 0 15 July 2022 15 July 2022
Flag of Rwanda Rwanda 1 1 0 0 0 27 November 2023 27 November 2023
Flag of Scotland.svg Scotland 5 4 1 0 0 10 March 2016 10 March 2016
Flag of Singapore Singapore 3 2 1 0 0 29 September 2019 3 October 2019
Flag of Tanzania Tanzania 1 1 0 0 0 23 November 2023 23 November 2023
Flag of Uganda Uganda 1 0 1 0 0 26 November 2023
Flag of United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates 1 1 0 0 0 21 March 2014 21 March 2014
Flag of the United States United States 1 1 0 0 0 14 July 2022 14 July 2022
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