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Hamilton Masakadza

Zimbabwe

Full name Hamilton Masakadza

Born August 9, 1983, Harare

Current age 26 years 107 days

Major teams Zimbabwe, Easterns (Zimbabwe), Manicaland, Mashonaland, Mountaineers

Batting style Right-hand bat

Bowling style Right-arm medium

Relation Brother - SW Masakadza

Batting and fielding averages

	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s	Ct
Tests	15	30	1	785	119	27.06	1786	43.95	1	3	107	4	8
ODIs	85	85	4	2330	178*	28.76	3079	75.67	3	14	240	28	35
T20Is	7	7	0	258	79	36.85	190	135.78	0	2	25	9	3
First-class	70	124	4	4518	188	37.65			10	24			54
List A	138	137	10	4013	178*	31.59			4	27			61
Twenty20	24	23	5	721	101*	40.05	575	125.39	1	5	58	24	8

Bowling averages

	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w
Tests	15	4	126	39	2	1/9	1/9	19.50	1.85	63.0	0
ODIs	85	36	877	820	23	3/39	3/39	35.65	5.61	38.1	0
T20Is	7	2	18	25	1	1/9	1/9	25.00	8.33	18.0	0
First-class	70		2403	1091	35	4/11		31.17	2.72	68.6
List A	138		1573	1317	45	4/36	4/36	29.26	5.02	34.9	1
Twenty20	24	12	204	196	13	2/6	2/6	15.07	5.76	15.6	0

Career statistics

Test debut	Zimbabwe v West Indies at Harare, Jul 27-31, 2001 scorecard
Last Test	Zimbabwe v India at Harare, Sep 20-22, 2005 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut	Zimbabwe v South Africa at Bulawayo, Sep 23, 2001 scorecard
Last ODI	South Africa v Zimbabwe at Centurion, Nov 10, 2009 scorecard
ODI statistics
T20I debut	Bangladesh v Zimbabwe at Khulna, Nov 28, 2006 scorecard
Last T20I	Canada v Zimbabwe at King City (NW), Oct 13, 2008 scorecard
T20I statistics
First-class debut	1999/00
Last First-class	Mountaineers v Mashonaland Eagles at Mutare, Nov 16-19, 2009 scorecard
List A debut	2001
Last List A	Mountaineers v Mashonaland Eagles at Mutare, Nov 21, 2009 scorecard
Twenty20 debut	Eagles v Zimbabweans at Kimberley, Sep 13, 2006 scorecard
Last Twenty20	Centrals v Easterns (Zimbabwe) at Bulawayo, May 16, 2009 scorecard

Profile

Hamilton Masakadza was still a schoolboy at Churchill High School in Harare when he set the record - since beaten by Mohammad Ashraful - of being the youngest batsman ever to score a century on his Test debut, at 17 years and 254 days. This was against West Indies in 2000-01 when, batting at No. 3 instead of his normal opening position, he scored a composed 119 that was largely responsible for Zimbabwe saving the match after conceding a first-innings lead of 216. Earlier in the year he had not only become the youngest Zimbabwean ever to score a first-class century, but also the first black player to do so. A year later, though, he put his professional cricket career on hold as he began a three-year course at the University of the Free State. Although an agreement was reached that he would still be available for Zimbabwe if required, he could not maintain his form playing against club opposition in South Africa, and the national selectors initially decided to await his return to the country in 2005. But the Streak crisis led to his early recall in the one-dayers against England where, unsurprisingly, he struggled before registering his maiden ODI fifty in the final game. His return to the Test match team brought mixed results, but he was Zimbabwe's best batsman, technically, on their tour of South Africa, where he showed an application lacking in his team mates. He declined a contract in early 2006, explaining that he preferred to concentrate on his studies in South Africa, but remained in the frame despite that.
Steven Price September 2006