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Ed Rainsford

Zimbabwe

Full name Edward Charles Rainsford

Born December 14, 1984, Kadoma, Mashonaland

Current age 24 years 208 days

Major teams Zimbabwe, Centrals, Midlands, Zimbabwe A, Zimbabwe Provinces

Batting style Right-hand bat

Bowling style Right-arm fast-medium

Relation Sister - YB Rainsford

Batting and fielding averages

	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	50	4s	6s	Ct
ODIs	34	19	10	39	9*	4.33	112	34.82	0	1	0	7
First-class	38	59	17	446	51	10.61			2			22
List A	54	34	14	89	9*	4.45			0			11
Twenty20	9	5	1	33	12	8.25	28	117.85	0	1	0	2

Bowling averages

	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10
ODIs	34	34	1649	1181	35	3/16	3/16	33.74	4.29	47.1	0	0	0
First-class	38		5054	2528	126	6/20		20.06	3.00	40.1	6	6	1
List A	54		2505	1802	56	4/32	4/32	32.17	4.31	44.7	1	0	0
Twenty20	9	9	184	278	4	3/48	3/48	69.50	9.06	46.0	0	0	0

Career statistics

ODI debut	Zimbabwe v Australia at Harare, May 29, 2004 scorecard
Last ODI	Kenya v Zimbabwe at Nairobi (Gym), Feb 4, 2009 scorecard
ODI statistics
First-class debut	2001/02
Last First-class	Centrals v Westerns at Harare, Apr 6-8, 2009 scorecard
List A debut	2002/03
Last List A	South Zone v Zimbabwe President's XI at Cuttack, Mar 14, 2009 scorecard
Twenty20 debut	Eagles v Zimbabweans at Kimberley, Sep 13, 2006 scorecard
Last Twenty20	Centrals v Easterns (Zimbabwe) at Bulawayo, May 15, 2009 scorecard

Profile

Ed Rainsford is a tall right-arm seam bowler who won early selection for the Zimbabwe national squad against Sri Lanka in 2004 when the 'rebel' players withdrew. He played five ODIs during that dispute, but never really made an impression. Zimbabwe's continuing player drain led to his recall to national colours in 2006. He has developed an excellent yorker, which works best with left-handers as his stock delivery swings the ball into them. Rainsford grew up in the Midlands town of Kadoma, and despite attending a minor cricket-playing junior school showed little interest in the game until he was 11, when his father, who had played at school himself, coached him and fired his enthusiasm. One of his older brothers played for Midlands in the early nineties before the Logan Cup acquired first-class status. After five years in the first team at Jameson High in Kadoma, he was so 'hungry' for cricket that he would catch a lift three times a week to Kwekwe, 45 miles away, to practise with the National League club team there. This led to selection for Midlands in the Logan Cup, as well as the Under-19 World Cup team and the CFX Academy in 2004. More recently he has been troubled by a bad stress fracture in the back. He performed commendably on the West Indies tour, but still tended to be inconsistent and left early to fulfil a club contract in England. He was less impressive in outings against Bangladesh and an Australian Academy side later in the year.
Steven Price September 2006