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Vusi Sibanda

Zimbabwe

Full name Vusimuzi Sibanda

Born October 10, 1983, Highfields, Harare

Current age 26 years 31 days

Major teams Zimbabwe, Africa XI, Mid West Rhinos, Zimbabwe A, Zimbabwe Cricket Academy, Zimbabwe XI

Batting style Right-hand bat

Bowling style Right-arm medium

Batting and fielding averages

	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s	Ct
Tests	3	6	0	48	18	8.00	91	52.74	0	0	10	0	4
ODIs	79	78	2	1677	116	22.06	2773	60.47	1	11	194	14	26
T20Is	2	2	0	52	29	26.00	40	130.00	0	0	10	0	1
First-class	56	109	4	2996	215	28.53			7	13			46
List A	138	134	5	2761	116	21.40			1	17			46
Twenty20	3	3	0	62	29	20.66	56	110.71	0	0	12	0	1

Bowling averages

	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10
Tests	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
ODIs	79	7	138	148	2	1/12	1/12	74.00	6.43	69.0	0	0	0
T20Is	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
First-class	56		1020	664	11	4/30		60.36	3.90	92.7	1	0	0
List A	138		387	404	5	2/50	2/50	80.80	6.26	77.4	0	0	0
Twenty20	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Career statistics

Test debut	Zimbabwe v West Indies at Harare, Nov 4-8, 2003 scorecard
Last Test	Bangladesh v Zimbabwe at Chittagong (MAA), Jan 6-10, 2005 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut	Zimbabwe v West Indies at Bulawayo, Nov 22, 2003 scorecard
Last ODI	Zimbabwe v Bangladesh at Bulawayo, Aug 18, 2009 scorecard
ODI statistics
T20I debut	Australia v Zimbabwe at Cape Town, Sep 12, 2007 scorecard
Last T20I	England v Zimbabwe at Cape Town, Sep 13, 2007 scorecard
T20I statistics
First-class debut	2001/02
Last First-class	Mountaineers v Mid West Rhinos at Mutare, Oct 22-25, 2009 scorecard
List A debut	2002/03
Last List A	Mountaineers v Mid West Rhinos at Mutare, Oct 27, 2009 scorecard
Twenty20 debut	Eagles v Zimbabweans at Kimberley, Sep 13, 2006 scorecard
Last Twenty20	England v Zimbabwe at Cape Town, Sep 13, 2007 scorecard

Profile

Vusi Sibanda is a contemporary of Tatenda Taibu, Hamilton Masakadza and Stuart Matsikenyeri. Like them, he comes from the Harare black township of Highfield and earned a ZCU scholarship to Churchill High School. An opening batsman and an occasional medium-pace bowler, Sibanda was a student at the CFX Academy in 2002. His selection for the national team came too early, and despite failing to live up to his potential, the crisis in the national side meant that he kept his place long after others would have been discarded. Despite being a superb timer of the ball, predominantly off the front foot, he was slow to learn the ability to build a big innings and his selections were due almost entirely to his outstanding potential rather than actual performance. He has a very sound technique, but poor shot selection often brought about his downfall; however, coach Kevin Curran noted that he matured well on the West Indian tour. He suffered a hand injury early on, but took his opportunities when given them, and finished the tour with a 78 and then a superb century in the Tri-Series final against Bermuda. He had a successful club season in Australia, and after the 2007 World Cup he returned there and announced his retirement from international cricket. At 23, it was another loss Zimbabwe could not afford.
Steven Price April 2007