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Charles Coventry

Zimbabwe

Full name Charles Kevin Coventry

Born March 8, 1983, Kwekwe, Midlands

Current age 26 years 259 days

Major teams Zimbabwe, Matabeleland, Matabeleland Tuskers, Westerns, Zimbabwe Cricket Academy

Nickname Chappie

Batting style Right-hand bat

Bowling style Legbreak

Fielding position Wicketkeeper

Relation Father - CK Coventry

Batting and fielding averages

	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s	Ct	St
Tests	2	4	0	88	37	22.00	93	94.62	0	0	14	1	3	0
ODIs	26	24	1	629	194*	27.34	678	92.77	1	2	49	23	14	1
First-class	43	79	1	2069	106	26.52			2	10			57	2
List A	75	71	6	2013	194*	30.96			2	12			39	2
Twenty20	7	7	2	166	49*	33.20	127	130.70	0	0	7	11	6	0

Bowling averages

	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10
Tests	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
ODIs	26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
First-class	43		210	155	2	1/26		77.50	4.42	105.0		0	0
List A	75		24	30	0	-	-	-	7.50	-	0	0	0
Twenty20	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Career statistics

Test debut	Zimbabwe v India at Bulawayo, Sep 13-16, 2005 scorecard
Last Test	Zimbabwe v India at Harare, Sep 20-22, 2005 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut	England v Zimbabwe at Bristol, Jul 6, 2003 scorecard
Last ODI	South Africa v Zimbabwe at Centurion, Nov 10, 2009 scorecard
ODI statistics
First-class debut	1998/99
Last First-class	Matabeleland Tuskers v Mid West Rhinos at Bulawayo, Nov 16-19, 2009 scorecard
List A debut	2001/02
Last List A	Matabeleland Tuskers v Mid West Rhinos at Bulawayo, Nov 21, 2009 scorecard
Twenty20 debut	Easterns (Zimbabwe) v Westerns at Bulawayo, May 13, 2009 scorecard
Last Twenty20	Northerns (Zimbabwe) v Westerns at Bulawayo, May 16, 2009 scorecard

Profile

Charles "Chappie" Coventry is an aggressive middle-order batsman who can open in one-day cricket and also keep wicket. He was Zimbabwe's youngest first-class player at 15 years 303 days, for Matabeleland in 1998, although that was due to being in the right place when a selected player withdrew at the last minute. Son of international umpire Charles Coventry, he learned his cricket at Whitestone School and Christian Brothers College in Bulawayo, and plays for Bulawayo Athletic Club. He played for the national Under-19 team in the World Cup in 2002, when he was also a student at the CFX Academy. He bats in glasses and most of his successes have been in one-day cricket; he has yet to learn to build major innings in first-class cricket. He favours the lofted drive but as yet lacks the discipline required of a consistently successful batsman. Despite this, he played two Tests against India in September 2005, after the withdrawal of most of Zimbabwe's top players, and did no worse than anybody else. However, coach Kevin Curran reports that he was sent back from the West Indies tour for disciplinary reasons. He went to play club cricket in England and wasn't part of the senior Zimbabwe side for three years. He made a headline-grabbing return in August 2009, equalling the record for the highest individual ODI score by blasting an unbeaten 194 in the fourth match against Bangladesh in Bulawayo.
John Ward August 2009