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Full name Harry Peter Rinke
Born November 5, 1981, Marondera
Current age 27 years 13 days
Major teams Zimbabwe,Manicaland,Matabeleland,Zimbabwe Cricket Academy
Nickname Piet
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm fast-medium
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
4s
6s
Ct
St
ODIs
18
18
0
317
72
17.61
378
83.86
0
3
41
2
0
0
First-class
9
16
2
346
84*
24.71
883
39.18
0
1
6
0
List A
38
36
3
940
118*
28.48
2
6
5
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
ODIs
18
12
277
273
8
2/11
2/11
34.12
5.91
34.6
0
0
0
First-class
9
1328
658
26
6/43
25.30
2.97
51.0
2
2
0
List A
38
1011
878
26
3/15
3/15
33.76
5.21
38.8
0
0
0
Career statistics
ODI debut
Zimbabwe v Kenya at Bulawayo, Feb 25, 2006 scorecard
Last ODI
Sri Lanka v Zimbabwe at Ahmedabad, Oct 10, 2006 scorecard
ODI statistics
First-class span
2001/02 - 2003/04
List A debut
2002/03
Last List A
Sri Lanka v Zimbabwe at Ahmedabad, Oct 10, 2006 scorecard
Profile
Piet Rinke is a stocky medium-pace bowler who can swing the ball both ways, and an opening batsman who was surprisingly called up to the national side in 2006 even though he not played cricket locally since he appeared for Matabeleland in 2003-04. He was a graduate from the CFX Academy in 2002, but confined himself to club cricket after his national contract was not renewed. Although by no means an opening batsman in first-class cricket, he made a reputation for himself in that role in the shorter version of the game, with his powerful hitting that is capable of shredding opening attacks at local level within a few overs. After the player rebellion, he offered his services to coach Kevin Curran, expressing his wish to return to fulltime cricket, and soon proved his value locally. He scored well against Kenya and then in warm-up matches in the Caribbean, scoring two centuries, but against West Indies his limited technique was cruelly exposed and he made 23 runs in six innings. He struggled against the quick bowlers and had a tendency to play across the line, which often led to his downfall. However, he has shown a good attitude and is working hard to overcome his technical deficiencies. He was not fully fit on tour, but has since lost weight and is taking steps to improve his fielding, which was found wanting at times on tour.
Steven Price September 2006
