Tarisai Musakanda

Tarisai Musakanda (born 31 October 1994) is a Zimbabwean cricketer who plays for the Zimbabwe national cricket team.[1] He was part of Zimbabwe's squad for the 2014 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup.

Tarisai Musakanda
Personal information
Full nameTarisai Musakanda
Born (1994-10-31) 31 October 1994
Masvingo, Zimbabwe
BattingRight-handed
RoleTop-order Batsman
International information
National side
Only Test (cap 101)14 July 2017 v Sri Lanka
ODI debut (cap 131)27 November 2016 v Sri Lanka
Last ODI20 July 2018 v Pakistan
Only T20I (cap 49)1 July 2018 v Pakistan
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI
Matches 1 9
Runs scored 6 229
Batting average 3.00 28.62
100s/50s 0/0 -/1
Top score 6 60
Balls bowled - -
Wickets - -
Bowling average - -
5 wickets in innings - -
10 wickets in match - -
Best bowling - -
Catches/stumpings 0/0 7/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 12 October 2018

Domestic career

He made his List A debut in 2014 and made his first-class debut in the same year. To date, his highest score in List A is 82 against Tuskers on 11 November 2015 at Kwekwe.

In December 2018, during the opening round of the 2018–19 Logan Cup, Musakanda scored his maiden century in first-class cricket.[2]

International career

In October 2016 he was included in Zimbabwe's Test squad for their series against Sri Lanka.[3] The following month he was included in Zimbabwe's One Day International (ODI) squad for the tri-series against Sri Lanka and the West Indies.[4] He made his ODI debut in the final of the tri-series against Sri Lanka.[5]

In February 2017, he was named in an academy squad by Zimbabwe Cricket to tour England later that year.[6] He made his Test debut for Zimbabwe against Sri Lanka in their one-off Test in Colombo on 14 July 2017.[7]

In June 2018, he was named in a Zimbabwe Select team for warm-up fixtures ahead of the 2018 Zimbabwe Tri-Nation Series.[8] Later the same month, he was named in a 22-man preliminary Twenty20 International (T20I) squad for the tri-nation series.[9] He made his T20I debut for Zimbabwe against Pakistan on 1 July 2018, during the tri-series.[10]

In September 2018, he was named as the captain of Zimbabwe's squad for the 2018 Africa T20 Cup tournament.[11] He was the leading run-scorer for Zimbabwe in the tournament, with 182 runs in four matches.[12]

References
  1. "Tarisai Musakanda". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 27 June 2015.
  2. "Carl Mumba's eight-for lifts Rhinos to the top of Logan Cup table". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 6 December 2018.
  3. "Chatara, Panyangara unfit for Sri Lanka Tests". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 26 October 2016.
  4. "Musakanda, Mumba among new faces in Zimbabwe's tri-series squad". ESPNcricinfo. ESPN Sports Media. 11 November 2016. Retrieved 11 November 2016.
  5. "Zimbabwe Tri-Nation Series, Final: Zimbabwe v Sri Lanka at Bulawayo, Nov 27, 2016". ESPNcricinfo. ESPN Sports Media. 27 November 2016. Retrieved 27 November 2016.
  6. "ZC announces 16-member Academy squad for England tour". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 17 February 2017.
  7. "Zimbabwe tour of Sri Lanka, Only Test: Sri Lanka v Zimbabwe at Colombo (RPS), Jul 14-18, 2017". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 14 July 2017.
  8. "Graeme Cremer, Sikandar Raza left out of T20 practice matches". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 8 June 2018.
  9. "Raza, Taylor absent from Zimbabwe T20I squad". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 20 June 2018.
  10. "1st match, Zimbabwe Twenty20 Tri-Series at Harare, Jul 1 2018". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 4 July 2018.
  11. "Musakanda to captain Zimbabwe Select in Africa T20 Cup". Cricket South Africa. Retrieved 3 September 2018.
  12. "Africa T20 Cup, 2018/19 - Zimbabwe: Batting and bowling averages". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 16 September 2018.
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