Hamilton Masakadza

Hamilton Masakadza

Personal information
Full name	Hamilton Masakadza
Born	(1983-08-09) 9 August 1983 Harare, Zimbabwe
Height
Batting style	Right-handed
Bowling style	Right-arm leg break
Role	All-rounder
Relations	Shingirai Masakadza (brother) Wellington Masakadza (brother)
International information
National side	Zimbabwe
Test debut (cap 53)	27 July 2001 v West Indies
Last Test	12 November 2014 v Bangladesh
ODI debut (cap 65)	23 September 2001 v South Africa
Last ODI	3 October 2015 v Pakistan
ODI shirt no.	03
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2000–05	Manicaland
2001	Mashonaland
2003–04	Matabeleland
2007–09	Easterns
2009–11	Mountaineers
2013–	Sylhet Royals
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI T20I FC Matches 29 161 38 121 Runs scored 1,712 4,383 1,002 8,395 Batting average 30.57 28.09 27.08 41.15 100s/50s 4/6 3/29 0/7 21/38 Top score 158 178* 79 208* Balls bowled 894 1,769 72 3,710 Wickets 13 38 2 56 Bowling average 27.69 40.81 56.50 29.37 5 wickets in innings 0 0 0 0 10 wickets in match 0 0 0 0 Best bowling 3/24 3/39 1/4 4/11 Catches/stumpings 18/– 62/– 13/– 99/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 20 November 2015

Hamilton Masakadza (born 9 August 1983) is a Zimbabwean cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and occasional right-arm leg-break bowler. His brothers, Shingirai Masakadza and Wellington Masakadza, also play for Zimbabwe; all three have played domestically for the Mountaineers. He is one of Zimbabwean leading run scorers in international format.

Early career

In February 2000, aged just 16 and still a schoolboy at Churchill Boys High School, Masakadza became the first black Zimbabwean to score a first-class century. He made his Test debut soon after, in July 2001, against the West Indies in Harare. In his team's second innings, he made 119, thus becoming - at the age of 17 years and 354 days - the youngest player to make a century on his Test debut. However, he only held this record for less than two months, before it was broken by Bangladesh's Mohammad Ashraful.

After briefly putting his professional cricket career on hold to study at the University of the Free State, Masakadza was recalled to the national team in late 2004 following the rebel crisis, and has maintained a regular presence since.

International career

During the team's six-year exile from Test cricket (2005–2011), he increased his ability in One Day Internationals. His first century in this format came on 14 August 2009, against Bangladesh in Bulawayo, and in October 2009 he made scores of 156 and 178 not out in a home ODI series against Kenya - thus becoming the first Zimbabwean to make two scores of 150 or more in ODIs, and the first player from any country to make two such scores in the same series.

When Zimbabwe made its return to Test cricket in August 2011, playing a one-off match against Bangladesh in Harare, Masakadza made 104 in the first innings - thus making his second Test century ten years after his first. In 2015, he made his first appearance in the senior Cricket World Cup, having previously made two appearances in the Under-19 version (in 2000 and 2002).

As of November 2015, Masakadza is Zimbabwe's sixth-highest Test run-scorer and fifth-highest ODI run-scorer. He is also the country's leading Twenty20 International run-scorer, becoming the first Zimbabwean to reach 1,000 runs in this format on 29 September 2015.

International centuries

Test centuries

Hamilton Masakadza's Test centuries
#	Runs	Match	Against	City/Country	Venue	Year	Result
1	119	1	West Indies	Harare, Zimbabwe	Harare Sports Club	2001	Drawn
2	104	16	Bangladesh	Harare, Zimbabwe	Harare Sports Club	2011	Won
3	111*	23	Bangladesh	Harare, Zimbabwe	Harare Sports Club	2013	Lost
4	158	28	Bangladesh	Khulna, Bangladesh	Sheikh Abu Naser Stadium	2014	Lost

One Day International centuries

Hamilton Masakadza's One Day International centuries
#	Runs	Match	Against	City/Country	Venue	Year	Result
1	102	69	Bangladesh	Bulawayo, Zimbabwe	Queens Sports Club	2009	Won
2	156	72	Kenya	Harare, Zimbabwe	Harare Sports Club	2009	Won
3	178*	76	Kenya	Harare, Zimbabwe	Harare Sports Club	2009	Won
4	110	165	Afghanistan	Sharjah, UAE	Sharjah Cricket Stadium	2016	Lost

International Awards

Test Cricket

Man of the match awards

• In this table Ct., refers to the Catches and St. refers to the Stumping

#	Series	Season	Match Performance	Result
1	2nd Test – West Indies in Zimbabwe Test Series	2001	1st Innings – 9 (23 balls, 1x4). 2nd Innings - 119 (316 balls, 12x4) .	Drawn.

One-Day International Cricket

Man of the series awards

#	Series	Season	Match Performance	Result
1	Kenya in Zimbabwe	2009/10	467 runs, 3 wickets. (5 Matches)	Zimbabwe Won the series 4-1.

Man of the Match awards

S No	Opponent	Venue	Date	Match Performance	Result
1	Sri Lanka	Harare Sports Club, Harare	24 November 2008	77 (71 balls, 7x4, 2x6) ; DNB	Sri Lanka won by 5 runs.
2	Kenya	Harare Sports Club, Harare	12 October 2009	156 (151 balls, 11x4, 6x6) ; 1-0-7-0	Zimbabwe won by 91 runs.
3	Kenya	Harare Sports Club, Harare	18 October 2009	178 (167 balls, 17x4, 4x6)	Zimbabwe won by 142 runs.
4	Pakistan	Harare Sports Club, Harare	27 August 2013	2-0-17-0; 85 (104 balls, 9x4, 1x6)	Zimbabwe won by 7 wickets.
5	Afghanistan	Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo	22 July 2014	84 (93 balls, 9x4, 2x6); 1-0-6-0	Afghanistan won by 2 wickets.
6	Afghanistan	Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah	2 January 2016	83 (138 balls, 6x4, 3x6); DNB ; 2 ct.	Zimbabwe won by 117 runs.

Twenty20 International Cricket

Man of the match awards

#	Series	Season	Match Performance	Result
1	2008 Quadrangular Twenty20 Series (ZIM vs CAN) in Canada	2008/09	79 (52 balls, 8x4, 3x6); DNB	Zimbabwe won by 109 runs.
2	Bangladesh in Zimbabwe in Zimbabwe	2013	59 (48 balls, 4x4, 1x6); 1-0-7-0	Zimbabwe won by 6 runs.

External links

• Player profile: Hamilton Masakadza from ESPNcricinfo
• Player profile: Hamilton Masakadza from CricketArchive