Zimbabwean national cricket captains

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This is a list of all men and boys who have captained a Zimbabwean national cricket team at official international level. Zimbabwe became a full member of the International Cricket Council on 6 July 1992.

18-22 October 1992. Zimbabwe played its inaugural Test Match v India in the Harare Sports Club . The match was drawn. A J Traicos of Zimbabwe created a world record for the longest interval between two appearences in Test cricket. His previous appearence had been for South Africa at Port Elizabeth on 10 March 1970 (interval = 22 years & 222 days). He broke George Gunn's record of 17 years and 316 days. Also, Traicos became the 14th player to have played for two different countries.

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[edit] Men's cricket

[edit] Test match captains

This is a list of cricketers who have captained the Zimbabwean cricket team for at least one Test match. The table of results is complete to the second Test against India on 22 September 2005. Zimbabwe have currently suspended themselves from Test cricket until 2007. Where a player has a dagger (†) next to a Test match series in which he captained at least one Test, that denotes that player deputised for the appointed captain or was appointed for a minor proportion in a series.

Zimbabwean Test match captains
Number Name Year Opposition Location Played Won Lost Drawn
1 David Houghton 1992/3 India Zimbabwe 1 0 0 1
1992/3 New Zealand Zimbabwe 2 0 1 1
1992/3 India India 1 0 1 0
Total 4 0 2 2
2 Andy Flower 1993/4 Pakistan Pakistan 3 0 2 1
1994/5 Sri Lanka Zimbabwe 3 0 0 3
1994/5 Pakistan Zimbabwe 3 1 2 0
1995/6 South Africa Zimbabwe 1 0 1 0
1995/6 New Zealand New Zealand 2 0 0 2
1999/2000 South Africa Zimbabwe 1 0 1 0
1999/2000 Sri Lanka Zimbabwe 3 0 1 2
1999/2000 West Indies West Indies 2 0 2 0
2000 England England 2 0 1 1
Total 20 1 10 9
3 Alistair Campbell 1996 Sri Lanka Sri Lanka 2 0 2 0
1996/7 Pakistan Pakistan 2 0 1 1
1996/7 England Zimbabwe 2 0 0 2
1997/8 New Zealand Zimbabwe 2 0 0 2
1997/8 Sri Lanka Sri Lanka 2 0 2 0
1997/8 New Zealand New Zealand 2 0 2 0
1997/8 Pakistan Zimbabwe 2 0 1 1
1998/9 India India 1 1 0 0
1998/9 Pakistan Pakistan 2 1 0 1
1999/2000 Australia Zimbabwe 1 0 1 0
1999/2000 South Africa South Africa 1 0 1 0
2002/3 Pakistan Zimbabwe 2 0 2 0
Total 21 2 12 7
4 Heath Streak 2000/1 New Zealand Zimbabwe 2 0 2 0
2000/1 India India 2 0 1 1
2000/1 New Zealand New Zealand 1 0 0 1
2000/1 Bangladesh Zimbabwe 2 2 0 0
2001 India Zimbabwe 2 1 1 0
2001 West Indies Zimbabwe 2 0 1 1
2001/2 South Africa Zimbabwe 2 0 1 1
2003 England England 2 0 2 0
2003/4 Australia Australia 2 0 2 0
2003/4 West Indies Zimbabwe 2 0 1 1
2003/4 Bangladesh Zimbabwe 2 1 0 1
Total 21 4 11 6
5 Brian Murphy 2001/2 Bangladesh Bangladesh 1 0 0 1
6 Stuart Carlisle 2001/2† Bangladesh Bangladesh 1 1 0 0
2001/2 Sri Lanka Sri Lanka 3 0 3 0
2001/2 India India 2 0 2 0
Total 6 1 5 0
7 Tatenda Taibu 2004 Sri Lanka Zimbabwe 2 0 2 0
2004/5 Bangladesh Bangladesh 2 0 1 1
2004/5 South Africa South Africa 2 0 2 0
2005/6 New Zealand Zimbabwe 2 0 2 0
2005/6 India Zimbabwe 2 0 2 0
Total 10 0 9 1
Grand total 83 8 49 26

[edit] Men's One-Day International captains

This is a list of cricketers who have captained the Zimbabwean cricket team for at least one one-day international. The table of results is complete to the first ODI against Bangladesh in 2006/7.

Zimbabwean ODI captains
Number Name Year Played Won Tied Lost No result
1 Duncan Fletcher 1983 6 1 0 5 0
2 John Traicos 1987/8 6 0 0 6 0
3 David Houghton 1991/2-1992/3 17 1 0 16 0
4 Andy Flower1 1993/4-2000 52 12 2 35 3
5 Alistair Campbell 1996-2002/3 86 30 2 52 2
6 Heath Streak 2001/2-2003/4 68 18 0 47 3
7 Grant Flower1 2001 1 0 0 1 0
8 Guy Whittall 2001-2001/2 4 0 0 4 0
9 Brian Murphy 2001/2 4 0 0 4 0
10 Stuart Carlisle 2001/2 12 6 0 6 0
11 Tatenda Taibu 2004-2005/6 29 2 0 27 0
12 Terry Duffin 2005/6 14 5 0 8 1
13 Prosper Utseya 2006-2006/7 6 3 0 3 0
Grand total 305 74 4 205 8

[edit] Men's Twenty20 International captains

This is a list of cricketers who have captained the Zimbabwean cricket team for at least one Twenty20 international. The table of results is complete to the first Twenty20 against Bangladesh in 2006/7.

Zimbabwean Twenty20 captains
Number Name Year Played Won Tied Lost No result
1 Prosper Utseya 2006/7 1 0 0 1 0
Grand total 1 0 0 1 0

[edit] Youth cricket

[edit] Test match captains

This is a list of cricketers who have captained the Zimbabwean Under-19 cricket team for at least one under-19 Test match. The table of results is complete to the third "Test" against England in 1997.

Zimbabwean Under-19 Test match captains
Number Name Year Opposition Location Played Won Lost Drawn
1 Brian Murphy 1995/6 England Zimbabwe 3 0 2 1
2 Bertus Erasmus 1997 England England 3 0 2 1
Grand total 6 0 4 2

[edit] Youth One-Day International captains

This is a list of cricketers who have captained the Zimbabwean Under-19 cricket team for at least one Under-19 one-day international. The table of results is complete to the end of the 2005/6 Afro-Asia Cup.

Zimbabwean Under-19 ODI captains
Number Name Year Played Won Tied Lost No result
1 Brian Murphy 1995/6 1 0 0 1 0
2 Bertus Erasmus 1997 2 0 0 2 0
3 Mark Vermeulen 1997/8 6 2 0 4 0
4 Mluleki Nkala 1999/2000 3 0 0 3 0
5 Travis Friend 1999/2000 4 3 0 1 0
6 Tatenda Taibu 2001/2 8 6 0 2 0
7 Tinotenda Mawoyo 2003/4 6 3 0 3 0
8 Sean Williams 2005/6 5 0 0 5 0
Grand total 30 14 0 21 0

[edit] ICC Trophy

The ICC Trophy is the leading one-day tournament from non-Test teams, and Zimbabwe participated in the tournament before they gained Test status in 1992. This is a list of the men who captained Zimbabwe in the ICC Trophy.

Zimbabwean ICC Trophy captains
Number Name Year Played Won Tied Lost No result Where finished
1 Duncan Fletcher 1982 7 7 0 0 0 Winners
2 David Houghton 1986 8 8 0 0 0 Winners
1990 8 8 0 0 0 Winners
Total 16 16 0 0 0
Grand total 23 23 0 0 0


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