Hamilton Masakadza
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| Hamilton Masakadza | ||||
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 Zimbabwe |
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| Personal information | ||||
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| Batting style | Right-hand bat | |||
| Bowling style | Legbreak googly | |||
| Career statistics | ||||
| Tests | ODIs | |||
| Matches | 15 | 46 | ||
| Runs scored | 785 | 919 | ||
| Batting average | 27.06 | 20.88 | ||
| 100s/50s | 1/3 | 0/6 | ||
| Top score | 119 | 80 | ||
| Balls bowled | 126 | 451 | ||
| Wickets | 2 | 13 | ||
| Bowling average | 19.50 | 31.46 | ||
| 5 wickets in innings | 0 | 0 | ||
| 10 wickets in match | 0 | n/a | ||
| Best bowling | 1/9 | 3/39 | ||
| Catches/stumpings | 8/0 | 16/0 | ||
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As of December 9, 2007 |
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Hamilton Masakadza (born August 9, 1983 in Harare) is a Zimbabwean cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and occasional right-arm leg-break bowler.
In February 2000 he became the first black Zimbabwean to score a first-class century. Soon after, in July 2001 he became the youngest player to make a century on his Test debut. His innings of 119 was made against the West Indies in Harare and helped his side draw the match. Still at high school, he was aged just 17 years and 254 days at the time. He only held this record until August however when Mohammad Ashraful took it from him. His career since has been often interrupted by his studies but he has managed a further 14 Tests.
He went into the record books again against the West Indies in December 2007, this time in an ODI. His opening partnership of 167 with Vusi Sibanda was a national record, with Masakadza making 80 of those runs.
