| Personal information | ||||
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| Full name | David Laud Houghton | |||
| Born | 23 June 1957 Bulawayo, Southern Rhodesia |
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| Batting style | Right-hand bat | |||
| Bowling style | Right-arm off break | |||
| Role | Batsman, Wicket keeper, coach, | |||
| International information | ||||
| National side | Zimbabwe | |||
| Test debut (cap 8) | 18 October 1982 v India | |||
| Last Test | 25 September 1997 v New Zealand | |||
| ODI debut (cap 6) | 9 June 1983 v Australia | |||
| Last ODI | 5 October 1997 v New Zealand | |||
| Domestic team information | ||||
| Years | Team | |||
| 1993–1998 | Mashonaland | |||
| Career statistics | ||||
| Competition | Test | ODI | FC | LA |
| Matches | 22 | 63 | 120 | 163 |
| Runs scored | 1464 | 1530 | 7445 | 4191 |
| Batting average | 43.05 | 26.37 | 39.39 | 29.20 |
| 100s/50s | 4/4 | 1/12 | 17/36 | 1/12 |
| Top score | 266 | 142 | 266 | 142 |
| Balls bowled | 5 | 12 | 149 | 53 |
| Wickets | - | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Bowling average | - | 19.00 | 29.50 | 28.50 |
| 5 wickets in innings | - | - | 0 | - |
| 10 wickets in match | - | - | 0 | n/a |
| Best bowling | - | 1/19 | 2/7 | 1/9 |
| Catches/stumpings | 17/– | 29/2 | 165/16 | 112/11 |
| Source: Cricinfo, 26 August 2011 | ||||
David Laud Houghton (born 23 June 1957) is a former Zimbabwean Test cricketer. He captained Zimbabwe in their first four Test matches, losing two and drawing two. Zimbabwe won one of the 17 One Day Internationals he was captain for.
David Houghton also represented his country in hockey and was described by the Pakistan hockey team captain as the best goal-keeper he had ever played against.[1]
Probably Zimbabwe's second-best batsman in their short cricketing history (after Andy Flower), Houghton holds the record for the highest Test score by a Zimbabwean, with his 266 against Sri Lanka in 1994/5.His other memorable one day cricket inning was against New Zealand in 1987 Reliance World Cup, in which Houghton scored 142 runs off 137 deliveries with 13 fours and 6 sixes.[2]Since retiring as a player, Houghton has gone on to become a coach and commentator. Before he was the coach of Derbyshire County Cricket Club he was the coach at Radlett Cricket Club in Hertfordshire. Whilst in this role his best achievement was taking Radlett to victory in the Evening Standard trophy which is London's most prestigious cricket competition. He was coach of Derbyshire from 2004 to the middle of the 2007 season when he quit.[3]
| Preceded by None |
Zimbabwean national cricket captain 1992/3 |
Succeeded by Andy Flower |
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