Hamilton Masakadza| Personal information |
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| Full name |
Hamilton Masakadza |
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| Born |
(1983-08-09) 9 August 1983
Harare, Zimbabwe |
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| Height |
6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) |
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| Batting style |
Right-handed |
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| Bowling style |
Right-arm leg break |
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| Relations |
SW Masakadza |
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| International information |
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| National side |
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| Test debut (cap 53) |
27 July 2001 v West Indies |
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| Last Test |
10-14 September 2013 v Pakistan |
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| ODI debut (cap 65) |
23 September 2001 v South Africa |
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| Last ODI |
31 August 2013 v Pakistan |
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| Domestic team information
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| Years | Team |
| 2000–05 |
Manicaland |
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| 2001 |
Mashonaland |
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| 2001–11 |
Zimbabwe |
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| 2003–04 |
Matabeleland |
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| 2007–09 |
Easterns |
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| 2013 – |
Sylhet Royals |
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| Career statistics |
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| Competition |
Test
| ODI
| T20I
| FC
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| Matches |
25
| 129
| 28
| 110
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| Runs scored |
1,292
| 3,429
| 767
| 7,379
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| Batting average |
26.91
| 27.43
| 28.40
| 40.32
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| 100s/50s |
3/4
| 3/20
| 0/7
| 18/34
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| Top score |
119
| 178*
| 79
| 208*
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| Balls bowled |
762
| 1,425
| 54
| 3,560
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| Wickets |
10
| 33
| 2
| 53
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| Bowling average |
27.00
| 38.12
| 41.00
| 29.30
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| 5 wickets in innings |
0
| 0
| 0
| 0
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| 10 wickets in match |
0
| n/a
| n/a
| 0
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| Best bowling |
3/24
| 3/39
| 1/4
| 4/11
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| Catches/stumpings |
12/–
| 52/–
| 7/-
| 84/– | |
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Source: Cricinfo, 14 September 2013 |
Hamilton Masakadza (born 9 August 1983) is a Zimbabwean cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and occasional right-arm leg-break bowler. His brother, Shingirai Masakadza also plays for Zimbabwe; they both play domestically for the Mountaineers.
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.
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. His maiden ODI century against a Test-playing nation came on 14 August 2009, eight years after his Test century, when he scored 102 off 112 balls against Bangladesh batting at Number three.
He is also the first Zimbabwean to have two ODI scores of more than 150, both coming in one week when he scored 156 and 178 not out against Kenya in October 2009 in the first and fifth matches in Harare.
When Zimbabwe returned to Test cricket in 2011, Masakadza was selected to play in each of the one-off Tests against Bangladesh, Pakistan and New Zealand. Batting at number three, he scored a century in the first innings of the Bangladesh Test, the second of his Test career, and Zimbabwe went on to win the match.[1]
Centuries scored by Hamilton Masakadza
One Day International Centuries
- In the column Runs, * indicates being not out
- The column title Match refers to the Match Number of the player's career
Test Cricket centuries
References
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| Persondata |
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| Name |
Masakadza, Hamilton |
| Alternative names |
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| Short description |
Zimbabwean cricketer |
| Date of birth |
9 August 1983 |
| Place of birth |
Harare |
| Date of death |
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| Place of death |
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Bangladesh 
Kenya 
West Indies 