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Full name Elton Chigumbura
Born March 14, 1986, Kwekwe, Midlands
Current age 22 years 249 days
Major teams Zimbabwe, Africa XI, Mashonaland A, Zimbabwe Under-19s
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm medium

Batting and fielding averages

Mat

Inns

Runs

Ave

100

Tests

187

15.58

466

40.12

ODIs

1447

77*

24.11

1767

81.89

107

T20Is

13.33

135.59

First-class

2561

186

32.83

List A

109

2185

97*

25.70

Twenty20

212

13.25

176

120.45

Bowling averages

Mat

Inns

Balls

Runs

Wkts

BBI

BBM

Ave

Econ

Tests

829

498

5/54

6/133

55.33

3.60

92.1

ODIs

1681

1714

3/25

39.86

6.11

39.0

T20Is

120

162

4/31

14.72

8.10

10.9

First-class

4956

2804

5/33

35.05

3.39

61.9

List A

109

2636

2626

3/25

41.03

5.97

41.1

Twenty20

306

367

5/13

15.95

7.19

13.3

Career statistics

Test debut

Zimbabwe v Sri Lanka at Harare, May 6-8, 2004 scorecard

Last Test

South Africa v Zimbabwe at Centurion, Mar 11-13, 2005 scorecard

Test statistics

ODI debut

Zimbabwe v Sri Lanka at Bulawayo, Apr 20, 2004 scorecard

Last ODI

Kenya v Zimbabwe at Nairobi (Gym), Oct 19, 2008 scorecard

ODI statistics

T20I debut

Bangladesh v Zimbabwe at Khulna, Nov 28, 2006 scorecard

Last T20I

Canada v Zimbabwe at King City (NW), Oct 13, 2008 scorecard

T20I statistics

First-class debut

2001/02

Last First-class

Zimbabwe Select XI v Sri Lankans at Bulawayo, Nov 12-15, 2008 scorecard

List A debut

2002/03

Last List A

Kenya v Zimbabwe at Nairobi (Gym), Oct 19, 2008 scorecard

Twenty20 debut

Eagles v Zimbabweans at Kimberley, Sep 13, 2006 scorecard

Last Twenty20

Canada v Zimbabwe at King City (NW), Oct 13, 2008 scorecard

Elton Chigumbura, who was fast-tracked into the Zimbabwe national side in the absence of the 'rebel' players, made his first-class debut for Mashonaland in the Logan Cup at the age of only 15. In Zimbabwean domestic cricket he is a genuine allrounder, an aggressive batsman at No. 4 or No. 5 and a seam bowler who comes on as first or second change. He is a product of the ZCU development programme and took to the game at Chipembere Primary School in the Highfield township of Harare. A protégé of coach Stephen Mangongo, he won a ZCU scholarship to Churchill High School and plays for Takashinga Sports Club. He has represented Zimbabwe in two Under-19 World Cups and is in his fourth year with that squad. He took four wickets in the Zimbabwe's sensational victory over Australia in the Under-19 World Cup in Bangladesh, and despite looking out of his depth on Test debut against Sri Lanka, he appeared a much-improved player by the time of the Champions Trophy five months later. He was forced to sit out much of 2005 after sustaining a stress fracture of the back during the South Africa tour in March of that year. When fit, he is Zimbabwe's fastest current bowler at more than 140 km/h, but played as a specialist batsman on the West Indies tour due to his injury. His only success was an innings of 60 off 59 balls in the fourth ODI, but coach Kevin Curran noted his increasing maturity and greater self-discipline. He particularly enjoys the lofted drive and is a very good, athletic outfielder.
Steven Price September 2006

Feb 2, 2008

Elton Chigumbura is stumped by Sarfraz Ahmed © AFP

Jan 27, 2008

Elton Chigumbura in his follow through © AFP

Jan 27, 2008

Brendan Taylor is mobbed after he took a catch of the bowling off Elton Chigumbura © AFP

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