Brandon Mavuta

Brandon Mavuta
Personal information
Born (1997-03-04) 4 March 1997
Kadoma, Zimbabwe
International information
National side
ODI debut (cap 139) 30 September 2018 v South Africa
Last ODI 6 October 2018 v South Africa
T20I debut (cap 51) 6 July 2018 v Australia
Last T20I 12 October 2018 v South Africa
Source: Cricinfo, 12 October 2018

Brandon Mavuta (born 4 March 1997) is a Zimbabwean cricketer who represents the Zimbabwe national cricket team.[1] In January 2016 he was named in Zimbabwe's squad for the 2016 Under-19 Cricket World Cup.[2]

Domestic career

He made his first-class debut on 2 March 2016 in the Logan Cup tournament.[3] He made his Twenty20 debut for Zimbabwe against Eastern Province in the 2016 Africa T20 Cup on 30 September 2016.[4] He made his List A debut for Zimbabwe A against Afghanistan A during Afghanistan's tour to Zimbabwe on 5 February 2017.[5]

He was the leading wicket-taker in the 2017–18 Logan Cup for Rising Stars, with 27 dismissals in seven matches.[6] He was also the leading wicket-taker in the 2017–18 Pro50 Championship for the Rising Stars, with fifteen dismissals in nine matches.[7] This included taking eight wickets for 38 runs in the final of the tournament, leading the Rising Stars to their first title.[8][9]

International career

In February 2017, he was named in an academy squad by Zimbabwe Cricket to tour England later that year.[10] In January 2018, he was named in Zimbabwe' One Day International (ODI) squad for the tri-series in Bangladesh, but he did not play.[11]

In June 2018, he was named in a Board XI team for warm-up fixtures ahead of the 2018 Zimbabwe Tri-Nation Series.[12] Later the same month, he was named in a 22-man preliminary Twenty20 International (T20I) squad for the tri-nation series.[13] He made his T20I debut for Zimbabwe against Australia on 6 July 2018.[14]

In September 2018, he was named in Zimbabwe's squad for the 2018 Africa T20 Cup tournament.[15] The same month he was once again named in Zimbabwe's ODI squad, this time for the series against South Africa.[16] He made his ODI debut for Zimbabwe against South Africa on 30 September 2018.[17]

References

  1. ↑ "Brandon Mavuta". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 15 March 2016.
  2. ↑ "All 16 squads confirmed for ICC U19 Cricket World Cup 2016". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 9 January 2016.
  3. ↑ "Logan Cup, Mid West Rhinos v Matabeleland Tuskers at Bulawayo, Mar 2-5, 2016". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 15 March 2016.
  4. ↑ "Africa T20 Cup, 1st Semi-Final: Zimbabwe v Eastern Province at Oudtshoorn, Sep 30, 2016". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 30 September 2016.
  5. ↑ "Afghanistan A tour of Zimbabwe, 5th unofficial ODI: Zimbabwe A v Afghanistan A at Harare, Feb 5, 2017". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 5 February 2017.
  6. ↑ "Logan Cup, 2017/18, Rising Stars: Batting and bowling averages". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 16 May 2018.
  7. ↑ "Pro50 Championship, 2017/18 - Rising Stars: Batting and bowling averages". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 2 June 2018.
  8. ↑ "Final, Pro50 Championship at Harare, Jun 2 2018". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 2 June 2018.
  9. ↑ "Rising Stars topple Mountaineers to clinch Pro50 Championship". 3-Mob. 2 June 2018. Retrieved 2 June 2018.
  10. ↑ "ZC announces 16-member Academy squad for England tour". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 17 February 2017.
  11. ↑ "Uncapped Mavuta and Murray in Zimbabwe ODI squad". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 7 January 2018.
  12. ↑ "Graeme Cremer, Sikandar Raza left out of T20 practice matches". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 8 June 2018.
  13. ↑ "Raza, Taylor absent from Zimbabwe T20I squad". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 20 June 2018.
  14. ↑ "6th match, Zimbabwe Twenty20 Tri-Series at Harare, Jul 6 2018". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 6 July 2018.
  15. ↑ "Musakanda to captain Zimbabwe Select in Africa T20 Cup". Cricket South Africa. Retrieved 3 September 2018.
  16. ↑ "Brendan Taylor, Sean Williams return as Zimbabwe name squads for South Africa, Bangladesh tours". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 13 September 2018.
  17. ↑ "1st ODI, Zimbabwe tour of South Africa at Kimberley, Sep 30 2018". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 30 September 2018.
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