Stuart Matsikenyeri

Stuart Matsikenyeri
Personal information
Full name Stuart Matsikenyeri
Born (1983-05-03) 3 May 1983
Harare, Zimbabwe
Batting Right handed
Bowling Right arm off break
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 59) 4 November 2003 v West Indies
Last Test 11 March 2005 v South Africa
ODI debut (cap 70) 23 November 2002 v Pakistan
Last ODI 12 March 2010 v West Indies
T20I debut (cap 7) 28 November 2006 v Bangladesh
Last T20I 20 September 2012 v South Africa
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1999–present Manicaland (Easterns)
2001–2002 CFX Academy
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI T20I List A
Matches 8 113 10 220
Runs scored 351 2,224 76 4,746
Batting average 23.40 22.01 7.60 25.37
100s/50s 0/2 0/13 0/0 1/29
Top score 57 90 32 110*
Balls bowled 483 920 16 1,794
Wickets 2 16 0 29
Bowling average 172.50 48.62 - 50.72
5 wickets in innings 0 0 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 n/a 0 n/a
Best bowling 1/58 2/25 - 2/2
Catches/stumpings 7/– 37/– 5/– 76/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 26 October 2017

Stuart Matsikenyeri (born 3 May 1983) is a Zimbabwean cricketer, who plays all formats of the game. He is a right-handed batsman and usually opens the batting for Zimbabwe. Matsikenyeri also bowls part-time right-arm off-break and is a sharp fielder in the gully

However, he did not play any form of cricket since 2015.

International career

Matsikenyeri was a promising junior player and he represented Zimbabwe at U-16 and U-19 levels. It was thus no surprise when he made his international debut against Pakistan in November 2002, opening the batting. He participated in the 2003 Cricket World Cup, although he only played in one game. Later in the year he played in the NatWest Series in England and he scored a crucial 44 at Trent Bridge as Zimbabwe pulled off an upset win.

His strengths are on the cut and pull but he has at times struggled against high quality pace bowling in international cricket, often getting out to loose shots. In 2006 he spent time out of the side after refusing to sign a new contract with the board. He returned however and went on to bring up his 1000th ODI run for Zimbabwe in early 2007, becoming one of only four players in the 2007 World Cup squad to have done so.

Included in the 2007 World Cup squad, he is the only remaining member of the 2003 World Cup Zimbabwe squad. Matsikenyeri won man of the match award for the knock of 89, which is his highest ODI score, where he guided his team in to victory against Bangladesh.

In 2009,he along with Tatenda Taibu set the record for the highest 6th wicket partnership for Zimbabwe in ODIs(188)[1]

Currently he has scored 2 Test and 13 ODI half-centuries and a hard-hitting middle order batsman for Zimababwe.

References

  1. ↑ "Cricket Records | Records | / | Zimbabwe | One-Day Internationals | Highest partnerships by wicket | ESPN Cricinfo". Cricinfo. Retrieved 12 August 2017.
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