David Houghton (cricketer)

David Houghton

David Houghton Player and Coach of the Zimbabwe World cup squad 1992
Personal information
Full name	David Laud Houghton
Born	23 June 1957 (1957-06-23) (age 54) Bulawayo, Zimbabwe
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]

References

1. ^ Dave Houghton was a great sportsman in and beyond cricket.
2. ^ Reliance World Cup - 4th match, Group A
3. ^ Dave Houghton quits Derbyshire

External links

• Cricinfo page on David Houghton

Preceded by None

Zimbabwean national cricket captain 1992/3

Succeeded by Andy Flower

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Name	Houghton, David
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Date of birth	23 June 1957
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