Hamilton Masakadza

Hamilton Masakadza

Personal information
Full name	Hamilton Masakadza
Born	9 August 1983 (1983-08-09) (age 28) Harare, Zimbabwe
Batting style	Right-handed
Bowling style	Right-arm leg break
Relations	SW Masakadza
International information
National side	Zimbabwe
Test debut (cap 53)	27 July 2001 v West Indies
Last Test	8 August 2011 v Bangladesh
ODI debut (cap 65)	23 September 2001 v South Africa
Last ODI	9 June 2010 v Sri Lanka
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2000–05	Manicaland
2001	Mashonaland
2001–11	Zimbabwe
2009–11	Mountaineers
Career statistics
Competition	Test	ODI	T20I	F/C
Matches	15*	102	14	90
Runs scored	889	2653	411	6246
Batting average	29.63	27.07	329.35	42.48
100s/50s	2/3	3/16	0/3	15/30
Top score	119	178*	79	208*
Balls bowled	126	970	24	2792
Wickets	2	26	1	44
Bowling average	19.50	34.11	39.00	28.70
5 wickets in innings	0	0	0	0
10 wickets in match	0	n/a	n/a	0
Best bowling	1/9	3/39	1/9	4/11
Catches/stumpings	8/-	43/-	6/-	67/-
Source: CricketArchive, 5 August 2011

Hamilton Masakadza (born August 9, 1983) is a Zimbabwean cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and occasional right-arm leg-break bowler.

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. His career since has been often interrupted by his studies but he has managed a further 14 Tests.

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.He plays for Mountaineers in the logan cup in the new franchise system. His brother, Shingirai Masakadza is also playing for Zimbabwe and the Mountaineers.

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

One Day International Centuries of Hamilton Masakazadza

	Runs	Match	Against	City/Country	Venue	Year
1	102	69	Bangladesh	Bulawayo Zimbabwe	Queens Sports Club	2009
2	156	72	Kenya	Harare, Zimbabwe	Harare Sports Club	2009
3	178*	76	Kenya	Harare, Zimbabwe	Harare Sports Club	2009

Test Cricket centuries

Hamilton Masakadza's Test Cricket centuries
No	Runs	Match	Against	City/Country	Venue	Year
[1]	119	1	West Indies	Harare, Zimbabwe	Harare Sports Club	2001
[2]	104	16	Bangladesh	Harare, Zimbabwe	Harare Sports Club	2011

External links

• Player profile: Hamilton Masakadza from ESPNcricinfo
• Player Profile: Hamilton Masakadza from CricketArchive

http://sites.google.com/site/zimcricketinfosite/home/teams/players

Persondata
Name	Masakadza, Hamilton
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	9 August 1983
Place of birth	Harare
Date of death
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