Chamu Chibhabha

Chamu Chibhabha
Personal information
Full name Chamunorwa Justice Chibhabha
Born (1986-09-06) 6 September 1986
Masvingo, Zimbabwe
Nickname Cham
Batting style Right-handed
Bowling style Right-arm medium
Role All-rounder
Relations J Chibhabha (sister)
International information
National side
ODI debut (cap 88) 31 August 2005 v New Zealand
Last ODI 31 May 2015 v Pakistan
T20I debut (cap 2) 28 November 2006 v Bangladesh
Last T20I 24 May 2015 v Pakistan
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2006–present Southerns
2003–2005 Mashonaland
Career statistics
Competition ODI T20I FC LA
Matches 69 18 78 154
Runs scored 1,548 391 3,963 3,538
Batting average 23.10 23.00 27.52 24.56
100s/50s 0/11 0/3 4/23 1/23
Top score 99 65 105 121*
Balls bowled 978 119 5,740 2,588
Wickets 21 5 105 67
Bowling average 53.90 31.60 31.51 36.31
5 wickets in innings 0 0 2 0
10 wickets in match 0 0 0 0
Best bowling 2/28 1/14 5/66 3/29
Catches/stumpings 24/– 5/– 44/– 52/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 10 June 2015

Chamunorwa Justice "Chamu" Chibhabha (born 9 September 1986) is a Zimbabwean cricketer who bats right-handed and bowls right-arm medium pace.

Domestic Career

Chibhabha made his maiden first-class century at Harare against Sri Lanka A. The match was drawn, and he made 40 and 103. In his previous first-class match, against South Africa Academy, he made 98 before being run out.

Personal Life

His sister Julia Chibhabha also plays international cricket for the Zimbabwe national women's team.[1] She was captain for Zimbabwe's World Cup qualifiers in Pakistan in November 2007.[2]103.

International career

Chibhabha made a duck on international debut, against New Zealand during the 2005–06 Videocon Tri–Series. Chibhabha has also played first class matches for Mashonaland, and earned a recall to the national side in April 2006, when the team toured West Indies. In the first ODI, he top scored with 55, but his six overs cost thirty runs, and when defending 151 in 50 overs that was not good enough – Zimbabwe lost by five wickets.

Chibhabha showed excellent talent during the India tour in Zimbabwe 2015. He was the highest run scorer in the twenty20 series and Zimbabwe was able to won their first Twenty20 International win against India. He top scored in this match with 67 and earned man of the match and man of the series as well.

International Awards

One Day Internationals

Man of the Match awards

S No Opponent Venue Date Match Performance Result
1 West Indies Harare Sports Club, Harare 30 November 2007 73 (85 balls, 9x4, 1x6) ; 9-0-64-2  Zimbabwe won by 30 runs.[3]
2 Afghanistan Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah 4 January 2016 53 (92 balls, 1x4, 1x6) ; 10-1-25-4 ; 1 ct.  Zimbabwe won by 65 runs.[4]

Twenty20 International Cricket

Man of the series awards

# Series Season Match Performance Result
1 Zimbabwe vs India in Zimbabwe 2015 90 runs (2 matches). Drawn.[5]

Man of the match awards

# Series Season Match Performance Result
1 Zimbabwe vs India in Zimbabwe 2015 67 (51 balls, 9x4) ; 1-0-9-0 ; 1 ct. ; 1 runout  Zimbabwe won by 10 runs.[6]

References

  1. ↑ Cricinfo – Players and Officials – Julia Chibhabha
  2. ↑ Cricinfo – Zimbabwe women go into camp
  3. ↑ "West Indies tour of Zimbabwe and South Africa, 2007/08 – Scorecard of 1st match". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 16 August 2015.
  4. ↑ "Afghanistan v Zimbabwe ODI Series, 2015/16 – Scorecard of 4th match". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 4 January 2016.
  5. ↑ http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/series/885957.html
  6. ↑ http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/current/match/885971.html

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