Elton Chigumbura

Elton Chigumbura is a former professional cricketer from Zimbabwe. He played for the Zimbabwe Men’s National Cricket Team from 2004 to 2020. He also played for Mashonland, the Barbados Tridents, and other domestic cricket teams.

Player Profile

Elton Chigumbura was born on March 14, 1986, in Kwekwe, Zimbabwe. He bats right-handed and bowls with a right-arm medium-fast pace.

Career

Elton started playing First Class cricket in 2001. He appeared in two successive Under 19 World Cups. He made his debut in International cricket in a One Day International match against Sri Lanka at Bulawayo in 2004.

The following month in May, Chigumbura made his debut in Test Cricket in a match against Sri Lanka at Harare. In 2007, Chigumbura was a part of the Zimbabwe World Cup Team that won against the West Indies.

In the domestic scene, he started playing for Mashonaland in 2002. He played for Manicaland from 2005 until 2006, and in 2009, he started playing for the Mashonaland Eagles. In 2010, he signed with the Northamptonshire County Cricket Club.

From 2013 to 2015, he played for the Sylhet Royals, Barbados Tridents, and the Chittagong Vikings. From 2016 to 2017, he played for the Quetta Gladiators.

In 2020, he announced that he was retiring from all forms of cricket.

Career Statistics

• Matches - 14 (Test), 213 (ODI), 103

(FC), 326 (LA)

• Runs Scored - 569 (Test), 4,340

(ODI), 5,521 (FC), 6,896 (LA)

• Batting Average - 21.07

(Test), 25.23 (ODI), 32.66 (FC),
27.69 (LA)