Hamilton Masakadza

Hamilton Masakadza is a retired professional cricketer from Zimbabwe. He played for the Zimbabwe National Cricket Team from 2001 to 2019. He also played domestic cricket for teams such as Manicaland, Mashonaland, Matebeland, and more.

Player Profile and Personal Lie

Hamilton Masakadza was born on August 9, 1983, in Harare, Zimbabwe. He stands 191 cm tall and is a right-handed batsman and leg-break googly bowler.

His two brothers – Shingi Masakadza and Wellington Masakadza also played cricket professionally.

Career

Masakadza debuted in Test cricket at Harare (Harare Sports Club) against West Indies from 27th to 31st July 2001.

In the 1st innings, he was assigned the No. 3 batting slot where he scored 9 runs in 23 balls. In the 2nd innings, he scored 119 runs in 316 deliveries at the same batting position. This match resulted in a draw.

Masakadza played his first One Day International on 23rd September 2001 at Bulawayo (Queens Sports Club) against South Africa. He scored 11 runs in 31 deliveries at the No. 3 batting spot. South Africa won this match by 153 runs.

Career Highlights

Masakadza played in 15 Test matches in which he scored 785 runs at a batting strike rate of 43.95 and a batting average of 27.06.

His highest score was 119. He hit 1 century, 3 half-centuries, 107 boundaries, and 4 sixers and took 8 catches. He appeared in 58 One Day Internationals and in these scored 1243 runs with 87 as the highest score.

His batting average was 22.19 and his batting strike rate was 67.37. He took 23 catches and hit 9 sixers, 122 fours, and 9 fifties.

Career Statistics

• Matches - 38 (Test), 209 (ODI), 66

(T20I), 140 (FC)

• Runs Scored - 2,223 (Test), 5,658

(ODI), 1,662 (T20I), 9,564 (FC)

• Batting Average - 30.04 (Test),

27.73 (ODI), 25.96 (T20I), 39.85 (FC)