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Full name Malcolm Peter Jarvis
Born December 6, 1955, Fort Victoria (now Masvingo), Masvingo
Current age 52 years 163 days
Major teams Rhodesia, Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
Also known as Mallie
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Left-arm medium-fast
Other Coach
Relations Son - KM Jarvis

Batting and fielding averages
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	4s	6s	Ct
Tests	5	3	1	4	2*	2.00	15	26.66	0	0	2
ODIs	12	5	3	37	17	18.50	67	55.22	2	1	1
First-class	53	70	20	510	33	10.20					16
List A	56	30	12	147	18	8.16					11

Bowling averages
	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10
Tests	5	8	1273	393	11	3/30	4/54	35.72	1.85	115.7	0	0	0
ODIs	12	12	601	451	9	2/37	2/37	50.11	4.50	66.7	0	0	0
First-class	53		11202	4748	163	7/36		29.12	2.54	68.7		8	3
List A	56		2929	2064	59	4/46	4/46	34.98	4.22	49.6	1	0	0

Career statistics
Test debut	Zimbabwe v India at Harare, Oct 18-22, 1992 scorecard
Last Test	Zimbabwe v Sri Lanka at Harare, Oct 26-31, 1994 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut	Australia v Zimbabwe at Chennai, Oct 13, 1987 scorecard
Last ODI	Zimbabwe v Pakistan at Harare, Feb 26, 1995 scorecard
ODI statistics
First-class span	1979/80 - 1994/95
List A span	1982/83 - 1994/95

Profile

Malcolm ('Mallie') Jarvis was a great-hearted and underestimated servant of Zimbabwe cricket, a left-arm seam and swing bowler who was at his best with the new ball. Unfortunately his lack of pace was sometimes held against him, but he played in Zimbabwe's Inaugural Test match against India in 1992-93 and was proud of the fact that, in his five Tests, he never finished on the losing side; had not a catch been dropped, he would have taken Zimbabwe's first wicket in Test cricket.

He grew up in the Midlands and attended Que Que (as it was then) High School, later moving to Harare. He had a classic bowling action, could bowl in the blockhole and moved the ball predominantly away from the right-hander off the pitch and into him in the air. There was no harder trier and he would bowl for hours on end, even through nagging injuries, although there were few fitter men. He was a great team man, particularly helpful to younger players. He was no batsman, although occasionally applying the long handle, and a good honest trier in the field. He retired at 38, just having regained his national team place against Sri Lanka in 1994-95, saying he did not want to be the oldest man in international cricket! He was for a while the national team's fitness trainer, but since then the Zimbabwe cricket authorities have sadly neglected his expertise.
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