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Full name Tawanda Mupariwa
Born April 16, 1985, Bulawayo
Current age 23 years 181 days
Major teams Zimbabwe, Africa XI, Matabeleland, Westerns, Zimbabwe Select XI
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm fast-medium

Batting and fielding averages

Mat

Inns

Runs

Ave

100

Tests

15.00

33.33

ODIs

149

12.41

244

61.06

T20Is

166.66

First-class

746

64*

16.95

List A

363

13.96

Twenty20

37*

22.00

101.14

Bowling averages

Mat

Inns

Balls

Runs

Wkts

BBI

BBM

Ave

Econ

Tests

204

136

4.00

ODIs

1245

1053

4/46

26.32

5.07

31.1

T20Is

1/22

94.00

7.23

78.0

First-class

4984

2533

5/48

27.53

3.04

54.1

List A

2729

2269

4/24

30.66

4.98

36.8

Twenty20

267

291

2/11

36.37

6.53

33.3

Career statistics

Only Test

Zimbabwe v Sri Lanka at Bulawayo, May 14-17, 2004 scorecard

Test statistics

ODI debut

Zimbabwe v Sri Lanka at Harare, Apr 27, 2004 scorecard

Last ODI

Pakistan v Zimbabwe at Multan, Jan 27, 2008 scorecard

ODI statistics

T20I debut

Australia v Zimbabwe at Cape Town, Sep 12, 2007 scorecard

Last T20I

Canada v Zimbabwe at King City (NW), Oct 11, 2008 scorecard

T20I statistics

First-class debut

2001/02

Last First-class

Westerns v Easterns (Zimbabwe) at Bulawayo, May 17-20, 2008 scorecard

List A debut

2003/04

Last List A

Centrals v Westerns at Harare, Jun 2, 2008 scorecard

Twenty20 debut

Australia v Zimbabwe at Cape Town, Sep 12, 2007 scorecard

Last Twenty20

Canada v Zimbabwe at King City (NW), Oct 11, 2008 scorecard

After being controversially omitted from the Zimbabwe Under-19 team, Tawanda Mupariwa's outstanding form as a pace bowler for Matabeleland in the Logan Cup in 2003-04 forced the national selectors to fast-track him into the national squad when the 'rebel' players withdrew from the series against Sri Lanka. Mupariwa, a product of the Bulawayo development programme, is an accurate pace bowler with a slender build. He relies on accuracy, has a good inswinger, and a deceptive slower ball. Mupariwa started off as a wicketkeeper but Wisdom Siziba claimed that position in the local development team. When he joined the Bulawayo Athletic Club, which is associated with the development side, the former umpire Chuck Coventry encouraged him to develop his pace bowling. Although he failed to get selected after the trials for the national Under-16 team, Mike Whiley was impressed enough to offer him a scholarship at Milton High School. He has been selected for the CFX Academy in 2004. He began the West Indies tour as a fringe player, but made such outstanding progress that he finished as Zimbabwe's first-choice new-ball bowler. His batting also developed as he worked hard at it, and he is an outstanding fielder. Coach Kevin Curran names him a good learner with the right attitude, and perhaps the player who made more progress than any other on tour.
Steven Price September 2006

Jan 27, 2008

Tawanda Mupariwa in his delivery stride © AFP

Mar 21, 2007

Inzamam-ul-Haq makes a tearful trudge back to the pavilion after falling for 37 in his final ODI © AFP

Mar 21, 2007

Inzamam-ul-Haq heads back to the pavilion, falling to Tawanda Mupariwa for 37 in his final ODI innings © AFP

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