Profile
In the past few years, cricket in Zimbabwe has been through its lowest ebb with the team increasingly relying on its spinners to provide breakthroughs as compared to the heydays when Eddo Brandes and Heath Streak used to form the strike partners. However, with lack of quality cricketers coming up and the mass exodus of existing players, players like Chris Mpofu have featured for Zimbabwe on a far more consistent basis than they would have under normal circumstances.
A tall speedster, Mpofu at mid-120 kph is a pedestrian pace for most international batsmen. However, his ability to hit the deck hard and swing the ball away from right-handers has resulted in him being Zimbabwe’s new ball bowler in ODIs. The Plumtree-born youngster made his Test and ODI debut way back in 2004 but until 2010, had played in less than 50 ODIs, a testament to both his inconsistency and Zimbabwe’s lack of international cricket. But he has had some memorable moments along the way, having scalped five wickets on Test debut and has also come up with a few notable performances against weaker teams in ODIs.
Statistics
Show:
| |
Matches |
Innings |
Runs |
NO |
Avg. |
SR |
100's |
50's |
HS |
| Test |
9 |
17 |
27 |
6 |
2.45 |
19.70 |
0 |
0 |
8 |
| ODI |
64 |
35 |
40 |
19 |
2.5 |
22.59 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
| T20 |
13 |
4 |
7 |
2 |
3.5 |
77.77 |
0 |
0 |
4* |
| |
Matches |
Innings |
Balls |
Runs |
Wickets |
BBI |
BBM |
Avg. |
Econ. |
4w |
5w |
10w |
Extras |
| Test |
9 |
13 |
1448 |
889 |
20 |
4/92 |
/ |
44.45 |
3.68 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
18 |
| ODI |
64 |
64 |
3066 |
2689 |
70 |
6/52 |
/ |
38.41 |
5.26 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
141 |
| T20 |
13 |
13 |
282 |
408 |
10 |
3/16 |
/ |
40.8 |
8.68 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
20 |
| |
Catches |
Stumpings |
Runouts |
| ODI |
10 |
0 |
7 |
| T20 |
3 |
0 |
1 |
Career
Span:
- Test:
- 2005-2011
- ODI:
- 2004-2013
- T20:
- 2008-2013
- Test
-
- Debut:
- Zimbabwe Vs Bangladesh at Chittagong Stadium (MA Aziz Stadium), Chittagong - Jan 06, 2005
- Last played:
- Zimbabwe Vs New Zealand at Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo - Nov 01, 2011
- ODI
-
- Debut:
- Zimbabwe Vs England at Harare Sports Club, Harare (Salisbury) - Nov 28, 2004
- Last played:
- Zimbabwe Vs West Indies at National Cricket Stadium, St George's, Grenada - Feb 26, 2013
- T20
-
- Debut:
- Zimbabwe Vs Sri Lanka at Maple Leaf (North-West Ground), King City, Ontario - Oct 10, 2008
- Last played:
- Zimbabwe Vs West Indies at Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, Antigua - Mar 03, 2013
