Profile
Tendai Chitara is one of the young crop of players who have been identified as the future of Zimbabwe cricket. A huge fan of Glenn McGrath, Chitara tries to replicate the legend in line and length and is also a bowler capable of genuine pace.
The speedster who made his domestic debut for Mountaineers when he was only 18 impressed on Zimbabwe’s Under-19 tour of Bangladesh in 2009, and also at the 2010 Under-19 World Cup. Following that, the selectors decided that he was a fast bowling prospect good enough to be blooded into the national side. The Chimanimani-born player made his international debut against India in a T20I in 2010 and went on to scalp the dangerous Yusuf Pathan.
Playing for a weakened Zimbabwe team is a tough ask for any youngster let alone one in his teens but with not many quality pacemen pushing for places, Chitara is bound to get an extended run in future.
Fast Facts
- Tendai Chitara was the leading wicket-taker on Zimbabwe’s Under-19 tour of Bangladesh in 2009.
- He made his international debut only at the age of 19.
Statistics
Show:
| |
Matches |
Innings |
Runs |
NO |
Avg. |
SR |
100's |
50's |
HS |
| Test |
2 |
4 |
6 |
0 |
1.5 |
46.15 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
| ODI |
4 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
- |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0* |
| T20 |
3 |
0 |
|
0 |
- |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
| |
Matches |
Innings |
Balls |
Runs |
Wickets |
BBI |
BBM |
Avg. |
Econ. |
4w |
5w |
10w |
Extras |
| Test |
2 |
3 |
258 |
136 |
4 |
2/66 |
/ |
34 |
3.16 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| ODI |
4 |
4 |
228 |
208 |
6 |
2/33 |
/ |
34.66 |
5.47 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
15 |
| T20 |
3 |
3 |
66 |
103 |
2 |
1/27 |
/ |
51.5 |
9.36 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
11 |
| |
Catches |
Stumpings |
Runouts |
| ODI |
1 |
0 |
0 |
| T20 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
Career
Span:
- Test:
- 2013-2013
- ODI:
- 2013-2013
- T20:
- 2010-2013
- Test
-
- Debut:
- Zimbabwe Vs West Indies at Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados - Mar 12, 2013
- Last played:
- Zimbabwe Vs West Indies at Windsor Park, Roseau, Dominica - Mar 20, 2013
- ODI
-
- Debut:
- Zimbabwe Vs West Indies at National Cricket Stadium, St George's, Grenada - Feb 24, 2013
- Last played:
- Zimbabwe Vs Bangladesh at Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo - May 08, 2013
- T20
-
- Debut:
- Zimbabwe Vs India at Harare Sports Club, Harare (Salisbury) - Jun 13, 2010
- Last played:
- Zimbabwe Vs Bangladesh at Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo - May 11, 2013
