Richard Ngarava

Zimbabwean cricketer

Richard Ngarava
Personal information
Born (1997-12-29) 29 December 1997 (age 26)
Harare, Zimbabwe
BattingLeft-handed
BowlingLeft-arm fast-medium
RoleBowler
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 116)29 April 2021 v Pakistan
Last Test4 February 2023 v West Indies
ODI debut (cap 133)16 February 2017 v Afghanistan
Last ODI8 January 2024 v Sri Lanka
ODI shirt no.39
T20I debut (cap 55)29 September 2019 v Singapore
Last T20I10 December 2023 v Ireland
T20I shirt no.39
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2017Mountaineers
2023Galle Titans
2024Sylhet Strikers
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI T20I FC
Matches 4 43 46 25
Runs scored 50 166 49 269
Batting average 6.20 11.06 4.90 12.80
100s/50s 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0
Top score 19* 35 11* 35
Balls bowled 648 1,939 988 3,429
Wickets 5 55 57 70
Bowling average 73.80 31,25 20.57 24.70
5 wickets in innings 0 1 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 0 0 0
Best bowling 2/104 5/32 3/11 4/14
Catches/stumpings 1/0 7/0 7/0 15/0
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 18 June 2023

Richard Ngarava (born 28 December 1997) is a Zimbabwean cricketer.[1] He made his Twenty20 debut for Zimbabwe against Free State in the 2016 Africa T20 Cup on 9 September 2016.[2] Earlier, he was part of Zimbabwe's squad for the 2016 Under-19 Cricket World Cup.[3]

Career

He made his List A debut for Zimbabwe A against Afghanistan A during Afghanistan's tour to Zimbabwe on 3 February 2017.[4] Following the List A matches, Ngarava was added to Zimbabwe's One Day International (ODI) squad for the five-match series against Afghanistan.[5] He made his ODI debut for Zimbabwe against Afghanistan at the Harare Sports Club on 16 February 2017.[6] Also in February 2017, he was named in an academy squad by Zimbabwe Cricket to tour England later that year.[7]

He made his first-class debut for Rising Stars in the 2017–18 Logan Cup on 4 October 2017.[8] In June 2018, he was named in a Board XI team for warm-up fixtures ahead of the 2018 Zimbabwe Tri-Nation Series.[9]

In September 2018, he was named in Zimbabwe's squad for the 2018 Africa T20 Cup tournament.[10] Later the same month, he was named in Zimbabwe's Test squad for the series against Bangladesh.[11] However, he was later ruled out of the Test series due to injury.[12]

In September 2019, he was named in Zimbabwe's Twenty20 International (T20I) squad for the 2019–20 Singapore Tri-Nation Series.[13] He made his T20I debut for Zimbabwe, against Singapore, in the Singapore Tri-Nation Series on 27 September 2019.[14] In February 2021, Ngarava was named in Zimbabwe's Test squad for their series against Afghanistan.[15] In April 2021, he was named in Zimbabwe's Test squad, for the series against Pakistan.[16] He made his Test debut for Zimbabwe, against Pakistan, on 29 April 2021.[17]

References

  1. ^ "Richard Ngarava". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 3 February 2017.
  2. ^ "Africa T20 Cup, Pool C: Zimbabwe v Free State at East London, Sep 9, 2016". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 3 February 2017.
  3. ^ "All 16 squads confirmed for ICC U19 Cricket World Cup 2016". International Cricket Council. Archived from the original on 28 January 2016. Retrieved 9 January 2016.
  4. ^ "Afghanistan A tour of Zimbabwe, 4th unofficial ODI: Zimbabwe A v Afghanistan A at Harare, Feb 3, 2017". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 3 February 2017.
  5. ^ "Ngarava, Mumba added to Zimbabwe squad for Afghanistan ODIs". ESPN Cricinfo. 15 February 2017. Retrieved 15 February 2017.
  6. ^ "Afghanistan tour of Zimbabwe, 1st ODI: Zimbabwe v Afghanistan at Harare, Feb 16, 2017". ESPN Cricinfo. 16 February 2017. Retrieved 16 February 2017.
  7. ^ "ZC announces 16-member Academy squad for England tour". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 17 February 2017.
  8. ^ "Logan Cup at Kwekwe, Oct 4-7 2017". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 4 October 2017.
  9. ^ "Graeme Cremer, Sikandar Raza left out of T20 practice matches". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 8 June 2018.
  10. ^ "Musakanda to captain Zimbabwe Select in Africa T20 Cup". Cricket South Africa. Retrieved 3 September 2018.
  11. ^ "Brendan Taylor, Sean Williams return as Zimbabwe name squads for South Africa, Bangladesh tours". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 13 September 2018.
  12. ^ "Chris Mpofu replaces injured Richard Ngarava for Bangladesh Tests". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 28 October 2018.
  13. ^ "Sikandar Raza out of Zimbabwe T20 squad over disciplinary issues". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 6 September 2019.
  14. ^ "3rd Match (N), Singapore Twenty20 Tri-Series at Singapore, Sep 29 2019". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 27 September 2019.
  15. ^ "No Brendan Taylor, Craig Ervine in Zimbabwe squad for Afghanistan Tests". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 16 February 2021.
  16. ^ "Jongwe, Ngarava among five uncapped players for Pakistan Tests". CricBuzz. Retrieved 26 April 2021.
  17. ^ "1st Test, Harare, Apr 29 - May 3 2021, Pakistan tour of Zimbabwe". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 29 April 2021.

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