Forster Mutizwa

Forster Mutizwa (born 24 August 1985) is a Zimbabwean cricket umpire and former cricketer. He played as a right-handed lower middle-order batsman and wicket-keeper.

Forster Mutizwa

Personal information
Full name	Forster Mutizwa
Born	(1985-08-24) 24 August 1985 (age 39) Harare, Zimbabwe
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm off-break
Role	Wicket-keeper, Umpire
International information
National side	Zimbabwe
Only Test (cap 84)	26 January 2012 v New Zealand
ODI debut (cap 104)	27 January 2009 v Kenya
Last ODI	25 October 2011 v New Zealand
T20I debut (cap 29)	15 October 2011 v New Zealand
Last T20I	11 February 2012 v New Zealand
Umpiring information
ODIs umpired	4 (2022–2023)
T20Is umpired	36 (2021–2024)
WODIs umpired	1 (2024)
WT20Is umpired	9 (2021–2024)
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA Matches 1 17 74 95 Runs scored 24 403 4,389 1,932 Batting average 12.00 31.00 39.90 28.00 100s/50s 0/0 0/4 13/17 0/11 Top score 18 79 190 79 Balls bowled – – 197 157 Wickets – – 2 2 Bowling average – – 54.00 71.50 5 wickets in innings – – 0 0 10 wickets in match – – 0 0 Best bowling – – 2/18 1/9 Catches/stumpings 0/– 9/2 156/16 67/8
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 23 March 2023

Playing career

He was first called up to the national team for a tour of Bangladesh but did not feature in a match.^[1] He made his international debut in a One Day International (ODI) against Kenya on 27 January 2009. He had featured in a lone Test for Zimbabwe against New Zealand in January 2012.^[2] In December 2019, he quit playing cricket to become an umpire.^[3]

Umpiring career

On 23 July 2021, he stood in his first Twenty20 International (T20I) match, between Zimbabwe and Bangladesh.^[4] On 7 August 2022, he made his ODI umpiring debut in a match between Zimbabwe and Bangladesh.^[5] As of March 2023, he had officiated in 3 ODI and 24 T20I matches, including two women's T20Is.

See also

• List of Twenty20 International cricket umpires

References

1. Waller and Mutizwa named for Bangladesh tour
2. "Only Test, Napier, January 26 - 28, 2012, Zimbabwe tour of New Zealand". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 30 July 2022.
3. "Mutizwa quits to be umpire". News Day. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
4. "2nd T20I, Harare, Jul 23 2021, Bangladesh tour of Zimbabwe". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
5. "2nd ODI, Harare, August 07, 2022, Bangladesh tour of Zimbabwe". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 7 August 2022.

External links

• Cricinfo