Shingirai Masakadza

Shingirai Winston Masakadza (born 4 September 1986) is a cricketer and former professional footballer from Zimbabwe. The brother of former Zimbabwe cricket captain Hamilton Masakadza, he is a pace bowler and middle-order batsmen. After making his first class debut for Easterns in 2008, he was called up to the Zimbabwe squad to face the West Indies in the Caribbean in February 2010. Before becoming a full-time cricketer, Massakadza played football for Dynamos, one of Zimbabwe's most popular clubs.^[1]

Shingirai Masakadza

Personal information
Full name	Shingirai Winston Masakadza
Born	(1986-09-04) 4 September 1986 (age 38) Harare, Zimbabwe
Nickname	Shingi
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm fast-medium
Role	All-rounder
Relations	Hamilton Masakadza (brother) Wellington Masakadza (brother)
International information
National side	Zimbabwe
Test debut (cap 83)	26 January 2012 v West Indies
Last Test	17 August 2014 v South Africa
ODI debut (cap 108)	4 March 2010 v South Africa
Last ODI	7 July 2019 v Ireland
T20I debut (cap 22)	28 February 2010 v West Indies
Last T20I	24 August 2013 v Pakistan
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2007/08–2008/09	Easterns
2009/10–	Mountaineers
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA Matches 5 16 94 100 Runs scored 88 170 2,548 1,029 Batting average 11.00 21.25 20.71 19.78 100s/50s 0/0 0/0 2/12 0/4 Top score 24 45* 140 59 Balls bowled 1,057 791 14,676 3,633 Wickets 16 25 319 131 Bowling average 32.18 35.64 23.64 27.73 5 wickets in innings 0 0 11 0 10 wickets in match 0 0 0 0 Best bowling 4/32 4/46 6/54 4/21 Catches/stumpings 2/– 7/– 63/– 39/–
Source: CricketArchive, 12 May 2022

In the summer of 2022, Shingi played for Ackworth Cricket Club in the Yorkshire Cricket Southern Premier League. He played a pivotal role in the team getting promoted at the first attempt after winning the division

Domestic career

In December 2020, he was selected to play for the Mountaineers in the 2020–21 Logan Cup.^[2][3]

International career

He made his ODI debut in Providence, and after Zimbabwe posted a competitive score of 256/5, Shingirai held his nerve in the final over of the match, to take two wickets as Zimbabwe pulled off a two-run victory, with Masakadza ending with figures of 3/36, taking the wickets of Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Dwayne Smith and Sulieman Benn.^[4] His name was then included in the squad that would play Ireland in August 2010.^[5] He scored 46 not out as Zimbabwe lost the match but won the series 2–1. Masakadaza was played as a replacement for Charles Coventry in that match.

He was subsequently selected for the two match T20 series against South Africa and participated in the Second T20 at the expense of Ed Rainsford. Masakadza clean bowled David Miller and also took the wicket of Robin Peterson against a weakened South Africa who were without Dale Steyn, Jacques Kallis and Morne Morkel.^[6] In the subsequent ODI series he took 4 wickets in his opening match, the wickets being of Graeme Smith, Colin Ingram, Albie Morkel and David Miller.

Masakadza was included in Zimbabwe's squad for the 2011 World Cup,^[7] and played in one match, Zimbabwe's seven-wicket defeat to Pakistan.^[8]

He along with Ian Nicolson set the record for the highest last-wicket stand in ODIs for Zimbabwe(60)^[9]

References

1. "Masakadza rewarded for new goals".
2. "Logan Cup first class cricket competition gets underway". The Zimbabwe Daily. Archived from the original on 9 December 2020. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
3. "Logan Cup starts in secure environment". The Herald. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
4. "Player Profile: Shingirai Masakadza". Cricinfo. Retrieved 20 May 2010.
5. "Shingirai Masakadza picked for Ireland ODIs".
6. "Full Scorecard of South Africa vs Zimbabwe 2nd T20I 2010/11 - Score Report | ESPNcricinfo.com".
7. "Zim suffer Ervine blow". Independent Online (South Africa). 10 February 2011. Retrieved 13 January 2012.
8. "Statistics / Statsguru / SW Masakadza / One-Day Internationals". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 13 January 2012.
9. "Cricket Records | Records | / | Zimbabwe | One-Day Internationals | Highest partnerships by wicket | ESPN Cricinfo". Cricinfo. Retrieved 18 August 2017.

External links

• Shingirai Masakadza at ESPNcricinfo