Richard Ngarava

Richard Ngarava (born 29 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]

Richard Ngarava

Personal information
Born	(1997-12-29) 29 December 1997 (age 27) Harare, Zimbabwe
Batting	Left-handed
Bowling	Left-arm fast-medium
Role	All rounder
International information
National side	Zimbabwe (2017–present)
Test debut (cap 116)	29 April 2021 v Pakistan
Last Test	20 April 2025 v Bangladesh
ODI debut (cap 133)	16 February 2017 v Afghanistan
Last ODI	18 February 2025 v Ireland
ODI shirt no.	39
T20I debut (cap 55)	29 September 2019 v Singapore
Last T20I	25 February 2025 v Ireland
T20I shirt no.	39
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2017	Mountaineers
2023	Galle Titans
2024	Sylhet Strikers
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI T20I FC Matches 8 53 69 31 Runs scored 131 270 73 362 Batting average 11.90 13.50 4.29 12.48 100s/50s 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 Top score 28* 48 12* 35 Balls bowled 1,392 2,335 1,442 4,455 Wickets 20 66 80 90 Bowling average 40.00 31.22 21.38 26.15 5 wickets in innings 0 1 0 0 10 wickets in match 0 0 0 0 Best bowling 4/53 5/32 4/16 4/14 Catches/stumpings 1/0 9/– 11/– 15/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 25 April 2025

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]