Zimbabwean national cricket captains

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is a list of all men and boys who have captained a Zimbabwean national cricket team at official international level. Zimbabwe became a full member of the International Cricket Council on 6 July 1992.

18-22 October 1992. Zimbabwe played its inaugural Test Match v India in the Harare Sports Club . The match was drawn. A J Traicos of Zimbabwe created a world record for the longest interval between two appearances in Test cricket. His previous appearance had been for South Africa at Port Elizabeth on 10 March 1970 (interval = 22 years & 222 days). He broke George Gunn's record of 17 years and 316 days. Also, Traicos became the 14th player to have played for two different countries.

1 Men's cricket
2 Youth cricket
- 2.1 Test match captains
- 2.2 Youth One-Day International captains
3 ICC Trophy
4 References

[edit] Men's cricket

[edit] Test match captains

This is a list of cricketers who have captained the Zimbabwean cricket team for at least one Test match. The table of results is complete to the second Test against India on 22 September 2005. Zimbabwe have currently suspended themselves from Test cricket until 2007. Where a player has a dagger (†) next to a Test match series in which he captained at least one Test, that denotes that player deputised for the appointed captain or was appointed for a minor proportion in a series.

Zimbabwean Test match captains
Number	Name	Year	Opposition	Location	Played	Won	Lost	Drawn
1	David Houghton	1992/3	India	Zimbabwe	1	0	0	1
		1992/3	New Zealand	Zimbabwe	2	0	1	1
		1992/3	India	India	1	0	1	0
		Total			4	0	2	2
2	Andy Flower	1993/4	Pakistan	Pakistan	3	0	2	1
		1994/5	Sri Lanka	Zimbabwe	3	0	0	3
		1994/5	Pakistan	Zimbabwe	3	1	2	0
		1995/6	South Africa	Zimbabwe	1	0	1	0
		1995/6	New Zealand	New Zealand	2	0	0	2
		1999/2000	South Africa	Zimbabwe	1	0	1	0
		1999/2000	Sri Lanka	Zimbabwe	3	0	1	2
		1999/2000	West Indies	West Indies	2	0	2	0
		2000	England	England	2	0	1	1
		Total			20	1	10	9
3	Alistair Campbell	1996	Sri Lanka	Sri Lanka	2	0	2	0
		1996/7	Pakistan	Pakistan	2	0	1	1
		1996/7	England	Zimbabwe	2	0	0	2
		1997/8	New Zealand	Zimbabwe	2	0	0	2
		1997/8	Sri Lanka	Sri Lanka	2	0	2	0
		1997/8	New Zealand	New Zealand	2	0	2	0
		1997/8	Pakistan	Zimbabwe	2	0	1	1
		1998/9	India	India	1	1	0	0
		1998/9	Pakistan	Pakistan	2	1	0	1
		1999/2000	Australia	Zimbabwe	1	0	1	0
		1999/2000	South Africa	South Africa	1	0	1	0
		2002/3	Pakistan	Zimbabwe	2	0	2	0
		Total			21	2	12	7
4	Heath Streak	2000/1	New Zealand	Zimbabwe	2	0	2	0
		2000/1	India	India	2	0	1	1
		2000/1	New Zealand	New Zealand	1	0	0	1
		2000/1	Bangladesh	Zimbabwe	2	2	0	0
		2001	India	Zimbabwe	2	1	1	0
		2001	West Indies	Zimbabwe	2	0	1	1
		2001/2	South Africa	Zimbabwe	2	0	1	1
		2003	England	England	2	0	2	0
		2003/4	Australia	Australia	2	0	2	0
		2003/4	West Indies	Zimbabwe	2	0	1	1
		2003/4	Bangladesh	Zimbabwe	2	1	0	1
		Total			21	4	11	6
5	Brian Murphy	2001/2	Bangladesh	Bangladesh	1	0	0	1
6	Stuart Carlisle	2001/2†	Bangladesh	Bangladesh	1	1	0	0
		2001/2	Sri Lanka	Sri Lanka	3	0	3	0
		2001/2	India	India	2	0	2	0
		Total			6	1	5	0
7	Tatenda Taibu	2004	Sri Lanka	Zimbabwe	2	0	2	0
		2004/5	Bangladesh	Bangladesh	2	0	1	1
		2004/5	South Africa	South Africa	2	0	2	0
		2005/6	New Zealand	Zimbabwe	2	0	2	0
		2005/6	India	Zimbabwe	2	0	2	0
		Total			10	0	9	1
Grand total					83	8	49	26

[edit] Men's One-Day International captains

This is a list of cricketers who have captained the Zimbabwean cricket team for at least one one-day international. The table of results is complete to the first ODI against Bangladesh in 2006/7.

Zimbabwean ODI captains
Number	Name	Year	Played	Won	Tied	Lost	No result
1	Duncan Fletcher	1983	6	1	0	5	0
2	John Traicos	1987/8	6	0	0	6	0
3	David Houghton	1991/2-1992/3	17	1	0	16	0
4	Andy Flower¹	1993/4-2000	52	12	2	35	3
5	Alistair Campbell	1996-2002/3	86	30	2	52	2
6	Heath Streak	2001/2-2003/4	68	18	0	47	3
7	Grant Flower¹	2001	1	0	0	1	0
8	Guy Whittall	2001-2001/2	4	0	0	4	0
9	Brian Murphy	2001/2	4	0	0	4	0
10	Stuart Carlisle	2001/2	12	6	0	6	0
11	Tatenda Taibu	2004-2005/6	29	2	0	27	0
12	Terry Duffin	2005/6	14	5	0	8	1
13	Prosper Utseya	2006-2006/7	6	3	0	3	0
Grand total			305	74	4	205	8

[edit] Men's Twenty20 International captains

This is a list of cricketers who have captained the Zimbabwean cricket team for at least one Twenty20 international. The table of results is complete to the first Twenty20 against Bangladesh in 2006/7.

Zimbabwean Twenty20 captains
Number	Name	Year	Played	Won	Tied	Lost	No result
1	Prosper Utseya	2006/7	1	0	0	1	0
Grand total			1	0	0	1	0

[edit] Youth cricket

[edit] Test match captains

This is a list of cricketers who have captained the Zimbabwean Under-19 cricket team for at least one under-19 Test match. The table of results is complete to the third "Test" against England in 1997.

Zimbabwean Under-19 Test match captains
Number	Name	Year	Opposition	Location	Played	Won	Lost	Drawn
1	Brian Murphy	1995/6	England	Zimbabwe	3	0	2	1
2	Bertus Erasmus	1997	England	England	3	0	2	1
Grand total					6	0	4	2

[edit] Youth One-Day International captains

This is a list of cricketers who have captained the Zimbabwean Under-19 cricket team for at least one Under-19 one-day international. The table of results is complete to the end of the 2005/6 Afro-Asia Cup.

Zimbabwean Under-19 ODI captains
Number	Name	Year	Played	Won	Tied	Lost	No result
1	Brian Murphy	1995/6	1	0	0	1	0
2	Bertus Erasmus	1997	2	0	0	2	0
3	Mark Vermeulen	1997/8	6	2	0	4	0
4	Mluleki Nkala	1999/2000	3	0	0	3	0
5	Travis Friend	1999/2000	4	3	0	1	0
6	Tatenda Taibu	2001/2	8	6	0	2	0
7	Tinotenda Mawoyo	2003/4	6	3	0	3	0
8	Sean Williams	2005/6	5	0	0	5	0
Grand total			30	14	0	21	0

[edit] ICC Trophy

The ICC Trophy is the leading one-day tournament from non-Test teams, and Zimbabwe participated in the tournament before they gained Test status in 1992. This is a list of the men who captained Zimbabwe in the ICC Trophy.

Zimbabwean ICC Trophy captains
Number	Name	Year	Played	Won	Tied	Lost	No result	Where finished
1	Duncan Fletcher	1982	7	7	0	0	0	Winners
2	David Houghton	1986	8	8	0	0	0	Winners
		1990	8	8	0	0	0	Winners
		Total	16	16	0	0	0
Grand total			23	23	0	0	0