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Full name Hamilton Masakadza
Born August 9, 1983, Harare
Current age 24 years 283 days
Major teams Zimbabwe, Easterns (Zimbabwe), Manicaland, Mashonaland
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Legbreak googly
Relations Brother - S Masakadza

Batting and fielding averages
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s	Ct
Tests	15	30	1	785	119	27.06	1786	43.95	1	3	107	4	8
ODIs	51	51	2	1037	87	21.16	1610	64.40	0	7	95	6	19
T20Is	3	3	0	89	35	29.66	75	118.66	0	0	7	1	3
First-class	57	102	3	3353	142	33.86			6	19			44
List A	89	89	4	2324	103*	27.34			1	17			36
Twenty20	15	14	4	424	101*	42.40	370	114.59	1	2	35	9	8

Bowling averages
	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w
Tests	15	4	126	39	2	1/9	1/9	19.50	1.85	63.0	0
ODIs	51	20	529	495	14	3/39	3/39	35.35	5.61	37.7	0
T20Is	3	1	6	9	1	1/9	1/9	9.00	9.00	6.0	0
First-class	57		1702	815	19	2/6		42.89	2.87	89.5
List A	89		949	794	30	4/36	4/36	26.46	5.02	31.6	1
Twenty20	15	7	114	93	9	2/6	2/6	10.33	4.89	12.6	0

Career statistics
Test debut	Zimbabwe v West Indies at Harare, Jul 27-31, 2001 scorecard
Last Test	Zimbabwe v India at Harare, Sep 20-22, 2005 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut	Zimbabwe v South Africa at Bulawayo, Sep 23, 2001 scorecard
Last ODI	Pakistan v Zimbabwe at Sheikhupura, Feb 2, 2008 scorecard
ODI statistics
T20I debut	Bangladesh v Zimbabwe at Khulna, Nov 28, 2006 scorecard
Last T20I	England v Zimbabwe at Cape Town, Sep 13, 2007 scorecard
T20I statistics
First-class debut	1999/00
Last First-class	Easterns (Zimbabwe) v Centrals at Mutare, May 3-6, 2008 scorecard
List A debut	2001
Last List A	Zimbabwe v Eagles at Bulawayo, Mar 9, 2008 scorecard
Twenty20 debut	Eagles v Zimbabweans at Kimberley, Sep 13, 2006 scorecard
Last Twenty20	Titans v Zimbabwe at Centurion, Apr 11, 2008 scorecard

Profile

Hamilton Masakadza was still a schoolboy at Churchill High School in Harare when he set the record - since beaten by Mohammad Ashraful - of being the youngest batsman ever to score a century on his Test debut, at 17 years and 254 days. This was against West Indies in 2000-01 when, batting at No. 3 instead of his normal opening position, he scored a composed 119 that was largely responsible for Zimbabwe saving the match after conceding a first-innings lead of 216. Earlier in the year he had not only become the youngest Zimbabwean ever to score a first-class century, but also the first black player to do so. A year later, though, he put his professional cricket career on hold as he began a three-year course at the University of the Free State. Although an agreement was reached that he would still be available for Zimbabwe if required, he could not maintain his form playing against club opposition in South Africa, and the national selectors initially decided to await his return to the country in 2005. But the Streak crisis led to his early recall in the one-dayers against England where, unsurprisingly, he struggled before registering his maiden ODI fifty in the final game. His return to the Test match team brought mixed results, but he was Zimbabwe's best batsman, technically, on their tour of South Africa, where he showed an application lacking in his team mates. He declined a contract in early 2006, explaining that he preferred to concentrate on his studies in South Africa, but remained in the frame despite that.
Steven Price September 2006

Jan 30, 2008

Mohammad Yousuf and Hamilton Masakadza shake hands after the game
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Jan 24, 2008

Shahid Afridi cut Hamilton Masakadza's innings on 87
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Jan 24, 2008

Hamilton Masakadza dropped a skier off Shahid Afridi
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