Full name Elton Chigumbura
Born March 14, 1986, Kwekwe, Midlands
Current age 32 years 40 days
Major teams Zimbabwe, Africa XI, Barbados Tridents, Mashonaland A, Mashonaland Eagles, Northamptonshire, Northerns (Zimbabwe), Quetta Gladiators, Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club, Southern Rocks, Sylhet Royals, Zimbabwe Under-19s, Zimbabwe XI
Playing role Allrounder
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm fast-medium
Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | BF | SR | 100 | 50 | 4s | 6s | Ct | St | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tests ![]() |
14 | 27 | 0 | 569 | 88 | 21.07 | 1133 | 50.22 | 0 | 4 | 67 | 6 | 6 | 0 |
ODIs ![]() |
205 | 190 | 24 | 4229 | 117 | 25.47 | 5231 | 80.84 | 2 | 19 | 335 | 104 | 69 | 0 |
T20Is ![]() |
47 | 46 | 8 | 789 | 54* | 20.76 | 543 | 145.30 | 0 | 3 | 56 | 46 | 18 | 0 |
First-class | 101 | 177 | 10 | 5395 | 186 | 32.30 | 6 | 35 | 48 | 0 | ||||
List A | 312 | 282 | 44 | 6539 | 117 | 27.47 | 4 | 33 | 103 | 0 | ||||
T20s ![]() |
136 | 131 | 33 | 2310 | 103* | 23.57 | 1736 | 133.06 | 1 | 8 | 133 | 123 | 53 | 0 |
Mat | Inns | Balls | Runs | Wkts | BBI | BBM | Ave | Econ | SR | 4w | 5w | 10 | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tests ![]() |
14 | 22 | 1806 | 966 | 21 | 5/54 | 6/133 | 46.00 | 3.20 | 86.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
ODIs ![]() |
205 | 132 | 4339 | 4274 | 101 | 4/28 | 4/28 | 42.31 | 5.91 | 42.9 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
T20Is ![]() |
47 | 21 | 276 | 427 | 16 | 4/31 | 4/31 | 26.68 | 9.28 | 17.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
First-class | 101 | 10954 | 5971 | 206 | 5/33 | 28.98 | 3.27 | 53.1 | 11 | 4 | 0 | ||
List A | 312 | 6544 | 6217 | 167 | 6/24 | 6/24 | 37.22 | 5.70 | 39.1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | |
T20s ![]() |
136 | 87 | 1359 | 1907 | 77 | 5/13 | 5/13 | 24.76 | 8.41 | 17.6 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
Test debut | Zimbabwe v Sri Lanka at Harare, May 6-8, 2004 scorecard |
Last Test | Bangladesh v Zimbabwe at Chittagong, Nov 12-16, 2014 scorecard |
Test statistics | |
ODI debut | Zimbabwe v Sri Lanka at Bulawayo, Apr 20, 2004 scorecard |
Last ODI | Zimbabwe v Sri Lanka at Bulawayo, Nov 21, 2016 scorecard |
ODI statistics | |
T20I debut | Bangladesh v Zimbabwe at Khulna, Nov 28, 2006 scorecard |
Last T20I | Zimbabwe v India at Harare, Jun 22, 2016 scorecard |
T20I statistics | |
First-class debut | 2001/02 |
Last First-class | Mashonaland Eagles v Rising Stars at Harare, Apr 19-22, 2018 scorecard |
List A debut | 2002/03 |
Last List A | Rising Stars v Mashonaland Eagles at Harare, Apr 17, 2018 scorecard |
T20s debut | Eagles v Zimbabweans at Kimberley, Sep 13, 2006 scorecard |
Last T20s | Mis Ainak Knights v Speen Ghar Tigers at Kabul, Sep 17, 2017 scorecard |
Bat & Bowl | Team | Opposition | Ground | Match Date | Scorecard |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
42, 95 | Eagles | v Rising Stars | Harare | 19 Apr 2018 | FC |
61 | Eagles | v Rising Stars | Harare | 17 Apr 2018 | LA |
53, 26 | Eagles | v Rhinos | Harare | 3 Dec 2017 | FC |
12 | Eagles | v Rhinos | Harare | 1 Dec 2017 | LA |
24, 2 | Eagles | v Rhinos | Kwekwe | 6 Nov 2017 | FC |
0 | Eagles | v Mountaineers | Harare | 22 Oct 2017 | FC |
2, 1 | Eagles | v Rising Stars | Harare | 10 Oct 2017 | FC |
5 | SGT | v MAK | Kabul | 17 Sep 2017 | T20 |
11* | SGT | v Kabul Eagles | Kabul | 15 Sep 2017 | T20 |
7 | SGT | v BEAD | Kabul | 14 Sep 2017 | T20 |
Elton Chigumbura made his first-class debut for Mashonaland in the Logan Cup, aged only 15, in 2002 and has since established himself as Zimbabwe's premier allrounder and, for a time, captain of the national side. Chigumbura is a product of the ZC development programme and took to the game at Chipembere Primary School in the Highfield township of Harare. A protégé of coach Stephen Mangongo, he won a ZCU scholarship to Churchill High School and represented Zimbabwe in two Under-19 World Cups.