Zimbabwe / Players / Dave Houghton
Full name David Laud Houghton
Born June 23, 1957, Bulawayo
Current age 60 years 1 days
Major teams Rhodesia, Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm offbreak
Fielding position Wicketkeeper
Other Coach, Commentator
Relation Brother - WJ Houghton
| Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | BF | SR | 100 | 50 | 4s | 6s | Ct | St | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tests 
|
22 | 36 | 2 | 1464 | 266 | 43.05 | 3221 | 45.45 | 4 | 4 | 168 | 12 | 17 | 0 |
|
ODIs
|
63 | 60 | 2 | 1530 | 142 | 26.37 | 2155 | 70.99 | 1 | 12 | 116 | 21 | 29 | 2 |
| First-class | 120 | 202 | 13 | 7445 | 266 | 39.39 | 17 | 36 | 165 | 16 | ||||
| List A | 163 | 157 | 13 | 4191 | 142 | 29.10 | 2 | 26 | 111 | 11 |
| Mat | Inns | Balls | Runs | Wkts | BBI | BBM | Ave | Econ | SR | 4w | 5w | 10 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Tests
|
22 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0.00 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
|
ODIs
|
63 | 1 | 12 | 19 | 1 | 1/19 | 1/19 | 19.00 | 9.50 | 12.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| First-class | 120 | 149 | 59 | 2 | 2/7 | 29.50 | 2.37 | 74.5 | 0 | 0 | |||
| List A | 163 | 53 | 57 | 2 | 1/9 | 1/9 | 28.50 | 6.45 | 26.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Test debut | Zimbabwe v India at Harare, Oct 18-22, 1992 scorecard |
| Last Test | Zimbabwe v New Zealand at Bulawayo, Sep 25-29, 1997 scorecard |
| Test statistics | |
| ODI debut | Australia v Zimbabwe at Nottingham, Jun 9, 1983 scorecard |
| Last ODI | Zimbabwe v New Zealand at Harare, Oct 5, 1997 scorecard |
| ODI statistics | |
| First-class span | 1978/79 - 1997/98 |
| List A span | 1979/80 - 1997/98 |
Dave Houghton is one of Zimbabwe's best two batsmen in their short Test history, alongside Andy Flower. Houghton hit 121 in Zimbabwe's inaugural Test, against India at Harare in 1992-93, and cracked 266 - his country's highest Test score so far - against Sri Lanka at Bulawayo in 1994-95. Zimbabwe's first Test captain, Houghton has an exceptional cricket brain that helped him become national coach after a spell in charge at Worcestershire. As a batsman he had the ability to play either long, defensive innings or shorter, attacking ones, and he was a brilliant player of spin, but equally adept against pace. He started life as a wicketkeeper, but became a top-class slip fielder too, possibly helped by his time as Zimbabwe's hockey goalkeeper.
Geoffrey Dean
- A blind love for cricket (Nov 18, 2016)
- 'I had opportunities to leave but I didn't want Zimbabwe to go downhill' (Sep 24, 2016)
- Houghton joins Ireland coaching team for Zimbabwe tour (Oct 1, 2015)
- Zimbabwe's Trent Bridge coup (Jan 22, 2015)
- Houghton takes on New Zealand (Nov 16, 2014)
Mar 31, 2014
Somerset assistant and batting coach Dave Houghton
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Apr 1, 2012
David Houghton portrait
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Mar 6, 2005
Dave Houghton in TV analyst mode
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