	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

Bowling averages

	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w
Tests	22	1	5	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	-	0
ODIs	63	1	12	19	1	1/19	1/19	19.00	9.50	12.0	0
First-class	120		149	59	2	2/7		29.50	2.37	74.5
List A	163		53	57	2	1/9	1/9	28.50	6.45	26.5	0

Career statistics

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

Profile

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

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