Full Name

Malcolm Peter Jarvis

Born

December 06, 1955, Fort Victoria (now Masvingo), Masvingo

Age

68y 113d

Also Known As

Mallie

Batting Style

Right hand Bat

Bowling Style

Left arm Medium fast

RELATIONS

(son)

Other

Coach

Malcolm ('Mallie') Jarvis was a great-hearted and underestimated servant of Zimbabwe cricket, a left-arm seam and swing bowler who was at his best with the new ball. Unfortunately his lack of pace was sometimes held against him, but he played in Zimbabwe's Inaugural Test match against India in 1992-93 and was proud of the fact that, in his five Tests, he never finished on the losing side; had not a catch been dropped, he would have taken Zimbabwe's first wicket in Test cricket.

He grew up in the Midlands and attended Que Que (as it was then) High School, later moving to Harare. He had a classic bowling action, could bowl in the blockhole and moved the ball predominantly away from the right-hander off the pitch and into him in the air. There was no harder trier and he would bowl for hours on end, even through nagging injuries, although there were few fitter men. He was a great team man, particularly helpful to younger players. He was no batsman, although occasionally applying the long handle, and a good honest trier in the field. He retired at 38, just having regained his national team place against Sri Lanka in 1994-95, saying he did not want to be the oldest man in international cricket! He was for a while the national team's fitness trainer, but since then the Zimbabwe cricket authorities have sadly neglected his expertise.
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Malcolm Jarvis Career Stats

Batting & Fielding

FormatMatInnsNORunsHSAveBFSR100s50s4s6sCtSt
Tests53142*2.001526.66000020
ODIs1253371718.506755.22002110
FC5370205103310.20--00--160
List A563012147188.16--00--110

Bowling

FormatMatInnsBallsRunsWktsBBIBBMAveEconSR4w5w10w
Tests581273393113/304/5435.721.85115.7000
ODIs121260145192/372/3750.114.5066.7000
FC53-1120247481637/36-29.122.5468.7-83
List A56-29292064594/464/4634.984.2249.6100
Malcolm Peter Jarvis

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Debut/Last Matches of Malcolm Jarvis

FC Matches

Span
1979/80 - 1994/95

List A Matches

Span
1982/83 - 1994/95

Recent Matches of Malcolm Jarvis

MatchBatBowlDateGroundFormat
Zimbabwe vs Pakistan--2/3726-Feb-1995HarareODI # 984
Zimbabwe vs Pakistan--0/3022-Feb-1995HarareODI # 980
Zimbabwe vs Sri Lanka21/58 & 0/726-Oct-1994HarareTest # 1272
Zimbabwe vs Sri Lanka--3/30 & 1/2420-Oct-1994BulawayoTest # 1271
Zimbabwe vs Sri Lanka--2/7611-Oct-1994HarareTest # 1270

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The Zimbabwe World Cup team before their welcome home parade in Harare