Full Name

Solomon Farai Mire

Born

August 21, 1989, Harare

Age

34y 211d

Batting Style

Right hand Bat

Bowling Style

Right arm Medium fast

Playing Role

Batter

Solomon Mire's reputation as a big hitter preceded his international debut by several years, but the allrounder only came into contention for national honours on the strength of club cricket performances thousands of miles away from his native Zimbabwe. As a teenager, he put together knocks of 94 against Southerns, an unbeaten 79 against Westerns and 52 not out against Northerns in the 2006-07 Faithwear Inter-Provincial One-Day Competition. He was then part of the Zimbabwe Under-19 team's dire trip to the Youth World Cup in early 2008, but his performances there and subsequently didn't suggest an outstanding talent, and an abductor injury upon his return to Zimbabwe was another set-back.

Mire's fortunes began to change when he emigrated to Australia in 2012. As something of a nomadic Grade cricketer, he spent some time in country Victoria and then moved on to Premier Cricket in Melbourne, where he played for Carlton and Essendon while also spending time in Darwin during the winter. He made community paper headlines in July 2014 when he slammed a 157-ball 260, including 21 sixes, for Waratahs to set a new tournament record in the Darwin and District Cricket Competition. His exploits for Essendon in the Victoria Cricket Association Premiership had also led to a game for Victoria Under-23s, and then a handful of games for Melbourne Renegades in the Big Bash League in 2013-14 as a community rookie. Zimbabwe eventually came calling, and Mire cobbled together a pair of fifties in unfamiliar conditions in his debut series in Bangladesh in late 2014. He'd done enough to earn a place in Zimbabwe's 2015 World Cup squad, with his experience of Australian conditions also adding to his value.
Liam Brickhill

Solomon Mire Career Stats

Batting & Fielding

FormatMatInnsNORunsHSAveBFSR100s50s4s6sCtSt
Tests240784719.5013557.770012100
ODIs4747095511220.31119080.25139324120
T20Is9802539431.62196129.0802231320
FC162815679621.00106153.4403741180
List A81805214612828.61246886.95410--210
T20s2926159410923.76412144.1713454090

Bowling

FormatMatInnsBallsRunsWktsBBIBBMAveEconSR4w5w10w
Tests23843211/221/2732.002.2884.0000
ODIs4719507515124/434/4342.916.0942.2100
T20Is957211511/151/15115.009.5872.0000
FC1625117068271/101/1097.423.49167.1000
List A814313581253314/224/2240.415.5343.8200
T20s2916255382143/243/2427.288.9818.2000
Solomon Farai Mire

Explore Statsguru Analysis

Test
ODI
T20I

Recent Matches of Solomon Mire

Photos of Solomon Mire

Solomon Mire is struck on the back leg
Solomon Mire celebrates his half-century
Solomon Mire muscles one over the leg side
Solomon Mire shapes to cut the ball
Solomon Mire returned after a blow to the helmet to shore up Zimbabwe
Solomon Mire made a slow but steady start