Full name Charles Kevin Coventry
Born March 8, 1983, Kwekwe, Midlands
Current age 37 years 364 days
Major teams Zimbabwe, Matabeleland, Matabeleland Tuskers, Westerns, Zimbabwe Cricket Academy
Nickname Choppa
Playing role Top-order batsman
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Legbreak
Fielding position Wicketkeeper
Relation Father - CK Coventry
Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | BF | SR | 100 | 50 | 4s | 6s | Ct | St | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tests | 2 | 4 | 0 | 88 | 37 | 22.00 | 93 | 94.62 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
ODIs | 39 | 35 | 1 | 831 | 194* | 24.44 | 937 | 88.68 | 1 | 3 | 62 | 29 | 19 | 1 |
T20Is | 13 | 12 | 2 | 127 | 30 | 12.70 | 90 | 141.11 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 0 |
First-class | 64 | 114 | 4 | 3018 | 116 | 27.43 | 5 | 14 | 99 | 3 | ||||
List A | 113 | 103 | 10 | 2601 | 194* | 27.96 | 2 | 13 | 65 | 3 | ||||
T20s | 58 | 53 | 7 | 994 | 67* | 21.60 | 696 | 142.81 | 0 | 3 | 83 | 61 | 25 | 1 |
Mat | Inns | Balls | Runs | Wkts | BBI | BBM | Ave | Econ | SR | 4w | 5w | 10 | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tests | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
ODIs | 39 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
T20Is | 13 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
First-class | 64 | 210 | 155 | 2 | 1/26 | 77.50 | 4.42 | 105.0 | 0 | 0 | |||
List A | 113 | 24 | 30 | 0 | - | - | - | 7.50 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
T20s | 58 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Test debut | Zimbabwe v India at Bulawayo, Sep 13-16, 2005 scorecard |
Last Test | Zimbabwe v India at Harare, Sep 20-22, 2005 scorecard |
Test statistics | |
ODI debut | England v Zimbabwe at Bristol, Jul 6, 2003 scorecard |
Last ODI | Pakistan v Zimbabwe at Lahore, May 31, 2015 scorecard |
ODI statistics | |
T20I debut | Sri Lanka v Zimbabwe at Providence, May 3, 2010 scorecard |
Last T20I | Zimbabwe v India at Harare, Jul 19, 2015 scorecard |
T20I statistics | |
First-class debut | 1998/99 |
Last First-class | Southern Rocks v Matabeleland Tuskers at Masvingo, Mar 5-7, 2013 scorecard |
List A debut | 2001/02 |
Last List A | Pakistan v Zimbabwe at Lahore, May 31, 2015 scorecard |
T20s debut | Easterns (Zimbabwe) v Westerns at Bulawayo, May 13, 2009 scorecard |
Last T20s | Zimbabwe v India at Harare, Jul 19, 2015 scorecard |
Bat & Bowl | Team | Opposition | Ground | Match Date | Scorecard |
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4, 0c/0s | Zimbabwe | v India | Harare | 19 Jul 2015 | T20I # 442 |
0c/0s, 10 | Zimbabwe | v India | Harare | 17 Jul 2015 | T20I # 440 |
- | Zimbabwe | v Pakistan | Lahore | 31 May 2015 | ODI # 3653 |
10 | Zimbabwe | v Pakistan | Lahore | 29 May 2015 | ODI # 3652 |
2*, 0c/0s | Zimbabwe | v Pakistan | Lahore | 24 May 2015 | T20I # 418 |
14, 1c/0s | Zimbabwe | v Pakistan | Lahore | 22 May 2015 | T20I # 417 |
0, 61 | Tuskers | v Rocks | Masvingo | 5 Mar 2013 | FC |
15 | Rajshahi | v Chittagong | Dhaka | 16 Feb 2013 | T20 |
24 | Rajshahi | v Chittagong | Dhaka | 13 Feb 2013 | T20 |
0 | Rajshahi | v Riders | Dhaka | 11 Feb 2013 | T20 |
Charles Coventry is an aggressive middle-order batsman who can open in one-day cricket and also keep wicket. He was Zimbabwe's youngest first-class player at 15 years 303 days, for Matabeleland in 1998, although that was due to being in the right place when a selected player withdrew at the last minute. Son of international umpire Charles Coventry, he learned his cricket at Whitestone School and Christian Brothers College in Bulawayo, and plays for Bulawayo Athletic Club. He played for the national Under-19 team in the World Cup in 2002, when he was also a student at the CFX Academy. He bats in glasses and most of his successes have been in one-day cricket; he has yet to learn to build major innings in first-class cricket. He favours the lofted drive but as yet lacks the discipline required of a consistently successful batsman. Despite this, he played two Tests against India in September 2005, after the withdrawal of most of Zimbabwe's top players, and did no worse than anybody else. However, coach Kevin Curran reports that he was sent back from the West Indies tour for disciplinary reasons. He went to play club cricket in England and wasn't part of the senior Zimbabwe side for three years. He made a headline-grabbing return in August 2009, equalling the record for the highest individual ODI score by blasting an unbeaten 194 in the fourth match against Bangladesh in Bulawayo.
John Ward