Hamilton Masakadza
| Hamilton Masakadza | |
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| Born | August 9, 1983 Harare |
| Nationality | Zimbabwean |
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| Years active | 2001 - Present |
| Employer | Zimbabwe Cricket |
| Known for | Playing International Cricket for Zimbabwe |
| Relatives | Wellington Masakadza, Shingi Masakadza |
Hamilton Masakadza, is a former Zimbabwean professional cricketer whose game role was All Rounder. His batting style was Right hand bat and bowls RM. He represented Zimbabwe at ODIs and the World Cup such as the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015. He is the Zimbabwe Cricket director of cricket.
Background
Hamilton Masakadza was born on 9 August 1983 in Harare. The Major Teams Hamilton Masakadza Has played for include the following
Zimbabwe, Easterns (Zimbabwe), Kalabagan Cricket Academy, Manicaland, Mashonaland, Mountaineers, Sylhet Royals, Zimbabwe XI
Career
Masakadza played over 140 ODIs for Zimbabwe, after having made his debut appearance in 2001. In 2009 Masakadza became the first Zimbabwe player to score above 150 runs twice. That year, he scored 3 centuries.[1]
In May 2016 Masakadza was dismissed by Zimbabwe Cricket from his role as team captain after a poor performance at the World T20 tournament in March 2016. This was not the first time he was dismissed as it happened in October 2015 before he retained as captain in all three formats of the game following Elton Chigumbura's resignation from the position.[2]
References
- ↑ ICC World Cup Zimbabwe Squad Profiles , International Cricket Council, Published:Unknown, Retrieved:14 February 2015
- ↑ , Kevin Mapasure, Whatmore sacked, Taibu returns, NewsDay, retrieved 1 June 2016
