Tinashe Chimbambo

Zimbabwean cricketer

Tinashe Chimbambo

Personal information

Born|  (1989-02-08) 8 February 1989 (age 36)
Chitungwiza, Zimbabwe
Batting| Right-handed
Bowling| Right-arm fast-medium
Role| Wicket-keeper
Domestic team information
Years| Team
2005/06| Mashonaland
2007/08| Northerns
2017/18–2020/21| Mountaineers
Career statistics
| Competition | First-class | List A

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Matches | 13 | 18
Runs scored | 320 | 205
Batting average | 13.91 | 14.64
100s/50s | 0/1 | 0/0
Top score | 65 | 46
Catches/stumpings | 13/– | 22/4

Source: CricketArchive, 15 May 2022

Tinashe Chimbambo (born 8 February 1989) is a Zimbabwean cricketer who has played domestically for Mashonaland and Northerns.

From Chitungwiza, Mashonaland East Province, Chimbambo made his limited overs debut for Mashonaland at the age of 16, playing four matches for the side during the 2005–06 season of the Faithwear Inter-Provincial Tournament.[1] A wicket-keeper, he went on to represent the Zimbabwean national side at the 2008 Under-19 World Cup in Malaysia.[2] He was one of only three Zimbabweans to play in all six of the side's matches at the tournaments, along with Kyle Jarvis and Prince Masvaure, and only Dan Landman and Solomon Mire scored more runs.[3] Despite being seeded eighth, Zimbabwe lost all but one of its matches, including games to Malaysia, Ireland, and Nepal, and eventually placed 14th out of 16 teams.[4]

After the reorganisation of Zimbabwean domestic cricket, Chimbambo was assigned to the new Northerns franchise, and made his first-class debut for the side in April 2008.[5] In his two Logan Cup matches for Northerns, he played only as a batsman, with Brendan Taylor serving as the team's wicket-keeper.[6] Later in the year, Chimbambo played four one-day matches for Northerns as a wicket-keeper, recording 12 dismissals but only 27 runs.[7] When Sri Lanka toured in November 2008, he played a single limited-overs game for Zimbabwe A. Forster Mutizwa was preferred as wicket-keeper, and Chimbambo did not bat as Zimbabwe A's innings was rained out.[8] Chimbabo has not played representative cricket in Zimbabwe since the 2008–09 season, instead playing for clubs in South Africa's Western Province Cricket Association, and England's Middlesex County Cricket League.[9] As of the 2015 season, he was playing for the Lansdown Cricket Club in the West of England Premier League.[10]

In December 2020, he was selected to play for the Mountaineers in the 2020–21 Logan Cup.[11][12]

## References

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1. ^ List A matches played by Tinashe Chimbambo (9) – CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
2. ^ Under-19 ODI matches played by Tinashe Chimbambo (6) – CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
3. ^ Batting and fielding for Zimbabwe under-19s, ICC Under-19 World Cup 2007/08 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
4. ^ ICC Under-19 World Cup 2007/08 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
5. ^ First-class matches played by Tinashe Chimbambo (2) – CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
6. ^ Logan Cup matches played by Tinashe Chimbambo (2) – CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
7. ^ Batting and fielding for Northerns, Faithwear Clothing Inter-Provincial One-Day Competition 2008] – CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
8. ^ Zimbabwe A v Sri Lankans, Sri Lanka in Zimbabwe 2008/09 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
9. ^ Miscellaneous matches played by Tinashe Chimbambo (8) – CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
10. ^ "Chimbambo returns to Bristol" – Southern Eye. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
11. ^ "Logan Cup first class cricket competition gets underway". The Zimbabwe Daily. Archived from the original on 9 December 2020. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
12. ^ "Logan Cup starts in secure environment". The Herald. Retrieved 9 December 2020.

## External links

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* Tinashe Chimbambo at ESPNcricinfo