PLAYER CAREER

Elton Chigumbura

International career statistics, records and scorecard analysis

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Zimbabwe2004–2020

Scorecard coverage and data completeness

Career snapshots and available scorecards have different scopes. These counts describe recorded batting or bowling innings, not every international appearance.

Player archive coverage
Format	Matches	Bat inns	Balls recorded	Boundaries recorded	First scorecard	Latest scorecard
Test	14	27	27	27	2004-05-06	2014-11-12
ODI	187	179	179	179	2004-04-20	2018-10-26
T20I	50	49	49	49	2006-11-28	2020-11-10

284Internationals

5,802Career runs

2Centuries

138Wickets

Career records by format

Test

Official international career

Batting

Matches: 14
Innings: 27
Runs: 569
Average: 21.07
Strike rate: 50.22
Highest score: 88
Not outs: 0
100s: 0
50s: 4
Ducks: 6
4s: 67
6s: 6
Balls faced: 1,133

Bowling

Matches: 14
Innings: 22
Balls: 1,806
Maidens: 61
Runs conceded: 966
Wickets: 21
Average: 46.00
Economy: 3.20
Strike rate: 86.00
Best innings: 5/54
Best match: 6/133
4 wickets: 1
5 wickets: 1
10 wickets: 0

Fielding

Matches: 14
Innings: 24
Catches: 6
Stumpings: 0
Dismissals: 6
Keeper catches: 0
Fielder catches: 6
Dismissals / inns: 0.250
Best innings: 2 (2ct 0st)

ODI

Official international career

Batting

Matches: 213
Innings: 198
Runs: 4,340
Average: 25.23
Strike rate: 80.02
Highest score: 117
Not outs: 26
100s: 2
50s: 19
Ducks: 17
4s: 343
6s: 106
Balls faced: 5,423

Bowling

Matches: 213
Innings: 132
Balls: 4,339
Maidens: 23
Runs conceded: 4,274
Wickets: 101
Average: 42.31
Economy: 5.91
Strike rate: 42.96
Best innings: 4/28
Best match: 4/28
4 wickets: 1
5 wickets: 0
10 wickets: —

Fielding

Matches: 213
Innings: 212
Catches: 72
Stumpings: 0
Dismissals: 72
Keeper catches: 0
Fielder catches: 72
Dismissals / inns: 0.339
Best innings: 4 (4ct 0st)

T20I

Official international career

Batting

Matches: 57
Innings: 56
Runs: 893
Average: 19.00
Strike rate: 140.62
Highest score: 54*
Not outs: 9
100s: 0
50s: 3
Ducks: 6
4s: 61
6s: 53
Balls faced: 635

Bowling

Matches: 57
Innings: 21
Balls: 276
Maidens: 0
Runs conceded: 427
Wickets: 16
Average: 26.68
Economy: 9.28
Strike rate: 17.25
Best innings: 4/31
Best match: 4/31
4 wickets: 1
5 wickets: 0
10 wickets: —

Fielding

Matches: 57
Innings: 57
Catches: 22
Stumpings: 0
Dismissals: 22
Keeper catches: 0
Fielder catches: 22
Dismissals / inns: 0.385
Best innings: 2 (2ct 0st)

Career records checked: 2026-09-07. — means not recorded; N/A means the statistic does not apply. Career totals are independent of the scorecard archive.

Explore this player’s available match data

264 match appearances in available scorecards. Filters below apply to this archive only.

Recent available appearances


Date	Match	Format	Result
2020-11-10	Zimbabwe v Pakistan	T20I	Pakistan won by 8 wickets
2020-11-08	Zimbabwe v Pakistan	T20I	Pakistan won by 8 wickets
2020-11-07	Zimbabwe v Pakistan	T20I	Pakistan won by 6 wickets
2019-07-10	Ireland v Zimbabwe	T20I	No result
2018-10-26	Zimbabwe v Bangladesh	ODI	Bangladesh won by 7 wickets
2018-10-24	Zimbabwe v Bangladesh	ODI	Bangladesh won by 7 wickets
2018-10-14	South Africa v Zimbabwe	T20I	No result
2018-10-12	Zimbabwe v South Africa	T20I	South Africa won by 6 wickets
2018-10-09	South Africa v Zimbabwe	T20I	South Africa won by 34 runs
2018-10-06	Zimbabwe v South Africa	ODI	South Africa won by 4 wickets
2018-10-03	South Africa v Zimbabwe	ODI	South Africa won by 120 runs
2018-09-30	Zimbabwe v South Africa	ODI	South Africa won by 5 wickets

Zimbabwe

THE SHAPE OF A CAREER

Performance by year

Available scorecards

Formats are shown separately. These totals cover published scorecards against the twelve national teams; they can differ from complete official career records.

Test

Test · Runs by yearEach bar is one calendar year · exact runs at right

200426 runs
2005161 runs
20115 runs
2013242 runs
2014135 runs

Test · Wickets by yearEach bar is one calendar year · exact wickets at right

20042 wickets
20057 wickets
20113 wickets
20134 wickets
20145 wickets

Exact yearly figures · 5 seasons

Test archive totals by year
Year	Mat	Bat inns	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50s	4s	6s	BF	Bowl inns	Wkts	Bowl avg	Econ	Bowl SR
2014	3	6	135	88	22.50	60.26	1	12	2	224	6	5	37.40	2.47	90.60
2013	4	8	242	86	30.25	56.14	2	26	1	431	6	4	46.00	3.45	80.00
2011	1	1	5	5	5.00	41.66	0	1	0	12	2	3	32.33	2.85	68.00
2005	4	8	161	71	20.12	39.17	1	23	3	411	6	7	49.42	3.29	90.14
2004	2	4	26	14	6.50	47.27	0	5	0	55	2	2	76.00	4.60	99.00

ODI

ODI · Runs by yearEach bar is one calendar year · exact runs at right

2004308 runs
2005106 runs
2006407 runs
2007339 runs
2008165 runs
2009355 runs
2010368 runs
2011239 runs
201294 runs
2013161 runs
2014392 runs
2015758 runs
201667 runs
2018111 runs

ODI · Wickets by yearEach bar is one calendar year · exact wickets at right

20047 wickets
20053 wickets
20063 wickets
200718 wickets
200813 wickets
200915 wickets
20108 wickets
20117 wickets
20123 wickets
20134 wickets
20141 wickets
20155 wickets
20160 wickets

Exact yearly figures · 14 seasons

ODI archive totals by year
Year	Mat	Bat inns	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	100s	50s	4s	6s	BF	Bowl inns	Wkts	Bowl avg	Econ	Bowl SR
2018	8	8	111	37	18.50	57.81	0	0	8	2	192	0	0	N/A	N/A	N/A
2016	8	8	67	41	8.37	57.26	0	0	3	0	117	2	0	N/A	9.00	N/A
2015	25	25	758	117	34.45	81.50	2	1	52	15	930	6	5	35.00	5.83	36.00
2014	15	15	392	90	35.63	73.54	0	3	35	5	533	7	1	154.00	5.70	162.00
2013	11	8	161	50	26.83	73.18	0	1	17	2	220	10	4	47.50	4.89	58.25
2012	3	3	94	63	31.33	81.73	0	1	10	1	115	3	3	64.33	6.89	56.00
2011	15	14	239	47	19.91	75.15	0	0	15	6	318	13	7	56.57	5.00	67.85
2010	19	18	368	50	24.53	80.87	0	1	32	6	455	13	8	50.37	7.48	40.37
2009	17	17	355	64	23.66	83.72	0	3	32	12	424	16	15	35.80	5.09	42.20
2008	11	11	165	42	16.50	62.26	0	0	8	3	265	11	13	27.61	5.09	32.53
2007	14	13	339	77	30.81	105.93	0	2	16	17	320	13	18	27.22	5.29	30.83
2006	20	19	407	70	23.94	61.66	0	2	28	9	660	9	3	65.00	6.06	64.33
2005	6	6	106	41	21.20	108.16	0	0	5	5	98	4	3	57.00	6.84	50.00
2004	15	14	308	77	23.69	85.08	0	3	34	6	362	12	7	54.28	7.37	44.14

T20I

T20I · Runs by yearEach bar is one calendar year · exact runs at right

20064 runs
200712 runs
20089 runs
201094 runs
201178 runs
201296 runs
201341 runs
201422 runs
2015171 runs
2016104 runs
201834 runs
202041 runs

T20I · Wickets by yearEach bar is one calendar year · exact wickets at right

20061 wickets
20077 wickets
20081 wickets
20101 wickets
20111 wickets
20122 wickets
20131 wickets
20160 wickets

Exact yearly figures · 12 seasons

T20I archive totals by year
Year	Mat	Bat inns	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50s	4s	6s	BF	Bowl inns	Wkts	Bowl avg	Econ	Bowl SR
2020	3	3	41	21	13.66	107.89	0	3	2	38	0	0	N/A	N/A	N/A
2018	6	6	34	14	6.80	94.44	0	2	2	36	0	0	N/A	N/A	N/A
2016	8	8	104	54	17.33	113.04	1	4	9	92	1	0	N/A	16.00	N/A
2015	10	10	171	54	17.10	136.80	1	13	8	125	0	0	N/A	N/A	N/A
2014	1	1	22	22	N/A	169.23	0	0	2	13	0	0	N/A	N/A	N/A
2013	2	2	41	35	41.00	170.83	0	3	2	24	2	1	43.00	14.33	18.00
2012	4	4	96	48	32.00	160.00	0	9	5	60	3	2	26.00	10.40	15.00
2011	4	4	78	39	19.50	134.48	0	8	3	58	4	1	104.00	8.66	72.00
2010	7	6	94	34	15.66	154.09	0	7	5	61	4	1	50.00	10.00	30.00
2008	2	2	9	5	4.50	69.23	0	1	0	13	2	1	38.00	7.60	30.00
2007	2	2	12	8	12.00	150.00	0	0	1	8	2	7	7.28	7.28	6.00
2006	1	1	4	4	4.00	66.66	0	1	0	6	1	1	22.00	11.00	12.00

MOMENTS IN THE RECORD

Career timeline

Milestones found in available scorecards. The first recorded appearance here is not necessarily the international debut.

2004-04-20
First available scorecard
ODI v Sri Lanka · Queens Sports Club
2005-01-06
Best recorded bowling · 5/54
Test v Bangladesh · Chattogram
2015-05-26
Highest recorded innings · 117 runs
ODI v Pakistan · Gaddafi Stadium
2020-11-10
Latest available scorecard
T20I v Pakistan · Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium