Craig Wishart
74Zimbabwe · OP · 1996 to 2005 · on scorecards: CB Wishart
BATTING
- Matches
- 90
- Innings
- 82
- Runs
- 1719
- Average
- 23.22
- Strike rate
- 70.56
- High score
- 172*
- 100s / 50s
- 2 / 5
BOWLING & FIELDING
- Wickets
- 0
- Average
- -
- Economy
- 6
- Strike rate
- -
- Best figures
- -
- 4w / 5w
- 0 / 0
- Catches / Stumpings
- 26 / 0
- Run-outs effected
- 3
CAREER IN BRIEF
Craig Wishart played 90 ODIs for Zimbabwe in CricArcade's archive, from 1996 to 2005. The first came against Australia at R Premadasa Stadium, with a score of 0, and the last against New Zealand at Queens Sports Club in 2005.
The most productive decade was the 2000s: 1,075 runs at 26.2 in 50 ODIs. The highest score in the archive is 172 not out from 151 balls against Namibia at Harare Sports Club in 2003, in a match Zimbabwe won. In all: 2 hundreds, 5 fifties.
At home the average was 35.5 across 28 ODIs; away it was 20.3 across 33 ODIs, markedly stronger at home. The most runs came against India: 306 runs at 23.5 in 14 ODIs. Queens Sports Club was the most frequent ground, with 15 ODIs and 352 runs at 29.3. The scorecards record 3 player-of-the-match awards. Zimbabwe won 30 of the ODIs Craig Wishart played and lost 58.
The career totals above are the official figures; everything below is computed from the 90 ODI scorecards in CricArcade's archive, each linked.
BEST INNINGS
| Runs | Balls | Against | Ground | Year | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 172* | 151 | Namibia | Harare Sports Club | 2003 | Won |
| 102 | 124 | India | Harare Sports Club | 1998 | Won |
| 79* | 91 | Bangladesh | MA Aziz Stadium | 2001 | Won |
| 72* | 81 | West Indies | Queens Sports Club | 2003 | Lost |
| 71 | 86 | West Indies | Queens Sports Club | 2001 | Lost |
RECORD BY OPPONENT
| Against | ODIs | Runs | Avg | 100/50 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| India | 14 | 306 | 23.54 | 1/1 |
| Sri Lanka | 13 | 228 | 19.00 | 0/0 |
| Pakistan | 11 | 99 | 12.38 | 0/0 |
| West Indies | 11 | 221 | 22.10 | 0/2 |
| New Zealand | 10 | 169 | 18.78 | 0/0 |
| Kenya | 9 | 85 | 21.25 | 0/0 |
| England | 7 | 120 | 17.14 | 0/0 |
| Bangladesh | 5 | 182 | 91.00 | 0/2 |
| South Africa | 5 | 95 | 19.00 | 0/0 |
| Australia | 3 | 21 | 7.00 | 0/0 |
| Namibia | 1 | 172 | – | 1/0 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 21 | 21.00 | 0/0 |
HOME, AWAY AND NEUTRAL
| Where | ODIs | Runs | Avg | 100/50 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 28 | 746 | 35.52 | 2/2 |
| Away | 33 | 548 | 20.30 | 0/2 |
| Neutral | 29 | 425 | 16.35 | 0/1 |
BY DECADE
| Decade | ODIs | Runs | Avg | 100/50 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 40 | 644 | 19.52 | 1/1 |
| 2000s | 50 | 1,075 | 26.22 | 1/4 |
GROUNDS
| Ground | ODIs | Runs | Avg | 100/50 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Queens Sports Club | 15 | 352 | 29.33 | 0/2 |
| Sharjah Cricket Stadium | 14 | 166 | 12.77 | 0/0 |
| Harare Sports Club | 12 | 372 | 41.33 | 2/0 |
| Sinhalese Sports Club Ground | 6 | 164 | 27.33 | 0/1 |
| Gymkhana Club Ground | 5 | 48 | 16.00 | 0/0 |
| Bangabandhu National Stadium | 3 | 85 | 85.00 | 0/1 |
FIRST AND LAST
- Debut: v Australia, 1996 at R Premadasa Stadium
- Latest in the archive: v New Zealand, 2005 at Queens Sports Club
PLAYER DETAILS
- Born
- 9 January 1974
- Batting
- Right-hand bat
- Bowling
- Right-arm offbreak
- Balls faced (career)
- 2,436
- Ducks
- 8
- Four-wicket hauls
- 0
- Most common batting position
- 1st
- Strike rate, overs 1 to 10
- 59.3
- Strike rate, overs 11 to 40
- 81.8
- Strike rate, overs 41 to 50
- 142.4
- Balls per dismissal against pace
- 36.0
Position, phase strike rates and the pace and spin split come from ball-by-ball records (Cricsheet), which cover ODIs from 2002 onwards: 487 balls faced in that period.
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