Craig Ervine
82Zimbabwe · BAT · 2010 to 2026 · on scorecards: CR Ervine
BATTING
- Matches
- 131
- Innings
- 127
- Runs
- 3614
- Average
- 32.26
- Strike rate
- 76.29
- High score
- 130*
- 100s / 50s
- 4 / 23
BOWLING & FIELDING
- Wickets
- 0
- Average
- -
- Economy
- -
- Strike rate
- -
- Best figures
- -
- 4w / 5w
- 0 / 0
- Catches / Stumpings
- 61 / 0
- Run-outs effected
- 2
CAREER IN BRIEF
Craig Ervine played 128 ODIs for Zimbabwe in CricArcade's archive, from 2010 to 2026. The first came against India at Queens Sports Club, with a score of 67, and the last against Bangladesh at Harare Sports Club in 2026.
The most productive decade was the 2010s: 2,571 runs at 32.5 in 93 ODIs. The highest score in the archive is 130 not out from 108 balls against New Zealand at Harare Sports Club in 2015, in a match Zimbabwe won. In all: 4 hundreds, 23 fifties.
At home the average was 34.5 across 65 ODIs; away it was 30.2 across 43 ODIs. The most runs came against Ireland: 713 runs at 50.9 in 18 ODIs. Harare Sports Club was the most frequent ground, with 45 ODIs and 1,288 runs at 36.8. Craig Ervine captained Zimbabwe in 23 ODIs, winning 9 and losing 11. The scorecards record 6 player-of-the-match awards. Zimbabwe won 47 of the ODIs Craig Ervine played and lost 74.
The career totals above are the official figures; everything below is computed from the 128 ODI scorecards in CricArcade's archive, each linked.
BEST INNINGS
| Runs | Balls | Against | Ground | Year | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 130* | 108 | New Zealand | Harare Sports Club | 2015 | Won |
| 121* | 128 | Nepal | Harare Sports Club | 2023 | Won |
| 105 | 117 | Ireland | Bready Cricket Club | 2019 | Lost |
| 101* | 122 | Ireland | Harare Sports Club | 2015 | Won |
| 92 | 100 | West Indies | Queens Sports Club | 2016 | Tied/NR |
RECORD BY OPPONENT
| Against | ODIs | Runs | Avg | 100/50 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Afghanistan | 21 | 481 | 26.72 | 0/2 |
| Sri Lanka | 21 | 408 | 22.67 | 0/3 |
| Ireland | 18 | 713 | 50.93 | 2/5 |
| Bangladesh | 16 | 258 | 18.43 | 0/0 |
| Pakistan | 9 | 186 | 23.25 | 0/2 |
| West Indies | 7 | 333 | 47.57 | 0/3 |
| Netherlands | 6 | 237 | 39.50 | 0/2 |
| South Africa | 6 | 74 | 12.33 | 0/0 |
| United Arab Emirates | 6 | 203 | 40.60 | 0/2 |
| India | 4 | 115 | 57.50 | 0/1 |
| New Zealand | 4 | 185 | 61.67 | 1/0 |
| Scotland | 4 | 89 | 22.25 | 0/1 |
| Australia | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 0/0 |
| Canada | 1 | 85 | 85.00 | 0/1 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 25 | 25.00 | 0/0 |
| Kenya | 1 | 66 | 66.00 | 0/1 |
| Nepal | 1 | 121 | – | 1/0 |
| Oman | 1 | 25 | 25.00 | 0/0 |
HOME, AWAY AND NEUTRAL
| Where | ODIs | Runs | Avg | 100/50 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 65 | 1,796 | 34.54 | 3/10 |
| Away | 43 | 1,178 | 30.21 | 1/7 |
| Neutral | 20 | 630 | 33.16 | 0/6 |
BY DECADE
| Decade | ODIs | Runs | Avg | 100/50 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 93 | 2,571 | 32.54 | 3/15 |
| 2020s | 35 | 1,033 | 33.32 | 1/8 |
GROUNDS
| Ground | ODIs | Runs | Avg | 100/50 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harare Sports Club | 45 | 1,288 | 36.80 | 3/6 |
| Queens Sports Club | 20 | 508 | 29.88 | 0/4 |
| Shere Bangla National Stadium | 11 | 176 | 17.60 | 0/0 |
| Sharjah Cricket Stadium | 7 | 253 | 42.17 | 0/2 |
| Civil Service Cricket Club | 5 | 172 | 43.00 | 0/2 |
| Pallekele International Cricket Stadium | 5 | 169 | 33.80 | 0/2 |
FIRST AND LAST
- Debut: v India, 2010 at Queens Sports Club
- Latest in the archive: v Bangladesh, 2026 at Harare Sports Club
PLAYER DETAILS
- Born
- 19 August 1985
- Batting
- Left-hand bat
- Bowling
- Right-arm offbreak
- Balls faced (career)
- 4,737
- Ducks
- 12
- Four-wicket hauls
- 0
- Most common batting position
- 3rd
- Strike rate, overs 1 to 10
- 64.2
- Strike rate, overs 11 to 40
- 78.8
- Strike rate, overs 41 to 50
- 121.4
- Balls per dismissal against pace
- 46.2
- Balls per dismissal against spin
- 43.5
Position, phase strike rates and the pace and spin split come from ball-by-ball records (Cricsheet), which cover ODIs from 2002 onwards: 3,725 balls faced in that period.
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