Elton Chigumbura

Zimbabwe · AR · 2004 to 2018 · on scorecards: E Chigumbura

BATTING

Matches: 213
Innings: 198
Runs: 4340
Average: 25.23
Strike rate: 80.02
High score: 117
100s / 50s: 2 / 19

BOWLING & FIELDING

Wickets: 101
Average: 42.31
Economy: 5.91
Strike rate: 42.9
Best figures: 4/28
4w / 5w: 1 / 0
Catches / Stumpings: 72 / 0
Run-outs effected: 23

CAREER IN BRIEF

Elton Chigumbura played 213 ODIs for Zimbabwe in CricArcade's archive, from 2004 to 2018. The first came against Sri Lanka at Queens Sports Club, with a score of 13 and 1 wicket, and the last against Bangladesh at Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in 2018.

The most productive decade was the 2010s: 2,247 runs at 26.4 in 110 ODIs. The highest score in the archive is 117 from 95 balls against Pakistan at Gaddafi Stadium in 2015, in a defeat. In all: 2 hundreds, 19 fifties.

At home the average was 25.3 across 109 ODIs; away it was 28.3 across 75 ODIs. The most runs came against Bangladesh: 1,199 runs at 28.5 in 55 ODIs. Harare Sports Club was the most frequent ground, with 69 ODIs and 1,286 runs at 23.4. Elton Chigumbura captained Zimbabwe in 62 ODIs, winning 18 and losing 44. The scorecards record 6 player-of-the-match awards. Zimbabwe won 52 of the ODIs Elton Chigumbura played and lost 157.

The career totals above are the official figures; everything below is computed from the 213 ODI scorecards in CricArcade's archive, each linked.

BEST INNINGS

Runs	Balls	Against	Ground	Year	Result
117	95	Pakistan	Gaddafi Stadium	2015	Lost
104*	101	India	Harare Sports Club	2015	Lost
90	122	South Africa	Queens Sports Club	2014	Lost
79	38	Kenya	Mombasa Sports Club Ground	2009	Won
77*	57	Bangladesh	Harare Sports Club	2007	Lost

BEST BOWLING

Figures	Overs	Against	Ground	Year	Result
4/28	7	Kenya	Gymkhana Club Ground	2009	Won
3/25	8	West Indies	Harare Sports Club	2007	Won
3/27	8	Bangladesh	Shere Bangla National Stadium	2009	Won
3/32	7	Afghanistan	Sharjah Cricket Stadium	2015	Lost
3/35	9.3	Sri Lanka	Harare Sports Club	2008	Lost

RECORD BY OPPONENT

Against	ODIs	Runs	Avg	100/50	Wkts	Bowl avg
Bangladesh	55	1,199	28.55	0/6	27	41.89
Pakistan	23	548	32.24	1/1	11	46.36
South Africa	21	389	20.47	0/2	7	59.57
Sri Lanka	20	137	7.61	0/1	14	28.43
West Indies	19	359	21.12	0/2	15	26.87
Afghanistan	14	220	22.00	0/0	3	16.33
India	13	363	45.38	1/1	1	194.00
Kenya	13	355	32.27	0/2	8	43.50
New Zealand	10	199	19.90	0/1	3	102.00
Ireland	8	186	31.00	0/0	4	14.25
England	5	127	31.75	0/1	1	154.00
Australia	4	143	47.67	0/2	1	78.00
Asia XI	3	51	17.00	0/0	6	36.17
Bermuda	2	23	11.50	0/0	0	–
Canada	2	27	13.50	0/0	0	–
United Arab Emirates	1	14	–	0/0	0	–

HOME, AWAY AND NEUTRAL

Where	ODIs	Runs	Avg	100/50	Wkts	Bowl avg
Home	109	2,099	25.29	1/10	42	45.12
Away	75	1,752	28.26	1/8	35	50.00
Neutral	29	489	18.11	0/1	24	26.21

BY DECADE

Decade	ODIs	Runs	Avg	100/50	Wkts	Bowl avg
2000s	103	2,093	24.06	0/12	73	36.95
2010s	110	2,247	26.44	2/7	28	56.32

GROUNDS

Ground	ODIs	Runs	Avg	100/50	Wkts	Bowl avg
Harare Sports Club	69	1,286	23.38	1/6	26	46.08
Queens Sports Club	40	813	29.04	0/4	16	43.56
Shere Bangla National Stadium	18	432	28.80	0/3	8	45.88
Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium	7	122	20.33	0/0	0	–
Gymkhana Club Ground	5	117	29.25	0/0	6	28.50
Sharjah Cricket Stadium	5	58	11.60	0/0	3	10.67

FIRST AND LAST

Debut: v Sri Lanka, 2004 at Queens Sports Club
Latest in the archive: v Bangladesh, 2018 at Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium

PLAYER DETAILS

Born: 14 March 1986
Batting: Right-hand bat
Bowling: Right-arm fast-medium
Balls faced (career): 5,423
Ducks: 17
Four-wicket hauls: 1
Most common batting position: 7th
Strike rate, overs 1 to 10: 68.5
Strike rate, overs 11 to 40: 69.4
Strike rate, overs 41 to 50: 109.5
Balls per dismissal against pace: 30.1
Balls per dismissal against spin: 37.5

Position, phase strike rates and the pace and spin split come from ball-by-ball records (Cricsheet), which cover ODIs from 2002 onwards: 4,128 balls faced in that period.

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