Luke Jongwe

Zimbabwe · PACE · 2014 to 2024 · on scorecards: LM Jongwe

BATTING

Matches: 43
Innings: 36
Runs: 430
Average: 13.87
Strike rate: 83.82
High score: 46
100s / 50s: 0 / 0

BOWLING & FIELDING

Wickets: 40
Average: 33.47
Economy: 5.67
Strike rate: 35.3
Best figures: 5/6
4w / 5w: 0 / 1
Catches / Stumpings: 12 / 0
Run-outs effected: 1

CAREER IN BRIEF

Luke Jongwe played 43 ODIs for Zimbabwe in CricArcade's archive, from 2014 to 2024. The first came against South Africa at Queens Sports Club, with a score of 19, and the last against Sri Lanka at R Premadasa Stadium in 2024.

The most productive decade was the 2010s: 25 wickets at 30.4 in 22 ODIs. The best bowling is 5 for 6 against Afghanistan at Sharjah Cricket Stadium in 2016. In all: 1 five-wicket haul.

With the ball: 24 wickets at 37.8 at home and 6 wickets at 51.2 away. The most wickets came against Afghanistan: 16 wickets at 17.1 in 10 ODIs. Harare Sports Club was the most frequent ground, with 19 ODIs and 18 wickets at 36.8. Zimbabwe won 12 of the ODIs Luke Jongwe played and lost 28.

The career totals above are the official figures; everything below is computed from the 43 ODI scorecards in CricArcade's archive, each linked.

BEST INNINGS

Runs	Balls	Against	Ground	Year	Result
46	33	Afghanistan	Queens Sports Club	2015	Lost
43*	28	Oman	Queens Sports Club	2023	Won
39	51	Bangladesh	Shere Bangla National Stadium	2015	Lost
24	19	Bangladesh	Harare Sports Club	2022	Won
22	38	Afghanistan	Queens Sports Club	2015	Lost

BEST BOWLING

Figures	Overs	Against	Ground	Year	Result
5/6	5.1	Afghanistan	Sharjah Cricket Stadium	2016	Won
3/16	7	Afghanistan	Queens Sports Club	2015	Won
3/50	8	Afghanistan	Sharjah Cricket Stadium	2016	Lost
3/51	9	Bangladesh	Harare Sports Club	2021	Lost
2/22	6	Afghanistan	Sharjah Cricket Stadium	2016	Won

RECORD BY OPPONENT

Against	ODIs	Runs	Avg	100/50	Wkts	Bowl avg
Afghanistan	10	115	16.43	0/0	16	17.13
Bangladesh	9	112	16.00	0/0	12	34.75
Ireland	9	51	10.20	0/0	6	48.00
India	3	33	11.00	0/0	3	31.00
Pakistan	3	20	20.00	0/0	2	62.50
South Africa	3	27	9.00	0/0	0	–
Australia	2	4	2.00	0/0	0	–
Sri Lanka	2	24	12.00	0/0	0	–
Oman	1	43	–	0/0	0	–
United States	1	1	1.00	0/0	1	21.00

HOME, AWAY AND NEUTRAL

Where	ODIs	Runs	Avg	100/50	Wkts	Bowl avg
Home	29	292	15.37	0/0	24	37.75
Away	9	107	13.38	0/0	6	51.17
Neutral	5	31	7.75	0/0	10	12.60

BY DECADE

Decade	ODIs	Runs	Avg	100/50	Wkts	Bowl avg
2010s	22	236	14.75	0/0	25	30.36
2020s	21	194	12.93	0/0	15	38.67

GROUNDS

Ground	ODIs	Runs	Avg	100/50	Wkts	Bowl avg
Harare Sports Club	19	128	10.67	0/0	18	36.83
Queens Sports Club	10	164	23.43	0/0	6	40.50
Sharjah Cricket Stadium	5	31	7.75	0/0	10	12.60
Shere Bangla National Stadium	3	61	20.33	0/0	4	35.50
Civil Service Cricket Club	3	28	14.00	0/0	2	69.50
Riverway Stadium	2	4	2.00	0/0	0	–

FIRST AND LAST

Debut: v South Africa, 2014 at Queens Sports Club
Latest in the archive: v Sri Lanka, 2024 at R Premadasa Stadium

PLAYER DETAILS

Born: 6 February 1995
Batting: Right-hand bat
Bowling: Right-arm fast-medium
Balls faced (career): 513
Ducks: 3
Four-wicket hauls: 0
Most common batting position: 8th
Strike rate, overs 1 to 10: 88.9
Strike rate, overs 11 to 40: 63.5
Strike rate, overs 41 to 50: 126.1
Balls per dismissal against pace: 18.7
Balls per dismissal against spin: 20.9

Position, phase strike rates and the pace and spin split come from ball-by-ball records (Cricsheet), which cover ODIs from 2002 onwards: 391 balls faced in that period.

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