Malcolm Waller
63Zimbabwe · BAT · 2009 to 2018 · on scorecards: MN Waller
BATTING
- Matches
- 79
- Innings
- 72
- Runs
- 1259
- Average
- 19.07
- Strike rate
- 76.81
- High score
- 99*
- 100s / 50s
- 0 / 5
BOWLING & FIELDING
- Wickets
- 10
- Average
- 56.6
- Economy
- 5.09
- Strike rate
- 66.6
- Best figures
- 2/44
- 4w / 5w
- 0 / 0
- Catches / Stumpings
- 22 / 0
- Run-outs effected
- 12
CAREER IN BRIEF
Malcolm Waller played 79 ODIs for Zimbabwe in CricArcade's archive, from 2009 to 2018. The first came against Bangladesh at Shere Bangla National Stadium, with a score of 24, and the last against Afghanistan at Queens Sports Club in 2018.
The most productive decade was the 2010s: 1,070 runs at 19.8 in 65 ODIs. The highest score in the archive is 99 not out from 74 balls against New Zealand at Queens Sports Club in 2011, in a match Zimbabwe won. In all: 5 fifties.
At home the average was 19.5 across 41 ODIs; away it was 22.4 across 27 ODIs. The most runs came against Bangladesh: 295 runs at 17.4 in 19 ODIs. Harare Sports Club was the most frequent ground, with 23 ODIs and 282 runs at 16.6. Zimbabwe won 25 of the ODIs Malcolm Waller played and lost 54.
The career totals above are the official figures; everything below is computed from the 79 ODI scorecards in CricArcade's archive, each linked.
BEST INNINGS
| Runs | Balls | Against | Ground | Year | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 99* | 74 | New Zealand | Queens Sports Club | 2011 | Won |
| 92 | 62 | Scotland | Grange Cricket Club Ground | 2017 | Lost |
| 63 | 54 | Kenya | Mombasa Sports Club Ground | 2009 | Won |
| 51 | 70 | Bangladesh | Queens Sports Club | 2011 | Lost |
| 51 | 75 | West Indies | National Cricket Stadium | 2013 | Lost |
BEST BOWLING
| Figures | Overs | Against | Ground | Year | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2/44 | 10 | Sri Lanka | Mahinda Rajapaksa International Cricket Stadium | 2017 | Won |
| 1/9 | 3 | Afghanistan | Queens Sports Club | 2014 | Lost |
| 1/17 | 3 | New Zealand | Harare Sports Club | 2011 | Lost |
| 1/18 | 4 | India | Queens Sports Club | 2013 | Lost |
| 1/21 | 6 | Australia | Harare Sports Club | 2014 | Won |
RECORD BY OPPONENT
| Against | ODIs | Runs | Avg | 100/50 | Wkts | Bowl avg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bangladesh | 19 | 295 | 17.35 | 0/1 | 1 | 169.00 |
| Afghanistan | 18 | 105 | 8.08 | 0/0 | 1 | 61.00 |
| Sri Lanka | 8 | 183 | 26.14 | 0/0 | 4 | 29.00 |
| India | 7 | 60 | 8.57 | 0/0 | 1 | 21.00 |
| Pakistan | 7 | 137 | 22.83 | 0/0 | 0 | – |
| Kenya | 5 | 69 | 23.00 | 0/1 | 0 | – |
| New Zealand | 5 | 175 | 43.75 | 0/1 | 2 | 28.50 |
| South Africa | 3 | 39 | 13.00 | 0/0 | 0 | – |
| West Indies | 3 | 92 | 30.67 | 0/1 | 0 | – |
| Scotland | 2 | 92 | 92.00 | 0/1 | 0 | – |
| Australia | 1 | 11 | 11.00 | 0/0 | 1 | 21.00 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1 | 1.00 | 0/0 | 0 | – |
HOME, AWAY AND NEUTRAL
| Where | ODIs | Runs | Avg | 100/50 | Wkts | Bowl avg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 41 | 604 | 19.48 | 0/2 | 5 | 69.40 |
| Away | 27 | 561 | 22.44 | 0/3 | 5 | 40.00 |
| Neutral | 11 | 94 | 9.40 | 0/0 | 0 | – |
BY DECADE
| Decade | ODIs | Runs | Avg | 100/50 | Wkts | Bowl avg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 14 | 189 | 15.75 | 0/1 | 0 | – |
| 2010s | 65 | 1,070 | 19.81 | 0/4 | 10 | 45.70 |
GROUNDS
| Ground | ODIs | Runs | Avg | 100/50 | Wkts | Bowl avg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harare Sports Club | 23 | 282 | 16.59 | 0/0 | 2 | 82.50 |
| Queens Sports Club | 18 | 322 | 23.00 | 0/2 | 3 | 60.67 |
| Shere Bangla National Stadium | 11 | 199 | 18.09 | 0/0 | 1 | 90.00 |
| Sharjah Cricket Stadium | 9 | 41 | 5.13 | 0/0 | 0 | – |
| National Cricket Stadium | 3 | 92 | 30.67 | 0/1 | 0 | – |
| Mahinda Rajapaksa International Cricket Stadium | 3 | 38 | 12.67 | 0/0 | 4 | 24.25 |
FIRST AND LAST
- Debut: v Bangladesh, 2009 at Shere Bangla National Stadium
- Latest in the archive: v Afghanistan, 2018 at Queens Sports Club
PLAYER DETAILS
- Born
- 28 September 1984
- Batting
- Right-hand bat
- Bowling
- Right-arm offbreak
- Balls faced (career)
- 1,639
- Ducks
- 10
- Four-wicket hauls
- 0
- Most common batting position
- 6th
- Strike rate, overs 1 to 10
- 61.3
- Strike rate, overs 11 to 40
- 72.7
- Strike rate, overs 41 to 50
- 110.1
- Balls per dismissal against pace
- 29.8
- Balls per dismissal against spin
- 29.7
Position, phase strike rates and the pace and spin split come from ball-by-ball records (Cricsheet), which cover ODIs from 2002 onwards: 1,344 balls faced in that period.
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