Sikandar Raza
87Zimbabwe · AR · 2013 to 2026
BATTING
- Matches
- 156
- Innings
- 147
- Runs
- 4521
- Average
- 36.45
- Strike rate
- 85.68
- High score
- 141
- 100s / 50s
- 7 / 24
BOWLING & FIELDING
- Wickets
- 95
- Average
- 44.02
- Economy
- 4.85
- Strike rate
- 54.4
- Best figures
- 4/55
- 4w / 5w
- 1 / 0
- Catches / Stumpings
- 63 / 0
- Run-outs effected
- 14
CAREER IN BRIEF
Sikandar Raza played 153 ODIs for Zimbabwe in CricArcade's archive, from 2013 to 2026. The first came against Bangladesh at Queens Sports Club, with a score of 3, and the last against Bangladesh at Harare Sports Club in 2026.
The most productive decade was the 2010s: 2,656 runs at 34.1 in 97 ODIs. The highest score in the archive is 141 from 133 balls against Afghanistan at Queens Sports Club in 2014, in a match Zimbabwe won. The best bowling is 4 for 55 against Netherlands at Harare Sports Club in 2023.
In all: 7 hundreds, 24 fifties. At home the average was 40.6 across 91 ODIs; away it was 33.3 across 44 ODIs, markedly stronger at home. The most runs came against Bangladesh: 864 runs at 37.6 in 25 ODIs. Harare Sports Club was the most frequent ground, with 63 ODIs and 2,081 runs at 42.5. Sikandar Raza captained Zimbabwe in 5 ODIs, winning 0 and losing 4. The scorecards record 12 player-of-the-match awards. Zimbabwe won 46 of the ODIs Sikandar Raza played and lost 98.
The career totals above are the official figures; everything below is computed from the 153 ODI scorecards in CricArcade's archive, each linked.
BEST INNINGS
| Runs | Balls | Against | Ground | Year | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 141 | 133 | Afghanistan | Queens Sports Club | 2014 | Won |
| 135* | 109 | Bangladesh | Harare Sports Club | 2022 | Won |
| 117* | 127 | Bangladesh | Harare Sports Club | 2022 | Won |
| 115 | 95 | India | Harare Sports Club | 2022 | Lost |
| 102* | 54 | Netherlands | Harare Sports Club | 2023 | Won |
BEST BOWLING
| Figures | Overs | Against | Ground | Year | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4/55 | 10 | Netherlands | Harare Sports Club | 2023 | Won |
| 3/21 | 10 | Sri Lanka | Mahinda Rajapaksa International Cricket Stadium | 2017 | Won |
| 3/30 | 10 | Hong Kong | Queens Sports Club | 2018 | Won |
| 3/39 | 9 | Netherlands | Harare Sports Club | 2023 | Won |
| 3/40 | 10 | Afghanistan | Queens Sports Club | 2015 | Lost |
RECORD BY OPPONENT
| Against | ODIs | Runs | Avg | 100/50 | Wkts | Bowl avg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bangladesh | 25 | 864 | 37.57 | 2/4 | 16 | 51.63 |
| Afghanistan | 24 | 765 | 36.43 | 1/4 | 17 | 33.35 |
| Ireland | 20 | 525 | 37.50 | 0/5 | 8 | 64.38 |
| Sri Lanka | 19 | 505 | 42.08 | 0/5 | 10 | 62.20 |
| Pakistan | 14 | 330 | 27.50 | 1/0 | 10 | 33.70 |
| India | 13 | 388 | 29.85 | 1/1 | 4 | 44.00 |
| Netherlands | 6 | 238 | 79.33 | 1/1 | 9 | 26.33 |
| United Arab Emirates | 6 | 118 | 29.50 | 0/0 | 7 | 27.29 |
| Australia | 5 | 85 | 17.00 | 0/0 | 1 | 83.00 |
| South Africa | 5 | 99 | 19.80 | 0/0 | 0 | – |
| West Indies | 5 | 269 | 67.25 | 0/3 | 3 | 63.33 |
| Scotland | 4 | 97 | 32.33 | 0/1 | 4 | 37.00 |
| New Zealand | 3 | 105 | 105.00 | 1/0 | 0 | – |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 10 | 10.00 | 0/0 | 3 | 10.00 |
| Nepal | 1 | 0 | – | 0/0 | 0 | – |
| Oman | 1 | 42 | 42.00 | 0/0 | 1 | 57.00 |
| United States | 1 | 48 | 48.00 | 0/0 | 2 | 7.50 |
HOME, AWAY AND NEUTRAL
| Where | ODIs | Runs | Avg | 100/50 | Wkts | Bowl avg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 91 | 2,923 | 40.60 | 6/14 | 57 | 37.19 |
| Away | 44 | 1,132 | 33.29 | 1/8 | 28 | 52.71 |
| Neutral | 18 | 433 | 25.47 | 0/2 | 10 | 53.60 |
BY DECADE
| Decade | ODIs | Runs | Avg | 100/50 | Wkts | Bowl avg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 97 | 2,656 | 34.05 | 3/14 | 59 | 38.46 |
| 2020s | 56 | 1,832 | 40.71 | 4/10 | 36 | 51.75 |
GROUNDS
| Ground | ODIs | Runs | Avg | 100/50 | Wkts | Bowl avg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harare Sports Club | 63 | 2,081 | 42.47 | 5/10 | 39 | 40.13 |
| Queens Sports Club | 28 | 842 | 36.61 | 1/4 | 18 | 30.83 |
| Sharjah Cricket Stadium | 10 | 218 | 21.80 | 0/1 | 7 | 34.43 |
| Shere Bangla National Stadium | 9 | 242 | 30.25 | 0/2 | 7 | 50.71 |
| Civil Service Cricket Club | 5 | 105 | 35.00 | 0/1 | 2 | 49.50 |
| Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium | 4 | 120 | 30.00 | 0/0 | 3 | 36.33 |
FIRST AND LAST
- Debut: v Bangladesh, 2013 at Queens Sports Club
- Latest in the archive: v Bangladesh, 2026 at Harare Sports Club
PLAYER DETAILS
- Born
- 24 April 1986
- Batting
- Right-hand bat
- Bowling
- Right-arm offbreak
- Balls faced (career)
- 5,276
- Ducks
- 3
- Four-wicket hauls
- 1
- Most common batting position
- 6th
- Strike rate, overs 1 to 10
- 68.6
- Strike rate, overs 11 to 40
- 79.5
- Strike rate, overs 41 to 50
- 136.8
- Balls per dismissal against pace
- 38.6
- Balls per dismissal against spin
- 53.0
Position, phase strike rates and the pace and spin split come from ball-by-ball records (Cricsheet), which cover ODIs from 2002 onwards: 4,212 balls faced in that period.
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