Vusi Sibanda

Zimbabwe · OP · 2003 to 2016 · on scorecards: V Sibanda

BATTING

Matches: 127
Innings: 126
Runs: 2994
Average: 24.54
Strike rate: 63.48
High score: 116
100s / 50s: 2 / 21

BOWLING & FIELDING

Wickets: 3
Average: 88.33
Economy: 5.95
Strike rate: 89
Best figures: 1/12
4w / 5w: 0 / 0
Catches / Stumpings: 42 / 0
Run-outs effected: 9

CAREER IN BRIEF

Vusi Sibanda played 127 ODIs for Zimbabwe in CricArcade's archive, from 2003 to 2016. The first came against West Indies at Queens Sports Club, with a score of 58, and the last against India at Harare Sports Club in 2016.

The most productive decade was the 2000s: 1,677 runs at 22.1 in 79 ODIs. The highest score in the archive is 116 from 137 balls against Bermuda at Queen's Park Oval in 2006, in a match Zimbabwe won. In all: 2 hundreds, 21 fifties.

At home the average was 24.9 across 68 ODIs; away it was 21.8 across 44 ODIs. The most runs came against Bangladesh: 844 runs at 33.8 in 27 ODIs. Harare Sports Club was the most frequent ground, with 50 ODIs and 1,153 runs at 23.5. The scorecards record 3 player-of-the-match awards. Zimbabwe won 28 of the ODIs Vusi Sibanda played and lost 95.

The career totals above are the official figures; everything below is computed from the 127 ODI scorecards in CricArcade's archive, each linked.

BEST INNINGS

Runs	Balls	Against	Ground	Year	Result
116	137	Bermuda	Queen's Park Oval	2006	Won
103*	135	Bangladesh	Queens Sports Club	2013	Won
96	144	West Indies	Queens Sports Club	2007	Lost
96	102	Bangladesh	Harare Sports Club	2011	Won
95	162	West Indies	Providence Stadium	2010	Won

BEST BOWLING

Figures	Overs	Against	Ground	Year	Result
1/12	3	England	Edgbaston	2004	Lost
1/24	6	Sri Lanka	Kennington Oval	2004	Lost
1/45	10	Bangladesh	Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium	2014	Lost

RECORD BY OPPONENT

Against	ODIs	Runs	Avg	100/50	Wkts	Bowl avg
Bangladesh	27	844	33.76	1/4	1	116.00
West Indies	22	551	26.24	0/5	0	–
Pakistan	18	425	25.00	0/5	0	–
India	15	268	17.87	0/2	0	–
Sri Lanka	11	91	8.27	0/0	1	24.00
South Africa	8	131	16.38	0/1	0	–
Australia	6	51	10.20	0/0	0	–
Kenya	6	203	33.83	0/2	0	–
New Zealand	4	45	11.25	0/0	0	–
Asia XI	2	80	40.00	0/0	0	–
Bermuda	2	194	97.00	1/1	0	–
England	2	34	17.00	0/0	1	12.00
Ireland	2	67	33.50	0/1	0	–
Afghanistan	1	4	4.00	0/0	0	–
Canada	1	6	6.00	0/0	0	–

HOME, AWAY AND NEUTRAL

Where	ODIs	Runs	Avg	100/50	Wkts	Bowl avg
Home	68	1,641	24.86	1/11	0	–
Away	44	893	21.78	0/7	2	71.00
Neutral	15	460	30.67	1/3	1	85.00

BY DECADE

Decade	ODIs	Runs	Avg	100/50	Wkts	Bowl avg
2000s	79	1,677	22.07	1/11	2	74.00
2010s	48	1,317	28.63	1/10	1	117.00

GROUNDS

Ground	ODIs	Runs	Avg	100/50	Bowl avg
Harare Sports Club	50	1,153	23.53	0/8	–
Queens Sports Club	18	488	28.71	1/3	–
Shere Bangla National Stadium	7	92	13.14	0/0	–
Queen's Park Oval	5	260	65.00	1/1	–
National Cricket Stadium	3	104	34.67	0/1	–
Sabina Park	3	68	22.67	0/1	–

FIRST AND LAST

Debut: v West Indies, 2003 at Queens Sports Club
Latest in the archive: v India, 2016 at Harare Sports Club

PLAYER DETAILS

Born: 10 October 1983
Batting: Right-hand bat
Bowling: Right-arm medium
Balls faced (career): 4,716
Ducks: 14
Four-wicket hauls: 0
Most common batting position: 1st
Strike rate, overs 1 to 10: 56.5
Strike rate, overs 11 to 40: 69.9
Strike rate, overs 41 to 50: 94.5
Balls per dismissal against pace: 38.7
Balls per dismissal against spin: 41.8

Position, phase strike rates and the pace and spin split come from ball-by-ball records (Cricsheet), which cover ODIs from 2002 onwards: 3,355 balls faced in that period.

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