Wellington Masakadza

Zimbabwe · SPIN · 2015 to 2026 · on scorecards: WP Masakadza

BATTING

Matches: 43
Innings: 27
Runs: 250
Average: 10.86
Strike rate: 63.29
High score: 40
100s / 50s: 0 / 0

BOWLING & FIELDING

Wickets: 33
Average: 43.96
Economy: 4.9
Strike rate: 53.7
Best figures: 4/21
4w / 5w: 1 / 0
Catches / Stumpings: 13 / 0
Run-outs effected: 4

CAREER IN BRIEF

Wellington Masakadza played 42 ODIs for Zimbabwe in CricArcade's archive, from 2015 to 2026. The first came against Ireland at Harare Sports Club, with a score of 10 and 2 wickets, and the last against Bangladesh at Harare Sports Club in 2026.

The most productive decade was the 2010s: 21 wickets at 35.0 in 17 ODIs. The best bowling is 4 for 21 against Afghanistan at Queens Sports Club in 2015. With the ball: 24 wickets at 45.0 at home and 8 wickets at 36.4 away.

The most wickets came against Afghanistan: 11 wickets at 22.7 in 7 ODIs. Harare Sports Club was the most frequent ground, with 18 ODIs and 11 wickets at 51.7. Zimbabwe won 16 of the ODIs Wellington Masakadza played and lost 24.

The career totals above are the official figures; everything below is computed from the 42 ODI scorecards in CricArcade's archive, each linked.

BEST INNINGS

Runs	Balls	Against	Ground	Year	Result
40	47	Ireland	Harare Sports Club	2023	Lost
35	35	Ireland	Harare Sports Club	2025	Lost
34	50	Netherlands	Harare Sports Club	2023	Lost
24	19	Ireland	Harare Sports Club	2023	Lost
15	22	South Africa	Diamond Oval	2018	Lost

BEST BOWLING

Figures	Overs	Against	Ground	Year	Result
4/21	6.1	Afghanistan	Queens Sports Club	2015	Won
3/31	9	Afghanistan	Queens Sports Club	2015	Lost
3/36	10	Netherlands	Harare Sports Club	2023	Lost
2/26	5	South Africa	Diamond Oval	2018	Lost
2/31	8	Ireland	Harare Sports Club	2015	Lost

RECORD BY OPPONENT

Against	ODIs	Runs	Avg	100/50	Wkts	Bowl avg
Ireland	13	117	23.40	0/0	8	52.50
Afghanistan	7	4	1.33	0/0	11	22.73
Pakistan	5	24	8.00	0/0	3	87.00
Sri Lanka	5	22	5.50	0/0	2	74.50
Bangladesh	3	7	7.00	0/0	1	130.00
Netherlands	3	44	22.00	0/0	3	27.67
Nepal	1	0	–	0/0	2	21.00
Oman	1	6	6.00	0/0	0	–
Scotland	1	5	5.00	0/0	0	–
South Africa	1	15	15.00	0/0	2	13.00
United States	1	0	–	0/0	0	–
West Indies	1	6	6.00	0/0	1	39.00

HOME, AWAY AND NEUTRAL

Where	ODIs	Runs	Avg	100/50	Wkts	Bowl avg
Home	31	210	13.13	0/0	24	44.96
Away	9	40	8.00	0/0	8	36.38
Neutral	2	0	0.00	0/0	1	62.00

BY DECADE

Decade	ODIs	Runs	Avg	100/50	Wkts	Bowl avg
2010s	17	53	5.89	0/0	21	34.95
2020s	25	197	15.15	0/0	12	58.17

GROUNDS

Ground	ODIs	Runs	Avg	100/50	Wkts	Bowl avg
Harare Sports Club	18	167	18.56	0/0	11	51.73
Queens Sports Club	13	43	6.14	0/0	13	39.23
Civil Service Cricket Club	3	7	–	0/0	3	24.67
Pallekele International Cricket Stadium	3	7	2.33	0/0	1	105.00
Sharjah Cricket Stadium	2	0	0.00	0/0	1	62.00
Diamond Oval	1	15	15.00	0/0	2	13.00

FIRST AND LAST

Debut: v Ireland, 2015 at Harare Sports Club
Latest in the archive: v Bangladesh, 2026 at Harare Sports Club

PLAYER DETAILS

Born: 4 October 1993
Batting: Left-hand bat
Bowling: Slow left-arm orthodox
Balls faced (career): 395
Ducks: 5
Four-wicket hauls: 1
Most common batting position: 9th
Strike rate, overs 11 to 40: 59.1
Strike rate, overs 41 to 50: 83.7
Balls per dismissal against pace: 23.0
Balls per dismissal against spin: 31.3

Position, phase strike rates and the pace and spin split come from ball-by-ball records (Cricsheet), which cover ODIs from 2002 onwards: 372 balls faced in that period.

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