Richard Ngarava

Richard Ngarava (born 28 December 1997) is a Zimbabwean cricketer.[1] He made his Twenty20 debut for Zimbabwe against Free State in the 2016 Africa T20 Cup on 9 September 2016.[2] Prior to his Twenty20 debut, he was part of Zimbabwe's squad for the 2016 Under-19 Cricket World Cup.[3]

Richard Ngarava
Personal information
Born (1997-12-28) 28 December 1997
Harare, Zimbabwe
BattingLeft-handed
BowlingLeft-arm fast-medium
RoleBowler
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 116)29 April 2021 v Pakistan
Last Test4 February 2023 v West Indies
ODI debut (cap 133)16 February 2017 v Afghanistan
Last ODI18 June 2023 v Zimbabwe
ODI shirt no.39
T20I debut (cap 55)29 September 2019 v Singapore
Last T20I15 January 2023 v Ireland
T20I shirt no.39
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2017Mountaineers
2023Galle Titans
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI T20I FC
Matches 4 33 34 25
Runs scored 50 143 35 269
Batting average 6.20 13.00 5.00 12.80
100s/50s 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0
Top score 19* 35 11* 35
Balls bowled 648 1,502 726 3,429
Wickets 5 37 34 70
Bowling average 73.80 37.24 27.70 27.40
5 wickets in innings 0 0 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 0 0 0
Best bowling 2/104 4/43 2/13 4/14
Catches/stumpings 1/0 5/0 4/0 15/0
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 18 June 2023

Career

He made his List A debut for Zimbabwe A against Afghanistan A during Afghanistan's tour to Zimbabwe on 3 February 2017.[4] Following the List A matches, Ngarava was added to Zimbabwe's One Day International (ODI) squad for the five-match series against Afghanistan.[5] He made his ODI debut for Zimbabwe against Afghanistan at the Harare Sports Club on 16 February 2017.[6] Also in February 2017, he was named in an academy squad by Zimbabwe Cricket to tour England later that year.[7]

He made his first-class debut for Rising Stars in the 2017–18 Logan Cup on 4 October 2017.[8] In June 2018, he was named in a Board XI team for warm-up fixtures ahead of the 2018 Zimbabwe Tri-Nation Series.[9]

In September 2018, he was named in Zimbabwe's squad for the 2018 Africa T20 Cup tournament.[10] Later the same month, he was named in Zimbabwe's Test squad for the series against Bangladesh.[11] However, he was later ruled out of the Test series due to injury.[12]

In September 2019, he was named in Zimbabwe's Twenty20 International (T20I) squad for the 2019–20 Singapore Tri-Nation Series.[13] He made his T20I debut for Zimbabwe, against Singapore, in the Singapore Tri-Nation Series on 27 September 2019.[14] In February 2021, Ngarava was named in Zimbabwe's Test squad for their series against Afghanistan.[15] In April 2021, he was named in Zimbabwe's Test squad, for the series against Pakistan.[16] He made his Test debut for Zimbabwe, against Pakistan, on 29 April 2021.[17]

References
  1. "Richard Ngarava". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 3 February 2017.
  2. "Africa T20 Cup, Pool C: Zimbabwe v Free State at East London, Sep 9, 2016". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 3 February 2017.
  3. "All 16 squads confirmed for ICC U19 Cricket World Cup 2016". International Cricket Council. Archived from the original on 28 January 2016. Retrieved 9 January 2016.
  4. "Afghanistan A tour of Zimbabwe, 4th unofficial ODI: Zimbabwe A v Afghanistan A at Harare, Feb 3, 2017". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 3 February 2017.
  5. "Ngarava, Mumba added to Zimbabwe squad for Afghanistan ODIs". ESPN Cricinfo. 15 February 2017. Retrieved 15 February 2017.
  6. "Afghanistan tour of Zimbabwe, 1st ODI: Zimbabwe v Afghanistan at Harare, Feb 16, 2017". ESPN Cricinfo. 16 February 2017. Retrieved 16 February 2017.
  7. "ZC announces 16-member Academy squad for England tour". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 17 February 2017.
  8. "Logan Cup at Kwekwe, Oct 4-7 2017". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 4 October 2017.
  9. "Graeme Cremer, Sikandar Raza left out of T20 practice matches". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 8 June 2018.
  10. "Musakanda to captain Zimbabwe Select in Africa T20 Cup". Cricket South Africa. Retrieved 3 September 2018.
  11. "Brendan Taylor, Sean Williams return as Zimbabwe name squads for South Africa, Bangladesh tours". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 13 September 2018.
  12. "Chris Mpofu replaces injured Richard Ngarava for Bangladesh Tests". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 28 October 2018.
  13. "Sikandar Raza out of Zimbabwe T20 squad over disciplinary issues". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 6 September 2019.
  14. "3rd Match (N), Singapore Twenty20 Tri-Series at Singapore, Sep 29 2019". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 27 September 2019.
  15. "No Brendan Taylor, Craig Ervine in Zimbabwe squad for Afghanistan Tests". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 16 February 2021.
  16. "Jongwe, Ngarava among five uncapped players for Pakistan Tests". CricBuzz. Retrieved 26 April 2021.
  17. "1st Test, Harare, Apr 29 - May 3 2021, Pakistan tour of Zimbabwe". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 29 April 2021.
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