Tinashe Chimbambo (born 8 February 1989) is a Zimbabwean cricketer who has played domestically for Mashonaland and Northerns.

Tinashe Chimbambo
Personal information
Born (1989-02-08) 8 February 1989 (age 35)
Chitungwiza, Zimbabwe
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm fast-medium
RoleWicket-keeper
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2005/06Mashonaland
2007/08Northerns
2017/18–2020/21Mountaineers
Career statistics
Competition First-class List A
Matches 13 18
Runs scored 320 205
Batting average 13.91 14.64
100s/50s 0/1 0/0
Top score 65 46
Catches/stumpings 13/– 22/4
Source: CricketArchive, 15 May 2022

From Chitungwiza, Mashonaland East Province, Chimbambo made his limited overs debut for Mashonaland at the age of 16, playing four matches for the side during the 2005–06 season of the Faithwear Inter-Provincial Tournament.[1] A wicket-keeper, he went on to represent the Zimbabwean national side at the 2008 Under-19 World Cup in Malaysia.[2] He was one of only three Zimbabweans to play in all six of the side's matches at the tournaments, along with Kyle Jarvis and Prince Masvaure, and only Dan Landman and Solomon Mire scored more runs.[3] Despite being seeded eighth, Zimbabwe lost all but one of its matches, including games to Malaysia, Ireland, and Nepal, and eventually placed 14th out of 16 teams.[4]

After the reorganisation of Zimbabwean domestic cricket, Chimbambo was assigned to the new Northerns franchise, and made his first-class debut for the side in April 2008.[5] In his two Logan Cup matches for Northerns, he played only as a batsman, with Brendan Taylor serving as the team's wicket-keeper.[6] Later in the year, Chimbambo played four one-day matches for Northerns as a wicket-keeper, recording 12 dismissals but only 27 runs.[7] When Sri Lanka toured in November 2008, he played a single limited-overs game for Zimbabwe A. Forster Mutizwa was preferred as wicket-keeper, and Chimbambo did not bat as Zimbabwe A's innings was rained out.[8] Chimbabo has not played representative cricket in Zimbabwe since the 2008–09 season, instead playing for clubs in South Africa's Western Province Cricket Association, and England's Middlesex County Cricket League.[9] As of the 2015 season, he was playing for the Lansdown Cricket Club in the West of England Premier League.[10]

In December 2020, he was selected to play for the Mountaineers in the 2020–21 Logan Cup.[11][12]

References edit

  1. ^ List A matches played by Tinashe Chimbambo (9) – CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
  2. ^ Under-19 ODI matches played by Tinashe Chimbambo (6) – CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
  3. ^ Batting and fielding for Zimbabwe under-19s, ICC Under-19 World Cup 2007/08 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
  4. ^ ICC Under-19 World Cup 2007/08 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
  5. ^ First-class matches played by Tinashe Chimbambo (2) – CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
  6. ^ Logan Cup matches played by Tinashe Chimbambo (2) – CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
  7. ^ Batting and fielding for Northerns, Faithwear Clothing Inter-Provincial One-Day Competition 2008] – CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
  8. ^ Zimbabwe A v Sri Lankans, Sri Lanka in Zimbabwe 2008/09 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
  9. ^ Miscellaneous matches played by Tinashe Chimbambo (8) – CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
  10. ^ "Chimbambo returns to Bristol"Southern Eye. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
  11. ^ "Logan Cup first class cricket competition gets underway". The Zimbabwe Daily. Archived from the original on 9 December 2020. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
  12. ^ "Logan Cup starts in secure environment". The Herald. Retrieved 9 December 2020.

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