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FIFA World Cup 2026â„¢
11 June - 19 July 2026
February 09, 2011 20:01
Penpix of Zimbabwe 2011 World Cup squad
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BRENDAN TAYLOR
Age: 24.
Role: Right-hand batsman, wicketkeeper, right-arm off-spin
Stats: ODIs 112, Runs 3242, Highest 145 not out, Average 32.42, Strike-Rate 69.33, Centuries 3, Fifties 20, Catches 60, Stumpings 18, Wickets 9, Best bowling 3-54, Average 42.55, Economy-rate 6.07
A solid opening batsman, Taylor has become Zimbabwe's most consistent run-scorer, hitting centuries against quality opposition in the form of Sri Lanka and South Africa in the past year. He kept wicket while Tatenda Taibu was in self-imposed exile but more recently has become a useful occasional bowler.(Photo: Getty Images)
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CHRIS MPOFU
Age: 25.
Role: Right-hand batsman, right-arm fast medium
Stats: ODIs 49, Runs 31, Highest 6, Average 2.21, Strike-Rate 21.23, Catches 0, Wickets 54, Best bowling 6-52, Average 37.03, Economy-Rate 5.21
Zimbabwe's fastest bowler, he has the ability to take crucial wickets but a lack of consistency is a drawback. As a batsman he is a genuine number 11 who has yet to achieve double figures in any form of international cricket.(Photo: Getty Images)
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ED RAINSFORD
Age: 26.
Role: Right-hand batsman, right-arm fast medium
Stats: ODIs 39, Runs 55, Highest 9 not out, Average 5.50, Strike-Rate 41.04, Catches 8, Wickets 45, Best bowling 5-36, Average 31.13, Economy-Rate 4.40
A lively pace bowler, Rainsford missed more than a year of international cricket because of a stress fracture in his back in 2007. Since then he has struggled to find consistent form although his career-best figures were in his most recent match -- against Ireland in Harare last September.(Photo: Getty Images)
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ELTON CHIGUMBURA (capt)
Age: 24.
Role: Right-hand batsman, right-arm medium
Stats: ODIs 122, Runs 2461, Highest 79, Average 24.12, Strike-Rate 83.87, Fifties 13, Catches 39, Wickets 81, Best bowling 4-28, Average 38.27, Economy-Rate 6.04
The latest in a line of youthful Zimbabwe captains, Chigumbura is an aggressive batsman and useful medium-pace bowler. He led his side to wins over both India and Sri Lanka during a tri-series soon after his appointment in May 2010 but his personal form has declined since he became skipper.(Photo: Getty Images)
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GRAEME CREMER
Age: 24.
Role: Right-hand batsman, right-arm leg-spin
Stats: ODIs 37, Runs 217, Highest 31 not out, Average 13.56, Strike-Rate 61.12, Catches 12, Wickets 47, Best bowling 6-46, Average 29.57, Economy-Rate 4.71
Although most of his best bowling performances have been against some of cricket's lesser nations, Cremer has achieved respectable economy rates with his leg-breaks and googlies against some of the bigger countries as well. Capable lower-order batsman with a first-class century to his credit.(Photo: Getty Images)
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GREG LAMB
Age: 29.
Role: Right-hand batsman/right-arm medium and off-spin
Stats: ODIs 9, Runs 134, Highest 37, Average 19.14, Strike-Rate 45.57, Catches 0, Wickets 8, Best bowling 3-45, Average 33.37, Economy-Rate 3.98
A solid batsman and economical bowler, Lamb made his debut for Zimbabwe in 2010 after a stint with Hampshire in English county cricket and secured his World Cup place with steady if unspectacular performances.(Photo: Getty Images)
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PROSPER UTSEYA
Age: 25.
Role: Right-hand batsman/right-arm off-spin
Stats: ODIs 121, Runs 984, Highest 68 not out, Average 15.87, Strike-Rate 58.08, Fifties 3, Catches 38, Wickets 93, Best bowling 4-38, Average 46.11, Economy-rate 4.17
Made captain at the age of 21, Utseya led Zimbabwe at a time when many of the leading players were missing from the system. Although his side were often outgunned by the leading nations, Utseya's accurate, economical off-spin was a constant. He gave up the captaincy in May 2010.(Photo: Getty Images)
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RAYMOND PRICE
Age: 34.
Role: Right-hand batsman, slow left-arm spin
Stats: ODIs 83, Runs 312, Highest 46, Average 8.91, Strike-rate 54.35, Catches 14, Wickets 80, Best bowling 4-22, Average 34.92, Economy-rate 3.88
The veteran of the team, Price will be key to Zimbabwe's chances as the senior slow bowler in a spin-based attack. In more than a decade of international cricket, he has been consistently accurate and economical against all opponents.(Photo: Getty Images)
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TATENDA TAIBU
Age: 27.
Role: Right-hand batsman, wicketkeeper, right-arm off-spin
Stats: ODIs 130, Runs 2812, Highest 107 not out, Average 28.98, Strike-Rate 66.18, Centuries 2, Fifties 16, Catches 48, Stumpings 4, Wickets 2, Best 2-42, Average 30.50, Economy-Rate 4.35
The diminutive Taibu is a wicketkeeper-batsman of genuine quality who would be a contender for a place in most national teams. Agile and reliable behind the stumps, he has also been one of the team's most consistent batsmen. Made captain at the age of 21, he fell out with officialdom in 2005 and did not play for the national team for nearly two years.(Photo: Getty Images)
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SHINGIRAI MASAKADZA
Age: 24.
Role: Right-hand batsman, right-arm fast-medium
Stats: ODIs 6, Runs 75, Highest 45 not out, Average 37.50, Strike-Rate 96.15, Catches 0, Wickets 11, Best bowling 4-86, Average 33.27, Economy-Rate 8.01
The younger and less-acclaimed brother of Hamilton, Shingirai finds himself as the only representative of the Masakadza family at the World Cup. Zimbabwe's best bowler in a recent series against South Africa, he will seek to improve his economy-rate.(Photo: Getty Images)
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SEAN WILLIAMS
Age: 24.
Role: Left-hand batsman, slow left-arm spin
Stats: ODIs 45, Runs 1088, Highest 75, Average 29.40, Strike-rate 72.10, Fifties 11, Catches 16, Wickets 10, Best bowling 3-23, Average 64.50, Economy-rate 5.05
A former Zimbabwe Under-19 captain, Williams has been in and out of the senior national team. A solid middle-order batsman, he has had a troubled relationship with the country's cricket board, turning down a national contract in 2006 and briefly making himself unavailable two years later.(Photo: Getty Images)
