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Full name Everton Zvikomborero Matambanadzo
Born April 13, 1976, Salisbury (now Harare)
Current age 32 years 183 days
Major teams Zimbabwe,Mashonaland,Mashonaland A,Mashonaland Under-24s,Young Mashonaland
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm medium-fast
Relations Twin brother - DR Matambanadzo
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
4s
6s
Ct
St
Tests
3
5
1
17
7
4.25
93
18.27
0
0
1
0
0
0
ODIs
7
5
3
8
5*
4.00
33
24.24
0
0
0
0
1
0
First-class
38
47
18
263
39
9.06
0
0
19
0
List A
22
9
6
25
10*
8.33
0
0
3
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
Tests
3
5
384
250
4
2/62
2/89
62.50
3.90
96.0
0
0
0
ODIs
7
7
297
217
11
4/32
4/32
19.72
4.38
27.0
1
0
0
First-class
38
4138
2464
58
3/20
42.48
3.57
71.3
0
0
List A
22
915
690
30
4/32
4/32
23.00
4.52
30.5
2
0
0
Career statistics
Test debut
Pakistan v Zimbabwe at Faisalabad, Oct 24-26, 1996 scorecard
Last Test
Zimbabwe v Sri Lanka at Harare, Nov 26-30, 1999 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut
Pakistan v Zimbabwe at Peshawar, Nov 3, 1996 scorecard
Last ODI
Bangladesh v Zimbabwe at Nairobi (Gym), Oct 11, 1997 scorecard
ODI statistics
First-class span
1993/94 - 2000/01
List A span
1996/97 - 1999/00
Profile
Fast bowler Everton Matambanadzo was an example of Zimbabwe's ability to take promising young cricketers almost out of nowhere, and pitch them into international cricket, with success. Strictly speaking, he did not come from nowhere, as he had been regarded as a promising player for several seasons, but certainly at the end of the 1995-96 season nobody thought his international debut was imminent. Sadly, he was to fade away in his early twenties, repeatedly hampered by a string of niggling injuries, and became an example instead of how Zimbabwe often loses talented players while still in their prime. Unable quite to regain his best form, he missed selection for several seasons and he married and emigrated to the United States in 2001.
John Ward
