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Full name Gregory Mark Strydom
Born March 26, 1984, Pretoria, Transvaal, South Africa
Current age 24 years 157 days
Major teams Zimbabwe,Matabeleland,Westerns,Zimbabwe Under-23s
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm medium
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
4s
6s
Ct
St
ODIs
12
10
0
147
58
14.70
225
65.33
0
1
17
3
4
0
First-class
27
50
4
1772
216
38.52
4
9
21
0
List A
47
38
1
818
69
22.10
0
5
18
0
Twenty20
5
5
0
105
38
21.00
76
138.15
0
0
13
1
3
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
ODIs
12
4
66
61
1
1/28
1/28
61.00
5.54
66.0
0
0
0
First-class
27
2307
1479
33
4/48
44.81
3.84
69.9
0
0
List A
47
680
524
20
4/20
4/20
26.20
4.62
34.0
1
0
0
Twenty20
5
2
30
33
0
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-
-
6.60
-
0
0
0
Career statistics
ODI debut
Zimbabwe v Kenya at Bulawayo, Feb 25, 2006 scorecard
Last ODI
Bangladesh v Zimbabwe at Jaipur, Oct 13, 2006 scorecard
ODI statistics
First-class debut
2000/01
Last First-class
Boland v Zimbabwe Under-23s at Stellenbosch, Nov 17-19, 2005 scorecard
List A debut
2002/03
Last List A
Southerns v Westerns at Harare, Mar 28, 2007 scorecard
Twenty20 debut
Easterns (Zimbabwe) v Westerns at Harare, Mar 19, 2008 scorecard
Last Twenty20
Easterns (Zimbabwe) v Westerns at Harare, Mar 21, 2008 scorecard
Profile
Gregory Strydom is a clean hitter of the ball who loves to hit the bowlers, especially medium pacers and spinners, out of the park. He scores runs at a quick pace in both versions of the game and is a reliable bowler who mixes medium pace with some off breaks. He has been constantly overlooked by the Zimbabwean selectors despite his brilliant performance in first-class and List A matches until he was named in the squad to take on Kenya in February 2006. His major weakness is that he has limited footwork and that leaves him vulnerable to genuine quick bowlers. He also tends to concentrate on the boundary shots and forget the need to work the singles in between times. His methods can be seen from his record for Matabeleland against Manicaland in Mutare in 2003-04: he scored 128 and 104, with 20 fours and no fewer than 16 sixes in the match. Sated with runs off journeymen bowlers, he struggled when coming up against the top bowlers in the trade, but has been learning to build his innings and work the ball around for singles. Short and of average build, he has powerful forearms that are responsible for most of his big hits, mainly on the leg side. He can be an abrasive character at times, but has settled down under coach Kevin Curran and is showing a more positive attitude
Steven Price September 2006
