Tapiwa Mufudza
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| Born | 20 September 1990 Harare, Zimbabwe | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm off-spin | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2011/12–2015/16 | Mountaineers | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2017/18– | Eagles | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 15 May 2022 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tapiwa Mufudza (born 20 September 1990) is a Zimbabwean cricketer.
Mufudza has been an off-spinner since he took up the game at Mbizi Primary School in Highfield, Harare. He played for the Takashinga Cricket Club in Harare before being recruited by Mountaineers.[1]
He played his first matches for Mountaineers in 2011-12, and established himself in the side in 2012-13, when he took 13 wickets at an average of 14.92 to lead the national first-class bowling averages.[2] In the Logan Cup match against Southern Rocks he scored 39 batting at number 10, then took 2 for 46 and 5 for 27 in a 116-run victory.[3] In the Zimbabwean T20 competition final against Mashonaland Eagles he opened the bowling and took 4 for 14. Mountaineers won the match and he won the man of the match award.[4]
He played for Cookham Dean in the Thames Valley Cricket League in 2014, taking 80 wickets at an average of 14.86 and making 499 runs at 27.72.[5]
In the Logan Cup in December 2014 he took 7 for 31 in the second innings against Mid West Rhinos, including the first six wickets to fall, to ensure victory for Mountaineers.[6] In January 2015 he played two 50-over matches for Zimbabwe A against Canada, taking two wickets for 56 runs in 20 overs.[7] Later that month, opening the bowling in a List A match against Mashonaland Eagles, he took 4 for 28.[8]
In December 2020, he was selected to play for the Eagles in the 2020–21 Logan Cup.[9][10] In April 2021, Mufudza was named in Zimbabwe's squad for their Twenty20 International (T20I) series against Pakistan.[11]
References
- ^ "Snippet of the Day: Tapiwa Mufudza". Zimbabwe Cricket. December 2014. Retrieved 5 February 2014.
- ^ "Zimbabwe bowling averages 2012-13". CricketArchive. Retrieved 5 February 2015.
- ^ "Mountaineers v Southern Rocks 2012-13". CricketArchive. Retrieved 5 February 2015.
- ^ "Mashonaland Eagles v Mountaineers 2012-13". CricketArchive. Retrieved 5 February 2015.
- ^ "Tapiwa Mufudza". Cookham Dean Cricket Club. Retrieved 5 February 2015.
- ^ "Mid West Rhinos v Mountaineers 2014-15". CricketArchive. Retrieved 5 February 2015.
- ^ "Canada tour of Zimbabwe, 2014-15". Cricinfo. Retrieved 5 February 2015.
- ^ "Mashonaland Eagles v Mountaineers 2014-15". CricketArchive. Retrieved 5 February 2015.
- ^ "Logan Cup first class cricket competition gets underway". The Zimbabwe Daily. Archived from the original on 9 December 2020. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
- ^ "Logan Cup starts in secure environment". The Herald. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
- ^ "Uncapped Marumani, Chivanga and Mufudza named in Zimbabwe T20I squad". CricBuzz. Retrieved 17 April 2021.