| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | William Takudzwa Mashinge |
| Born | 6 October 1996 Marondera, Zimbabwe |
| Nickname | Hindias |
| Batting | Right-handed |
| Bowling | Right-arm fast-medium |
| International information | |
| National side | |
| T20I debut(cap 57) | 1 October 2019 v Nepal |
| Last T20I | 3 October 2019 v Singapore |
| Domestic team information | |
| Years | Team |
| 2016 | Mountaineers |
Source:CricketArchive,3 October 2019 | |
William Takudzwa Mashinge (born 6 October 1996) is a Zimbabwean cricketer who has represented the Mountaineers in Zimbabwean domestic cricket. He is an all-rounder who bowls right-arm fast-medium and bats right-handed.
Mashinge was born in Marondera,in Zimbabwe's Mashonaland East Province. [1] He made his first-class debut in January 2016,aged 19,playing for the Mountaineers against the Mid West Rhinos in the Logan Cup. [2] Later in the year,Mashinge was selected in the Zimbabwe under-19s squad for the 2016 Under-19 World Cup in Bangladesh. [3] He played in all six of his team's matches,scoring 127 runs (the third-most for Zimbabwe) but taking just two wickets. [4] In the ninth-place play-off against Afghanistan,he top-scored for Zimbabwe with 66 runs from 92 balls. [5]
He made his Twenty20 debut for Zimbabwe against Free State in the 2016 Africa T20 Cup on 9 September 2016. [6] In February 2017,he was named in an academy squad by Zimbabwe Cricket to tour England later that year. [7] He made his List A debut for Mountaineers in the 2018–19 Pro50 Championship on 8 December 2018. [8]
In September 2019,he was named in Zimbabwe's Twenty20 International (T20I) squad for the 2019–20 Singapore Tri-Nation Series. [9] He made his T20I debut for Zimbabwe,against Nepal,in the Singapore Tri-Nation Series on 1 October 2019. [10]
In December 2020,he was selected to play for the Southern Rocks in the 2020–21 Logan Cup. [11] [12]