Tanaka Chivanga

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Tanaka Chivanga
Personal information
Full name
Tanaka Lance Chivanga
Born (1993-07-24) 24 July 1993 (age 30)
Goromonzi, Zimbabwe
International information
National side
Only Test(cap  126)12 February 2023 v  West Indies
ODI debut(cap  147)4 June 2022 v  Afghanistan
Last ODI20 August 2022 v  India
ODI shirt no.27
T20I debut(cap  67)17 May 2022 v  Namibia
Last T20I31 July 2022 v  Bangladesh
T20I shirt no.27
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA
Matches151827
Runs scored911194120
Batting average 9.005.5010.7710
100s/50s-/--/--/--
Top score66* 6918
Balls bowled8421821141182
Wickets 035733
Bowling average 65.6621.4033.81
5 wickets in innings 41
10 wickets in match0
Best bowling1/386/386/31
Catches/stumpings -/–1/–8/–6/–
Source: Cricinfo, 14 February 2023

Tanaka Chivanga (born 24 July 1993) is a Zimbabwean cricketer. He made his international debut for the Zimbabwe cricket team in May 2022. [1]

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Career

In December 2020, he was selected to play for the Eagles in the 2020–21 Logan Cup. [2] [3] He made his first-class debut on 9 December 2020, for Eagles, in the 2020–21 Logan Cup tournament. [4]

He made his Twenty20 debut on 10 April 2021, for also for Eagles, in the 2020–21 Zimbabwe Domestic Twenty20 Competition. [5] On 14 April 2021, the match between Eagles and Rocks went to a Super Over, with Chivanga named the man of the match due to his bowling at the end of the game. [6] Three days later, Chivanga was named in Zimbabwe's squad for their Twenty20 International (T20I) series against Pakistan. [7] Prior to his selection to the national team, Chivanga had also played for the Zimbabwe A cricket team. [8] On 26 April 2021, Chivanga was named in Zimbabwe's Test squad, also for the series against Pakistan. [9]

In May 2021, he was named in the Zimbabwe A squad for their series against South Africa A. [10] He made his List A debut on 29 May 2021, for Zimbabwe A against South Africa A. [11] In July 2021, Chivanga was named in Zimbabwe's Test squad for their one-off match against Bangladesh. [12]

In May 2022, Chivanga was named in Zimbabwe's T20I squad for their five-match home series against Namibia. [13] He made his T20I debut on 17 May 2022, for Zimbabwe against Namibia. [14] The following month, he was named in Zimbabwe's One Day International (ODI) squad for their series against Afghanistan. [15] He made his ODI debut on 4 June 2022, for Zimbabwe against Afghanistan. [16]

On 12 February 2023, Chivanga made his Test debut against the West Indies. [17]

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