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| Full name | Tarisai Musakanda | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1994-10-31)31 October 1994 (age 31) Masvingo, Zimbabwe | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Top-order batsman | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Test debut (cap 101) | 14 July 2017 v Sri Lanka | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Test | 7 May 2021 v Pakistan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ODI debut (cap 131) | 27 November 2016 v Sri Lanka | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last ODI | 5 August 2022 v Bangladesh | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ODI shirt no. | 31 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| T20I debut (cap 49) | 1 July 2018 v Pakistan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last T20I | 25 July 2021 v Bangladesh | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source:ESPNcricinfo,5 August 2022 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tarisai Musakanda (born 31 October 1994) is a Zimbabweancricketer who plays for thenational cricket team.[1] He was part ofZimbabwe's squad for the2014 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup.
He made both hisList A and his first-class debut in 2014.
In December 2018, during the opening round of the2018–19 Logan Cup, Musakanda scored his maiden century in first-class cricket.[2] In December 2020, he was named as the captain of theRhinos for the2020–21 Logan Cup.[3][4]
In October 2016, he was included in Zimbabwe'sTest squad for their seriesagainst Sri Lanka.[5] The following month he was included in Zimbabwe'sOne Day International (ODI) squad for thetri-series against Sri Lanka and the West Indies.[6] He made his ODI debut in the final of the tri-series against Sri Lanka.[7]
In February 2017, he was named in an academy squad byZimbabwe Cricket to tour England later that year.[8] He made his Test debut for Zimbabweagainst Sri Lanka in their one-off Test in Colombo on 14 July 2017.[9]
In June 2018, he was named in a Zimbabwe Select team for warm-up fixtures ahead of the2018 Zimbabwe Tri-Nation Series.[10] Later the same month, he was named in a 22-man preliminaryTwenty20 International (T20I) squad for the tri-nation series.[11] He made his T20I debut for Zimbabwe againstPakistan on 1 July 2018, during the tri-series.[12]
In September 2018, he was named as the captain of Zimbabwe's squad for the2018 Africa T20 Cup tournament.[13] He was the leading run-scorer for Zimbabwe in the tournament, with 182 runs in four matches.[14]
In February 2022, Musakanda was charged withculpable homicide after failing to report a road accident in which a pedestrian was killed.[15] The pedestrian was later identified asGwinyai Chingoka, a Zimbabwean tennis player who had represented Zimbabwe at theDavis Cup.[16][17] Musakanda was convicted in August 2022 and fined 30,000 Zimbabwean dollars. The judge said he had failed to take proper care while driving, since it was dark and raining, while the victim was wearing dark colours.[18]