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Full name | Tendai Larry Chatara | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1991-02-28)28 February 1991 (age 34) Chimanimani,Zimbabwe | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-armfast-medium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | Bowler | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Test debut (cap 85) | 12 March 2013 v West Indies | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Test | 11 November 2018 v Bangladesh | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
ODI debut (cap 114) | 24 February 2013 v West Indies | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last ODI | 18 June 2023 v Zimbabwe | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
ODI shirt no. | 13 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
T20I debut (cap 27) | 13 June 2010 v India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last T20I | 30 October 2023 v Namibia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
T20I shirt no. | 13 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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2009–present | Mountaineers | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2017 | Band-e-Amir Dragons | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source:ESPNCricinfo,18 June 2023 |
Tendai Larry Chatara (born 28 February 1991) is an internationalcricketer who represents theZimbabwe national cricket team. A tall, wiry fast bowler with appreciable pace and the ability to move the ball away from the right-hander, Chatara rose quickly to prominence after his first-class debut forMountaineers in 2009.
Chatara is naturally athletic. He represented his home townManicaland in 200 and 400 m events, before getting a call-up to cricket.
Chatara played for Zimbabwe at U-19 Level and has played one match for the senior cricket team. He also played for them at theICC Intercontinental Cup as a part of the Zimbabwe XI in2009.
Chatara was quite brilliant in the domestic circuit, especially in hisfirst-class career. He made hisfirst-class debut in 2009 for Mountaineers againstMid West Rhinos. He gave away just 25 runs from 7 overs in the first innings with a brilliant economy rate of 3.57.[1] He soon rose to prominence with 71 wickets from just 20 matches. He performed well in other formats as well such as List A and Twenty20 cricket.
Chatara made hisList A debut for Mountaineers againstMashonaland Eagles. In the match, he got his maiden List A wicket with the dismissal ofCephas Zhuwao.[2]
Chatara made hisTwenty20 debut for Mountaineers against Mid West Rhinos in 2010, taking 1 wicket, his maiden Twenty20 wicket, with the dismissal of Zimbabwe's wicket keeper-batsman,Brendan Taylor.[3]
In December 2020, Chatara was selected to play for theMountaineers in the2020–21 Logan Cup.[4][5]
Chatara's domestic performances prompted the Zimbabwean selectors to select him for the senior cricket team'sTwenty20 International series againstIndia. He made his debut in the second T20I where he took his maiden wicket at international senior level with the dismissal ofYusuf Pathan.[6]
That same year, Chatara represented his nation in the2010 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup, and the following year, in 2011, he was selected for Zimbabwe's tri-nation series againstAustralia andSouth Africa A cricket teams.[7]
In January 2015, Chatara was named in Zimbabwe's 15-man squad for the2015 Cricket World Cup.[8][9][10]
In February 2016, Chatara was named in Zimbabwe's 15-man squad for the2016 T20 World Cup.[11]
In June 2018, Chatara was named in a Board XI team for warm-up fixtures ahead of the2018 Zimbabwe Tri-Nation Series.[12]
In May 2021, Chatara was named as the captain in theZimbabwe A's squad for their home seriesagainst South Africa.[13]
In July 2021, Chatara was named in Zimbabwe's 20-man Test squad for their one-off Testagainst Bangladesh. It was Chatara's return to the Test squad after three years, having last played a Test against the same opposition in November 2018 at the time.[14][15]