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Full name Douglas Tafadzwa Hondo
Born July 7, 1979, Bulawayo
Current age 29 years 91 days
Major teams Mashonaland A,Midlands,Zimbabwe Cricket Academy
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm fast-medium
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
4s
6s
Ct
St
Tests
9
15
6
83
19
9.22
338
24.55
0
0
11
0
5
0
ODIs
56
29
12
127
17
7.47
249
51.00
0
0
14
0
15
0
First-class
32
47
17
396
85*
13.20
0
2
19
0
List A
83
47
23
274
39*
11.41
0
0
21
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
Tests
9
13
1486
774
21
6/59
6/96
36.85
3.12
70.7
0
1
0
ODIs
56
56
2381
2171
61
4/37
4/37
35.59
5.47
39.0
3
0
0
First-class
32
4901
2402
91
6/59
26.39
2.94
53.8
2
0
List A
83
3580
3089
104
4/32
4/32
29.70
5.17
34.4
4
0
0
Career statistics
Test debut
Zimbabwe v South Africa at Harare, Sep 7-11, 2001 scorecard
Last Test
Bangladesh v Zimbabwe at Dhaka, Jan 14-18, 2005 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut
Zimbabwe v England at Harare, Oct 3, 2001 scorecard
Last ODI
Bangladesh v Zimbabwe at Dhaka, Jan 29, 2005 scorecard
ODI statistics
First-class span
1999/00 - 2004/05
List A span
1999/00 - 2004/05
Profile
Churchill Boys High School in Harare is becoming to Zimbabwean Test cricket what Eton College once was to British Prime Ministers. In September 2001, Douglas Hondo became Churchill's third Test debutant in as many matches, following in the footsteps of Tatenda Taibu and Hamilton Masakadza. A handy swing bowler, capable of movement both ways off the pitch, Hondo benefited from a spell at Dennis Lillee's pace-bowling academy in Chennai, and has also played club cricket in England and Australia. He was plucked from a season with Port Adelaide to join the national side in India in March 2002, and immediately took four wickets in the third ODI to win the Man of the Match award; this was followed later that year by two four-wicket hauls in the Champions Trophy, against India and England. In his most recent Test match he took six wickets in an innings against Bangladesh. In the best tailend tradition he rates himself as a batsman - and he has made some big scores in his time - but he is strictly a No. 11 for his club, Universals. Injuries, ranging from intercostal muscles to missing toenails, have hindered his development, but he is credited with a good temperament and is keen to succeed. One of the most laidback of individuals, he hardly fits the traditional image of a pace bowler. His future is now in serious doubt after doctors have given him a pessimistic diagnosis of a stress fracture in his back, and his comeback was barely underway when he walked out after a row over a board demand that he shave his dreadlocks.
John Ward June 2007
