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Dave Houghton
Zimbabwe
Player profile
Full name David Laud Houghton
Born June 23, 1957, Bulawayo
Current age 51 years 68 days
Major teams Rhodesia, Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm offbreak
Fielding position Wicketkeeper
Other Coach, Commentator
Relations Brother - WJ Houghton, Nephew - GS Ballance
Batting and fielding averages
|
Mat |
Inns |
NO |
Runs |
HS |
Ave |
BF |
SR |
100 |
50 |
4s |
6s |
Ct |
St |
| Tests |
22 |
36 |
2 |
1464 |
266 |
43.05 |
3221 |
45.45 |
4 |
4 |
168 |
12 |
17 |
0 |
| ODIs |
63 |
60 |
2 |
1530 |
142 |
26.37 |
2155 |
70.99 |
1 |
12 |
116 |
21 |
29 |
2 |
| First-class |
120 |
202 |
13 |
7445 |
266 |
39.39 |
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17 |
36 |
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165 |
16 |
| List A |
163 |
157 |
13 |
4191 |
142 |
29.10 |
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2 |
26 |
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111 |
11 |
Bowling averages
|
Mat |
Inns |
Balls |
Runs |
Wkts |
BBI |
BBM |
Ave |
Econ |
SR |
4w |
5w |
10 |
| Tests |
22 |
1 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
- |
- |
- |
0.00 |
- |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| ODIs |
63 |
1 |
12 |
19 |
1 |
1/19 |
1/19 |
19.00 |
9.50 |
12.0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| First-class |
120 |
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149 |
59 |
2 |
2/7 |
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29.50 |
2.37 |
74.5 |
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0 |
0 |
| List A |
163 |
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53 |
57 |
2 |
1/9 |
1/9 |
28.50 |
6.45 |
26.5 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Career statistics
| Test debut |
Zimbabwe v India at Harare, Oct 18-22, 1992 scorecard |
| Last Test |
Zimbabwe v New Zealand at Bulawayo, Sep 25-29, 1997 scorecard |
| Test statistics |
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| ODI debut |
Australia v Zimbabwe at Nottingham, Jun 9, 1983 scorecard |
| Last ODI |
Zimbabwe v New Zealand at Harare, Oct 5, 1997 scorecard |
| ODI statistics |
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| First-class span |
1978/79 - 1997/98 |
| List A span |
1979/80 - 1997/98 |
Dave Houghton is one of Zimbabwe's best two batsmen in their short Test history, alongside Andy Flower. Houghton hit 121 in Zimbabwe's inaugural Test, against India at Harare in 1992-93, and cracked 266 - his country's highest Test score so far - against Sri Lanka at Bulawayo in 1994-95. Zimbabwe's first Test captain, Houghton has an exceptional cricket brain that helped him become national coach after a spell in charge at Worcestershire. As a batsman he had the ability to play either long, defensive innings or shorter, attacking ones, and he was a brilliant player of spin, but equally adept against pace. He started life as a wicketkeeper, but became a top-class slip fielder too, possibly helped by his time as Zimbabwe's hockey goalkeeper.
Geoffrey Dean
Mar 6, 2005 |
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Dave Houghton in TV analyst mode
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Dave Houghton portrait
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Jun 19, 1999 |
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The Zimbabwe World Cup team before their welcome home parade in Harare
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