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Elton Chigumbura stats

Data through 10 November 2020Last updated 10 November 2020

Coverage: matches in the Cricsheet data from 20 April 2004 to 10 November 2020. Older matches, and matches against Afghanistan, are not included, so totals can be lower than official career figures.

Between 2004 and 2020, Elton Chigumbura appears in 10 Tests, 160 ODIs, 47 T20Is for Zimbabwe in the Cricsheet data. The most runs came in ODIs: 3,266 at an average of 25.12 and a strike rate of 78.8, with a highest score of 117. With the ball, the best return was 80 wickets in ODIs at an average of 43.62 and an economy rate of 5.89. Against India in ODIs, Elton Chigumbura averaged 45.38 over 13 innings.

International matches

217

Tests 10 · ODIs 160 · T20Is 47

International runs

4,456

2 hundreds

International wickets

105

0 five-wicket hauls

T20 league & domestic matches

217 runs

Best batting average (ODI)

25.12

151 innings

Highest score

117

ODI

Teams played for

Zimbabwe 2004–2020 · 214Sylhet Royals 2013 · 10Quetta Gladiators 2016 · 5Africa XI 2007 · 3Chittagong Vikings 2015 · 1

BattingBowling

Elton Chigumbura batting record by format

Batting by format
Format	M	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
Test	10	19	0	428	88	22.53	770	55.6	0	3	3	47	3
ODI	160	151	21	3,266	117	25.12	4,143	78.8	2	14	10	264	73
T20I	47	46	9	762	54*	20.59	532	143.2	0	3	5	53	46
T20 (leagues & domestic)	16	13	7	217	43*	36.17	138	157.2	0	0	1	12	15

Runs per year

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Elton Chigumbura: runs per calendar year (all formats in the data)
Year	Runs
2004	289
2005	77
2006	231
2007	244
2008	160
2009	391
2010	367
2011	365
2012	190
2013	646
2014	543
2015	759
2016	196
2018	145
2019	29
2020	41

Year-by-year batting (32 rows)

Batting by calendar year and format
Year	Format	Inns	Runs	Avg	SR	HS	100	50
2004	ODI	10	289	32.11	85.8	77	0	3
2005	ODI	3	31	15.50	106.9	30	0	0
2005	Test	4	46	11.50	44.7	44	0	0
2006	ODI	14	231	17.77	54.4	32	0	0
2007	ODI	12	232	21.09	101.3	59	0	1
2007	T20I	2	12	12.00	150.0	8	0	0
2008	ODI	10	160	17.78	71.4	42	0	0
2009	ODI	15	391	30.08	93.5	64	0	3
2010	ODI	15	273	21.00	76.3	50	0	1
2010	T20I	6	94	15.67	154.1	34	0	0
2011	ODI	16	282	20.14	76.8	47	0	0
2011	T20I	4	78	19.50	134.5	39	0	0
2011	Test	1	5	5.00	41.7	5	0	0
2012	ODI	3	94	31.33	81.7	63	0	1
2012	T20I	4	96	32.00	160.0	48	0	0
2013	ODI	8	161	26.83	73.2	50	0	1
2013	T20 (leagues & domestic)	9	202	67.33	177.2	43	0	0
2013	T20I	2	41	41.00	170.8	35	0	0
2013	Test	8	242	30.25	56.1	86	0	2
2014	ODI	12	333	37.00	73.0	90	0	3
2014	T20I	3	75	75.00	208.3	53	0	1
2014	Test	6	135	22.50	60.3	88	0	1
2015	ODI	20	628	36.94	90.9	117	2	1
2015	T20 (leagues & domestic)	1	5	5.00	45.5	5	0	0
2015	T20I	8	126	15.75	140.0	54	0	1
2016	ODI	5	50	10.00	61.0	41	0	0
2016	T20 (leagues & domestic)	3	10	5.00	76.9	7	0	0
2016	T20I	7	136	34.00	132.0	54	0	1
2018	ODI	8	111	18.50	57.8	37	0	0
2018	T20I	6	34	6.80	94.4	14	0	0
2019	T20I	1	29	29.00	161.1	29	0	0
2020	T20I	3	41	13.67	107.9	21	0	0

Elton Chigumbura bowling record by format

Bowling by format
Format	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Avg	Econ	SR	4w	Mdns
Test	16	1,175	618	13	4/21	4/55	47.54	3.16	90.4	1	40
ODI	108	3,555	3,490	80	3/25	–	43.62	5.89	44.4	0	18
T20I	16	198	316	12	4/31	–	26.33	9.58	16.5	1	0
T20 (leagues & domestic)	10	186	309	13	3/21	–	23.77	9.97	14.3	0	0

Wickets per year

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Elton Chigumbura: wickets per calendar year (all formats in the data)
Year	Wickets
2004	7
2005	3
2006	3
2007	27
2008	10
2009	13
2010	9
2011	11
2012	5
2013	21
2014	6
2015	3
2016	0
2018	0
2019	0
2020	0

Year-by-year bowling (25 rows)

Bowling by calendar year and format
Year	Format	Inns	Wkts	Avg	Econ	Best
2004	ODI	10	7	49.57	7.15	3/37
2005	ODI	2	2	47.00	6.71	1/45
2005	Test	2	1	150.00	4.55	1/97
2006	ODI	8	3	61.00	6.50	1/4
2007	ODI	12	20	27.75	5.75	3/25
2007	T20I	2	7	7.29	7.29	4/31
2008	ODI	10	10	32.40	5.31	3/37
2009	ODI	14	13	36.69	5.16	3/27
2010	ODI	12	8	48.12	7.43	2/32
2010	T20I	4	1	50.00	10.00	1/21
2011	ODI	13	7	56.57	5.00	2/35
2011	T20I	4	1	104.00	8.67	1/28
2011	Test	2	3	32.33	2.85	2/50
2012	ODI	3	3	64.33	6.89	2/46
2012	T20I	3	2	26.00	10.40	2/23
2013	ODI	10	4	47.50	4.89	3/39
2013	T20 (leagues & domestic)	9	12	22.58	9.34	3/21
2013	T20I	2	1	43.00	14.33	1/30
2013	Test	6	4	46.00	3.45	3/75
2014	ODI	6	1	137.00	5.71	1/33
2014	Test	6	5	37.40	2.48	4/21
2015	ODI	6	2	77.50	6.46	1/30
2015	T20 (leagues & domestic)	1	1	38.00	19.00	1/38
2016	ODI	2	0	–	9.00	0/20
2016	T20I	1	0	–	16.00	0/16

Elton Chigumbura against each team

vs Bangladesh vs Pakistan vs South Africa vs India vs West Indies vs New Zealand vs Sri Lanka

Batting against each opponent (3+ innings)
Opponent	Format	Inns	Runs	Avg	SR	HS	100	50
Bangladesh	Test	11	267	24.27	61.9	88	0	2
Pakistan	Test	4	115	28.75	48.7	69	0	1
South Africa	Test	4	46	11.50	44.7	44	0	0
Bangladesh	ODI	38	851	26.59	78.4	64	0	4
Pakistan	ODI	21	548	32.24	87.3	117	1	1
South Africa	ODI	20	389	20.47	69.1	90	0	2
India	ODI	13	363	45.38	86.0	104	1	1
West Indies	ODI	16	297	19.80	72.1	50	0	1
New Zealand	ODI	10	199	19.90	81.2	63	0	1
Australia	ODI	4	143	47.67	73.7	77	0	2
England	ODI	4	127	42.33	92.0	52	0	1
Sri Lanka	ODI	13	107	8.23	60.8	57	0	1
Ireland	ODI	5	91	22.75	76.5	34	0	0
Asia XI	ODI	3	51	17.00	108.5	40	0	0
Pakistan	T20I	13	249	22.64	140.7	54	0	1
New Zealand	T20I	6	135	27.00	158.8	48	0	0
India	T20I	6	100	20.00	126.6	54	0	1
South Africa	T20I	5	42	8.40	131.2	26	0	0
Australia	T20I	3	13	6.50	76.5	7	0	0
Bangladesh	T20I	4	8	2.67	53.3	5	0	0

Bowling against each opponent (3+ innings)
Opponent	Format	Inns	Wkts	Avg	Econ	Best
Bangladesh	Test	12	12	37.25	2.87	4/21
Bangladesh	ODI	29	23	38.57	5.08	3/27
West Indies	ODI	11	13	26.54	5.42	3/25
Pakistan	ODI	15	11	46.36	5.68	3/50
Sri Lanka	ODI	12	10	30.40	5.98	3/37
South Africa	ODI	12	7	59.57	6.73	2/48
Asia XI	ODI	3	6	36.17	7.48	2/56
New Zealand	ODI	7	3	102.00	6.49	2/46
India	ODI	8	1	194.00	6.93	1/30
Australia	ODI	3	1	78.00	7.31	1/33
England	ODI	4	1	138.00	7.67	1/46
Pakistan	T20I	4	2	51.00	10.20	1/28
New Zealand	T20I	4	2	42.00	9.33	2/23

Top grounds (batting)

Most runs by ground
Ground	Inns	Runs	Avg	HS
Harare Sports Club	74	1382	21.26	104
Queens Sports Club	25	651	31.00	90
Shere Bangla National Stadium	26	637	33.53	64
Gaddafi Stadium	3	192	64.00	117
Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium	8	178	25.43	88
Providence Stadium	3	80	26.67	50
Gymkhana Club Ground, Nairobi	2	76	38.00	43
Sylhet Stadium	3	75	75.00	53
Arnos Vale Ground	3	71	23.67	42
Cobham Oval (New)	1	63	63.00	63

Top grounds (bowling)

Most wickets by ground
Ground	Inns	Wkts	Avg	Econ
Harare Sports Club	46	27	48.37	5.12
Shere Bangla National Stadium	19	20	26.30	5.26
Queens Sports Club	20	16	40.44	5.53
Newlands	3	7	14.86	6.93
Sabina Park	3	6	19.33	5.16
Arnos Vale Ground	3	4	26.00	6.57
MA Chidambaram Stadium	2	4	40.25	8.05
Kennington Oval	1	3	12.33	4.19
Seddon Park	2	3	17.67	7.57
Providence Stadium	3	3	20.67	6.89

Batting and bowling by phase (limited overs)

T20 phases: overs 1–6, 7–15, 16–20. ODI phases: overs 1–10, 11–40, 41–50.
Format	Phase	Runs	Balls	SR	Outs	Bowl balls	Wkts	Econ
T20	Powerplay	28	16	175.0	1	114	9	7.05
T20	Middle	275	261	105.4	17	186	5	10.26
T20	Death	676	393	172.0	25	84	11	12.36
ODI	Powerplay	50	73	68.5	1	893	22	5.48
ODI	Middle	2138	3082	69.4	78	2238	40	5.51
ODI	Death	1078	988	109.1	51	424	18	8.77

How Elton Chigumbura was dismissed

Caught106 (55%)
Bowled41 (21%)
Lbw21 (11%)
Run out10 (5%)
Caught and bowled9 (5%)
Stumped4 (2%)
Hit wicket1 (1%)

How Elton Chigumbura took wickets

Caught89
Bowled18
Lbw6
Caught and bowled5

Last 20 innings

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Elton Chigumbura: runs in the last 20 innings
Innings	Runs
14 Nov 2016	1
19 Nov 2016	8
1 Jul 2018	14
3 Jul 2018	7
4 Jul 2018	5
6 Jul 2018	2
18 Jul 2018	9
20 Jul 2018	37
22 Jul 2018	25
30 Sep 2018	27
3 Oct 2018	0
6 Oct 2018	9
9 Oct 2018	0
12 Oct 2018	6
24 Oct 2018	3
26 Oct 2018	1
25 Jun 2019	29
7 Nov 2020	21
8 Nov 2020	18
10 Nov 2020	2

Most recent batting innings in the data
Date	Format	Against	Score	Balls	How out	Ground
10 Nov 2020	T20I	Pakistan	2	6	caught	Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium
8 Nov 2020	T20I	Pakistan	18	19	stumped	Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium
7 Nov 2020	T20I	Pakistan	21	13	caught	Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium
25 Jun 2019	T20I	Netherlands	29	18	bowled	Hazelaarweg
26 Oct 2018	ODI	Bangladesh	1*	1	not out	Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium
24 Oct 2018	ODI	Bangladesh	3	9	caught	Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium
12 Oct 2018	T20I	South Africa	6	7	caught	Senwes Park
9 Oct 2018	T20I	South Africa	0	1	lbw	Buffalo Park
6 Oct 2018	ODI	South Africa	9	26	caught	Boland Park
3 Oct 2018	ODI	South Africa	0	2	caught	Mangaung Oval
30 Sep 2018	ODI	South Africa	27	37	caught	Diamond Oval
22 Jul 2018	ODI	Pakistan	25*	37	not out	Queens Sports Club
20 Jul 2018	ODI	Pakistan	37	69	lbw	Queens Sports Club
18 Jul 2018	ODI	Pakistan	9	11	caught	Queens Sports Club
6 Jul 2018	T20I	Australia	2	4	caught	Harare Sports Club
4 Jul 2018	T20I	Pakistan	5*	4	not out	Harare Sports Club
3 Jul 2018	T20I	Australia	7	10	caught	Harare Sports Club
1 Jul 2018	T20I	Pakistan	14	10	bowled	Harare Sports Club
19 Nov 2016	ODI	West Indies	8	11	caught	Queens Sports Club
14 Nov 2016	ODI	Sri Lanka	1	4	caught	Harare Sports Club

Last 20 bowling innings

Most recent bowling innings in the data
Date	Format	Against	Figures	Overs	Mdns	Ground
13 Jun 2016	ODI	India	0/20	2	0	Harare Sports Club
11 Jun 2016	ODI	India	0/34	4	0	Harare Sports Club
22 Jan 2016	T20I	Bangladesh	0/16	1	0	Sheikh Abu Naser Stadium
30 Nov 2015	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Barisal Bulls	1/38	2	0	Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium
11 Nov 2015	ODI	Bangladesh	0/29	6	0	Shere Bangla National Stadium
3 Oct 2015	ODI	Pakistan	1/33	5	0	Harare Sports Club
1 Mar 2015	ODI	Pakistan	0/7	1	0	The Gabba
24 Feb 2015	ODI	West Indies	0/44	7	0	Manuka Oval
19 Feb 2015	ODI	United Arab Emirates	0/12	1	0	Saxton Oval
15 Feb 2015	ODI	South Africa	1/30	4	0	Seddon Park
28 Nov 2014	ODI	Bangladesh	0/19	3	0	Shere Bangla National Stadium
26 Nov 2014	ODI	Bangladesh	0/18	3	0	Shere Bangla National Stadium
21 Nov 2014	ODI	Bangladesh	0/37	8	0	Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium
12 Nov 2014	Test	Bangladesh	0/19	9	2	Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium
12 Nov 2014	Test	Bangladesh	0/40	14	4	Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium
3 Nov 2014	Test	Bangladesh	0/13	6	2	Sheikh Abu Naser Stadium
3 Nov 2014	Test	Bangladesh	1/60	22	5	Sheikh Abu Naser Stadium
25 Oct 2014	Test	Bangladesh	4/21	10.3	4	Shere Bangla National Stadium
25 Oct 2014	Test	Bangladesh	0/34	14	6	Shere Bangla National Stadium
29 Aug 2014	ODI	South Africa	0/19	2	0	Harare Sports Club

Batter vs bowler matchups

Bowlers Elton Chigumbura faced most

vs Shakib Al Hasan378 balls

Batters Elton Chigumbura bowled to most

Tamim Iqbal vs Elton Chigumbura300 balls
Shakib Al Hasan vs Elton Chigumbura268 balls
Mushfiqur Rahim vs Elton Chigumbura255 balls

Frequently asked questions

How many runs has Elton Chigumbura scored in Tests?

428 runs in 19 innings (10 matches) at an average of 22.53 and a strike rate of 55.6, in the data from 2005 to 2014.

How many runs has Elton Chigumbura scored in ODIs?

3,266 runs in 151 innings (160 matches) at an average of 25.12 and a strike rate of 78.8, in the data from 2004 to 2018.

How many runs has Elton Chigumbura scored in T20Is?

762 runs in 46 innings (47 matches) at an average of 20.59 and a strike rate of 143.2, in the data from 2007 to 2020.

What is Elton Chigumbura's highest score?

117 in ODIs, the highest score in the data.

How many wickets has Elton Chigumbura taken in Tests?

13 wickets in 16 innings at an average of 47.54, economy 3.16, best figures 4/21.

Source: computed by CricketWise from Cricsheet ball-by-ball data (ODC-BY). Career totals cover only matches in the Cricsheet data. Definitions: methodology.