dave houghton Profile - ICC Profile, Age, Career Info & Stats.
dave houghton is a cricketer(sportsman) from Zimbabwe. His ICC profile, age, career info & stats are given below.
Full Name
David Laud Houghton
Born
June 23, 1957, Bulawayo
Age
66 years old
Batting Style
Right hand Bat
Bowling Style
Right arm Offbreak
Fielding Position
Wicketkeeper
Playing Role
Middle order Batter
Batting Stats
Test | ODI | T20I | IPL | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Mat | 22 | 63 | - | - |
Inn | 36 | 60 | - | - |
Runs | 1464 | 1530 | - | - |
Avg | 41.83 | 26.38 | - | - |
SR | 45.45 | 71.0 | - | - |
HS | 266 | 142 | - | - |
NO | 1 | 2 | - | - |
100s | 4 | 1 | - | - |
50s | 4 | 12 | - | - |
4s | 168 | 116 | - | - |
6s | 12 | 21 | - | - |
Bowling Stats
Test | ODI | T20I | IPL | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Mat | 22 | 63 | - | - |
Inn | 1 | 1 | - | - |
Balls | 5 | 12 | - | - |
Runs | 0 | 19 | - | - |
Wkt | 0 | 1 | - | - |
BBI | 0 / 0 | 19 / 1 | - | - |
BBM | 0 / 0 | 19 / 1 | - | - |
Eco | 0.0 | 9.5 | - | - |
Avg | 0.0 | 19.0 | - | - |
5W | 0 | 0 | - | - |
10W | 0 | 0 | - | - |
Teams he has played for:
- WJ Houghton
- Rhodesia
- Mashonaland
Heres what CricBuzz says about him.
Fittingly, he was appointed the country's first ever Test captain and led with aplomb. Throughout his brief career, Houghton never had a duck and holds the record for the most runs without getting out on nought. After retirement, Houghton took up coaching as a full time role and had great success in the county circuit with Derbyshire, Somerset and Middlesex. He even took up administration roles at a later stage. In 2018, he took up the coveted position of Head of Cricket in Derbyshire and is expected to have another fruitful outing. Houghton was a fine Hockey goalkeeper and this helped him in his wicketkeeping. During the later stages of his career, he gave up the gloves to play as a pure batsman and became a fine slip fielder.
Written by Hariprasad Sadanandan
Heres what ESPNcricinfo says about him.
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