vusi sibanda Profile - ICC Profile, Age, Career Info & Stats.
vusi sibanda is a cricketer(sportsman) from Zimbabwe. His ICC profile, age, career info & stats are given below.
Full Name
Vusimuzi Sibanda
Born
October 10, 1983, Highfields, Harare
Age
40 years old
Batting Style
Right hand Bat
Bowling Style
Right arm Medium, Right arm Offbreak
Playing Role
Opening Batter
Batting Stats
Test | ODI | T20I | IPL | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Mat | 14 | 127 | 26 | - |
Inn | 28 | 126 | 26 | - |
Runs | 591 | 2994 | 511 | - |
Avg | 21.11 | 24.54 | 20.44 | - |
SR | 50.21 | 63.49 | 101.59 | - |
HS | 93 | 116 | 59 | - |
NO | 0 | 4 | 1 | - |
100s | 0 | 2 | 0 | - |
50s | 2 | 21 | 1 | - |
4s | 86 | 329 | 52 | - |
6s | 6 | 35 | 11 | - |
Bowling Stats
Test | ODI | T20I | IPL | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Mat | 14 | 127 | 26 | - |
Inn | - | 11 | - | - |
Balls | - | 267 | - | - |
Runs | - | 265 | - | - |
Wkt | - | 3 | - | - |
BBI | - | 12 / 1 | - | - |
BBM | - | 12 / 1 | - | - |
Eco | - | 5.96 | - | - |
Avg | - | 88.33 | - | - |
5W | - | 0 | - | - |
10W | - | 0 | - | - |
Teams he has played for:
- Zimbabwe
- Africa XI
- Mid West Rhinos
- Zimbabwe A
- Zimbabwe Cricket Academy
- Zimbabwe XI
Heres what CricBuzz says about him.
He cemented his place in the side after the rebel players decided not to represent Zimbabwe. He continued to open for Zimbabwe and was gifted with some success. He made some impressive fifties against sides like South Africa and West Indies but failed to convert it into a bigger score. He was a part of the 2007 World Cup squad and he managed only one fifty in the entire series. It came in the tied game against Ireland where he was unfortunate to have been out hit-wicket.
Controversy followed soon after the World Cup when speculations arose that he had announced his retirement from International cricket so that he could pursue a career in club cricket in Sydney, Australia. He came out in denial and continued playing for Zimbabwe with some success.
His only century came against Bermuda in a tri series final in 2006. His inability to stay on and convert some good fifties into something more substantial has been his biggest drawback. He played in three Tests before Zimbabwe's ban but failed to make an impression. However, he has shown signs of maturity in domestic games and will definitely be an asset to the team as Zimbabwe make a return to Test Cricket.
Sibanda came of age with the 2009-2010 domestic season. He was named the captain of Midwest Rhinos and represented Zimbabwe XI that took on Kenya later that year. Exhibiting a fantastic form, Sibanda scored almost 1500 runs in the Logan Cup with an average of 95, including nine tons.
With a record like this, it did not take a long time for Sibanda to establish himself a an important member of the team. Although he has not made much of a contribution in Tests, he has been a consistent limited overs player. Sibanda hit his 2nd ODI ton in May 2013 against Bangladesh leading his team to victory over the visitors in the third game of a 3-match ODI series. Although Zimbabwe were not able to go much further in the 2014 World T20, Sibanda was instrumental in hitting a last-ball six to set up a thrilling win against Netherlands in their second game of the tournament.
Sibanda keeps getting better with age. PLaying for the Midwest Rhinos in a recent game against the Matabeleland Tuskers, he slammed a brilliant 217, his highest score in first-class cricket, thus ensuring the Rhinos a massive victory by an innings and 299 runs.
By Cricbuzz staff
As of April 2014
Heres what ESPNcricinfo says about him.
Vusi Sibanda is a contemporary of Tatenda Taibu, Hamilton Masakadza and Stuart Matsikenyeri. Like them, he comes from the Harare township of Highfield and earned a ZCU scholarship to Churchill High School. Sibanda is an opening batsman and an occasional medium-pace bowler, and was a student at the CFX Academy in 2002. He scored 58 on debut against the West Indies, but his selection for the national team came too early, and despite failing to live up to his potential, the crisis in the national side meant that he kept his place long after others would have been discarded. Despite being a superb timer of the ball off both the front and back feet, he was slow to learn the ability to build a big innings and his selections were due almost entirely to his outstanding potential rather than actual performance. He has a very sound technique, but poor shot selection has often brought about his downfall. Coach Kevin Curran noted that he matured well on the West Indian tour in May 2006. He suffered a hand injury early on, but took his opportunities when given them, starting the tour with 52 at Georgetown, and finishing with a 78 and then a superb century in the Tri-Series final against Bermuda.
He had a successful club season in Sydney, Australia, which seemed to have paid dividends when he registered scores of 47, 93 not out, and 64 in the home series against Bangladesh in February 2007. He could not carry this form into the World Cup, however, and his only innings of note in the tournament was 67 in Zimbabwe's tied game against Ireland at Kingston. He returned to Australian club cricket after the World Cup amid questions over his commitment to international cricket, but subsequently returned to Zimbabwe and was selected for the Afro-Asia Cup, making some impressive starts without being able to push on for a big score. He narrowly missed out on a first ODI hundred against a Test-playing nation when he was run out for 96 against the West Indies in Bulawayo in December 2007, and remained in contention for the national side thereafter with the odd good innings.
Sibanda seemed to have fully matured as a batsman during the 2009-10 Zimbabwean domestic season. He was named as captain of the Midwest Rhinos and called up for the Zimbabwe XI to take on Kenya in the Intercontinental cup game at Kwekwe. Responding superbly, he rescued the Zimbabweans with 209 in the first innings and sealed the victory with an unbeaten 116 in the second. This marked the beginning of a rich vein of form for Sibanda, and he rocketed to the top of the domestic first-class batting tables. Before the end of the Logan Cup, he had taken his season tally to almost 1500 runs at an average of 95 with nine hundreds, including a career-best 215. Tellingly, only once did he pass fifty and fail to reach a hundred. With statistics like those, it is hard to see how he can be left out of the national side, and will likely play a major role should Zimbabwe return to Test cricket in the near future.
Liam Brickhill January 2010