Tendai Chatara

Tendai Larry Chatara (born 28 February 1991) is an international cricketer who represents the Zimbabwe national cricket team. A tall, wiry fast bowler with appreciable pace and the ability to move the ball away from the right-hander, Chatara has risen quickly to prominence since his first-class debut for Mountaineers in 2009. Though he was not good academically in school he is one of the most talented pace prospects of his country.[1]

Tendai Chatara
Personal information
Full nameTendai Larry Chatara
Born (1991-02-28) 28 February 1991
Chimanimani, Zimbabwe
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight arm fast
RoleBowler
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 85)12 March 2013 v West Indies
Last Test11 November 2018 v Bangladesh
ODI debut (cap 114)24 February 2013 v West Indies
Last ODI7 July 2019 v Ireland
T20I debut (cap 6)13 June 2010 v India
Last T20I7 November 2020 v Pakistan
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2009–presentMountaineers
2017Band-e-Amir Dragons
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI T20I FC
Matches 9 65 13 51
Runs scored 90 159 15 496
Batting average 6.42 6.62 7.50 9.35
100s/50s 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0
Top score 22 23 8 46*
Balls bowled 1,695 3,181 282 8,896
Wickets 24 90 15 186
Bowling average 27.62 30.26 23.40 21.74
5 wickets in innings 1 0 0 9
10 wickets in match 0 0 0 1
Best bowling 5/61 4/33 3/20 6/33
Catches/stumpings 0/– 6/0 2/0 17/–
Source: ESPNCricinfo, 7 November 2020

He is naturally athletic, he represented his home town Manicaland in 200 and 400 m events, before getting a call-up to cricket.

Domestic career

Chatara plays for Zimbabwe at U-19 Level and has played one match for the senior cricket team. He also played for them at the ICC Intercontinental Cup as a part of the Zimbabwe XI in 2009.

He was quite brilliant in the domestic circuit, especially in his first-class career. He made his first-class debut in 2009 for Mountaineers against Mid West Rhinos. He immediately made an impression giving away just 25 runs from 7 overs in the first innings with a brilliant economy rate of 3.57.[2] He soon rose to prominence with 71 wickets from just 20 matches. He performed well in other forms such as List A and Twenty20 Cricket, too.

He made his List A debut for Mountaineers against Mashonaland Eagles. In this match, he got his maiden List A wicket with the dismissal of Cephas Zhuwao.[3]

He made his Twenty20 debut for Mountaineers against Mid West Rhinos in 2010, taking 1 wicket, his maiden Twenty20 wicket, with the dismissal of Zimbabwe's star opening batsman, Brendan Taylor who would be the future captain of the Zimbabwe Cricket Team.[4]

In December 2020, he was selected to play for the Mountaineers in the 2020–21 Logan Cup.[5][6]

International career

Such a performance prompted the Zimbabwean selectors to select him for the senior cricket team's Twenty20 International Series against India, captained by Suresh Raina. He made his debut in the 2nd Twenty20 International where he took his maiden wicket at international senior level with the dismissal of Yusuf Pathan.[7] Nevertheless, India won the match by 7 wickets as Raina led his nation to a 2–0 series sweep.[8]

That same year, he represented his nation, in the 2010 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup, and the following year, in 2011, he was selected for Zimbabwe's tri-nation series against Australia and South Africa A cricket teams.[9]

He is selected for the 2011–12 tour of New Zealand training camp, in place of senior seamer Chris Mpofu who was injured and had to pull out. He is also selected for the 2013 test series against Pakistan and played a crucial role for the victory of the team taking 5 wickets for 63 runs. Pakistan lost a Test match against Zimbabwe after 18 years. Zim won a Test against top team after 12 years.

In June 2018, he was named in a Board XI team for warm-up fixtures ahead of the 2018 Zimbabwe Tri-Nation Series.[10]

References
  1. Biography cricinfo. Retrieved 8 September 2011
  2. Mountaineers v Mid West Rhinos at Mutare, Oct 22–25, 2009 Match Scorecard cricinfo. Retrieved 13 September 2011
  3. Mashonaland Eagles v Mountaineers at Harare, Sep 19, 2009 Match Scorecard cricinfo. Retrieved 15 September 2011
  4. Mountaineers v Mid West Rhinos at Harare, Feb 12, 2010 Match Scorecard cricinfo. Retrieved 17 September 2011
  5. "Logan Cup first class cricket competition gets underway". The Zimbabwe Daily. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
  6. "Logan Cup starts in secure environment". The Herald. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
  7. Zimbabwe vs. India at Harare, June 13, 2010 Match Scorecard cricinfo. Retrieved 21 September 2011
  8. Raina leads India to series sweep cricinfo. Retrieved 24 September 2011
  9. Zimbabwe name Pakistan-born in tri-series squad SuperSport. Retrieved 1 October 2011
  10. "Graeme Cremer, Sikandar Raza left out of T20 practice matches". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 8 June 2018.
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