Zimbabwean cricketer
Richard Ngarava (born 29 December 1997) is a Zimbabwean cricketer .[ 1] He made his Twenty20 debut for Zimbabwe against Free State in the 2016 Africa T20 Cup on 9 September 2016.[ 2] Earlier, he was part of Zimbabwe's squad for the 2016 Under-19 Cricket World Cup .[ 3]
Career
He made his List A debut for Zimbabwe A against Afghanistan A during Afghanistan's tour to Zimbabwe on 3 February 2017.[ 4] Following the List A matches, Ngarava was added to Zimbabwe's One Day International (ODI) squad for the five-match series against Afghanistan.[ 5] He made his ODI debut for Zimbabwe against Afghanistan at the Harare Sports Club on 16 February 2017.[ 6] Also in February 2017, he was named in an academy squad by Zimbabwe Cricket to tour England later that year.[ 7]
He made his first-class debut for Rising Stars in the 2017–18 Logan Cup on 4 October 2017.[ 8] In June 2018, he was named in a Board XI team for warm-up fixtures ahead of the 2018 Zimbabwe Tri-Nation Series .[ 9]
In September 2018, he was named in Zimbabwe's squad for the 2018 Africa T20 Cup tournament.[ 10] Later the same month, he was named in Zimbabwe's Test squad for the series against Bangladesh .[ 11] However, he was later ruled out of the Test series due to injury.[ 12]
In September 2019, he was named in Zimbabwe's Twenty20 International (T20I) squad for the 2019–20 Singapore Tri-Nation Series .[ 13] He made his T20I debut for Zimbabwe, against Singapore , in the Singapore Tri-Nation Series on 27 September 2019.[ 14] In February 2021, Ngarava was named in Zimbabwe's Test squad for their series against Afghanistan .[ 15] In April 2021, he was named in Zimbabwe's Test squad, for the series against Pakistan .[ 16] He made his Test debut for Zimbabwe, against Pakistan , on 29 April 2021.[ 17]
References
^ "Richard Ngarava" . ESPN Cricinfo . Retrieved 3 February 2017 .
^ "Africa T20 Cup, Pool C: Zimbabwe v Free State at East London, Sep 9, 2016" . ESPN Cricinfo . Retrieved 3 February 2017 .
^ "All 16 squads confirmed for ICC U19 Cricket World Cup 2016" . International Cricket Council . Archived from the original on 28 January 2016. Retrieved 9 January 2016 .
^ "Afghanistan A tour of Zimbabwe, 4th unofficial ODI: Zimbabwe A v Afghanistan A at Harare, Feb 3, 2017" . ESPN Cricinfo . Retrieved 3 February 2017 .
^ "Ngarava, Mumba added to Zimbabwe squad for Afghanistan ODIs" . ESPN Cricinfo . 15 February 2017. Retrieved 15 February 2017 .
^ "Afghanistan tour of Zimbabwe, 1st ODI: Zimbabwe v Afghanistan at Harare, Feb 16, 2017" . ESPN Cricinfo . 16 February 2017. Retrieved 16 February 2017 .
^ "ZC announces 16-member Academy squad for England tour" . ESPN Cricinfo . Retrieved 17 February 2017 .
^ "Logan Cup at Kwekwe, Oct 4-7 2017" . ESPN Cricinfo . Retrieved 4 October 2017 .
^ "Graeme Cremer, Sikandar Raza left out of T20 practice matches" . ESPN Cricinfo . Retrieved 8 June 2018 .
^ "Musakanda to captain Zimbabwe Select in Africa T20 Cup" . Cricket South Africa . Retrieved 3 September 2018 .
^ "Brendan Taylor, Sean Williams return as Zimbabwe name squads for South Africa, Bangladesh tours" . International Cricket Council . Retrieved 13 September 2018 .
^ "Chris Mpofu replaces injured Richard Ngarava for Bangladesh Tests" . ESPN Cricinfo . Retrieved 28 October 2018 .
^ "Sikandar Raza out of Zimbabwe T20 squad over disciplinary issues" . ESPN Cricinfo . Retrieved 6 September 2019 .
^ "3rd Match (N), Singapore Twenty20 Tri-Series at Singapore, Sep 29 2019" . ESPN Cricinfo . Retrieved 27 September 2019 .
^ "No Brendan Taylor, Craig Ervine in Zimbabwe squad for Afghanistan Tests" . ESPN Cricinfo . Retrieved 16 February 2021 .
^ "Jongwe, Ngarava among five uncapped players for Pakistan Tests" . CricBuzz . Retrieved 26 April 2021 .
^ "1st Test, Harare, Apr 29 - May 3 2021, Pakistan tour of Zimbabwe" . ESPN Cricinfo . Retrieved 29 April 2021 .
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