Brian Chari

Brian Chari
Personal information
Full name
Brian Bara Chari
Born (1992-02-14) 14 February 1992 (age 32)
Chegutu, Zimbabwe[1]
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm off break
RoleTop-order batsman
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 94)3 November 2014 v Bangladesh
Last Test11 November 2018 v Bangladesh
ODI debut (cap 126)1 October 2015 v Pakistan
Last ODI3 November 2019 v Pakistan
T20I debut (cap 54)27 September 2019 v Nepal
Last T20I1 October 2019 v Nepal
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2011–Matabeleland Tuskers
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA
Matches 7 14 67 89
Runs scored 254 186 3,095 2,343
Batting average 18.14 13.28 25.79 29.28
100s/50s 0/2 0/0 4/18 6/11
Top score 80 39 128 125
Balls bowled 18 – 455 162
Wickets 0 – 6 1
Bowling average – – 44.33 126.00
5 wickets in innings – – 0 0
10 wickets in match – – 0 0
Best bowling – – 3/25 1/35
Catches/stumpings 8/– 3/1 46/– 21/1
Source: Cricinfo, 3 November 2020

Brian Bara Chari (born 14 February 1992) is a Zimbabwean cricketer. He made his international debut for the Zimbabwe national cricket team in November 2014.

Domestic career

A top-order batsman and occasional off break bowler, Chari has played domestically for the Matabeleland Tuskers since 2011. He was the leading run-scorer for Matabeleland Tuskers in the 2017–18 Pro50 Championship tournament, with 316 runs in eight matches.[2] He was also the leading run-scorer for the Matabeleland Tuskers in the 2018–19 Logan Cup, with 356 runs in six matches.[3]

In December 2020, he was named as the captain of the Tuskers for the 2020–21 Logan Cup.[4][5]

International career

Chari made his Test debut for Zimbabwe in November 2014, playing in two of the team's three Tests on their tour of Bangladesh.[6] He made his One Day International (ODI) debut for Zimbabwe against Pakistan on 1 October 2015.[7]

In June 2018, he was named in a 22-man preliminary Twenty20 International (T20I) squad for the 2018 Zimbabwe Tri-Nation Series.[8] The following month, he was named in Zimbabwe's One Day International (ODI) squad for their series against Pakistan.[9]

In September 2018, he was named in Zimbabwe's squad for the 2018 Africa T20 Cup tournament.[10] In September 2019, he was named in Zimbabwe's Twenty20 International (T20I) squad for the 2019–20 Singapore Tri-Nation Series.[11] He made his T20I debut for Zimbabwe, against Nepal, in the Singapore Tri-Nation Series on 27 September 2019.[12]

References

  1. ^ "The Home of CricketArchive". cricketarchive.com. Retrieved 15 March 2022.
  2. ^ "2017–18 Pro50 Championship, Matabeleland Tuskers: Batting and Bowling Averages". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 31 May 2018.
  3. ^ "LLogan Cup, 2018/19 - Matabeleland Tuskers: Batting and bowling averages". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 16 February 2019.
  4. ^ "Logan Cup first class cricket competition gets underway". The Zimbabwe Daily. Archived from the original on 9 December 2020. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
  5. ^ "Logan Cup starts in secure environment". The Herald. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
  6. ^ "Zimbabwe tour of Bangladesh, 2nd Test: Bangladesh v Zimbabwe at Khulna, Nov 3-7, 2014". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 3 November 2014.
  7. ^ "Pakistan tour of Zimbabwe, 1st ODI: Zimbabwe v Pakistan at Harare, Oct 1, 2015". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 1 October 2015.
  8. ^ "Raza, Taylor absent from Zimbabwe T20I squad". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 20 June 2018.
  9. ^ "Major blow for Zim as Mire ruled out of Pakistan ODI series". Cricket365. Retrieved 11 July 2018.
  10. ^ "Musakanda to captain Zimbabwe Select in Africa T20 Cup". Cricket South Africa. Archived from the original on 3 September 2018. Retrieved 3 September 2018.
  11. ^ "Sikandar Raza out of Zimbabwe T20 squad over disciplinary issues". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 6 September 2019.
  12. ^ "1st Match (N), Singapore Twenty20 Tri-Series at Singapore, Sep 27 2019". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 27 September 2019.