UTatenda Taibu (owazalwa zi-14 kuNhlaba 1983) wayengumdlali wekhilikithi waseZimbabwe owayengukapteni weqembu lesizwe lekhilikithi laseZimbabwe.Uyena wicket-umgcini -batsman.Kusukela mhla ziyisi-6 kuNhlaba wezi-2004 kuya kumhla zi-5 kuMandulo wezi-2019, ubephethe irekhodi lokuba ukaputeni omncane kunabo bonke emlandweni ngesikhathi engukaputeni weqembu lakhe libhekene ne- Sri Lanka kwaze kwaba yilapho u- Rashid Khan wase- Afghanistan ethatha irekhodi. NgoJulayi 2012 uTaibu, oneminyaka engu-29 kuphela, wanquma ukuyeka ukudlala ikhilikithi ukuze agxile emsebenzini wakhe esontweni.NgoZibandlela wezi-2018, kwabikwa ukuthi usebuyela emdlalweni wekhilikithi.Kamuva ngayo leyo nyanga, wadlalela ikhilikithi yesigaba sokuqala seBadureliya Sports Club emqhudelwaneni wePremier League ka -2018-19 eSri Lanka. UTaibu waqala umdlalo wakhe wokuqala wekhilikithi eneminyaka engu-16 ubudala, futhi waqala ukudlala eqenjini lesizwe laseZimbabwe ngo-2001, eneminyaka engu-18.Ngo-2003, waqokwa njengephini likakaputeni ku- Heath Streak ohambweni lweqembu lase- England, futhi waqokwa ukapteni kazwelonke ngo-Ephreli 2004, okumenza waba ukapteni omncane kunabo bonke emlandweni we-Test, kwaze kwaba yilapho u-Rashid Khan wase-Afghanistan ethatha irekhodi ngo-2019.URashid Khan wayemncane ngezinsuku ezingu - 8 kuTaibu ngenkathi engukaputeni we - Afghanishtan ibhekene neBangladesh .