page_title: Zimbabwe national cricket team
section_title: Notable players
hierarchical_section_title: Zimbabwe national cricket team / Notable players
caption_attribution_description: English: Andy Flower at the Paul Grayson Benefit Match, Upminster Park, Upminster against Upminster CC
context_page_description: The Zimbabwe national cricket team represents Zimbabwe in men's international cricket and it's administered by Zimbabwe Cricket. Zimbabwe has been a Full Member of the International Cricket Council since 1992. As of 20 March 2020, Zimbabwe is currently ranked eleventh in Tests, eleventh in ODIs and twelfth in Twenty20 Internationals by the ICC.
context_section_description: Eddo Brandes – Fast bowler; first Zimbabwean to take an ODI hat-trick. Originally a chicken farmer; later became a coach in Australia.
  Alistair Campbell – Former national captain and opening batsman; later an administrator and convener of selectors.
  Kevin Curran – Former all-rounder and Zimbabwe coach (2005–2007).
  Sean Ervine – elder brother of Craig. Currently plays county cricket for Hampshire.
  Andy Flower – Wicket-keeper batsman, former national captain and black arm-band demonstrator. Once ranked as the top batsman in Test cricket. Coached the England team from 2009 to 2014.
  Grant Flower – Also played county cricket for Leicestershire and Essex, the latter alongside elder brother Andy. Retired from playing in 2010 and became a batting coach, first for Zimbabwe, then Pakistan and currently for Sri Lanka.
  Murray Goodwin – Born in Salisbury (now Harare), he began his career with Western Australia in 1994. Played county cricket for Sussex and Glamorgan; retired from playing in 2014 having made 71 first-class hundreds. Currently batting coach for Sussex.
  Graeme Hick – Member of 1983 World Cup squad at the age of 17 and represented Zimbabwe until 1986. Qualified for England and played international cricket from 1991 to 2001. Worcestershire County Cricket Club legend, for whom he compiled 106 of his 136 first-class hundreds.
  David Houghton – Former national captain, has the highest individual Test score for Zimbabwe (266). Later coached Derbyshire; is currently a batting consultant for the Ireland national team.
  Kyle Jarvis – Son of Malcolm. Talented fast bowler, represented Zimbabwe from 2009 to 2013; signed a Kolpak deal and played for Lancashire before returning to Zimbabwe in September 2017
  Neil Johnson – Born in Salisbury (now Harare). An all-rounder, opened both the batting and bowling for his country in the 1999 World Cup. He won three Man-of-the-Match awards and was influential in Zimbabwe's qualification to the Super 6 stage of the tournament.
  Hamilton Masakadza – Talented batsman and former national captain. Made history by scoring a century on his Test debut at the age of 17 in 2001; was also the first black Zimbabwean to score a first-class century, and the first batsman to make two scores of 150 or more in the same ODI series (against Kenya in 2009).
  Henry Olonga – Quick bowler, musician and black arm-band demonstrator. Olonga was the first black Zimbabwean to represent the country in 1995.
  Trevor Penney – Represented Zimbabwe before becoming a Warwickshire County Cricket Club stalwart from 1992 to 2005. Since retirement, his employment as fielding coach (an art in which he excelled) has been much sought-after, currently assisting the Indian national team.
  Ray Price – Spin bowler; one of the few white players to regularly represent Zimbabwe before and after the rebellion of 2004. Also played county cricket for Worcestershire.
  Paul Strang – elder brother of Bryan. Spin bowler and all-rounder, instrumental in Zimbabwe's rise in the mid to late 1990s; current coach of the Auckland Aces.
  Heath Streak – Former national captain and leading wicket-taker for Zimbabwe in both Test and ODI cricket. Later became bowling coach for both Zimbabwe and Bangladesh.
  Tatenda Taibu – Talented wicket-keeper batsman; became Zimbabwe's first black national captain in 2004 and – at 20 – the youngest Test captain ever, a record he retains as of 2016. Quit cricket for the Church in 2012, but returned to the sport in 2016 as a convener of selectors and development officer.
  Brendan Taylor – Regarded as one of Zimbabwe's few post-isolation international class players, became the first Zimbabwean batsman to hit back-to-back One Day International centuries and the first batsman to score more than 300 runs in a three-match ODI series. He opted for a Kolpak deal with Nottinghamshire after the 2015 World Cup. Returned to Zimbabwe in September 2017.
  Charles Coventry – Coventry jointly held  the record for the highest score in ODIs with Saeed Anwar after equaling his 194 versus Bangladesh in 2009 at Bulawayo, until it was surpassed by Sachin Tend
caption: Andy Flower
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