Colin Michael Robertson (born 4 May 1963) is a former Zimbabwean international

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er who represented the Zimbabwean national team between 1982 and 1990. He played as a right-handed top-order batsman. Robertson made his senior debut for Zimbabwe in October 1982, playing a series of first-class and limited-overs fixtures against the touring Sri Lankans.First-class matches played by Colin Robertson
– CricketArchive. Retrieved 9 March 2016.
– CricketArchive. Retrieved 9 March 2016. His first international tournament was the

1986 ICC Trophy The 1986 ICC Trophy was a limited-overs cricket tournament held in England between 11 June and 7 July 1986. It was the third ICC Trophy tournament to be staged, and as with the previous two tournaments, games between the 16 participating teams pla ...

in England, which Zimbabwe won to qualify for the 1987 World Cup. He played in four of his team's eight matches, but scored only 56 runs, with a best of 26 against Bangladesh.ICC Trophy matches played by Colin Robertson
– CricketArchive. Retrieved 9 March 2016. In October 1988, when a New Zealand Young Internationals team toured, Robertson struck a vein of form, scoring 74 not out and 70 not out, respectively, in the first and third games of a five-match limited-overs series. The first of those innings was to be his highest in

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cricket. Robertson's highest first-class score was made on a 1990 tour of England, when he scored 125 against Lancashire.Lancashire v Zimbabweans
Zimbabwe in England 1990 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 9 March 2016. Later in the year, he was selected for the

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in the Netherlands, although he played only a single match at the tournament (against Singapore). That game was his last international appearance. Robertson remained involved in Zimbabwean domestic cricket for several more seasons, and in early 1994 played for the Mashonaland Country Districts in the

1993–94 Logan Cup The 1993–94 Logan Cup was the first competing of the Logan Cup as a first-class cricket competition. It was held in Zimbabwe from 14 January – 20 March 1994. It was won by Mashonaland Under-24s, who drew with Matabeleland in the final, and wo ...

(the first edition of the competition to hold first-class status). He was 30 years old at the time of his last first-class appearance.

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