Craig Brian Wishart (born 9 January 1974) is a former Zimbabwean

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er, who played Tests and ODIs for 10 years. He played domestic cricket for

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and

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as well as the Zimbabwean national team. Currently he is self-employed in Zimbabwe and plays social cricket there.

International career

Wishart made his Test debut in 1995 in Harare. He has a Test record batting score of 114, with a 22.40 batting average, and a one-day record batting score of 172

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, achieved against Namibia in the

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, the sixth highest in World Cup history and the highest scored by a Zimbabwean player in ODIs. Wishart retired in 2005, citing "stress from the problems in local cricket", and was one of a number of senior internationals to announce their retirements in protest of the local governing body's controversial decisions during the early 2000s.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Wishart, Craig Zimbabwean cricketers 1974 births Living people Zimbabwe Test cricketers Zimbabwe One Day International cricketers Cricketers at the 2003 Cricket World Cup Commonwealth Games competitors for Zimbabwe Cricketers at the 1998 Commonwealth Games Cricketers from Harare Mashonaland cricketers Midlands cricketers White Rhodesian people White Zimbabwean sportspeople Alumni of Falcon College