Donald Tatenda Tiripano (born 17 March 1988) is a Zimbabwean

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er, who plays for the

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. He is a right-arm

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and tail-ended batsman.

Domestic career

He was the leading run-scorer in the

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for

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, with 678 runs in eight matches. He was the leading wicket-taker in the 2018–19 Logan Cup, with 25 dismissals in six matches. In December 2020, he was selected to play for the

in the 2020–21 Logan Cup.

International career

He was named in Zimbabwe squad for Afghanistan tour of Zimbabwe. He made his

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(ODI) debut at

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against

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where he took 2/51 in overs as

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won by 6 wickets. In his third ODI, Tiripano took 5/63 in 10 overs against

was not enough to clinch victory for

as they lost 100 runs. He took wickets of

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, Shafiqullah,

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and Aftab Alam. He was named in

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for one-off Test against

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and made his Test debut at

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in August 2014 where he took scored unbeaten 15 and then with bat and took two wickets of

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and another debutant

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.Vermeulen returns to Zimbabwe Test squad
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debut for Zimbabwe against Afghanistan on 8 January 2016.

Personal life

Tiripano is married to Chipo Mugeri-Tiripano, who has captained the Zimbabwean women's team. They have a daughter together."The first couple of local cricket"
''The Sunday Mail'', 3 April 2016. Retrieved 16 October 2016.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Tiripano, Donald 1988 births Living people Zimbabwe One Day International cricketers Zimbabwe Twenty20 International cricketers Cricketers from Mutare Zimbabwean cricketers Zimbabwe Test cricketers Mountaineers cricketers Zimbabwe Select XI cricketers