Forster Mutizwa (born 24 August 1985) is a Zimbabwean former
cricket
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er. He played as a lower middle-order
batsman
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and
wicket-keeper
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.
Playing career
He was first called up to the national team for a tour of
Bangladesh
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, and subsequently made his international debut in a
One Day International
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against
Kenya
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on 27 January 2009. He had featured in a lone Test for Zimbabwe against New Zealand in January 2012. In December 2019, he quit playing cricket to become an
umpire
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The term derives from the Old French nonper, ''non'', "not" and ''per'', ...
.
Umpiring career
On 23 July 2021, he stood in his first
Twenty20 International
A Twenty20 International (T20I) is a form of cricket, played between two of the international members of the International Cricket Council (ICC), in which each team faces a maximum of twenty overs. The matches have top-class status and are the ...
(T20I) match,
between Zimbabwe and Bangladesh. On 7 August 2022, he stood in his first
One Day International
A One Day International (ODI) is a form of limited overs cricket, played between two teams with international status, in which each team faces a fixed number of overs, currently 50, with the game lasting up to 9 hours. The Cricket World C ...
(ODI) match,
between Zimbabwe and Bangladesh.
See also
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List of Twenty20 International cricket umpires
This is a list of cricket umpires who have officiated in at least one men's Twenty20 International (T20I) match. As of January 2023, 345 umpires have officiated in a men's T20I match. In November 2020, in the second T20I between Pakistan and Zi ...
References
External links
Cricinfo
1985 births
Living people
Zimbabwean cricketers
Zimbabwean Twenty20 International cricket umpires
Zimbabwean One Day International cricket umpires
Manicaland cricketers
Mashonaland cricketers
Zimbabwe Test cricketers
Zimbabwe One Day International cricketers
Zimbabwe Twenty20 International cricketers
Cricketers from Harare
Zimbabwean cricket umpires
Wicket-keepers
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