Guy James Whittall (born 5 September 1972) is a former Zimbabwean international

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er who played 46 Test matches and 147 One Day Internationals (ODIs) and captained Zimbabwe in four ODIs. He played as an

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and was known as an aggressive middle-order batsman and an effective medium pace bowler.Guy Whittall
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Early life

Whittall born at Chipinge in what was then Rhodesia in 1972. The son of farmers, he was educated at Ruzawi School and then

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where he captained the school cricket XI and played both

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and

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.Ward J (2000
Guy Whittall – a short biography
CricInfo, 2000-11-10. Retrieved 2019-08-11. He was selected for the national schools cricket side aged 16 and toured New Zealand and England. The side was coached by former international David Houghton and they were unbeaten on both tours. His first

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century came for Zimbabwe Schools against Harare Central, although the tournament did not have first class status at the time. Whittall also played rugby for Zimbabwe schools, playing as a centre. He went on to play for the national side, including going as a squad member to the qualification tournament for the

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Cricket career

His

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debut came at the age of 18, playing for Young Zimbabwe. He first played for Zimbabwe against Worcestershire, opening the batting and was selected for the Zimbabwean team to tour England in 1993. Although he would not get a game in England, he was included in the side for the tour to Pakistan later the same year. Whittall made his Test debut in December against

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, scoring 33 runs and taking the wicket of

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. He made his maiden Test century in his sixth Test, at

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in February 1995, making an unbeaten 113 to help his side to a historic first Test victory against the touring Pakistanis. Two years later he scored Zimbabwe's first double-century, making an unbeaten 203 at

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against

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. Whittall was well short of his double ton when the number 11, Everton Matambanadzo, came in to bat. The New Zealanders did their bit to help, giving field placings designed to give easy singles thus giving Matambanadzo the strike. The milestone eventually came with a boundary through the slips. Against the same opponents in September 2002, Whittall fell just short of registering another double hundred, finishing unbeaten on 188 in controversial circumstances when

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was run out with Whittall possibly impeded by

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. Although he never took a five wicket haul, Whittall took over 50 Test wickets for Zimbabwe. His career best was 4/18 against England. His ODI career included three World Cups, and he did particularly well in

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as Zimbabwe made the final six. In 2000, he became the first fielder for Zimbabwe to take four catches in an innings of an ODI

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Whittall, Guy 1972 births Living people Alumni of Falcon College Manicaland cricketers Matabeleland cricketers Zimbabwean ODI captains Zimbabwe One Day International cricketers Zimbabwe Test cricketers Zimbabwean cricketers Cricketers at the 1996 Cricket World Cup Cricketers at the 1999 Cricket World Cup Cricketers at the 2003 Cricket World Cup Sportspeople from Manicaland Province White Rhodesian people White Zimbabwean sportspeople