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(ODI) cricket is played between international

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teams who are Full Members of the

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(ICC) as well as the top four

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. Unlike

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, ODIs consist of one

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per team, having a limit in the number of overs, currently 50 overs per innings – although in the past this has been 55 or 60 overs. ODI cricket is

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, so statistics and records set in ODI matches also count toward List-A records. The earliest match recognised as an ODI was played between

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and

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in January 1971; since when there have been over 4,000 ODIs played by 28 teams. This is a list of

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records. It is based on the

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, but concentrates solely on records dealing with the Zimbabwe cricket team. Zimbabwe played its first ever ODI in 1983.

Key

The top five records are listed for each category, except for the

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, all round records and the

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. Tied records for fifth place are also included. Explanations of the general symbols and cricketing terms used in the list are given below. Specific details are provided in each category where appropriate. All records include matches played for

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only, and are correct .

Team records

Overall record

Team wins, losses, draws and ties

, Zimbabwe has played 541 ODI matches resulting in 140 victories, 381 defeats, 8 ties and 12 no results for an overall winning percentage of 27.22.

First bilateral ODI series wins

First ODI match wins

Winning every match in a series

In a bilateral series winning all matches is referred to as

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. First such event occurred when

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toured England in 1976. Zimbabwe have recorded five such series victories.

Losing every match in a series

Zimbabwe have also suffered such whitewash 34 times.

Team scoring records

Most runs in an innings

The highest innings total scored in ODIs came in the match between

and

in June 2018. Playing in the third ODI at

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, the hosts posted a total of 481/6. The second ODI against

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in January 2009 saw Zimbabwe set their highest innings total of 351/7.

Fewest runs in an innings

The lowest innings total scored in ODIs has been scored twice.

were dismissed for 35 by

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during the third ODI in Sri Lanka's tour of Zimbabwe in April 2004 and

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were dismissed for same score by

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in the sixth ODI of the 2020 ICC Cricket World League 2 in Nepal in February 2020.

Most runs conceded an innings

The third ODI of the 2006 ODI Series against the

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saw Zimbabwe concede their highest innings total of 418/5.

Fewest runs conceded in an innings

The lowest score conceded by Zimbabwe for a full inning is 75 scored by Canada in the Associate Tri-Nation Series in West Indies in 2006 at Port of Spain.

Most runs aggregate in a match

The highest match aggregate scored in ODIs came in the match between

and

in the fifth ODI of March 2006 series at

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when South Africa scored 438/9 in response to Australia's 434/4. The first ODI against

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in ,

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saw a total of 709 runs being scored.

Fewest runs aggregate in a match

The lowest match aggregate in ODIs is 71 when

were dismissed for 35 by

in the sixth ODI of the 2020 ICC Cricket World League 2 in Nepal in February 2020. The lowest match aggregate in ODI history for Zimbabwe is 75 scored in the third match of the Sri Lanka's tour of Zimbabwe in 2004.

Result records

An ODI match is won when one side has scored more runs than the total runs scored by the opposing side during their

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. If both sides have completed both their allocated innings and the side that fielded last has the higher aggregate of runs, it is known as a win by runs. This indicates the number of runs that they had scored more than the opposing side. If the side batting last wins the match, it is known as a win by

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, indicating the number of wickets that were still to fall.

Greatest win margins (by runs)

The greatest winning margin by runs in ODIs was New Zealand's victory over Ireland by 290 runs in the only ODI of the 2008 England tour. The largest victory recorded by Zimbabwe was during the final of the Meril International Tournament 1998–99 in Bangladesh against Kenya by 202 runs.

Greatest win margins (by balls remaining)

The greatest winning margin by balls remaining in ODIs was England's victory over Canada by 8 wickets with 277 balls remaining in the

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. The largest victory recorded by Zimbabwe is during the Kenya's tour of Zimbabwe in December 2002 when they won by 9 wickets with 204 balls remaining.

Greatest win margins (by wickets)

A total of 55 matches have ended with chasing team winning by 10 wickets with West Indies winning by such margins a record 10 times. Zimbabwe have not won an ODI match by this margin.

Highest successful run chases

South Africa holds the record for the highest successful run chase which they achieved when they scored 438/9 in response to Australia's 434/9. Zimbabwe's highest innings total while chasing is 329/9 in a successful run chase against New Zealand at Bulawayo, Zimbabwe during the New Zealand's tour of Zimbabwe in October 2011.

Narrowest win margins (by runs)

The narrowest run margin victory is by 1 run which has been achieved in 31 ODI's with Australia winning such games a record 6 times. Zimbabwe's has achieved any victory by 1 run only once.

Narrowest win margins (by balls remaining)

The narrowest winning margin by balls remaining in ODIs is by winning of the last ball which has been achieved 36 times with both South Africa winning seven times. Zimbabwe has achieved a victory by this margin on three occasions.

Narrowest win margins (by wickets)

The narrowest margin of victory by wickets is 1 wicket which has settled 55 such ODIs. Both West Indies and New Zealand have recorded such victory on eight occasions. Zimbabwe has won the match by a margin of one wicket on four occasions.

Greatest loss margins (by runs)

Zimbabwe's biggest defeat by runs was against South Africa in the Zimbabwe's tour of South Africa in October 2010 at

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, Benoni, South Africa.

Greatest loss margins (by balls remaining)

The greatest winning margin by balls remaining in ODIs was England's victory over Canada by 8 wickets with 277 balls remaining in the

. The largest defeat suffered by Zimbabwe was during the Zimbabwe's tour of Sri Lanka in 2001 when they lost by 9 wickets with 274 balls remaining.

Greatest loss margins (by wickets)

Zimbabwe have lost an ODI match by a margin of 10 wickets on eight occasions with most recent being during the fourth match of the Zimbabwe's ODI series against Afghanistan in UAE in February 2018.

Narrowest loss margins (by runs)

The narrowest loss of Zimbabwe in terms of runs is by 1 run suffered once.

Narrowest loss margins (by balls remaining)

The narrowest winning margin by balls remaining in ODIs is by winning of the last ball which has been achieved 36 times with both South Africa winning seven times. Zimbabwe has suffered loss by this margin once.

Narrowest loss margins (by wickets)

Zimbabwe has suffered defeat by 1 wicket on four occasions.

Tied matches

A tie can occur when the scores of both teams are equal at the conclusion of play, provided that the side batting last has completed their innings. There have been 37

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in ODIs history with Zimbabwe involved in seven such games.

Individual records

Batting records

Most career runs

Fastest runs getter

Most runs in each batting position

Most runs against each team

Highest individual score

The fourth ODI of the Sri Lanka's tour of India in 2014 saw

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score the highest Individual score. Charles Coventry holds the Zimbabwean record when he scored 194* against Bangladesh in the fourth ODI of the 2009 series.

Highest individual score – progression of record

Highest score against each opponent

Highest career average

Highest Average in each batting position

Most half-centuries

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Sachin Tendulkar Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar (; ; born 24 April 1973) is an Indian former international cricketer who captained the Indian national team. He is regarded as one of the greatest batsmen in the history of cricket. He is the all time highest run-scor ...

of India has scored the most half-centuries in ODIs with 96. He is followed by the Sri Lanka's

Kumar Sangakkara Kumara Chokshananda Sangakkara ( si, කුමාර් චොක්ශනාද සංගක්කාර; born 27 October 1977) is a Sri Lankan cricket commentator, former professional cricketer, businessman, ICC Hall of Fame inductee and the ...

on 93, South Africa's

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on 86 and India's

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and Zimbabwe's

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on 83.

Most centuries

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is a score of 100 or more runs in a single innings. Tendulkar has also scored the most centuries in ODIs with 49.

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has the most centuries for Zimbabwe.

Most Sixes

Most Fours

Highest strike rates

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of West Indies holds the record for highest strike rate, with minimum 500 balls faced qualification, with 130.22.

Andy Blignaut Arnoldus Mauritius Blignaut (born 1 August 1978) is a former Zimbabwean cricketer, who played all formats of the game. He was a right-arm fast-medium bowler, also known as a hard-hitting batsman in ODIs, where he frequently scored a fast rate; ...

is the Zimbabwean with the highest strike rate.

Highest strike rates in an inning

James Franklin of New Zealand's strike rate of 387.50 during his 31 * off 8 balls against

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during

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is the world record for highest strike rate in an innings.

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holds the top position for a Zimbabwe player in this list with his innings of 27 off 11 balls against Pakistan during the

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Most runs in a calendar year

Tendulkar holds the record for most runs scored in a calendar year with 1894 runs scored in 1998.

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scored 1116 runs in 2001, the most for a Zimbabwe batsmen in a year.

Most runs in a series

The 1980-81 Benson & Hedges World Series Cup in Australia saw

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set the record for the most runs scored in a single series scoring 685 runs. He is followed by

with 673 runs scored in the

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has scored the most runs in a series for a Zimbabwe batsmen, when he scored 467 runs in the Kenya in Zimbabwe in 2009-10.

Most ducks

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refers to a batsman being dismissed without scoring a run.

Sanath Jayasuriya Deshabandu Sanath Teran Jayasuriya ( si, සනත් ජයසූරිය, ta, சனத் ஜெயசூர்யா; born 30 June 1969), is a former Sri Lankan cricketer and a captain. He is credited for having revolutionized one-day in ...

has scored the equal highest number of ducks in ODIs with 34 such knocks. Grant Flower with 18 ducks has the most ducks for a Zimbabwe player.

Bowling records

Most career wickets

Fastest wicket taker

Most career wickets against each team

Best figures in an innings

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refers to the number of the wickets a bowler has taken and the number of runs conceded. Sri Lanka's

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holds the world record for best figures in an innings when he took 8/19 against Zimbabwe in December 2001 at Colombo (SSC). Shahid Afridi holds the Zimbabwean record for best bowling figures.

Best figures in an innings – progression of record

Best Bowling Figures against each opponent

Best career average

Best career economy rate

A bowler's

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is the total number of runs they have conceded divided by the number of overs they have bowled. West Indies'

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, holds the ODI record for the best career economy rate with 3.09. Zimbabwe's Ray Price, with a rate of 3.99 runs per over conceded over his 102-match ODI career, is the highest Zimbabwean on the list.

Best career strike rate

Most four-wickets (& over) hauls in an innings

Most five-wicket hauls in a match

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refers to a bowler taking five wickets in a single innings.

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with 3 such hauls has the most hauls among all Zimbabwean bowlers.

Best economy rates in an inning

The best economy rate in an inning, when a minimum of 30 balls are delivered by the player, is West Indies player

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economy of 0.30 during his spell of 3 runs for 4 wickets in 10 overs against Zimbabwe at

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in the 1991-92 Australian Tri-Series. Ray Price holds the Zimbabwean record during his spell in 2008 Associates Tri-Series in Kenya against Ireland at

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, Kenya.

Best strike rates in an inning

The best strike rate in an inning, when a minimum of 4 wickets are taken by the player, is shared by

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of Canada,

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of England and

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of Zimbabwe when they achieved a striekk rate of 4.2 balls pr wicket.

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during his spell of 4/27 achieved the best strike rate for a Zimbabwean bowler.

Worst figures in an innings

The worst figures in an ODI came in the 5th One Day International between South Africa at home to Australia in 2006. Australia's

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returned figures of 0/113 from his 10 overs in the second innings of the match. The worst figures by a Zimbabwean is 0/110 that came off the bowling of

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in the third ODI against England at Nottingham.

Most runs conceded in a match

Mick Lewis also holds the dubious distinction of most runs conceded in an ODI during the aforementioned match. Riaz holds the most runs conceded distinction for Zimbabwe.

Most wickets in a calendar year

Zimbabwe's

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holds the record for most wickets taken in a year when he took 69 wickets in 1997 in 36 ODIs.

Most wickets in a series

1998–99 Carlton and United Series involving Australia, England and Sri Lanka and the

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saw the records set for the most wickets taken by a bowler in an ODI series when Australian

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and

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achieved a total of 27 wickets during the series, respectively.

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in the 1994-95 Mandela Trophy and

Shahid Afridi Sahibzada Mohammad Shahid Khan Afridi ( ur, شاہد افریدی‎, ps, شاهد افریدی; born 1 March 1977), known as Shahid Afridi, is a Pakistani former cricketer and captain of the Pakistan national cricket team. He is current ...

are joint 16th with 21 wickets taken a series.

Hat-trick

, a hat-trick occurs when a bowler takes three wickets with consecutive deliveries. The deliveries may be interrupted by an

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bowled by another bowler from the other end of the pitch or the other team's

, but must be three consecutive deliveries by the individual bowler in the same match. Only

attributed to the bowler count towards a hat-trick; run outs do not count. In ODIs history there have been just 49 hat-tricks, the first achieved by Jalal-ud-Din for

against

in 1982.

Wicket-keeping records

Most career dismissals

Most career catches

Most career stumpings

Most dismissals in an innings

Most dismissals in a series

Fielding records

Most career catches

Most catches in an innings

''Note: 14 Zimbabwean fielders on 22 occasions have taken 3 catches in an inning.''

Most catches in a series

The

, which was won by England for the first time, saw the record set for the most catches taken by a non-wicket-keeper in an ODI series. Englishman

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and

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of the England Test team

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took 13 catches in the series as well as scored 556 runs.

Craig Ervine Craig Richard Ervine (born 19 August 1985) is a Zimbabwean international cricketer who captains Zimbabwe in limited overs matches. Ervine is a left-handed batter. He was born in Harare and has played Test and limited overs cricket for the Zimb ...

took 8 catches during the Afghanistan in Zimbabwe in 2015-16 ODI series, the most for a Zimbabwean fileder in a series.

All-round records

1000 runs and 100 wickets

250 runs and 5 wickets in a series

Other records

Most career matches

Most consecutive career matches

Most matches as captain

Youngest players on Debut

The youngest player to play in an ODI match is claimed to be Hasan Raza at the age of 14 years and 233 days. Making his debut for Zimbabwe against Zimbabwe on 30 October 1996, there is some doubt as to the validity of Raza's age at the time.

Oldest players on Debut

The Netherlands batsmen Nolan Clarke is the oldest player to appear in an ODI match. Playing in the

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against New Zealand in 1996 at

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, India he was aged 47 years and 240 days.

Oldest players

The Netherlands batsmen Nolan Clarke is the oldest player to appear in an ODI match. Playing in the

against South Africa in 1996 at

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, Pakistan he was aged 47 years and 257 days.

Partnership records

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batting together in a partnership. This partnership will continue until one of them is dismissed, retires or the innings comes to a close.

Highest partnerships by wicket

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batsman and the number three batsman. This partnership continues until the second wicket falls. The third wicket partnership then commences between the not-out batsman and the new batsman. This continues down to the tenth wicket partnership. When the tenth wicket has fallen, there is no batsman left to partner so the innings are closed.

Highest partnerships by runs

The highest ODI partnership by runs for any wicket is held by the West Indian pairing of

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and

Marlon Samuels Marlon Nathaniel Samuels (born 5 February 1981) is a former Jamaican cricketer who played internationally for the West Indies in all three formats, and a former ODI captain. He is a right-handed middle order batsman and an off-spinner. He was a ...

who put together a second wicket partnership of 372 runs during the

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against Zimbabwe in February 2015. This broke the record of 331 runs set by Indian pair of

and

against New Zealand

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Umpiring records

Most matches umpired

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in cricket is a person who officiates the match according to the ''

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''. Two umpires adjudicate the match on the field, whilst a

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has access to video replays, and a

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looks after the match balls and other duties. The records below are only for on-field umpires.

Rudi Koertzen Rudolf Eric Koertzen (; 26 March 1949 – 9 August 2022) was a South African international cricket umpire. A cricket enthusiast since his youth, he played league cricket while working as a clerk for South African Railways. He began umpiring in ...

of South Africa holds the record for the most ODI matches umpired with 209. The current active

Aleem Dar Aleem Dar PP ( Punjabi, ur, ; born 6 June 1968) is a Pakistani cricket umpire and former cricketer. He is a member of the Elite Panel of ICC Umpires. He won the David Shepherd Trophy three years in a row from 2009 to 2011, after being nomina ...

is currently at 208 matches. They are followed by New Zealand's

Billy Bowden Brent Fraser "Billy" Bowden (born 11 April 1963) is a cricket umpire from New Zealand. He was a player until he began to suffer from rheumatoid arthritis. He is well known for his dramatic signaling style which includes the famous "crooked finge ...

who officiated in 200 matches.

Russell Tiffin Russell Blair Tiffin (born 4 June 1959) is a Zimbabwean cricket umpire and former cricketer. He was a member of the ICC International umpire panel from 1995 to 2018 when he retired. Early life Tiffin was born in Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia (n ...

is the most experienced Zimbabwean umpire

Notes

References

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