Tapiwa Mufudza (born 20 September 1990) is a Zimbabwean cricketer. Mufudza has been an

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since he took up the game at Mbizi Primary School in

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. He played for the

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in Harare before being recruited by

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. He played his first matches for Mountaineers in 2011–12, and established himself in the side in 2012–13, when he took 13 wickets at an average of 14.92 to lead the national first-class bowling averages. In the

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match against

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he scored 39 batting at number 10, then took 2 for 46 and 5 for 27 in a 116-run victory. In the Zimbabwean T20 competition final against

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he opened the bowling and took 4 for 14. Mountaineers won the match and he won the

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award. He played for Cookham Dean in the

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in 2014, taking 80 wickets at an average of 14.86 and making 499 runs at 27.72. In the Logan Cup in December 2014, Mufudza took 7 for 31 in the second innings against

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, including the first six wickets to fall, to ensure victory for Mountaineers. In January 2015 he played two 50-over matches for Zimbabwe A against

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, taking two wickets for 56 runs in 20 overs. Later that month, opening the bowling in a

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match against Mashonaland Eagles, he took 4 for 28. In December 2020, Mufudza was selected to play for the

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in the

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. In April 2021, he was named in

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's squad for their

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(T20I) series against Pakistan.

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