Wellington Pedzisai Masakadza (born 4 October 1993) is a Zimbabwean

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er who has played first-class and

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matches for the

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and the

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. He made his

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debut for Zimbabwe against Ireland on 9 October 2015. He made his

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debut for Zimbabwe against Afghanistan on 26 October 2015.

Domestic career

From

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, Masakadza is the youngest of three brothers who have each played cricket at high levels – the others are

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(born 1983) and

Shingirai Masakadza Shingirai Winston Masakadza (born 4 September 1986) is a cricketer and former professional footballer from Zimbabwe. The brother of former Zimbabwe cricket captain Hamilton Masakadza, he is a pace bowler and middle-order batsmen. After making hi ...

(born 1986), who have both played

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for Zimbabwe's national side. A left-handed

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and

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spinner, Wellington Masakadza represented the Zimbabwean under-19s at the 2012 Under-19 World Cup, playing in three matches. He made his senior debut for the

franchise during the 2013–14 domestic season,First-class matches played by Wellington Masakadza (7)
– CricketArchive. Retrieved 17 November 2014.
– CricketArchive. Retrieved 17 November 2014. having performed well in four trial

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games played prior to the start of the season. Masakadza went on to play five matches in the 2013–14

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, taking 15 wickets. This included figures of 5/63 on his first-class debut, against the

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. In September 2014, he was selected for the Zimbabwe A that toured

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, playing in two first-class and three one-day games. Masakadza took 6/63 in the first of those matches, his best figures. He subsequently selected in the Zimbabwean senior team's 17-man Test squad for its tour of Bangladesh in October and December, along with both of his brothers, although he did not participate in any of the Tests. For the 2014–15 Zimbabwean season, Masakadza switched to play for the

. In December 2020, he was selected to play for the

in the

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International career

He made his

debut for Zimbabwe against Ireland on 9 October 2015, but could not do impact on the series. During the Afghanistan tour of Zimbabwe, he took 4 for 21 runs, finally Zimbabwe won the match convincingly by 8 wickets. Masakadza was adjudged as the man of the match. In September 2018, he was named in Zimbabwe's

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squad for their series against Bangladesh. He made his Test debut for

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against Bangladesh on 3 November 2018.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Masakadza, Wellington 1993 births Living people Zimbabwean cricketers Zimbabwe Test cricketers Zimbabwe One Day International cricketers Zimbabwe Twenty20 International cricketers Mashonaland Eagles cricketers Mountaineers cricketers Sportspeople from Harare