William Takudzwa Mashinge (born 6 October 1996) is a

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an cricketer who has represented the

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in Zimbabwean domestic cricket. He is an

all-rounder An all-rounder is a cricketer who regularly performs well at both batting and bowling. Although all bowlers must bat and quite a handful of batsmen do bowl occasionally, most players are skilled in only one of the two disciplines and are consi ...

who bowls right-arm

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and bats right-handed. Mashinge was born in

Marondera Marondera (known as Marandellas until 1982) is a city in Mashonaland East, Zimbabwe, located about 72 km east of Harare. History It was first known as Marandella's Kraal, corrupted from Marondera, chief of the ruling VaRozvi people who ...

, in Zimbabwe's

Mashonaland East Province Mashonaland East, informally Mash East, is a province of Zimbabwe. It has an area of 32,230 km2 and a population of approximately 1.35 million (2012). Marondera is the capital of the province. Geography Districts Mashonaland East i ...

. He made his first-class debut in January 2016, aged 19, playing for the Mountaineers against the

Mid West Rhinos The Mid West Rhinos is one of the four cricket Zimbabwean cricket franchises. They are a first-class cricket team, based in Midlands Province and the Mashonaland West area. They play their home matches at Kwekwe Sports Club in Kwekwe. History ...

in the

Logan Cup The Logan Cup is the premier domestic first-class cricket competition in Zimbabwe. It is named after James Douglas Logan. History The first recorded cricket match in what was known at the time as Rhodesia was played in August 1890 near Fort V ...

. Later in the year, Mashinge was selected in the Zimbabwe under-19s squad for the 2016 Under-19 World Cup in Bangladesh. He played in all six of his team's matches, scoring 127 runs (the third-most for Zimbabwe) but taking just two wickets. In the ninth-place play-off against

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, he top-scored for Zimbabwe with 66 runs from 92 balls. He made his

Twenty20 Twenty20 (T20) is a shortened game format of cricket. At the professional level, it was introduced by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) in 2003 for the inter-county competition. In a Twenty20 game, the two teams have a single inn ...

debut for

against Free State in the 2016 Africa T20 Cup on 9 September 2016. In February 2017, he was named in an academy squad by

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to tour England later that year. He made his List A debut for Mountaineers in the 2018–19 Pro50 Championship on 8 December 2018. In September 2019, he was named in Zimbabwe's

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(T20I) squad for the

2019–20 Singapore Tri-Nation Series The 2019–20 Singapore Tri-Nation Series was a cricket tournament that was held from 27 September to 3 October 2019 in Singapore. It was a tri-nation series featuring Singapore national cricket team, Singapore, Nepal national cricket team, Nepal ...

. He made his T20I debut for Zimbabwe, against

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, in the Singapore Tri-Nation Series on 1 October 2019. In December 2020, he was selected to play for the Southern Rocks in the

2020–21 Logan Cup The 2020–21 Logan Cup was the 27th edition of the Logan Cup, a first-class cricket competition in Zimbabwe, which started on 9 December 2020. After originally scheduled to start on 3 December 2020, the tournament was moved back a week to allow ...

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