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Tendai Chatara

Tendai Chatara
Personal information
Full name Tendai Larry Chatara
Born (1991-02-28) 28 February 1991 (age 26)
Chimanimani, Zimbabwe
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right arm fast
Role Bowler
International information
National side
Only T20I 13 June 2010 v India
Domestic team information
Years Team
2009–present Mountaineers
Career statistics
Competition Tests ODI T20I FC
Matches 4 11 4 35
Runs scored 41 27 298
Batting average 5.12 9.00 9.03
100s/50s 0/0 0/0 -/- 0/0
Top score 41 23 35*
Balls bowled 889 591 90 6,155
Wickets 15 14 4 134
Bowling average 27.00 33.92 33.25 21.69
5 wickets in innings 1 0 0 8
10 wickets in match 0 n/a 1
Best bowling 5/61 3/48 2/30 6/33
Catches/stumpings –/– 1/– 1/- 8/-
Source: Cricinfo, 14 September 2013

Tendai Larry Chatara (born 28 February 1991 at Chimanimani, Zimbabwe) is an international cricketer who represents the Zimbabwe national cricket team. A tall, wiry fast bowler with appreciable pace and the ability to move the ball away from the right-hander, Chatara has risen quickly to prominence since his first-class debut for Mountaineers in 2009. Though he was not good academically in school he is one of the most talented pace prospects of his country.

He is naturally athletic, he represented his home town Manicaland in 200 and 400 m events, before getting a call-up to cricket.

Chatara plays for Zimbabwe at U-19 Level and has played one match for the senior cricket team. He also played for them at the ICC Intercontinental Cup as a part of the Zimbabwe XI in 2009.

He was quite brilliant in the domestic circuit, especially in his first-class career. He made his first-class debut in 2009 for Mountaineers against Mid West Rhinos. He immediately made an impression giving away just 25 runs from 7 overs in the first innings with a brilliant economy rate of 3.57. He soon rose to prominence with 71 wickets from just 20 matches. He performed well in other forms such as List A and Twenty20 Cricket, too.

He made his List A debut for Mountaineers against Mashonaland Eagles. In this match, he got his maiden List A wicket with the dismissal of Cephas Zhuwao.

He made his Twenty20 debut for Mountaineers against Mid West Rhinos in 2010, taking 1 wicket, his maiden Twenty20 wicket, with the dismissal of Zimbabwe's star opening batsman, Brendan Taylor who would be the future captain of the Zimbabwe Cricket Team.

Such a performance prompted the Zimbabwean selectors to select him for the senior cricket team's Twenty20 International Series against India, captained by Suresh Raina. He made his debut in the 2nd Twenty20 International where he took his maiden wicket at international senior level with the dismissal of Yusuf Pathan. Nevertheless, India won the match by 7 wickets as Raina led his nation to a 2–0 series sweep.


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