Brian Chari

Brian Bara Chari (born 14 February 1992) is a Zimbabwean cricketer. He made his international debut for the Zimbabwe national cricket team in November 2014.

Brian Chari

Personal information
Full name	Brian Bara Chari
Born	(1992-02-14) 14 February 1992 (age 32) Chegutu, Zimbabwe^[1]
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm off break
Role	Top-order batsman
International information
National side	Zimbabwe
Test debut (cap 94)	3 November 2014 v Bangladesh
Last Test	11 November 2018 v Bangladesh
ODI debut (cap 126)	1 October 2015 v Pakistan
Last ODI	3 November 2019 v Pakistan
T20I debut (cap 54)	27 September 2019 v Nepal
Last T20I	1 October 2019 v Nepal
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2011–	Matabeleland Tuskers
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA Matches 7 14 67 89 Runs scored 254 186 3,095 2,343 Batting average 18.14 13.28 25.79 29.28 100s/50s 0/2 0/0 4/18 6/11 Top score 80 39 128 125 Balls bowled 18 – 455 162 Wickets 0 – 6 1 Bowling average – – 44.33 126.00 5 wickets in innings – – 0 0 10 wickets in match – – 0 0 Best bowling – – 3/25 1/35 Catches/stumpings 8/– 3/1 46/– 21/1
Source: Cricinfo, 3 November 2020

Domestic career

A top-order batsman and occasional off break bowler, Chari has played domestically for the Matabeleland Tuskers since 2011. He was the leading run-scorer for Matabeleland Tuskers in the 2017–18 Pro50 Championship tournament, with 316 runs in eight matches.^[2] He was also the leading run-scorer for the Matabeleland Tuskers in the 2018–19 Logan Cup, with 356 runs in six matches.^[3]

In December 2020, he was named as the captain of the Tuskers for the 2020–21 Logan Cup.^[4][5]

International career

Chari made his Test debut for Zimbabwe in November 2014, playing in two of the team's three Tests on their tour of Bangladesh.^[6] He made his One Day International (ODI) debut for Zimbabwe against Pakistan on 1 October 2015.^[7]

In June 2018, he was named in a 22-man preliminary Twenty20 International (T20I) squad for the 2018 Zimbabwe Tri-Nation Series.^[8] The following month, he was named in Zimbabwe's One Day International (ODI) squad for their series against Pakistan.^[9]

In September 2018, he was named in Zimbabwe's squad for the 2018 Africa T20 Cup tournament.^[10] In September 2019, he was named in Zimbabwe's Twenty20 International (T20I) squad for the 2019–20 Singapore Tri-Nation Series.^[11] He made his T20I debut for Zimbabwe, against Nepal, in the Singapore Tri-Nation Series on 27 September 2019.^[12]

References

1. "The Home of CricketArchive". cricketarchive.com. Retrieved 15 March 2022.
2. "2017–18 Pro50 Championship, Matabeleland Tuskers: Batting and Bowling Averages". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 31 May 2018.
3. "LLogan Cup, 2018/19 - Matabeleland Tuskers: Batting and bowling averages". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 16 February 2019.
4. . The Zimbabwe Daily. Archived from the original on 9 December 2020. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
5. "Logan Cup starts in secure environment". The Herald. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
6. "Zimbabwe tour of Bangladesh, 2nd Test: Bangladesh v Zimbabwe at Khulna, Nov 3-7, 2014". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 3 November 2014.
7. "Pakistan tour of Zimbabwe, 1st ODI: Zimbabwe v Pakistan at Harare, Oct 1, 2015". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 1 October 2015.
8. "Raza, Taylor absent from Zimbabwe T20I squad". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 20 June 2018.
9. "Major blow for Zim as Mire ruled out of Pakistan ODI series". Cricket365. Retrieved 11 July 2018.
10. . Cricket South Africa. Archived from the original on 3 September 2018. Retrieved 3 September 2018.
11. "Sikandar Raza out of Zimbabwe T20 squad over disciplinary issues". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 6 September 2019.
12. "1st Match (N), Singapore Twenty20 Tri-Series at Singapore, Sep 27 2019". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 27 September 2019.

External links

• Brian Chari at ESPNcricinfo