33 Facts About Craig Ervine

Craig Richard Ervine was born on 19 August 1985 and is a Zimbabwean international cricketer who captains Zimbabwe in Test and ODIs.

Craig Ervine was born in Harare and has played Test and limited overs cricket for the Zimbabwe national cricket team and first-class cricket for a variety of Zimbabwean sides in the Logan Cup.

In January 2022, in the opening fixture of the series against Sri Lanka, Ervine played in his 100th One Day International match.

Craig Ervine soon got a place at Zimbabwe Cricket Academy and soon broke into the domestic set-up playing for Midlands, Zimbabwe U-19s and Zimbabwe A sides.

Craig Ervine made his List A debut during the 2003 Faithwear Clothing Inter-Provincial One-Day Competition playing for Midlands against Matabeleland on 3 December 2003.

Craig Ervine was selected for Zimbabwe squad for the 2004 Under-19 Cricket World Cup.

Craig Ervine headed to England to work on his techniques and had brief spells at English clubs including Bexhill and Lordswood.

Craig Ervine played for Lisburn Cricket Club in 2009 and 2010.

Craig Ervine has played majority of his domestic cricket for Midlands in Zimbabwe.

In February 2010, Craig Ervine signed for the Zimbabwean domestic circuit with Southern Rocks.

On debut against the Mid West Rhinos, Craig Ervine made a top score of 100, his first first-class century.

Craig Ervine was included in Zimbabwe's squad for the 2010 ICC World Twenty20 tournament despite the modest returns in domestic T20 competition and made his T20I debut in a rain-affected group stage match against Sri Lanka on 3 May 2010.

Craig Ervine made his ODI debut against India on 28 May 2010 as part of the 2010 Zimbabwe Micromax Tri-Nation Series and scored a half-century on debut.

Craig Ervine ended up being unbeaten on 67 runs off just 60 deliveries on debut as Zimbabwe chased down the mammoth 286 runs in a thrilling chase.

Craig Ervine made his test debut against Bangladesh on 4 August 2011 which was a comeback test appearance for Zimbabwe after their readmission to test cricket.

Craig Ervine was named as part of the Zimbabwean squad during the 2011 Cricket World Cup which marked his maiden appearance in a World Cup tournament.

Craig Ervine had a decent World Cup campaign as he ended up as the leading run-scorer for Zimbabwe during the course of the tournament with an aggregate of 231 runs in 6 matches including 3 fifties.

Craig Ervine was a member of the Zimbabwe squad for the 2012 ICC World Twenty20 showpiece.

Craig Ervine signed as an overseas player for Lymington in the Southern Premier League for 2012 season.

Craig Ervine moved to Ireland on a passport obtained via his great-great-grandfather in a bid to qualify playing for Ireland cricket team at some point of time.

Craig Ervine made the move to leave Zimbabwe citing financial insecurity and to earn for a good living in overseas.

Craig Ervine played for Northern Knights in the European summer at the 2013 Inter-Provincial Championship and in the other half of the same year he went to Perth to play club cricket in Australia.

Craig Ervine was in contention for a spot in the national squad for the tour of Bangladesh in 2014 and was included in the main squads.

Craig Ervine was thereafter subsequently picked for the 2015 Cricket World Cup which was held in Australia and New Zealand.

On 2 August 2015, Craig Ervine scored his first ODI century against New Zealand, an unbeaten 130 runs in a match which Zimbabwe won chasing more than 300 runs.

On 6 August 2016, Craig Ervine scored his maiden Test century, playing against New Zealand at Harare.

Craig Ervine was included in Zimbabwe's squad for the 2018 Cricket World Cup Qualifier tournament which was held in Zimbabwe.

In January 2020, during the first Test against Sri Lanka, Craig Ervine scored his 1,000th run in Test cricket.

Craig Ervine scored a century top scoring for Zimbabwe in first innings with 107 and despite his valiant effort with the bat in both innings of the match on his captaincy debut, Zimbabwe went onto lose by an innings and 106 runs.

Craig Ervine was reinstated as the captain of Zimbabwe side for the three match ODI series against Sri Lanka in January 2022.

Craig Ervine almost had a hand amputated in his early teens following a freak accident where he slipped and fell on broken glass in his family's living room.

Craig Ervine slipped on some stray penlight batteries at home.

Craig Ervine's mum who was a nurse during wartime immediately helped her son from excessive bleeding.