13 Facts About Hamilton Masakadza

Hamilton Masakadza was born on 9 August 1983 and is a Zimbabwean former cricketer, who played all formats of the game for Zimbabwe.

Hamilton Masakadza captained the national team during 2016 ICC World T20, but was relieved of his duties following an indifferent team performance in the tournament, where they failed to get past the qualifying round.

Hamilton Masakadza was a right-handed batsman and occasional right-arm medium-pace bowler.

Hamilton Masakadza became the first player to score multiple 150-plus scores in a series or tournament, where he achieved the feat against Kenya in 2009.

In October 2018, during Zimbabwe's tour to South Africa, Hamilton Masakadza became the fourth cricketer for Zimbabwe to play in 200 One Day International matches.

In October 2019, Hamilton Masakadza was appointed as Zimbabwe Cricket's director of cricket.

In February 2000, aged just 16 and still a schoolboy at Churchill School, Hamilton Masakadza became the first black Zimbabwean, and the youngest player to score a first-class century.

Hamilton Masakadza made his Test debut soon after, in July 2001, against the West Indies in Harare.

Hamilton Masakadza has the record for scoring the most runs in a five-match ODI series.

Hamilton Masakadza is the country's leading Twenty20 International run-scorer, becoming the first Zimbabwean to reach 1,000 runs in this format on 29 September 2015.

In Zimbabwe's tour of Bangladesh in January 2016, Hamilton Masakadza set a world record for the most runs scored in a T20I bilateral series, with a total of 222 across four games.

In October 2019, Hamilton Masakadza assumed his duties as Zimbabwe Cricket's director of cricket.

Hamilton Masakadza was given the task of defining policy, strategy, and programs of best practice by all of Zimbabwe's teams during his tenure.