Southern Rocks
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The Southern Rocks is one of five Zimbabwe
an cricket franchises. They are a first-class cricket
team, based in the Masvingo and Matabeleland South area. They play their home matches at Masvingo Sports Club
in Masvingo
.
Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe is a landlocked country located in the southern part of the African continent, between the Zambezi and Limpopo rivers. It is bordered by South Africa to the south, Botswana to the southwest, Zambia and a tip of Namibia to the northwest and Mozambique to the east. Zimbabwe has three...
an cricket franchises. They are a first-class cricket
First-class cricket
First-class cricket is a class of cricket that consists of matches of three or more days' scheduled duration, that are between two sides of eleven players and are officially adjudged first-class by virtue of the standard of the competing teams...
team, based in the Masvingo and Matabeleland South area. They play their home matches at Masvingo Sports Club
Masvingo Sports Club
The Masvingo Sports Club is a cricket venue with first-class status in Masvingo. It is the home ground of to one of Zimbabwe's provincial cricket sides - Southern Rocks. Their cricket ground has been host to several first class, List A and Twenty20 matches....
in Masvingo
Masvingo
Masvingo is a town in south-eastern Zimbabwe and the capital of Masvingo Province. The town is close to Great Zimbabwe, the national monument from which the country takes its name.- History :...
.
Squad
Players with international caps are listed in bold.| Name | Nat | Batting Style | Bowling Style | Notes | |
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| Rahul Dravid Rahul Dravid Rahul Sharad Dravid , is a cricketer in the Indian national team, of which he has been a regular member since 1996. He was appointed as the captain of the Indian cricket team in October 2005 and resigned from the post in September 2007. Dravid was honoured as one of the top-five Wisden Cricketers... |
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RHB | OB Off break Off break is a type of delivery in the sport of cricket. It is the attacking delivery of an off spin bowler. Off breaks are known as off spinners.... |
Indian Test Player with a world record of most catches in test matches. | |
| Robertson Chinyengetere |  |
RHB | RMF Fast bowling Fast bowling, sometimes known as pace bowling, is one of the two main approaches to bowling in the sport of cricket. The other is spin bowling... |
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| Craig Ervine Craig Ervine Craig Richard Ervine is a Zimbabwean cricketer. Ervine is a left-handed batsman who has impressed in the Zimbabwe domestic leagues.... |
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LHB | OB Off break Off break is a type of delivery in the sport of cricket. It is the attacking delivery of an off spin bowler. Off breaks are known as off spinners.... |
Zimbabwe 'A' player | |
| Roy Kahiya | |
RHB | RM Seam bowling Seam bowling is a phrase used for a bowling technique in cricket whereby the ball is deliberately bowled on to its seam, to cause a random deviation. Practitioners are known as seam bowlers or seamers.... |
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| Keith Kondo Keith Kondo Keith Kondo is a Zimbabwean cricketer.-Career:Kondo made his debut for Mashonaland against Matabeleland in the 2005–06 Inter-Provincial One-Day Competition, scoring seven runs batting at #7... |
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RHB | RM Seam bowling Seam bowling is a phrase used for a bowling technique in cricket whereby the ball is deliberately bowled on to its seam, to cause a random deviation. Practitioners are known as seam bowlers or seamers.... |
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| Brian Lara Brian Lara Brian Charles Lara, TC, OCC, AM is a former West Indian international cricket player. Lara is generally regarded as one of the greatest batsmen of all time... |
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LHB | LB Leg break A leg break is a type of delivery in the sport of cricket. A delivery of a right-handed leg spin bowler. Leg breaks are also colloquially known as leggies or wrist spinners, as the wrist is the body part which is primarily used to impart spin on the ball, as opposed to the fingers in the case of... |
Highest First Class Test Score 501 (Not Out), Highest International score 400 (Not Out) and Ex West Indies Legend | |
| Kudzai Maunze | |
RHB | OB Off break Off break is a type of delivery in the sport of cricket. It is the attacking delivery of an off spin bowler. Off breaks are known as off spinners.... |
Zimbabwe U-19 player | |
| Richmond Mutumbami | Zimbabwe |
RHB | OB Off break Off break is a type of delivery in the sport of cricket. It is the attacking delivery of an off spin bowler. Off breaks are known as off spinners.... |
Occasional wicketkeeper | |
| Steve Tikolo Steve Tikolo - Career :He is a right-handed middle order batsman and part time right-arm medium pace bowler. He bowls quite effective offspin in the shorter form of the game. Tikolo has previously represented Border in South African domestic cricket and has also spent time playing in England and Bangladesh... |
 Kenya |
RHB | RM Seam bowling Seam bowling is a phrase used for a bowling technique in cricket whereby the ball is deliberately bowled on to its seam, to cause a random deviation. Practitioners are known as seam bowlers or seamers.... , OB Off break Off break is a type of delivery in the sport of cricket. It is the attacking delivery of an off spin bowler. Off breaks are known as off spinners.... |
Kenya ODI and Twenty20 player, former Kenya captain | |
| All-rounders | |||||
| Chamu Chibhabha | |
RHB | LB Seam bowling Seam bowling is a phrase used for a bowling technique in cricket whereby the ball is deliberately bowled on to its seam, to cause a random deviation. Practitioners are known as seam bowlers or seamers.... |
Zimbabwe ODI and Twenty20 player, Club captain Captain (cricket) The captain of a cricket team often referred to as the skipper is the appointed leader, having several additional roles and responsibilities over and above those of a regular player... |
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| Piyush Chawla Piyush Chawla Piyush Pramod Chawla is an Indian cricketer who has played for the India U-19 team and the Central Zone. His Hometown is Moradabad,. He is seen as a leg-spinning allrounder in domestic cricket, but has not fired as a batsman in the One Day International format... |
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LHB | RM | Former Indian Cricket ODI player | |
| Tendai Chisoro | |
LHB | LFM Fast bowling Fast bowling, sometimes known as pace bowling, is one of the two main approaches to bowling in the sport of cricket. The other is spin bowling... |
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| Tafadzwa Kamungozi Tafadzwa Kamungozi Tafadzwa Kamungozi is a Zimbabwean cricketer who bowls leg break. He has been picked in the Zimbabwean squad for the 2006 Champions Trophy without having played any One-day Internationals before, though he did play for a Zimbabwe Board XI in a three-match series against an Australian Academy team... |
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RHB | LB Leg break A leg break is a type of delivery in the sport of cricket. A delivery of a right-handed leg spin bowler. Leg breaks are also colloquially known as leggies or wrist spinners, as the wrist is the body part which is primarily used to impart spin on the ball, as opposed to the fingers in the case of... |
Zimbabwe 'A' player | |
| Blessing Mahwire Blessing Mahwire Ngonidzashe Blessing Mahwire is a Zimbabwean cricketer who plays first-class cricket for Mashonaland and has also made appearances for the Zimbabwean cricket team in both the Test match and One Day International forms of the game... |
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RHB | RM Seam bowling Seam bowling is a phrase used for a bowling technique in cricket whereby the ball is deliberately bowled on to its seam, to cause a random deviation. Practitioners are known as seam bowlers or seamers.... |
Former Zimbabwe Test and ODI player | |
| Thomas Odoyo | |
RHB | RMF Fast bowling Fast bowling, sometimes known as pace bowling, is one of the two main approaches to bowling in the sport of cricket. The other is spin bowling... |
Kenya ODI and Twenty20 player | |
| Wicket-keepers | |||||
| Alester Maregwede Alester Maregwede Alester Maregwede is a Zimbabwean cricketer. He is a wicket-keeper and middle-order batsman. He has represented the Zimbabwe A team as vice captain.... |
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RHB | Former Zimbabwe Test and ODI player | ||
| Bekezela Moyo | |
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| Patiant Charumbira | |
RHB | RFM Fast bowling Fast bowling, sometimes known as pace bowling, is one of the two main approaches to bowling in the sport of cricket. The other is spin bowling... |
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| Hilary Matanga | |
LHB | OB Off break Off break is a type of delivery in the sport of cricket. It is the attacking delivery of an off spin bowler. Off breaks are known as off spinners.... |
Zimbabwe 'A' player | |
| Tanyaradzwa Munyaradzi | |
RHB | RM Seam bowling Seam bowling is a phrase used for a bowling technique in cricket whereby the ball is deliberately bowled on to its seam, to cause a random deviation. Practitioners are known as seam bowlers or seamers.... |
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| Brian Vitori Brian Vitori Brian Vitalis Vitori is a Zimbabwean cricketer. He has played and matches for Zimbabwe.-Domestic career:Vitori made his debut for Masvingo during the 2005–06 Faithwear Clothing Inter-Provincial Competition, playing in all three of Masvingo's games, taking three wickets at an average of 12.00.He... |
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LHB | RM Seam bowling Seam bowling is a phrase used for a bowling technique in cricket whereby the ball is deliberately bowled on to its seam, to cause a random deviation. Practitioners are known as seam bowlers or seamers.... |
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