Oddsworth

Men's ODIs

Zimbabwe

Oddsworth ODI ranking 16thICC ODI ranking 11thHead coach Justin Sammons

Won
25%
Record
76–228
Rating
1331

Zimbabwe ODI rating

Peak 1404
January 2018Now 1331
200520092013201720212025
Last 10
3–7

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Strengths and weaknesses

Against Full Members since Oct 2024, 20 ODIs

Strongest

  1. Pace bowling 4th
  2. Death bowling 4th
  3. Powerplay bowling 5th

Weakest

  1. Batting average 12th
  2. Powerplay batting 12th
  3. Death batting 12th

Batting

  1. Powerplay batting4.41an over−17%12th
  2. Middle-overs batting4.97an over−8%11th
  3. Death batting7.84an over−16%12th
  4. Batting against pace5.05an over−16%12th
  5. Batting against spin4.88an over−6%7th
  6. Batting average24.3a wicket−24%12th

Bowling

  1. Powerplay bowling5.21an over+0%5th
  2. Middle-overs bowling5.28an over−1%6th
  3. Death bowling8.45an over+2%4th
  4. Pace bowling5.69an over+4%4th
  5. Spin bowling5.14an over−6%9th
  6. Bowling average36.3a wicket−21%11th

Against the Full Members

47–208won–lost since 2003
18%won
AgainstPWLNRWonLast meeting
Bangladesh17 Oct 2026: won591643–27%won 17 Oct 2026, Sheikh Zayed Stadium
Pakistan28 Nov 2024: lost36430212%lost 28 Nov 2024, Queens Sports Club
Sri Lanka31 Aug 2025: lost34725222%lost 31 Aug 2025, Harare Sports Club
Afghanistan23 Oct 2026: lost331022131%lost 23 Oct 2026, Sharjah Cricket Stadium
West Indies24 Jun 2023: won26618225%won 24 Jun 2023, Harare Sports Club
South Africa6 Oct 2018: lost25025–0%lost 6 Oct 2018, Boland Park
India22 Aug 2022: lost22220–9%lost 22 Aug 2022, Harare Sports Club
Ireland18 Feb 2025: won22810444%won 18 Feb 2025, Harare Sports Club
Australia20 Sept 2026: lost16213113%lost 20 Sept 2026, Harare Sports Club
New Zealand7 Aug 2015: lost12210–17%lost 7 Aug 2015, Harare Sports Club
England5 Dec 2004: lost715117%lost 5 Dec 2004, Queens Sports Club

Form

LWWLLLLWLL

DateOpponentGroundResultOur chance
23 Oct 2026AfghanistanSharjah Cricket StadiumSharjah Cricket Stadiumlost by 7 wickets12%
19 Oct 2026AfghanistanSheikh Zayed StadiumSheikh Zayed Stadiumlost by 158 runs11%
17 Oct 2026BangladeshSheikh Zayed StadiumSheikh Zayed Stadiumwon by 99 runs–
20 Sept 2026AustraliaHarare Sports ClubHarare Sports Clublost by 1 wicket25%
18 Sept 2026AustraliaHarare Sports ClubHarare Sports Clublost by 84 runs28%
15 Sept 2026AustraliaHarare Sports ClubHarare Sports Clublost by 59 runs31%
11 Jul 2026BangladeshHarare Sports ClubHarare Sports Clublost by 7 wickets46%
9 Jul 2026BangladeshHarare Sports ClubHarare Sports Clubwon by 13 runs44%
6 Jul 2026BangladeshHarare Sports ClubHarare Sports Clubwon by 25 runs39%
31 Aug 2025Sri LankaHarare Sports ClubHarare Sports Clublost by 5 wickets27%

Against our model

17wins in 46 decided ODIs since Jan 2022
16.6wins we expected
+0.4against the model

Year by year

YearPWLTNRWon
2026936––33%
2025523––40%
2024916–214%
20231686–257%
202215411––27%
2003–2021
2021614–120%
2020615––17%
2019835––38%
2018265201–20%
20171266––50%
201611361133%
201531723–123%
201416313––19%
201313310––23%
2012303––0%
201117611––35%
201017512––29%
200915411––27%
20081019––10%
20079171–13%
200616015–10%
2005817––13%
200419117–16%
200321712–237%
  1. Brendan Taylor

    Brendan Taylor

    Batter

    40 · Right-handed top-order batter · 179 ODIs · 5,694 runs · 4 wkts

  2. Craig Ervine

    Craig Ervine

    Batter

    41 · Left-handed top-order batter · 130 ODIs · 3,663 runs

  3. Ryan Burl

    Ryan Burl

    Batter

    32 · Left-handed middle-order batter · 53 ODIs · 1,000 runs · 15 wkts

  4. Wessly Madhevere

    Wessly Madhevere

    Batter

    26 · Right-handed middle-order batter · 49 ODIs · 946 runs · 19 wkts

  5. Tadiwanashe Marumani

    Tadiwanashe Marumani

    Batter

    24 · Left-handed top-order batter · 22 ODIs · 237 runs

  6. Brian Bennett

    Brian Bennett

    Batter

    22 · Right-handed top-order batter · 20 ODIs · 489 runs · 1 wkts

  7. Ben Curran

    Ben Curran

    Batter

    30 · Left-handed opening anchor · 16 ODIs · 514 runs

  8. VM

    Vincent Masekesa

    Batter

    29 · Right-handed batter · No ODIs yet

  9. TT

    Tafadzwa Tsiga

    Wicketkeeper

    32 · Right-handed batter · 3 ODIs · 22 runs

  10. Sikandar Raza

    Sikandar Raza

    All-rounder · captain

    40 · Right-handed middle-order batter · Right-arm off-spin bowler · Right-arm leg-spin bowler · 161 ODIs · 4,806 runs · 99 wkts

  11. Blessing Muzarabani

    Blessing Muzarabani

    Bowler

    30 · Right-arm fast-medium bowler · 65 ODIs · 155 runs · 77 wkts

  12. Wellington Masakadza

    Wellington Masakadza

    Bowler

    33 · Left-arm orthodox spin bowler · 48 ODIs · 305 runs · 37 wkts

  13. Brad Evans

    Brad Evans

    Bowler

    32 · Right-arm fast-medium bowler · 26 ODIs · 301 runs · 36 wkts

  14. Newman Nyamhuri

    Newman Nyamhuri

    Bowler

    20 · Left-arm fast-medium bowler · 10 ODIs · 65 runs · 13 wkts

  15. EM

    Ernest Masuku

    Bowler

    33 · Right-arm medium bowler · 4 ODIs · 5 runs · 6 wkts

Head coaches

CoachYearsPWLDTitles
Justin SammonsCareer coach2024–91335411
Walter ChawagutaInterim · Career coach2023–202416780–
Dave HoughtonCapped2022–202361302711
Lalchand RajputCapped2018–20228622621–
Lalchand RajputInterim · Capped20189090–
Heath StreakBig name2016–20184012241–
Makhaya NtiniInterim · Big name20168170–
Dav WhatmoreCapped2014–20165415380–
Stephen MangongoCareer coach2014171160–
Andy WallerCapped2013–2014249150–
Stephen MangongoInterim · Career coach20137430–
Alan ButcherCapped2010–20136213490–
Walter ChawagutaCareer coach2008–2010205150–
Robin BrownCapped2007–200810280–
Kevin CurranCapped2005–2007280260–
Phil SimmonsBig name2004–2005181170–
Geoff MarshBig name2001–2004328210–
Carl RackemannCapped2000–2001–––––
Andy PycroftInterim · Capped2000–––––
Dave HoughtonCapped1996–2000–––––

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