| Full Name: | Hamilton Masakadza |
| Date of birth: | 09 / 08 / 1983 |
| Country: | Zimbabwe |
| Role: | Batsman |
| Batting style: | Right-hand |
| Bowling style: | Left arm wrist spin |
Hamilton Masakadza Zimbabwe
Born August 9, 1983, Harare
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Legbreak googly
- Test debut Zimbabwe v West Indies at Harare - Jul 27-31, 2001
- ODI debut Zimbabwe v South Africa at Bulawayo - Sep 23, 2001
- Hamilton Masakadza was still a schoolboy at Churchill High School in Harare when he set the record - since beaten by Mohammad Ashraful - of being the youngest batsman ever to score a century on his Test debut, at 17 years and 254 days against West Indies in 2000-01
- Earlier in the year he had not only become the youngest Zimbabwean ever to score a first-class century, but also the first black player to do so
- A year later, though, he put his professional cricket career on hold as he began a three-year course at the University of the Free State
- The Streak crisis led to his early recall in the one-dayers against England where, unsurprisingly, he struggled before registering his maiden ODI fifty in the final game
- His return to the Test match team brought mixed results, but he was Zimbabwe's best batsman, technically, on their tour of South Africa, where he showed good application
- He declined a contract in early 2006, explaining that he preferred to concentrate on his studies in South Africa, but remained in the frame despite that
| Career Span: | 2001-2012 |
| Matches: | 19 |
| Innings: | 38 |
| Not Outs: | 1 |
| Runs: | 954 |
| Highest Score: | 119 |
| Average: | 25.78 |
| 50s: | 3 |
| 100s: | 2 |
| Ducks: | 7 |
| Pairs: | 0 |
| Caught Out: | 24 |
| Stumped Out: | 0 |
| Innings Bowled: | 7 |
| Overs: | 60.0 |
| Maidens: | 16 |
| Runs Conceded: | 117 |
| Wickets: | 5 |
| 5 Wicket Innings: | 0 |
| 10 Wicket Innings: | 0 |
| Average: | 23.4 |
| Economy Rate: | 1.95 |
| Best bowling in Innings: | 1/9 |
| Career Span: | 2001-2012 |
| Matches: | 106 |
| Innings: | 106 |
| Not Outs: | 3 |
| Runs: | 2735 |
| Highest Score: | 178 |
| Average: | 26.81 |
| 50s: | 15 |
| 100s: | 3 |
| Ducks: | 13 |
| Pairs: | 0 |
| Caught Out: | 60 |
| Stumped Out: | 4 |
| Innings Bowled: | 48 |
| Overs: | 186.8 |
| Maidens: | 4 |
| Runs Conceded: | 990 |
| Wickets: | 27 |
| 5 Wicket Innings: | 0 |
| 10 Wicket Innings: | 0 |
| Average: | 36.67 |
| Economy Rate: | 5.3 |
| Best bowling in Innings: | 3/39 |
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