David Houghton
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David Laud Houghton is a former Zimbabwean
Test
cricket
er. He captained
Zimbabwe in their first four Test matches, losing two and drawing two. Zimbabwe won one of the 17 One Day Internationals he was captain for.
David Houghton also represented his country in hockey
and was described by the Pakistan hockey team captain as the best goal-keeper he had ever played against.
Probably Zimbabwe's second-best batsman in their short cricketing history (after Andy Flower
), Houghton holds the record for the highest Test score by a Zimbabwean, with his 266 against Sri Lanka
in 1994/5.His other memorable one day cricket inning was against New Zealand in 1987 Reliance World Cup, in which Houghton scored 142 runs off 137 deliveries with 13 fours and 6 sixes.Since retiring as a player, Houghton has gone on to become a coach and commentator. Before he was the coach of Derbyshire County Cricket Club
he was the coach at Radlett Cricket Club in Hertfordshire. Whilst in this role his best achievement was taking Radlett to victory in the Evening Standard trophy which is London's most prestigious cricket competition. He was coach of Derbyshire from 2004 to the middle of the 2007 season when he quit.
Zimbabwean cricket team
The Zimbabwean cricket team is a national cricket team representing Zimbabwe. It is administrated by Zimbabwe Cricket...
Test
Test cricket
Test cricket is the longest form of the sport of cricket. Test matches are played between national representative teams with "Test status", as determined by the International Cricket Council , with four innings played between two teams of 11 players over a period of up to a maximum five days...
cricket
Cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
er. He captained
Zimbabwean national cricket captains
Zimbabwe became a full member of the International Cricket Council on 6 July 1992, thereby gaining the right to play Test matches. It had previously become an associate member of the ICC on 21 July 1981 after independence. Before independence, Rhodesia had competed in the South African Currie...
Zimbabwe in their first four Test matches, losing two and drawing two. Zimbabwe won one of the 17 One Day Internationals he was captain for.
David Houghton also represented his country in hockey
Hockey
Hockey is a family of sports in which two teams play against each other by trying to maneuver a ball or a puck into the opponent's goal using a hockey stick.-Etymology:...
and was described by the Pakistan hockey team captain as the best goal-keeper he had ever played against.
Probably Zimbabwe's second-best batsman in their short cricketing history (after Andy Flower
Andy Flower
Andrew "Andy" Flower OBE is a former international cricketer for Zimbabwe and is currently the England coach.-Playing career:...
), Houghton holds the record for the highest Test score by a Zimbabwean, with his 266 against Sri Lanka
Sri Lankan cricket team
The Sri Lankan cricket team is the national cricket team of Sri Lanka. The team first played international cricket in 1926–27, and were later awarded Test status in 1981, which made Sri Lanka the eighth Test cricket playing nation...
in 1994/5.His other memorable one day cricket inning was against New Zealand in 1987 Reliance World Cup, in which Houghton scored 142 runs off 137 deliveries with 13 fours and 6 sixes.Since retiring as a player, Houghton has gone on to become a coach and commentator. Before he was the coach of Derbyshire County Cricket Club
Derbyshire County Cricket Club
Derbyshire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the England and Wales domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Derbyshire...
he was the coach at Radlett Cricket Club in Hertfordshire. Whilst in this role his best achievement was taking Radlett to victory in the Evening Standard trophy which is London's most prestigious cricket competition. He was coach of Derbyshire from 2004 to the middle of the 2007 season when he quit.