Mashonaland Eagles
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The Mashonaland Eagles is one of five cricket Zimbabwe
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 Harare Metropolitan and Mashonaland Central area. They play their home matches at Harare Sports Club
Harare Sports Club
Harare Sports Club is a cricket ground in Harare, Zimbabwe. Initially known as Salisbury Sports Club, Harare Sports Club has served as the primary cricket venue in Rhodesia and Zimbabwe since its inception. The ground became a Test venue in October 1992 when Zimbabwe played their inaugural Test,...

 in Harare
Harare
Harare before 1982 known as Salisbury) is the largest city and capital of Zimbabwe. It has an estimated population of 1,600,000, with 2,800,000 in its metropolitan area . Administratively, Harare is an independent city equivalent to a province. It is Zimbabwe's largest city and its...

.

Squad

Mashonaland Eagles announced their squad for the 2011/12 season on September 22, 2011. Players with international experience are listed in bold letters.
Name Nat Batting Style Bowling Style Notes
Batsmen
Cephas Zhuwao
Cephas Zhuwao
Cephas Zhuwao is a Zimbabwean cricket player who plays for the Zimbabwe national cricket team.-References:...

  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...

 
Has represented Zimbabwe in ODI and T20I
Twenty20 International
A Twenty20 International is a form of cricket which is played over 20 overs per side between two national cricket teams. The game is played under the rules of Twenty20 cricket...

 matches.
Dean Mazhawidza    RHB  Occasional Wicket-keeper
Elton Chigumbura
Elton Chigumbura
Elton Chigumbura is a Zimbabwean cricketer currently playing for English county club Northamptonshire. He is a current Zimbabwean international and former captain of the national side, who played 6 Test matches from the age of 18 before Zimbabwe were barred from Test cricket...

  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...

 
Former captain of the Zimbabwe national cricket team and current club captain.
Sikandar Raza
Sikandar Raza
Sikandar Raza Butt is a Pakistani-born Zimbabwean cricketer. Despite being born in Pakistan, he emigrated to Zimbabwe in 2001 along with his family and team-mate Sad Khan. Although there are speculations that Zimbabwe Cricket brought them to add depth to the Logan Cup squads...

 
  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....

 
Stuart Matsikenyeri
Stuart Matsikenyeri
Stuart Matsikenyeri is a Zimbabwean cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and usually opens the batting for Zimbabwe. Matsikenyeri also bowls part time right-arm off-break and is a sharp fielder in the gully....

  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....

 
Former Opening Batsman for Zimbabwe, played in the 2003 Cricket World Cup
2003 Cricket World Cup
-Group stage tables and results:The top three teams from each pool qualify for the next stage, carrying forward the points already scored against fellow qualifiers, plus a quarter of the points scored against the teams that failed to qualify.-Pool A:...

, 2007 Cricket World Cup
2007 Cricket World Cup
The 2007 ICC Cricket World Cup was the ninth edition of the ICC Cricket World Cup tournament that took place in the West Indies from 13 March to 28 April 2007, using the sport's One Day International format...

, and 2007 ICC World Twenty20.
Simbarashe Gupo    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....

 
All-Rounders
Nathan Waller
Nathan Waller
Nathan Waller is a former Zimbabwean first-class cricketer. He represented Zimbabwe at Under-19 level in 2009 and 2010, and has also appeared domestically for Centrals in the 2008–09 Faithwear Clothing Inter-Provincial One-Day Competition.-References:...

 
  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...

 
Son of former Zimbabwean cricketer Andy Waller and brother of current international Malcolm Waller
Malcolm Waller
Malcolm Noel Waller is a Zimbabwean cricketer. He is a middle-order batsman and off-spinner.- Career :Following his first-class debut in the Logan Cup in April 2008, he was called up to the national team for a tour of Bangladesh, where he made his international debut in a One Day International on...

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Greg Lamb
Greg Lamb
Gregory Arthur Lamb is a Zimbabwean cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman who can bowl both off spin and right arm medium pace....

  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....

, RAM 
All-rounder
All-rounder
An all-rounder is a cricketer who regularly performs well at both batting and bowling. Although all bowlers must bat and quite a few batsmen do bowl occasionally, most players are skilled in only one of the two disciplines and are considered specialists...

 and current Zimbabwean international. Has played Tests
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...

, ODIs, and T20Is
Twenty20 International
A Twenty20 International is a form of cricket which is played over 20 overs per side between two national cricket teams. The game is played under the rules of Twenty20 cricket...

 for the Zimbabwe national cricket team.
Mark Mbofana    RHB  RMP
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...

 
Wicket-keepers
Forster Mutizwa
Forster Mutizwa
Forster Mutizwa is a Zimbabwean cricketer. He is a lower middle-order batsman and wicket-keeper. He was first called up to the national team for a tour of Bangladesh, and subsequently made his international debut in a One Day International against Kenya on 27 January 2009.-External links:* *...

  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....

 
Has represented Zimbabwe in One Day International and Twenty20 International
Twenty20 International
A Twenty20 International is a form of cricket which is played over 20 overs per side between two national cricket teams. The game is played under the rules of Twenty20 cricket...

 matches.
Regis Chakabva
Regis Chakabva
Regis Wiriranai Chakabva is a Zimbabwean cricketer. He is a wicket-keeper who bats right-handed.Chakabva made his first-class debut for Northerns in an April 2007 Logan Cup match against Easterns. Opening the batting, he made scores of 0 and 5 in the match...

  RHB  Has represented Zimbabwe in One Day International and Twenty20 International
Twenty20 International
A Twenty20 International is a form of cricket which is played over 20 overs per side between two national cricket teams. The game is played under the rules of Twenty20 cricket...

 matches. He was selected and played for them at the 2011 Cricket World Cup
2011 Cricket World Cup
The 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup was the tenth Cricket World Cup. It was played in India, Sri Lanka, and Bangladesh. It was Bangladesh's first time co-hosting a World Cup...

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Bowlers
Lovemore Manatsa    LHB  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...

 
Ray Price
Ray Price (cricketer)
Raymond William Price is a Zimbabwean cricketer. He bowls left-arm orthodox spin. He is the nephew of the renowned Zimbabwean golfer Nick Price....

  RHB  SLA  Spin bowler who plays for the Zimbabwe national cricket team. One of the most experienced faces in the Zimbabwe cricket team. Nephew of renowned Zimbabwean golfer Nick Price
Nick Price
Nicholas Raymond Leige Price is a South African-Zimbabwean Professional golfer and an inductee in the World Golf Hall of Fame. In the mid-1990s, Price reached number one in the Official World Golf Rankings.-Background:...

Kyle Jarvis
Kyle Jarvis
Kyle Malcolm Jarvis is a Zimbabwean cricketer who so far has played in 7 ODIs for the Zimbabwe cricket team. Son of former Zimbabwean international cricketer Malcolm Jarvis, he was educated at St Johns College, Harare where he excelled at rugby and cricket...

  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...

 
Son of former Zimbabwean cricketer Malcolm Jarvis
Malcolm Jarvis
Malcolm Peter Jarvis is a former Zimbabwean cricketer who played in 5 Tests and 12 ODIs from 1987 to 1995. He is engaged with one of the franchises of Zimbabwe, Mashonaland Eagles as the coach. His son Kyle Jarvis plays for the Zimbabwean national team and regarded as a great pace prospect of...

, one of the most talented pace prospects in the country, has played internationally for Zimbabwe in Test, ODI and T20 matches.
Tendai Shereni    RHB  RAM
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...

 
Innocent Chinyoka    RHB  RMP
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...

 
Tino Mutombodzi    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...

, Googly
Googly
In cricket, a googly is a type of delivery bowled by a right-arm leg spin bowler. It is occasionally referred to as a Bosie , an eponym in honour of its inventor Bernard Bosanquet.- Explanation :...

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