Regis Chakabva: The Man Who Changed Life As We Know It

Regis Chakabva: The Man Who Changed Life As We Know It

Regis Chakabva: The Man Who Changed Life As We Know It, A promising and versatile bowler, Cricket player Regensie Chakabva’s path took him through Highfields, Churchill, on to Takashinga, provincial cricket and eventually regular appearances in Zimbabwe’s Twenty20, ODI and Test teams. At each level, Chakabva has improved his skills as a batsman and keeper.

In 2005, Chakaibu played for Zimbabwe in the Afro-Asia Under19s Cup. Despite the rebel crisis and subsequent player drain, he had to wait in line behind Tatenda Taibu, Brendan Taylor, Alester Maregwede and eventually Richmond Mutumbami for a spot at wicketkeeping.

During a disappointing run during Pakistan’s visit in 2008, he was selected to represent Zimbabwe during their Canadian tour soon after. He got one last chance during the Kenya Tri-Nation tournament and made his ODI debut against Kenya.

In 2014, he made it into the national Test XI for the one-off Test against New Zealand in November. He was already playing for Northerns at the time, but with their restructuring, he continued to play for Mashonaland Eagles. In 2011, he became a pivotal factor in his career with his sustained performances, and that turning point came at the end of 2013.

In a match against Mid West Rhinos, he scored a near record breaking 240 runs. He then went on to add three more centuries for Mashonaland Eagles that season, before being signed by the Farleigh Magpies in Queensland. A Grade Cricket contract with them marked a bountiful year for him in 2014, where he added three more hundreds to his previous eight centuries before the end of the year.

He was relatively an important player for Zimbabwe when the team toured Bangladesh in the last part of the year. He made his Test debut then, with a century and two fifties, one of which was his maiden.

Batting and Fielding

Format	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100s	50s	4s	6s	Ct	St
Test	22	43	4	1061	101	27.2	2615	40.57	1	5	102	8	46	5
ODI	55	51	2	1057	102	21.57	1549	68.23	1	4	80	9	49	5
T20I	41	41	2	637	48	16.33	493	129.2	0	0	54	26	23	1
FC	121	211	13	7046	240	35.58	12994	54.22	16	31	759	68	283	22
List A	166	153	13	3854	132	27.52	5198	74.14	5	18	295	53	145	24
T20	95	87	7	1382	65	17.27	1104	125.18	0	3	100	50	48	6

Bowling

Format

Mat

Inns

Balls

Runs

Wkts

BBI

BBM

Ave

Econ

SR

4w

5w

10w

Test

22

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

ODI

55

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

T20I

41

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

FC

121

5

48

33

1

1/4

1/14

33

4.12

48

0

0

0

List A

166

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

T20

95

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

Personal Information:

FULL NAME : Regis Wiriranai Chakabva

BORN: September 20, 1987

AGE: 34y 

BATTING STYLE: Right hand Bat

BOWLING STYLE: Right arm Offbreak

FIELDING POSITION: WicketkeeperPLAYING ROLE: Wicketkeeper Batter