Donald Tiripano

Donald Tiripano
Personal information
Full name
Donald Tatenda Tiripano
Born (1988-03-17) 17 March 1988 (age 36)
Mutare, Zimbabwe
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium-fast
RoleBowler
RelationsChipo Mugeri-Tiripano (wife)
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 92)9 August 2014 v South Africa
Last Test12 February 2023 v West Indies
ODI debut (cap 118)18 July 2014 v Afghanistan
Last ODI6 June 2022 v Afghanistan
ODI shirt no.25
T20I debut (cap 45)8 January 2016 v Afghanistan
Last T20I14 June 2022 v Afghanistan
T20I shirt no.25
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2009/10–Mountaineers
2008/09Easterns
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI T20I FC
Matches 16 38 23 98
Runs scored 531 364 157 3,097
Batting average 22.12 17.33 13.08 26.02
100s/50s 0/2 0/1 0/0 4/12
Top score 95 55* 28 121
Balls bowled 2,693 1,508 417 14,668
Wickets 26 36 16 279
Bowling average 48.96 40.44 38.56 25.89
5 wickets in innings 0 1 0 6
10 wickets in match 0 0 0 0
Best bowling 3/23 5/63 3/20 5/15
Catches/stumpings 5/– 5/0 4/0 33/–
Source: Cricinfo, 12 February 2023

Donald Tatenda Tiripano (born 17 March 1988) is a Zimbabwean cricketer, who plays for the national team. He is a right-arm fast bowler and tail-ended batsman.

Domestic career

Tiripano was the leading run-scorer in the 2017–18 Logan Cup for Mountaineers, with 678 runs in eight matches.[1] He was the leading wicket-taker in the 2018–19 Logan Cup, with 25 dismissals in six matches.[2] In December 2020, he was selected to play for the Mountaineers in the 2020–21 Logan Cup.[3][4]

International career

He was named in the Zimbabwe squad for Afghanistan tour of Zimbabwe. He made his One Day International (ODI) debut at Queens Sports Club against Afghanistan where he took 2/51, as Zimbabwe won by 6 wickets.

In his third ODI, Tiripano's 5/63 in 10 overs against Afghanistan at Queens Sports Club was not enough to clinch victory for Zimbabwe as they lost by 100 runs. He took wickets of Javed Ahmadi, Usman Ghani, Shafiqullah, Mirwais Ashraf and Aftab Alam.[5]

He was named in Zimbabwean Test squad for one-off Test against South Africa and made his Test debut at Harare Sports Club in August 2014 where he took scored unbeaten 15 and then with bat and took two wickets of Dean Elgar and another debutant Dane Piedt.[6][7]

He made his Twenty20 International debut for Zimbabwe against Afghanistan on 8 January 2016.[8]

Personal life

Tiripano is married to Chipo Mugeri-Tiripano, who has captained the Zimbabwean women's team. They have a daughter together.[9]

References

  1. ^ "Logan Cup, 2017/18, Mountaineers: Batting and bowling averages". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 16 May 2018.
  2. ^ "Logan Cup, 2018/19: Most wickets". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 16 February 2019.
  3. ^ "Logan Cup first class cricket competition gets underway". The Zimbabwe Daily. Archived from the original on 9 December 2020. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
  4. ^ "Logan Cup starts in secure environment". The Herald. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
  5. ^ Seamers help Afghanistan square series
  6. ^ "South Africa tour of Zimbabwe, Only Test: Zimbabwe v South Africa at Harare, Aug 9–13, 2014". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 9 August 2014.
  7. ^ Vermeulen returns to Zimbabwe Test squad
  8. ^ "Zimbabwe tour of United Arab Emirates, 1st T20I: Afghanistan v Zimbabwe at Sharjah, Jan 8, 2016". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 8 January 2016.
  9. ^ "The first couple of local cricket", The Sunday Mail, 3 April 2016. Retrieved 16 October 2016.