Shingirai Winston Masakadza (born September 4, 1986) is a 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 fast-bowler and lower-order batsman. Brother of current Zimbabwean star international cricketer Hamilton Masakadza

Hamilton Masakadza

Hamilton Masakadza is a Zimbabwean cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and occasional right-arm leg-break bowler.In February 2000 he became the first black Zimbabwean to score a first-class century. Soon after, in July 2001 he became the youngest player to make a century on his Test debut...

, he is regarded as the country's most talented pace prospect and middle-order batsmen, one of plenty in Zimbabwe cricket, such as 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...

 and Chamu Chibhabha. After a string of excellent performances with ball and bat in the domestic circuit, he was called up to the Zimbabwe squad to face the West Indies in the Caribbean.

International career

He made his ODI debut in Providence, and after Zimbabwe posted a competitive score of 256/5, Shingirai held his nerve in the final over of the match, to take two wickets as Zimbabwe pulled off a 2 run victory, with Masakadza ending with figures of 3/36, taking the wickets of Shivnarine Chanderpaul

Shivnarine Chanderpaul

Shivnarine "Shiv" Chanderpaul is a cricketer, and former captain of the West Indies cricket team. He is the first Indo-Caribbean in the West Indies team to play 100 Tests for the West Indies and has captained them in 14 Tests and 16 One Day Internationals...

, Dwayne Smith

Dwayne Smith

Dwayne Romel Smith is a cricketer who has represented the West Indies. An all-rounder, he is known as an aggressive and powerful right-handed batsman, bowls medium pace, and is also an athletic fielder. Smith has played for Barbados since the start of his career but has also played three seasons...

 and Sulieman Benn

Sulieman Benn

Sulieman Jamaal Benn is a West Indian cricketer who plays international cricket for the West Indies and first-class cricket for Barbados....

. He was then announced in the squad that would play Ireland in August 2010 and he made a good impression with the bat in the last and third ODI against Ireland he scored 46* but Zimbabwe lost the match but won the series 2-1. Masakadaza was placed in as a replacement for Charles Coventry

Charles Coventry

Colonel Charles John Coventry, CB played cricket for England in the first two Test matches they played against South Africa....

 in that match.

He was subsequently selected for the two match T20 series against South Africa and participated in the Second T20 at the expense of Ed Rainsford. Masakadza clean bowled David Miller and also took the wicket of Robin Peterson

Robin Peterson

Robin John Peterson is a South African cricketer who bowls left arm spin. He is also a more than capable batsman, with a first class batting average of 26.35 as of 6 November 2005. His first class bowling average is a modest 36.36, however, and in Test matches it stands at 50.37...

 against a weakened South Africa who were without Dale Steyn, Jacques Kallis & Morne Morkel. In the subsequent ODI series he took 4 wickets in his opening match the wickets being of Graeme Smith

Graeme Smith

Graeme Craig Smith is a South African cricketer and captain of the South African cricket team Test Match side, having succeeded Shaun Pollock after the 2003 Cricket World Cup...

, Colin Ingram

Colin Ingram (cricketer)

Colin Alexander Ingram is a South African cricketer who currently plays for the Warriors. He represented South Africa at the 2004 U-19 Cricket World Cup in Bangladesh.-Early life:...

, Albie Morkel

Albie Morkel

Johannes Albertus Morkel , better known as Albie Morkel, is a South African cricketer. He is an all-rounder who bowls right-arm- medium fast and bats left-handed. He is famous for his six hitting abilities in Twenty20 cricket...

and David Miller.