Robin Brown pulls an ace from his sleeve

[zimfan1]

Robin Brown pulls an ace from his sleeve

..as Zim under-19 prepare for South Africa

The Masakadza brothers Hamilton and Shingirai will soon be joined by another member of the family as yet another Masakadza brother enters the world of professional cricket. Zimbabwe under-19 coach Robin Brown pulled out his first ace from his sleeve when he invited a 17-year old Wellington Masakadza to train alongside the provisional under-19 team last week.


Wellington is another former scholar from Churchill High School. Brown sees him as a possible future star that could fill the role of all-rounder Tinotenda Mutombodzi, in the next world cup. “Mutombodzi was a very handy player in last world cup, I think Wellington will be the ready to perform the same role in the next world cup,” said Brown at a practise session at the high performance centre in Harare. Brown fell in love with his ability to turn the ball and effective offence on right handed batmen. At such a young age Masakadza has also established himself as an effectual middle order batsman, able to hold his wicket while rotating the strike.

Zimbabwe prepares to play against South Africa in July in a five 50 over and two Twenty20 matches in Harare. “This will be a big step for me and I hope I will be prepared for my first under-19 cap. I always wanted to play for this team, it is even more exciting that I am still eligible to play for the next three years,” said Masakadza
“I started playing cricket when I was ten years old at Mbizi primary school in Highfield before I went to Churchill. My inspiration was Shingirai because we spent most of our childhood together and we practised a lot more, he taught me the basics of the game and to be focused on the field,” added Masakadza
His brothers have many achievements to their names. Hamilton broke the world record for the youngest player to score 119 runs in a test debut while Shingirai Masakadza was a pace bowler with the most wickets in the last domestic first class season in the Logan Cup. “It is not easy matching the standards that my brothers set and I really have to work hard to make it as a professional cricketer. I always wanted to be different that is why I became a slow bowler,” said Masakadza as he described the pressure of growing up in the shadow of high performance in his family.

“I enjoy working with Mr. Brown; he is working a lot on my batting and expects me to bat well every time I am on the crease,”

“I want to win the next world cup if and when I am eligible for it,” concluded young Masakadza as he hurriedly departed to join the rest of the squad in a net session.

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[kingviv]

good for the masakadza's but was robin brown not a groundsman for sometime at HSC

[sloandog]

Brilliant news. Go on Mazakadza Junior junior

[ZIMDOGGY]

are the masakadzas from NZ or been there at some point?

Wellington and hamilton are both big NZ cities.

[eugene]

are the masakadzas from NZ or been there at some point?

Wellington and hamilton are both big NZ cities.

Good point Zimdoggy - that never occured to me despite being from New Zealand originally. I can assure you there is no city called Shingirai however.

[sloandog]

I can assure you there is no city called Shingirai however.

That'd be rather amusing

[ZIMDOGGY]

I can assure you there is no city called Shingirai however.

That'd be rather amusing

the amount of chinese over there these days i wouldnt be surprised if they rename auckland 'shanghai' however.

Shingirai=Shanghai with a zim accent.


Masakadzas parents= can see the future