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Full name David Hayden Brain
Born October 4, 1964, Salisbury (now Harare)
Current age 44 years 8 days
Major teams Zimbabwe,Mashonaland
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Left-arm fast-medium
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
4s
6s
Ct
St
Tests
9
13
2
115
28
10.45
172
66.86
0
0
13
0
1
0
ODIs
23
18
4
117
27
8.35
171
68.42
0
0
10
2
5
0
First-class
26
33
7
534
126
20.53
1
1
8
0
List A
34
27
9
197
27*
10.94
0
0
7
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
Tests
9
16
1810
915
30
5/42
6/70
30.50
3.03
60.3
1
1
0
ODIs
23
23
1091
849
21
3/51
3/51
40.42
4.66
51.9
0
0
0
First-class
26
4404
2195
74
6/48
29.66
2.99
59.5
4
0
List A
34
1577
1220
23
3/51
3/51
53.04
4.64
68.5
0
0
0
Career statistics
Test debut
Zimbabwe v New Zealand at Harare, Nov 7-12, 1992 scorecard
Last Test
Zimbabwe v Pakistan at Harare, Feb 15-19, 1995 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut
Zimbabwe v India at Harare, Oct 25, 1992 scorecard
Last ODI
Zimbabwe v South Africa at Harare, Oct 22, 1995 scorecard
ODI statistics
First-class span
1986/87 - 1995/96
List A span
1985/86 - 1995/96
Profile
Tall with ginger hair, David Brain was a left-arm seam bowler, generally over the wicket, and an aggressive if ungainly tailend batsman who had virtually a meteoric career in international cricket. He was regarded as little more than a good club player who was omitted from Zimbabwe's World Cup team in 1991-92, but the following season he won a place in the Test team and bowled most impressively against New Zealand. He was superb on the tour of Pakistan in 1993-94, spearheading the Zimbabwe attack against formidable opposition in taking 12 wickets at 15.33 in two Tests. He played in Zimbabwe's first Test victory, over Pakistan at home the following season, but he was already heavily involved in the family hardware business when his international career started, and the conflict between cricket and profession saw him fade from the scene soon afterwards.
John Ward
