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Full name Edward Charles Rainsford
Born December 14, 1984, Kadoma, Mashonaland
Current age 23 years 297 days
Major teams Zimbabwe,Centrals,Midlands,Zimbabwe A,Zimbabwe Provinces
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm fast-medium
Relations Sister - YB Rainsford
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
4s
6s
Ct
St
ODIs
24
14
6
38
9*
4.75
100
38.00
0
0
1
0
4
0
First-class
34
53
15
370
50*
9.73
0
1
18
0
List A
39
25
9
67
9*
4.18
0
0
6
0
Twenty20
5
3
1
15
9
7.50
14
107.14
0
0
0
0
2
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
ODIs
24
24
1218
923
24
3/16
3/16
38.45
4.54
50.7
0
0
0
First-class
34
4519
2302
106
6/20
21.71
3.05
42.6
5
5
1
List A
39
1827
1391
33
3/16
3/16
42.15
4.56
55.3
0
0
0
Twenty20
5
5
90
113
1
1/8
1/8
113.00
7.53
90.0
0
0
0
Career statistics
ODI debut
Zimbabwe v Australia at Harare, May 29, 2004 scorecard
Last ODI
Ireland v Zimbabwe at Kingston, Mar 15, 2007 scorecard
ODI statistics
First-class debut
2001/02
Last First-class
Centrals v Northerns (Zimbabwe) at Kwekwe, May 10-13, 2008 scorecard
List A debut
2002/03
Last List A
Centrals v Southerns at Harare, May 27, 2008 scorecard
Twenty20 debut
Eagles v Zimbabweans at Kimberley, Sep 13, 2006 scorecard
Last Twenty20
Centrals v Southerns at Harare, Mar 21, 2008 scorecard
Profile
Ed Rainsford is a tall right-arm seam bowler who won early selection for the Zimbabwe national squad against Sri Lanka in 2004 when the 'rebel' players withdrew. He played five ODIs during that dispute, but never really made an impression. Zimbabwe's continuing player drain led to his recall to national colours in 2006. He has developed an excellent yorker, which works best with left-handers as his stock delivery swings the ball into them. Rainsford grew up in the Midlands town of Kadoma, and despite attending a minor cricket-playing junior school showed little interest in the game until he was 11, when his father, who had played at school himself, coached him and fired his enthusiasm. One of his older brothers played for Midlands in the early nineties before the Logan Cup acquired first-class status. After five years in the first team at Jameson High in Kadoma, he was so 'hungry' for cricket that he would catch a lift three times a week to Kwekwe, 45 miles away, to practise with the National League club team there. This led to selection for Midlands in the Logan Cup, as well as the Under-19 World Cup team and the CFX Academy in 2004. More recently he has been troubled by a bad stress fracture in the back. He performed commendably on the West Indies tour, but still tended to be inconsistent and left early to fulfil a club contract in England. He was less impressive in outings against Bangladesh and an Australian Academy side later in the year.
Steven Price September 2006
