Forster Mutizwa (born 24 August 1985) is a Zimbabwean cricket umpire and former cricketer. He played as a right-handed lower middle-order batsman and wicket-keeper.

Forster Mutizwa
Personal information
Full name
Forster Mutizwa
Born (1985-08-24) 24 August 1985 (age 40)
Harare, Zimbabwe
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm off-break
RoleWicket-keeper, Umpire
International information
National side
Only Test (cap 84)26 January 2012 v New Zealand
ODI debut (cap 104)27 January 2009 v Kenya
Last ODI25 October 2011 v New Zealand
T20I debut (cap 29)15 October 2011 v New Zealand
Last T20I11 February 2012 v New Zealand
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2004/05–2005/06; 2016/17–2017/18Manicaland
2006/07–2009Easterns
2009/10–2012/13Mashonaland Eagles
2013/14–2018/19Mountaineers
Umpiring information
ODIs umpired7 (2022–2025)
T20Is umpired49 (2021–2025)
WODIs umpired1 (2024)
WT20Is umpired17 (2021–2025)
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI T20I FC
Matches 1 17 3 98
Runs scored 24 403 38 5,524
Batting average 12.00 31.00 12.66 38.62
100s/50s 0/0 0/4 0/0 14/25
Top score 18 79 22 190
Balls bowled 0 0 0 197
Wickets 0 0 0 2
Bowling average 54.00
5 wickets in innings 0 0 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 0 0 0
Best bowling 2/18
Catches/stumpings 0/0 9/2 0/0 193/16
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 23 March 2023

Playing career

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He was first called up to the national team for a tour of Bangladesh but did not feature in a match.[1] He made his international debut in a One Day International (ODI) against Kenya on 27 January 2009. He had featured in a lone Test for Zimbabwe against New Zealand in January 2012.[2] In December 2019, he quit playing cricket to become an umpire.[3]

Umpiring career

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On 23 July 2021, he stood in his first Twenty20 International (T20I) match, between Zimbabwe and Bangladesh.[4] On 7 August 2022, he made his ODI umpiring debut in a match between Zimbabwe and Bangladesh.[5] As of March 2023, he had officiated in 3 ODI and 24 T20I matches, including two women's T20Is.

See also

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References

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  1. Waller and Mutizwa named for Bangladesh tour ESPNcricinfo
  2. "Only Test, Napier, January 26 - 28, 2012, Zimbabwe tour of New Zealand". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 30 July 2022.
  3. "Mutizwa quits to be umpire". News Day. Archived from the original on 11 December 2019. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
  4. "2nd T20I, Harare, Jul 23 2021, Bangladesh tour of Zimbabwe". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
  5. "2nd ODI, Harare, August 07, 2022, Bangladesh tour of Zimbabwe". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 7 August 2022.
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