Zimbabwe's national cricket team is one of the few Cricket teams in the world with Test match status. They became full members of the International Cricket Council in 1992 and have played only 111 Test matches since then. Currently, they are ranked number ten in the ICC test rankings. They are presently captained by Sean Williams in Tests, and last played a Test match against Bangladesh in July 2021. Many cricketers have taken wickets for Zimbabwe in Test matches, and few of them find their names in this list. This is the list of the 10 Zimbabwean cricketers with the best bowling figures in Test matches.
1. Paul Strang
Paul Strang is a former Zimbabwean cricketer who played for the Zimbabwe national cricket team from 1994-2001. He played 24 Test matches for his national team and took 70 wickets for Zimbabwe in Test matches. Strang has the record of best bowling figures by a Zimbabwean cricketer in an innings in a Test match. He took eight wickets and conceded only 109 runs against New Zealand on 12th September 2000.
2. Sikandar Raza
Sikandar Raza is a Pakistani-born Zimbabwean cricketer who has played 17 Test matches and taken 34 wickets in them. He also has the second-best bowling figures in an innings by a Zimbabwean bowler in Test cricket. He took seven wickets and conceded only 113 runs against Sri Lanka on 27th January 2020 in Harare.
3. Douglas Hondo
Douglas Hondo is a former Zimbabwean cricketer who played 9 Test matches for the Zimbabwe national cricket team and took 21 wickets for his national side. He also has the third-best bowling figures by a Zimbabwean bowler in an innings in a Test match. He took six wickets and conceded only 59 runs against Bangladesh on 14th January 2005 in Dhaka.
4. Ray Price
Ray Price is a former Zimbabwean cricketer who was a slow left-arm orthodox spinner. He played 22 Test matches for the Zimbabwe national cricket team between 1999 and 2013. He has the record of joint fourth-best bowling figures by a Zimbabwean cricketer. He took 80 wickets in the 22 Test matches he played and is Zimbabwe’s second-highest wicket-taker in Test matches. He took six wickets and conceded only 73 runs against West Indies on 4th November 2003 at Harare sports club.
5. Heath Streak
Heath Streak is a former Zimbabwean cricketer who played as an all-rounder for the Zimbabwe national cricket team from 1993-2005. He played 65 Test matches for the Zimbabwe national cricket team and 216 wickets for them, the highest number of tickets taken by a Zimbabwean cricketer in Test matches. He also has the record of the joint fourth- best bowling figures by a Zimbabwean in an innings of a Test match. He took six wickets and conceded only 73 runs against India on 20th September 2005.
6. Heath Streak
Heath Streal also has the fifth-best bowling figures by a Zimbabwean bowler in an innings of a Test match. He took six wickets and conceded only 87 runs against England on 18th May 2000 at the home of cricket, the Lord's cricket ground. He also bowled 12 maidens in that innings.
7. Heath Streak
Heath Streak also has the sixth-best bowling figures by a Zimbabwean bowler in an innings of a Test match. He took six wickets and conceded only 90 runs against Pakistan on 31st January 1995 in Harare at the Harare sports club cricket ground. He also bowled 11 maidens in that innings.
8. Adam Huckle
Adam Huckle is a former Zimbabwean cricketer who played eight Test matches and 19 ODIs for the Zimbabwe national cricket team. He took 25 wickets in the eight games he played. He finds his name on this list because he took six wickets and conceded only 109 runs against New Zealand on 25th September 1997 in Bulawayo.
9. Ray Price
Ray Price finds his name for the second time in this list because he took 6 wickets and conceded only 121 runs against the mighty Australians on 17th October 2003 at the Sydney cricket ground. He bowled 41.3 overs in the innings, and 6 of them were maiden overs.
10. Heath Streak
Heath Streak finds his name for the fourth time on this list, and this shows how good he was at his peak. He finds his name in this list because he took five wickets and conceded only 27 runs against West Indies on 16th March 2000 in the Port of Spain. Streak bowled 17 overs in the innings, and 8 of them were maidens.
