Tarisai Musakanda


Tarisai Musakanda is a Zimbabwean cricketer who plays for the Zimbabwe national cricket team. He was part of Zimbabwe's squad for the 2014 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup.

Domestic career

He made his List A debut in 2014 and made his first-class debut in the same year. To date, his highest score in List A is 82 against Tuskers on 11 November 2015 at Kwekwe.
In December 2018, during the opening round of the 2018–19 Logan Cup, Musakanda scored his maiden century in first-class cricket.

International career

In October 2016 he was included in Zimbabwe's Test squad for their series against Sri Lanka. The following month he was included in Zimbabwe's One Day International squad for the tri-series against Sri Lanka and the West Indies. He made his ODI debut in the final of the tri-series against Sri Lanka.
In February 2017, he was named in an academy squad by Zimbabwe Cricket to tour England later that year. He made his Test debut for Zimbabwe against Sri Lanka in their one-off Test in Colombo on 14 July 2017.
In June 2018, he was named in a Zimbabwe Select team for warm-up fixtures ahead of the 2018 Zimbabwe Tri-Nation Series. Later the same month, he was named in a 22-man preliminary Twenty20 International squad for the tri-nation series. He made his T20I debut for Zimbabwe against Pakistan on 1 July 2018, during the tri-series.
In September 2018, he was named as the captain of Zimbabwe's squad for the 2018 Africa T20 Cup tournament. He was the leading run-scorer for Zimbabwe in the tournament, with 182 runs in four matches.