Malcolm Waller – Profile, Stats & Recent Form

Personal details

Full nameMalcolm Noel Waller

Born28 Sep 1984

Age42 Years

NationalityZimbabwean

RoleBatsman/Right hand bat, Right arm off break Bowler

Career at a glance

Format	M	Runs	Avg	SR	Wkts	Econ
Test	14	577	21.37	50.79	8	2.86
ODI	79	1259	19.07	76.81	10	5.09
T20I	32	613	26.65	138.37	0	8.40
T20	88	1546	25.34	136.45	12	7.55
List A	165	3434	25.81	84.64	61	4.93
First-class	78	4649	37.19	56.98	62	3.19

Family

RelationsAndy Waller (Father), Nathan Waller (Cousin)

Batting

Format	M	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s	Ct
Test	14	28	1	577	72	21.37	1136	50.79	0	4	68	1	10
ODI	79	72	6	1259	99	19.07	1639	76.81	0	5	130	12	22
T20I	32	31	8	613	68	26.65	443	138.37	0	1	42	28	9
T20	88	80	19	1546	78	25.34	1133	136.45	0	4	116	66	40
List A	165	147	14	3434	115	25.81	4057	84.64	2	21	312	44	63
First-class	78	136	11	4649	208	37.19	8159	56.98	11	22	551	32	55

Bowling

Format	M	Inn	Overs	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Avg	Econ	5W
Test	14	9	76	218	8	6/124	27.25	2.86	0
ODI	79	30	111	566	10	2/44	56.60	5.09	0
T20I	32	3	5	42	0	–	–	8.40	0
T20	88	20	39.1	296	12	3/23	24.66	7.55	0
List A	165	0	416	2054	61	4/29	33.67	4.93	0
First-class	78	95	769.4	2457	62	6/105	39.62	3.19	1

By tournament

Tournament	M	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	Wkts	Econ
ICC Men's T20 World Cup	4	46	26	11.50	85.19	–	–

Against teams

Batting vs	Inn	Runs	HS	Avg	SR
India	3	54	30	18.00	93.10
Afghanistan	3	40	27	40.00	121.21
Australia	1	13	13	13.00	216.67
Pakistan	1	0	0	–	–
Sri Lanka	2	0	0	0.00	0.00

Bowling vs	Inn	Runs	Avg	Econ	SR
Australia	1	20	–	10.00	–
Pakistan	1	18	–	9.00	–
Zimbabwe	2	38	–	9.50	–

Batting vs	Inn	Runs	HS	Avg	SR
Sri Lanka	8	183	40	26.14	101.10
Afghanistan	8	67	36	11.17	70.53
Bangladesh	2	13	13	6.50	41.94
India	1	8	8	8.00	53.33

Bowling vs	Inn	Wkts	Runs	Avg	Econ	SR
Sri Lanka	4	4	116	29.00	4.46	39.00
Zimbabwe	6	4	176	44.00	4.63	57.00
Bangladesh	1	0	32	–	4.57	–
Afghanistan	2	0	56	–	5.60	–

Batting vs	Inn	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50	100
Sri Lanka	6	144	68	24.00	73.85	1	0
West Indies	4	37	15	9.25	44.05	0	0

Bowling vs	Inn	Wkts	Runs	Avg	Econ	SR
Sri Lanka	8	4	142	35.50	3.84	55.50
Zimbabwe	6	2	86	43.00	3.74	69.00
West Indies	2	0	18	–	4.50	–

About Malcolm Waller

Malcolm Waller Biography

Malcolm Noel Waller was born on 28th September 1984 in Harare, Zimbabwe.

Coming in the middle order to bat, Malcolm is also an off-spinner who plays all formats of the game.

He comes from a cricketing family, his father Andy played for Zimbabwe in the 1980s and 90s, Waller’s cousin Nathan Waller has also represented Zimbabwe in their under-19 team.

Background

In 2000, Malcolm played for Zimbabwe under-15 side and went on to play for Mashonaland in 2004. His performances were pretty ordinary until he joined Harare Sports Club in 2007 and one his displays in the Vigne Cup helped him get selected for the national side’s series against Bangladesh in 2008-09.

Debut

In January 2009 Waller made his ODI debut against Bangladesh, he managed to score a 24 off 48 balls and Zimbabwe won the match by 2 wickets with 4 balls remaining.

Two years later Malcolm made his Test debut in November against New Zealand, he was 72 not out from 133 balls in the first innings, however could only score 29 off 62 in the second before getting out LBW to Daniel Vettori.

Rise to Glory

After Waller’s debut against Bangladesh, he played a great knock of 63 against Kenya later that season helping Zimbabwe win the series.

In 2011 Waller contributed a 99 not out off 74 balls score to chase down a total of 328 made by New Zealand at Bulawayo in the third ODI.

Low Points

In December 2014, Waller faced a suspension from ICC for suspect bowling action and couldn't feature in any matches till August 2015.

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