Tawanda Muyeye
Tawanda Muyeye is a Zimbabwean-born, England-qualified, dynamic right-handed batter and occasional off-spinner, known for his aggressive style, who plays for the Desert Vipers in the ILT20 and Kent in county cricket, having previously starred for Oval Invincibles (The Hundred) and Melbourne Renegades (BBL) after fleeing political unrest in Zimbabwe as a teenager, aiming for an England Test debut. He won the prestigious Wisden Schools Cricketer of the Year award and scored his first T20 century in 2025, solidifying his status as a rising star in world cricket.
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Stats
| Match | Format | Date | Runs | BF | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kent vs Essex · Match 24 | T20 | May 29, 2026 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 50.00 |
| Kent vs Sussex · Match 17 | T20 | May 25, 2026 | 26 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 173.33 |
| Middlesex vs Kent · Match 1 | T20 | May 22, 2026 | 38 | 25 | 3 | 2 | 152.00 |
| Kent vs Durham · Match 21 | First Class | May 15, 2026 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 14.29 |
| Gloucestershire vs Kent · Match 18 | First Class | May 8, 2026 | 198 | 271 | 31 | 0 | 73.06 |
| Kent vs Derbyshire · Match 14 | First Class | May 1, 2026 | 45 | 109 | 6 | 0 | 41.28 |
| Match | Format | Date | Over | M | R | W | NB | WD | ECO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kent vs Durham · Match 21 | First Class | May 15, 2026 | 7.3 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3.42 |
| Gloucestershire vs Kent · Match 18 | First Class | May 8, 2026 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.00 |
| Worcestershire vs Kent · Match 13 | First Class | April 24, 2026 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.33 |
| Kent vs Northamptonshire · Match 7 | First Class | April 10, 2026 | 20 | 2 | 101 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5.05 |
| Durham vs Kent · Match 4 | First Class | April 3, 2026 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.00 |
| Kent vs Leicestershire · 44th Match | First Class | July 29, 2025 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.00 |
| Series | Format | Date | Runs | BF | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vitality Blast 2026 | T20 | May 22, 2026 - Jul 18, 2026 | 65 | 42 | 6 | 3 | 154.76 |
| County Championship Division Two 2026 | FIRSTCLASS | Apr 3, 2026 - Sep 27, 2026 | 438 | 677 | 64 | 2 | 64.70 |
| The Hundred Mens 2025 | T100 | Aug 5, 2025 - Aug 31, 2025 | 183 | 124 | 28 | 3 | 147.58 |
| Vitality Blast 2025 | T20 | May 29, 2025 - Sep 13, 2025 | 516 | 364 | 47 | 16 | 141.76 |
| County Championship Division Two 2025 | FIRSTCLASS | Apr 4, 2025 - Sep 27, 2025 | 664 | 1003 | 76 | 9 | 66.20 |
| Big Bash League 2024 | T20 | Dec 15, 2024 - Jan 27, 2025 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 42.86 |
| Format | Matches | Innings | Runs | BF | HS | AVG | SR | Not Out | 4s | 6s | 50s | 100s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T20 | 64 | 62 | 1420 | 1005 | 100 | 23.2700 | 141.2900 | 1 | 157 | 39 | 9 | 1 |
| List A | 11 | 10 | 221 | 227 | 40 | 24.5500 | 97.3500 | 1 | 30 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| First Class | 43 | 77 | 2460 | 3830 | 211 | 34.1600 | 64.2200 | 5 | 314 | 24 | 12 | 4 |
| Format | Matches | Innings | Overs | Balls | Runs | Wkts | AVG | Econ | SR | Bbi | Bbm | 4w | 5w | 10w |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T20 | 64 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0000 | 0.0000 | 0.0000 | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| List A | 11 | 2 | 10.00 | 60 | 33 | 1 | 33.0000 | 3.3000 | 60.0000 | 1/17 | 1/17 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| First Class | 43 | 13 | 103.50 | 623 | 421 | 3 | 140.3300 | 4.0500 | 207.6000 | 2/70 | 2/70 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Matches
Major Teams Represented
Domestic (England): Kent (County Championship, T20 Blast)
Franchise (International):
Oval Invincibles (The Hundred)
Melbourne Renegades (Big Bash League - BBL)
Desert Vipers (DP World ILT20)
Records & Achievements
First T20 Century: Scored his maiden T20 hundred in July 2025.
Top Performers: Second-highest run-scorer in the 2025 T20 Blast (516 runs in 14 matches).
Debut: Made First-Class and List A debuts for Kent in 2021.
Goal: Dreams of playing Test cricket for England.
Domestic Debuts
- First-Class (FC): Kent v Sussex, May 13–16, 2021.
- List A: Kent v Durham, July 22, 2021.
- T20: Kent v Surrey, June 2022.
Statistics (career Summary To 2025)
- First-Class: ~39 matches, ~2,200+ runs, 3 centuries, high score of 211.
- T20 (Overall): ~64 matches, 1,400+ runs, 1 century, strike rate over 140.
