Stuart Carlisle

Stuart Carlisle

Personal information
Full name	Stuart Vance Carlisle
Born	(1972-05-10) 10 May 1972 Salisbury, Rhodesia
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm medium
Role	Batsman
International information
National side	Zimbabwe
Test debut (cap 24)	31 January 1995 v Pakistan
Last Test	15 August 2005 v New Zealand
ODI debut (cap 39)	22 February 1995 v Pakistan
Last ODI	31 August 2005 v New Zealand
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA Matches 37 111 96 155 Runs scored 1,615 2,740 5,399 4,003 Batting average 26.91 27.67 36.23 29.65 100s/50s 2/8 3/9 10/25 5/16 Top score 118 121* 219* 121* Balls bowled – – 111 – Wickets – – 0 – Bowling average – – – – 5 wickets in innings – – – – 10 wickets in match – – – – Best bowling – – – – Catches/stumpings 34/– 39/– 70/– 58/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 10 July 2015

Stuart Vance Carlisle (born 10 May 1972) is a former Zimbabwean cricketer who played 37 Test matches and 111 One Day Internationals for Zimbabwe. He was captained the side briefly, leading them in six Tests and 12 ODIs, and achieving a 2–3 result in an ODI series in India.

He now owns a sport shop near the Harare cricket ground.

International career

Carlisle became the Zimbabwean captain in early 2002. After losing five out of six Test matches he lost the captaincy and was not picked for the 2003 Cricket World Cup.

A right batsman, he was often shuffled up and down the order. He made his maiden Test century in October 2003, against Australia at Sydney.

In 2004,he along with Sean Ervine set the record for the highest 4th wicket partnership for Zimbabwe in ODIS (202).

After and unbeaten 103 in a Test against Bangladesh in early 2004, he became involved in the dispute with the Zimbabwean Cricket Board over the controversial sacking of Heath Streak. As one of the rebel players he refused to play for Zimbabwe and after a brief return in 2005 he had had enough of the internal struggles and retired from all forms of the game.

External links

• Stuart Carlisle at ESPNcricinfo