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| Full Name | Guy James Whittall |
| Date of Birth | September 5, 1972 |
| Nationality | Zimbabwean |
| Role | Middle order batsman/Right-handed, Right-arm medium Bowler |
| Past Team(s) | |
| Family | AR Whittall (Cousin) |
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Guy Whittall: A Brief Biography
Guy Whittall Biography
Guy James Whittall is a former cricketer who played in Tests and ODIs for Zimbabwe national team. He was born on 5th September 1972 in Chipinge, Rhodesia.
Generally, an all-rounder, he was a right-handed aggressive middle-order batsman and an effective right arm medium pace bowler.
He captained the national team in four One Day Internationals and went on to play 46 Tests and 147 One Day Internationals.
Background
He made it into the National school side at the age of 16 when he toured New Zealand in 1989 and England in 1990. They finished both the tournaments as an unbeaten side in both tours.
He made his first-class debut with Young Zimbabwe at 18 and opened the innings on his debut.
He was first selected for the Zimbabwe tour of England in 1993. But spent the whole season on the bench before making his Test debut against Pakistan in December 1993.
Debut
Whittall made his international debut against Sri Lanka on 15th November, 1993. He made an impressive debut and made 36 with a strike rate just over 100 but failed to take his team across the line.
Two weeks later, he made his debut against Pakistan in a Test match when he was included in the side for the tour to Pakistan.
He picked up a wicket in his first innings before making 33 and 2 in both innings as his team fell short by 131 runs.
Rise to Glory
He made an impact in his sixth test with his maiden Test century. He along with the Flower brothers was instrumental in getting the Zimbabwe team the first ever Test victory against the Pakistan team.
Two years later, he made an unbeaten 203 at Queens Sports Club against New Zealand. He fell short of the feat in September in 2002 against the same opponents.
With over 50 Test wickets for Zimbabwe, his best figures were 4/18 against England.
His ODI career included three World Cups and was particularly impressive in the 1999 World Cup as Zimbabwe made the final 6.
Low Points
He became increasingly handicapped by a knee injury that started in Sri Lanka.
Andy Flower was sacked as captain, to be replaced by Heath Streak, and Guy was appointed vice-captain after Flower refused the post.
Players felt that the team selection for the first Test against New Zealand in Bulawayo had been altered due to outside interference.
He refused to play in that test and after a meeting with the Zimbabwe Cricket Union, he played the second test and continued the role as vice-captain.
Club Career
He played for Matabeleland cricket team, a first-class cricket team in Zimbabwe between 1993/94 season to 1998/99 season.
He then moved onto Manicaland in the 1999/00 season till 2002/03 season after which he retired from domestic cricket.
Captaincy
He captained the National team in 2001, which spanned for a very brief period as the team lost all 4 matches he led.
Records
In 2000, he became the first fielder for Zimbabwe to take 4 catches in an innings of an ODI.
Retirement
The last Test match that he played was against Pakistan on 9th November 2002, after making just 9 runs in both innings and picking up 1 wicket from 36 overs he bowled across both innings.
In 8th March 2003, he played his last ODI match against New Zealand when he failed to score a run and bowled just 3 overs.
After playing 46 Tests and 147 One Day Internationals, in March 2003, Whittall announced his retirement from International and domestic cricket to focus on his family's game-ranch business.
