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Full name Charles Kevin Coventry
Born March 8, 1983, Kwekwe, Midlands
Current age 25 years 167 days
Major teams Zimbabwe,Matabeleland,Zimbabwe Cricket Academy
Nickname Chappie
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Legbreak
Fielding position Wicketkeeper
Relations Father - CK Coventry
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
4s
6s
Ct
St
Tests
2
4
0
88
37
22.00
93
94.62
0
0
14
1
3
0
ODIs
11
10
0
199
74
19.90
232
85.77
0
1
19
7
5
0
First-class
35
64
1
1621
90*
25.73
0
9
47
2
List A
49
46
4
1220
102*
29.04
1
9
24
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
Tests
2
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
ODIs
11
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
First-class
35
180
129
1
1/28
129.00
4.30
180.0
0
0
List A
49
24
30
0
-
-
-
7.50
-
0
0
0
Career statistics
Test debut
Zimbabwe v India at Bulawayo, Sep 13-16, 2005 scorecard
Last Test
Zimbabwe v India at Harare, Sep 20-22, 2005 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut
England v Zimbabwe at Bristol, Jul 6, 2003 scorecard
Last ODI
West Indies v Zimbabwe at Georgetown, May 7, 2006 scorecard
ODI statistics
First-class debut
1998/99
Last First-class
Southerns v Westerns at Masvingo, May 10-13, 2007 scorecard
List A debut
2001/02
Last List A
West Indies v Zimbabwe at Georgetown, May 7, 2006 scorecard
Profile
Charles "Chappie" Coventry is an aggressive middle-order batsman who can open in one-day cricket and also keep wicket. He was Zimbabwe's youngest first-class player at 15 years 303 days, for Matabeleland in 1998, although that was due to being in the right place when a selected player withdrew at the last minute. Son of international umpire Charles Coventry, he learned his cricket at Whitestone School and Christian Brothers College in Bulawayo, and plays for Bulawayo Athletic Club. He played for the national Under-19 team in the World Cup in 2002, when he was also a student at the CFX Academy. He bats in glasses and most of his successes have been in one-day cricket; he has yet to learn to build major innings in first-class cricket. He favours the lofted drive but as yet lacks the discipline required of a consistently successful batsman. Despite this, he played two Tests against India in September 2005, after the withdrawal of most of Zimbabwe's top players, and did no worse than anybody else. However, coach Kevin Curran reports that he was sent back from the West Indies tour for disciplinary reasons. He went to play club cricket in England and it remains to be seen whether he has a future in Zimbabwe cricket.
John Ward June 2006
