Craig Ervine

Craig Richard Ervine (born 19 August 1985) is a Zimbabwean international cricketer who captains Zimbabwe in limited overs matches.

[2] In January 2022, in the opening fixture of the series against Sri Lanka, Ervine played in his 100th One Day International (ODI) match.

[4] He made his List A debut during the 2003 Faithwear Clothing Inter-Provincial One-Day Competition playing for Midlands against Matabeleland on 3 December 2003.

[10] In December 2018, during the opening round of the 2018–19 Logan Cup, Ervine scored his tenth century in first-class cricket.

[13][14] He was included in Zimbabwe's squad for the 2010 ICC World Twenty20 tournament despite the modest returns in domestic T20 competition and made his T20I debut in a rain-affected group stage match against Sri Lanka on 3 May 2010.

He had a decent World Cup campaign as he ended up as the leading run-scorer for Zimbabwe during the course of the tournament with an aggregate of 231 runs in 6 matches including 3 fifties.

[26] He made the move to leave Zimbabwe citing financial insecurity and to earn for a good living in overseas.

[31] Following the win against New Zealand, his teammate Sean Williams asked him personally to pay half the rent for his stay in the apartment.

[33][34] On Zimbabwe's 2017 tour of Sri Lanka, Ervine scored a match winning 69 runs to level the five-match series 2-2.

[37][38] Despite his valiant efforts with the bat, Sri Lanka went onto win the closely fought test match after successfully chasing down the mammoth target of 391.

[57] He along with his brothers Sean and Ryan were brought and raised up in a farm outside Harare and he inherited interest in cricket through his grandparents who would even pay 50 cents to anyone who took a wicket.

[59] Ervine almost had a hand amputated in his early teens following a freak accident where he slipped and fell on broken glass in his family's living room.