David Brain

For the baseball player, see Dave Brain. For people of a similar name, see David Braine (disambiguation).

David Hayden Brain (born 4 October 1964) is a former Zimbabwean cricketer who played in nine Test matches and 23 One Day Internationals from 1992 to 1995.^[1] He was born at Salisbury, then in Southern Rhodesia, in 1964.

David Brain

Personal information
Full name	David Hayden Brain
Born	(1964-10-04) 4 October 1964 (age 60) Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Left-arm fast-medium
Role	Bowler
International information
National side	Zimbabwe (1992–1995)
Test debut (cap 13)	7 November 1992 v New Zealand
Last Test	15 February 1995 v Pakistan
ODI debut (cap 24)	25 October 1992 v India
Last ODI	22 October 1995 v South Africa
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA Matches 9 23 26 34 Runs scored 115 117 534 197 Batting average 10.45 8.35 20.53 10.94 100s/50s 0/0 0/0 1/1 0/0 Top score 28 27 126 27* Balls bowled 1,810 1,091 4,404 1,577 Wickets 30 21 74 23 Bowling average 30.50 40.42 29.66 53.04 5 wickets in innings 1 0 4 0 10 wickets in match 0 0 0 0 Best bowling 5/42 3/51 6/48 3/51 Catches/stumpings 1/– 5/– 8/– 7/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 17 June 2017

Brain's bowling helped Zimbabwe win their first-ever match in test cricket against Pakistan in 1995, ending with a bowling record of 3-50.^[2]