Tanaka Chivanga

Tanaka Chivanga (born 24 July 1993) is a Zimbabwean cricketer. He made his international debut for the Zimbabwe cricket team in May 2022.^[1]

Tanaka Chivanga

Personal information
Full name	Tanaka Lance Chivanga
Born	(1993-07-24) 24 July 1993 (age 32) Goromonzi, Zimbabwe
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm fast
Role	Bowler
International information
National side	Zimbabwe
Test debut (cap 126)	12 February 2023 v West Indies
Last Test	7 August 2025 v New Zealand
ODI debut (cap 147)	4 June 2022 v Afghanistan
Last ODI	20 August 2022 v India
ODI shirt no.	27
T20I debut (cap 67)	17 May 2022 v Namibia
Last T20I	31 July 2022 v Bangladesh
T20I shirt no.	27
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2021–	Mashonaland Eagles
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA Matches 1 5 18 27 Runs scored 9 11 194 120 Batting average 9.00 5.50 10.77 10 100s/50s 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 Top score 6 6* 69 18 Balls bowled 84 218 2114 1182 Wickets 0 3 57 33 Bowling average – 65.66 21.40 33.81 5 wickets in innings – 0 4 1 10 wickets in match – 0 0 0 Best bowling – 1/38 6/38 6/31 Catches/stumpings 0/– 1/– 8/– 6/–
Source: Cricinfo, 7 August 2025

Career

In December 2020, he was selected to play for the Eagles in the 2020–21 Logan Cup.^[2][3] He made his first-class debut on 9 December 2020, for Eagles, in the 2020–21 Logan Cup tournament.^[4]

He made his Twenty20 debut on 10 April 2021, for also for Eagles, in the 2020–21 Zimbabwe Domestic Twenty20 Competition.^[5] On 14 April 2021, the match between Eagles and Rocks went to a Super Over, with Chivanga named the man of the match due to his bowling at the end of the game.^[6] Three days later, Chivanga was named in Zimbabwe's squad for their Twenty20 International (T20I) series against Pakistan.^[7] Prior to his selection to the national team, Chivanga had also played for the Zimbabwe A cricket team.^[8] On 26 April 2021, Chivanga was named in Zimbabwe's Test squad, also for the series against Pakistan.^[9]

In May 2021, he was named in the Zimbabwe A squad for their series against South Africa A.^[10] He made his List A debut on 29 May 2021, for Zimbabwe A against South Africa A.^[11] In July 2021, Chivanga was named in Zimbabwe's Test squad for their one-off match against Bangladesh.^[12]

In May 2022, Chivanga was named in Zimbabwe's T20I squad for their five-match home series against Namibia.^[13] He made his T20I debut on 17 May 2022, for Zimbabwe against Namibia.^[14] The following month, he was named in Zimbabwe's One Day International (ODI) squad for their series against Afghanistan.^[15] He made his ODI debut on 4 June 2022, for Zimbabwe against Afghanistan.^[16]

On 12 February 2023, Chivanga made his Test debut against the West Indies.^[17]