Name Edward Rainsford Batting style Right-handed | Role Bowler National team
Zimbabwe
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Current teams Mid West Rhinos (#23), Zimbabwe national cricket team (#23) | ||
Full Name Edward Charles Rainsford Born ( 1984-12-14 ) 14 December 1984 (age 39)
Birth Place Kadoma, Mashonaland, Zimbabwe Bowling style Right-arm fast-medium | ||
Thomas mlambo interviews zimbabwean cricketer ed rainsford
Edward Charles "Ed" Rainsford (born 14 December 1984) is a Zimbabwean cricketer. He has played 39 ODIs and two Twenty20 Internationals for Zimbabwe.
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- Thomas mlambo interviews zimbabwean cricketer ed rainsford
- Domestic career
- International career
- References
Domestic career
Rainsford played two matches for the Gloucestershire Second XI in the Second XI Championship in 2008, taking five wickets at an average of 35.20, with a best of 3/56.
International career
Rainsford represented the Zimbabwe Under-19 cricket team at the 2004 Under-19 World Cup, taking four wickets in six games at an average of 38.00, with a best of 2/37.
He is primarily a right arm medium-fast seam bowler with a 22.03 first-class average whose skill in yorkers is well documented.
During the 2006 Zimbabwean tour of Bangladesh, he left the tour early to fulfil a club contract in England with North London side Harefield CC. He took 33 wickets in 17 games, including a spectacular 4 wickets in 4 consecutive balls.
Edward Rainsford was ruled out of the World Cup 2011 due to an ankle injury, he was sent to fly home.