Erick Chauluka (born 9 September 1983) is a Zimbabwean

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er.

Career

Chauluka is a member of the

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in Harare, and

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ed the club in 2007.

Domestic career

Chauluka made his first-classdebut for

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in the 2002–03 Logan Cup, being dismissed for a

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in both innings. He switched to

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for the 2003–04 season, scoring 231 runs in four matches at an

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of 33.00 playing mainly as an

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, including his maiden first-class

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against

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. He also made his

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debut in the 2003–04 Faithwear Inter-Provincial Competition, scoring 70 runs on his debut against

batting at #3, which remains his highest List A score. He switched to

for the 2004–05 season, playing four first-class and two List A matches.First-class matches played by Erick Chauluka
– CricketArchive. Retrieved 9 August 2011. No first-class matches were played in the 2005–06 Zimbabwean domestic cricket season due to the

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. Chauluka did, however, represent Zimbabwe A in two matches against Bangladesh A in June 2006, scoring 63 runs. Chauluka was selected to play for Centrals after the first re-structuring of Zimbabwean cricket. He played five first-class and three List A games as

of the side in the 2006–07 season, scoring 203 runs in the Logan Cup, the most for Centrals in that season.Batting and fielding for Centrals – Logan Cup 2006/07
– CricketArchive. Retrieved 9 August 2011. He also played three further first-class matches and one List A match for Zimbabwe A against Kenya Select and South Africa A in the 2006–07 and 2007–08 seasons. Chauluka also played several matches for the Zimbabwe Provinces in the 2007–08 South African domestic season.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Chauluka, Erick 1983 births Centrals cricketers Manicaland cricketers Mashonaland cricketers Midlands cricketers Cricketers from Harare Southern Rocks cricketers 21st-century Zimbabwean sportsmen Zimbabwean cricketers Living people