Richard Ngarava (born 29 December 1997) is a Zimbabwean

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er. He made his

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debut for

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against Free State in the

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on 9 September 2016. Earlier, he was part of Zimbabwe's squad for the

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Career

He made his

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debut for Zimbabwe A against Afghanistan A during Afghanistan's tour to Zimbabwe on 3 February 2017. Following the List A matches, Ngarava was added to Zimbabwe's

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(ODI) squad for the five-match series against Afghanistan. He made his ODI debut for Zimbabwe against Afghanistan at the

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on 16 February 2017. Also in February 2017, he was named in an academy squad by

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to tour England later that year. He made his first-class debut for Rising Stars in the

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on 4 October 2017. In June 2018, he was named in a Board XI team for warm-up fixtures ahead of the 2018 Zimbabwe Tri-Nation Series. In September 2018, he was named in Zimbabwe's squad for the

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tournament. Later the same month, he was named in Zimbabwe's

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squad for the series against Bangladesh. However, he was later ruled out of the Test series due to injury. In September 2019, he was named in Zimbabwe's

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(T20I) squad for the

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. He made his T20I debut for Zimbabwe, against

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, in the Singapore Tri-Nation Series on 27 September 2019. In February 2021, Ngarava was named in Zimbabwe's

squad for their series against Afghanistan. In April 2021, he was named in Zimbabwe's Test squad, for the series against Pakistan. He made his Test debut for Zimbabwe, against

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, on 29 April 2021.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ngarava, Richard 1997 births Living people Zimbabwean cricketers Zimbabwe Test cricketers Zimbabwe One Day International cricketers Zimbabwe Twenty20 International cricketers 21st-century Zimbabwean sportsmen Cricketers from Harare Zimbabwe Select XI cricketers Rising Stars cricketers