Terrence Duffin (born 20 March 1982) is a former Zimbabwean international cricketer, who played Test matches and One Day Internationals, captaining the side in ODIs.

International career

Duffin has played two

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es for Zimbabwe against

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as an opening

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, scoring 56 in the first

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of that

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, making him the fifth Zimbabwean to score a half-century on Test debut. However, in the second innings, Duffin was dismissed for two by

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. He was selected as the captain of the Zimbabwean

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team to play

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without having played an ODI. He scored 53 runs in the first ODI and carried his team to victory. He adjudged man of the match for match winning contributions.

Domestic career

Duffin has also played 31 first class matches for Zimbabwe provinces

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and the

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, as well as Zimbabwe A. In those matches, he has only got one

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– 117 in a drawn

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game with

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in 2004–05, but he has recorded twelve fifties in first-class cricket. In the summer of 2004 he was the professional for Irvine Cricket Club, who play in Scotland's Western Union Division 1.

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* 1982 births Living people Sportspeople from Kwekwe White Zimbabwean sportspeople CFX Academy cricketers Midlands cricketers Matabeleland cricketers Zimbabwe Test cricketers Alumni of Plumtree School Zimbabwe One Day International cricketers Zimbabwean ODI captains Zimbabwean cricketers Cricketers at the 2007 Cricket World Cup Cricketers at the 2011 Cricket World Cup {{Zimbabwe-cricketbio-stub