Tapiwa Mufudza

{{short description|Zimbabwean cricketer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2024}}

{{Infobox cricketer

| name = Tapiwa Mufudza

| image =

| country = Zimbabwe

| fullname =

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1990|9|20}}

| birth_place = Harare, Zimbabwe

| nickname =

| batting = Right-handed

| bowling = Right-arm off-spin

| role = Bowler

| family =

| international = true

| odicap = 156

| odidebutdate = 6 January

| odidebutyear = 2024

| odidebutagainst = Sri Lanka

| lastodidate = 8 January

| lastodiyear = 2024

| lastodiagainst = Sri Lanka

| club1 = Mountaineers

| year1 = 2011/12–2015/16

| club2 = Eagles

| year2 = 2017/18–

| columns = 4

| column1 = ODI

| matches1 = 2

| runs1 = 1

| bat avg1 = 1.00

| 100s/50s1 = 0/0

| top score1 = 1

| deliveries1 = 102

| wickets1 = 0

| bowl avg1 = –

| fivefor1 = 0

| tenfor1 = –

| best bowling1 = –

| catches/stumpings1 = 0/–

| column2 = FC

| matches2 = 63

| runs2 = 889

| bat avg2 = 11.69

| 100s/50s2 = 0/1

| top score2 = 54

| deliveries2 = 12,203

| wickets2 = 190

| bowl avg2 = 30.28

| fivefor2 = 7

| tenfor2 = 1

| best bowling2 = 7/31

| catches/stumpings2 = 22/–

| column3 = LA

| matches3 = 86

| runs3 = 464

| bat avg3 = 11.31

| 100s/50s3 = 0/0

| top score3 = 36

| deliveries3 = 4,263

| wickets3 = 119

| bowl avg3 = 25.06

| fivefor3 = 1

| tenfor3 = 0

| best bowling3 = 5/25

| catches/stumpings3 = 25/–

| column4 = T20

| matches4 = 34

| runs4 = 47

| bat avg4 = 11.75

| 100s/50s4 = 0/0

| top score4 = 9

| deliveries4 = 727

| wickets4 = 38

| bowl avg4 = 22.71

| fivefor4 = 1

| tenfor4 = 0

| best bowling4 = 5/20

| catches/stumpings4 = 5/–

| date = 25 May

| year = 2025

| source = https://www.espncricinfo.com/cricketers/tapiwa-mufudza-453321 Cricinfo

}}

Tapiwa Mufudza (born 20 September 1990) is a Zimbabwean cricketer.

Mufudza has been an off-spinner since he took up the game at Mbizi Primary School in Highfield, Harare. He played for the Takashinga Cricket Club in Harare before being recruited by Mountaineers.{{cite news| work=Zimbabwe Cricket|accessdate=5 February 2014| title=Snippet of the Day: Tapiwa Mufudza|url= http://www.zimcricket.org/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=636:snippet-of-the-day-tapiwa-mufudza&Itemid=152|date=December 2014}}

He played his first matches for Mountaineers in 2011–12, and established himself in the side in 2012–13, when he took 13 wickets at an average of 14.92 to lead the national first-class bowling averages.{{cite web | url = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Seasons/Seasonal_Averages/ZIM/2012-13_f_Bowling_by_Average.html| title = Zimbabwe bowling averages 2012-13| publisher = CricketArchive| accessdate = 5 February 2015}} In the Logan Cup match against Southern Rocks he scored 39 batting at number 10, then took 2 for 46 and 5 for 27 in a 116-run victory.{{cite web | url = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/454/454108.html| title = Mountaineers v Southern Rocks 2012-13| publisher = CricketArchive| accessdate = 5 February 2015}} In the Zimbabwean T20 competition final against Mashonaland Eagles he opened the bowling and took 4 for 14. Mountaineers won the match and he won the man of the match award.{{cite web | url = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/455/455142.html| title = Mashonaland Eagles v Mountaineers 2012-13| publisher = CricketArchive | accessdate = 5 February 2015}}

He played for Cookham Dean in the Thames Valley Cricket League in 2014, taking 80 wickets at an average of 14.86 and making 499 runs at 27.72.{{cite web | url = http://www.cdcc.co.uk/memberprofile/memberID_220586/Tapiwa-Mufudza.aspx| title = Tapiwa Mufudza| publisher = Cookham Dean Cricket Club| accessdate = 5 February 2015}}

In the Logan Cup in December 2014, Mufudza took 7 for 31 in the second innings against Mid West Rhinos, including the first six wickets to fall, to ensure victory for Mountaineers.{{cite web | url = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/724/724546.html| title = Mid West Rhinos v Mountaineers 2014-15| publisher = CricketArchive | accessdate = 5 February 2015}} In January 2015 he played two 50-over matches for Zimbabwe A against Canada, taking two wickets for 56 runs in 20 overs.{{cite web | url = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/series/816163.html| title = Canada tour of Zimbabwe, 2014-15| publisher = Cricinfo| accessdate = 5 February 2015}} Later that month, opening the bowling in a List A match against Mashonaland Eagles, he took 4 for 28.{{cite web | url = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/724/724534.html| title = Mashonaland Eagles v Mountaineers 2014-15| publisher = CricketArchive | accessdate = 5 February 2015}} In December 2020, Mufudza was selected to play for the Eagles in the 2020–21 Logan Cup.{{cite web |url=https://thezimbabwedaily.com/news/523373-logan-cup-first-class-cricket-competition-gets-underway.html |title=Logan Cup first class cricket competition gets underway |work=The Zimbabwe Daily |accessdate=9 December 2020 |archive-date=9 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201209121102/https://thezimbabwedaily.com/news/523373-logan-cup-first-class-cricket-competition-gets-underway.html |url-status=dead }}{{cite web|url=https://www.herald.co.zw/logan-cup-starts-in-secure-environment/ |title=Logan Cup starts in secure environment |work=The Herald |accessdate=9 December 2020}}

In April 2021, he was named in Zimbabwe's squad for their Twenty20 International (T20I) series against Pakistan.{{cite web|url=https://www.cricbuzz.com/cricket-news/117101/uncapped-marumani-chivanga-and-mufudza-named-in-zimbabwe-t20i-squad |title=Uncapped Marumani, Chivanga and Mufudza named in Zimbabwe T20I squad |work=CricBuzz |access-date=17 April 2021}} He played two One Day Internationals on Zimbabwe's tour of Sri Lanka in 2023–24, but did not take a wicket.{{cite web |title=Zimbabwe tour of Sri Lanka 2023/24 |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/zimbabwe-in-sri-lanka-2023-24-1412536 |publisher=Cricinfo |access-date=26 May 2025}}