David Houghton (cricketer)
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| Full name | David Laud Houghton | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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23 June 1957 Bulawayo, Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting style | Right-hand bat | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling style | Right-arm off break | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Batsman, Wicket keeper, coach, | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Test debut (cap 8) | 18 October 1992 v India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Test | 25 September 1997 v New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ODI debut (cap 6) | 9 June 1983 v Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last ODI | 5 October 1997 v New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1993–1998 | Mashonaland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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David Laud Houghton (born 23 June 1957) is the current batting coach of Middlesex and is a former Zimbabwean Test cricketer. He captained Zimbabwe in their first four Test matches, losing two and drawing two. Zimbabwe won one of the 17 One Day Internationals he was captain for.
David Houghton also represented his country in hockey and was described by the Pakistan hockey team captain as the best goal-keeper he had ever played against.[1]
Probably Zimbabwe's second-best batsman in their short cricketing history (after Andy Flower), Houghton holds the record for the highest Test score by a Zimbabwean, with his 266 against Sri Lanka in 1994/5. He still holds the Test Match record for the most runs in a career without a duck, with 1,464.[2] His most memorable one day international innings was against New Zealand in the 1987 Reliance World Cup, in which Houghton scored 142 runs off 137 deliveries with 13 fours and 6 sixes.[3] This innings brought Zimbabwe to the brink of a surprise victory, but New Zealand won by only 3 runs, and is the highest score by an Associate Batsman against a Test playing nation, taking place as it did before Zimbabwe were granted Test Status. Since retiring as a player, Houghton has gone on to become a coach and commentator.
Before he was the coach of Derbyshire County Cricket Club he was the coach at Radlett Cricket Club in Hertfordshire. Whilst in this role his best achievement was taking Radlett to victory in the Evening Standard trophy which is London's most prestigious cricket competition.
He coached Derbyshire from 2004 until the middle of the 2007 season when he resigned.[4]
He returned to Derbyshire as first team batting coach 2011–2013.[5] He served Somerset in a similar role in 2014 (prior to the arrival of director of cricket Matthew Maynard) before joining Middlesex on 10th November 2014.
International Centuries
Test Centuries
| David Houghton's Test centuries[6] | |||||||
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| # | Runs | Match | Against | City/Country | Venue | Year | Result |
| 1 | 121 | 1 |  India |  Harare, Zimbabwe | Harare Sports Club | 1992 | Drawn |
| 2 | 266 | 9 |  Sri Lanka | Bulawayo, Zimbabwe | Queens Sports Club | 1994 | Drawn |
| 3 | 142 | 10 | Sri Lanka | Harare, Zimbabwe | Harare Sports Club | 1994 | Drawn |
| 4 | 104* | 16 |  New Zealand | Auckland, New Zealand | Eden Park | 1996 | Drawn |
One Day International Centuries
| David Houghton's One Day International centuries[7] | |||||||
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| # | Runs | Match | Against | City/Country | Venue | Year | Result |
| 1 | 142 | 7 | New Zealand | Hyderabad, India | Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium | 1987 | Lost |
Records
- Fastest Zimbabwean test cricketer to reach 1000 test runs(24 innings).[8]
References
- ↑ Dave Houghton was a great sportsman in and beyond cricket.
- ↑ Lynch, Steven. "Who now holds the record for the most Test runs without a duck". Ask Steven - Cricinfo.com. Retrieved 5 June 2012.
- ↑ Reliance World Cup - 4th match, Group A
- ↑ Dave Houghton quits Derbyshire
- ↑ David Houghton rejoins Derbyshire in batting role
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- ↑ http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/records/283173.html
External links
| Preceded by None |
Zimbabwean national cricket captain 1992-93 |
Succeeded by Andy Flower |
| Preceded by Mark Ramprakash |
Middlesex batting coach 2015 to date |
Succeeded by Incumbent |
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