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Full name Malcolm Peter Jarvis
Born December 6, 1955, Fort Victoria (now Masvingo), Masvingo
Current age 52 years 312 days
Major teams Rhodesia,Zimbabwe,Mashonaland
Also known as Mallie
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Left-arm medium-fast
Other Coach
Relations Son - KM Jarvis
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
4s
6s
Ct
St
Tests
5
3
1
4
2*
2.00
15
26.66
0
0
0
0
2
0
ODIs
12
5
3
37
17
18.50
67
55.22
0
0
2
1
1
0
First-class
53
70
20
510
33
10.20
0
0
16
0
List A
56
30
12
147
18
8.16
0
0
11
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
Tests
5
8
1273
393
11
3/30
4/54
35.72
1.85
115.7
0
0
0
ODIs
12
12
601
451
9
2/37
2/37
50.11
4.50
66.7
0
0
0
First-class
53
11202
4748
163
7/36
29.12
2.54
68.7
8
3
List A
56
2929
2064
59
4/46
4/46
34.98
4.22
49.6
1
0
0
Career statistics
Test debut
Zimbabwe v India at Harare, Oct 18-22, 1992 scorecard
Last Test
Zimbabwe v Sri Lanka at Harare, Oct 26-31, 1994 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut
Australia v Zimbabwe at Chennai, Oct 13, 1987 scorecard
Last ODI
Zimbabwe v Pakistan at Harare, Feb 26, 1995 scorecard
ODI statistics
First-class span
1979/80 - 1994/95
List A span
1982/83 - 1994/95
Profile
Malcolm ('Mallie') Jarvis was a great-hearted and underestimated servant of Zimbabwe cricket, a left-arm seam and swing bowler who was at his best with the new ball. Unfortunately his lack of pace was sometimes held against him, but he played in Zimbabwe's Inaugural Test match against India in 1992-93 and was proud of the fact that, in his five Tests, he never finished on the losing side; had not a catch been dropped, he would have taken Zimbabwe's first wicket in Test cricket.
He grew up in the Midlands and attended Que Que (as it was then) High School, later moving to Harare. He had a classic bowling action, could bowl in the blockhole and moved the ball predominantly away from the right-hander off the pitch and into him in the air. There was no harder trier and he would bowl for hours on end, even through nagging injuries, although there were few fitter men. He was a great team man, particularly helpful to younger players. He was no batsman, although occasionally applying the long handle, and a good honest trier in the field. He retired at 38, just having regained his national team place against Sri Lanka in 1994-95, saying he did not want to be the oldest man in international cricket! He was for a while the national team's fitness trainer, but since then the Zimbabwe cricket authorities have sadly neglected his expertise.
Steven Price
