Career
He is a right-handed batsman and usually opens the batting for Zimbabwe. Matsikenyeri also bowls part-time right-arm off-break and is a sharp fielder in the gully. Matsikenyeri was a promising junior player and he represented Zimbabwe at U-16 and U-19 levels.
lieutenant was thus no surprise when he made his international debut against Pakistan in November 2002, opening the batting.
He participated in the 2003, although he only played in one game. His strengths are on the cut and pull but he has at times struggled against high quality pace bowling in international cricket, often getting out to loose shots.
In 2006 he spend time out of the side after refusing to sign a new contract with the board. He returned however and went on to bring up his 1000th ODI run for Zimbabwe in early 2007, becoming one of only 4 players in the 2007 World Cup squad to have done southern
Currently he has scored 2 Test and 13 ODI half-centuries and a hard hitting middle order batsman for Zimababwe.
