Elton Chigumbura made his first-class debut for Mashonaland in the Logan Cup, aged only 15, in 2002 and has since established himself as Zimbabwe's premier allrounder and captain of the national side. Chigumbura is a product of the ZC development programme and took to the game at Chipembere Primary School in the Highfield township of Harare. A protégé of coach Stephen Mangongo, he won a ZCU scholarship to Churchill High School and represented Zimbabwe in two Under-19 World Cups.

Regis Chakabva's path in cricket took him through Highfields, Churchill, on to Takashinga, and finally a Twenty20 against Pakistan and an ODI debut against Kenya, and he is regarded as a wicketkeeper of high promise in selection circles. Chakabva represent Zimbabwe Under-19s at the Afro-Asia Under-19 Cup in 2005, but despite the rebel crisis and subsequent player drain, slipped behind Tatenda Taibu, Brendan Taylor, and Alester Maregwede in the national wicketkeeping stakes and has struggled to force his way ahead of them.