Peter Chingoka

Who is Peter Chingoka?

Peter Chingoka is a former Zimbabwe cricket administrator.

His father, Douglas, was a sub-inspector in the Rhodesian police force—the British South Africa Police—and later a deputy commissioner in the Zimbabwe Republic Police from 1980.

As an all-rounder in 1970s Rhodesia, Chingoka was the first black Rhodesian cricketer to play at a high level, appearing in List A games for the "South Africa African XI", which he captained in two matches in the Gillette Cup competition in 1975-76 and 1976-77. His team lost both matches by large margins.

After a time in club cricket, Chingoka moved into administration and in 1990 became Vice-President of the Zimbabwe Cricket Union; he was promoted to the position of President two years later. As such he became a full voting member of the executive board of the International Cricket Council.

In October 2007, Chingoka, who was due to give evidence in Darrell Hair employment tribunal/racism controversy, was refused entry to Britain.