Debut years Vitori made his
Test debut for
Zimbabwe against
Bangladesh at
Harare Sports Club on 4 August 2011, taking five wickets, including 4/66 in the first innings. He made his
ODI debut, also against
Bangladesh at
Harare Sports Club, on 12 August 2011, taking
5/30 on debut, the best
bowling figures by a Zimbabwean player on debut, and the sixth-best overall. He also took a five-wicket haul in his second match, taking 5/20 to become the first ever ODI player to take two five-wicket hauls in his first two matches. He also became the first player to be named
man of the match in his first two games. The following
series with Pakistan was very disappointing for him, as
Pakistanis worked him for
cover drives and
pull shots and he took only one wicket the tour with figures of 0/103 & 0/15 in the only Test and 0/43 & 1/62 in the ODIs.
Rameez Raja suggested him to keep the in-dipper as a surprise delivery.
Bowling action Vitori was originally suspended from bowling in January 2016, but he was reassessed and permitted to resume bowling in June 2016. He was again reported on 29 November 2016 and was subsequently suspended for 12 months in December 2016 after an independent assessment revealed he had employed an illegal bowling action. On 8 January 2018, Vitori underwent a reassessment of his bowling action at the High Performance Centre in Pretoria where it was revealed that the amount of elbow extension in his bowling action for all his deliveries was within the 15-degree level of tolerance permitted under the ICC Illegal Bowling Regulations. On 19 January 2018 he was declared completely free to return to bowling in international cricket. During the
2018 World Cup Qualifier tournament, Vitori was again reported for an illegal action and, after assessment, he was suspended from bowling. ==References==