| Country: | Zimbabwe |
| Fullname: | Peter Chingoka |
| Birth Date: | 2 March 1954 |
| Birth Place: | Bulawayo, Southern Rhodesia, Rhodesia and Nyasaland (now Zimbabwe) |
| Batting: | Right-handed |
| Bowling: | Right-arm medium |
| Club1: | South Africa African XI |
| Year1: | 1975/76 - 1976/77 |
| Columns: | 1 |
| Column1: | List A |
| Matches1: | 2 |
| Runs1: | 15 |
| Bat Avg1: | 7.50 |
| 100S/50S1: | - / - |
| Top Score1: | 13 |
| Deliveries1: | 126 |
| Wickets1: | 1 |
| Bowl Avg1: | 142.00 |
| Fivefor1: | - |
| Tenfor1: | - |
| Best Bowling1: | 1/83 |
| Catches/Stumpings1: | - / - |
| Date: | 20 October |
| Year: | 2012 |
| Source: | ESPNcricinfo |
Peter Chingoka (2 March 1954 - 22 August 2019) was a Zimbabwean cricket administrator.[1] [2]
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 (since renamed Zimbabwe Cricket); 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 (ICC). He was elected chairman of the African Cricket Association (ACA) in 1998.[3]
In October 2007, Chingoka, who was due to give evidence in Darrell Hair's employment tribunal/racism controversy, was refused entry to Britain. In February 2008, the-then UK Culture Secretary Andy Burnham, refused to guarantee that Chingoka would be allowed entry to attend a London meeting of the ICC until a publication of a report by accountants KPMG on alleged corruption in Zimbabwean cricket.[4] [5]
He was added to the European Union's list of Zimbabweans subject to personal sanctions - a ban on travel to the EU and the freezing of any assets there - in July 2008, following the controversial 2008 presidential election, in which President Robert Mugabe was re-elected amidst serious political violence.[6] Later, in December 2008, he was banned from travelling to Australia.[7]
He resigned as the chairman of Zimbabwe Cricket on 23 July 2014.
Chingoka died in August 2019.[8]