Stuart Vance Carlisle (born 10 May 1972) is a former Zimbabwean cricketer who played 37 Test matches and 111 One Day Internationals for Zimbabwe. He was captained the side briefly, leading them in six Tests and 12 ODIs, and achieving a 2–3 result in an ODI series in India. He has the unique distinction of being the only Zimbabwean player to have scored both ODI and test century against Australia. He was denied the opportunity and long rope of potentially being a prominent and integral member of the Zimbabwean side during his peak years due to the tensions he and fellow white players had with Zimbabwe Cricket. He was known for his unorthodox playing style in his short international career and was also lauded for being an athletic fielder during his playing days. International career He made his test debut on 31 January 1995 against Pakistan and a month later he made his ODI debut against the same opponents on 22 February 1995. He was picked in Zimbabwe's squad for the 1999 Cricket World Cup. During a triangular ODI series in 2001, he scored a quick-fire century and ended up with 119 off just 45 balls as he single-handedly helped Zimbabwe to chase the mammoth target of 304 set by Australia and Zimbabwe eventually fell short by just 2 runs. Despite the valiant knock, his innings is best remembered as one of the finest ODI knocks in losing causes. Carlisle became the Zimbabwean captain in 2001 and Zimbabwe registered their first overseas test win in 17 years after defeating Bangladesh down under. After losing five out of six test matches, he lost the captaincy and was not picked for the 2003 Cricket World Cup. A right batsman, he was often shuffled up and down the order. He was used a utility batsman who played in a number of positions in the lineup from no 1 to no 7 position and was never given a role clarity and was not given the perfect position where he can bat for a long time. Due to the instability of his batting position, he quite did not reach the true potential in international career which was cut short. He made his maiden Test century in October 2003, against Australia at Sydney and despite his valiant efforts Zimbabwe lost the match by 9 wickets. He was also well known for his spirited knock of 109