A wicket-keeper and a right-handed batsman, Forster Mutizwa had to wait for a long time for his international call-up after making his first-class debut in 2004/05. However, his stellar performances and good form in the next couple of seasons caught the selectors' eye and he was included in the tour to Bangladesh.

Mutizwa's debut, though, came in 2009 against Kenya in an ODI, where he put up a decent showing. In the return series that followed, he once again impressed with steady knocks, whilst continuing to perform brilliantly at the domestic level.