A tall seam bowler who hits the deck hard, Chris Mpofu benefited from the mass exodus of rebel cricketers in Zimbabwe and got a chance in the international stage in 2004. He made his debut against the visiting English side in November 2004 and though he went wicketless, he managed to put the England top order in some trouble with his height and movement. Soon, he made his way into the Test side and made his debut in January 2005 against Bangladesh. He was quite effective immediately, picking up 4 wickets but conceded more than a 100 runs.