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Full name Mpumelelo Mbangwa
Born June 26, 1976, Plumtree, Matabeleland
Current age 32 years 145 days
Major teams Zimbabwe,Mashonaland,Matabeleland
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm fast-medium
Other Coach, Commentator
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
4s
6s
Ct
St
Tests
15
25
8
34
8
2.00
193
17.61
0
0
3
0
2
0
ODIs
29
13
6
34
11
4.85
56
60.71
0
0
2
1
3
0
First-class
62
79
32
324
31*
6.89
0
0
21
0
List A
64
30
11
88
28
4.63
0
0
17
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
Tests
15
24
2596
1006
32
3/23
6/63
31.43
2.32
81.1
0
0
0
ODIs
29
29
1369
1140
11
2/24
2/24
103.63
4.99
124.4
0
0
0
First-class
62
8627
3580
126
6/14
28.41
2.48
68.4
2
1
List A
64
2871
2067
38
3/29
3/29
54.39
4.31
75.5
0
0
0
Career statistics
Test debut
Pakistan v Zimbabwe at Faisalabad, Oct 24-26, 1996 scorecard
Last Test
Zimbabwe v New Zealand at Harare, Sep 19-23, 2000 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut
Pakistan v Zimbabwe at Lahore, Nov 1, 1996 scorecard
Last ODI
England v Zimbabwe at Colombo (RPS), Sep 18, 2002 scorecard
ODI statistics
First-class span
1995/96 - 2003/04
List A span
1995/96 - 2003/04
Profile
Pommie Mbangwa's rise to prominence was all the more remarkable as he had no family background in cricket. A little short of the top pace, he was primarily a line-and-length bowler, using both seam and swing, with the away-swinger his stock ball. He spent a year at school in England, and in 1996 he went to Madras for coaching by Dennis Lillee; on his return he was offered a place in the Plascon Academy in South Africa, which he attended from April to September 1996. A surprise choice for the Zimbabwe tour of Pakistan in 1996-97, he made his Test debut after the first choice bowlers were injured but made the most of his opportunity, taking the vital wickets of Ijaz Ahmed and Wasim Akram. But thereafter he struggled to maintain consistency, and his lack of pace meant that he was easy picking for international batsmen. He drifted in and out of the side, before disappearing from the international scene. In 2001 he started television commentary, where his quiet thoughtful views were well received, and in 2005 he ended a brief foray into coaching by commiting full-time to his TV career. He was one of international cricket's genuine No. 11s.
Martin Williamson April 2005
