Pommie Mbangwa
Azmatullah Omarzai
Fazalhaq Farooqi
Hashmatullah Shahidi
Ibrahim Zadran
Mohammad Nabi
Mujeeb Ur Rahman
Najibullah Zadran
Rahmanullah Gurbaz
Rahmat Shah
Rashid Khan
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Full Name
Mpumelelo Mbangwa
Born
June 26, 1976, Plumtree, Matabeleland
Age
47y 165d
Batting Style
Right hand Bat
Bowling Style
Right arm Fast medium
Playing Role
Bowler
Other
Coach, Commentator
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
Pommie Mbangwa Career Stats
Bowling
Format | Mat | Inns | Balls | Runs | Wkts | BBI | BBM | Ave | Econ | SR | 4w | 5w | 10w |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 |
FC | 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 |
Batting & Fielding
Format | Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | BF | SR | 100s | 50s | 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 |
FC | 62 | 79 | 32 | 324 | 31* | 6.89 | - | - | 0 | 0 | - | - | 21 | 0 |
List A | 64 | 30 | 11 | 88 | 28 | 4.63 | - | - | 0 | 0 | - | - | 17 | 0 |
Records of Pommie Mbangwa
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Debut/Last Matches of Pommie Mbangwa
Test Matches
ODI Matches
Recent Matches of Pommie Mbangwa
Match | Bat | Bowl | Date | Ground | Format |
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Matabeleland vs Manicaland | -- | 0/28 | 12-Feb-2004 | Harare | List A |
Matabeleland vs Mashonaland | 0 | 1/17 | 10-Feb-2004 | Harare | List A |
Matabeleland vs Midlands | 4* | 1/32 | 08-Feb-2004 | Kwekwe | List A |
Matabeleland vs Manicaland | -- | 0/27 | 14-Dec-2003 | Bulawayo | List A |
Matabeleland vs Midlands | 1 | -- | 12-Dec-2003 | Bulawayo | List A |