'Bushranger' Blignaut looks for fresh start
One of Zimbabwe's most colourful allrounders, Andy Blignaut, is back from exile and appears hungry to get back into the national fold as soon as possible
Kanishkaa Balachandran
25-Feb-2013
One of Zimbabwe's most colourful allrounders, Andy Blignaut, is back from exile and appears hungry to get back into the national fold as soon as possible. Now married, and blessed with twins, he is now a different man altogether. Fluent in Shona, he talks to Enock Muchinjo if the Zimbabwe Independent of his childhood in the family farm in Chivhu and his plans for the future.
“It’s a funny story. I grew up in the bush so I was kind of seeking the city lifestyle. Now I find myself looking for the quiet life again, where I belong. I live 6kms away from Falcon. Ku Harare ndinombouya, but kunotyisa. Isusu tajaira mudondo, tinotsvaga quiet life (I come to Harare once in a while, but it scares me. People like me are used to the bush), ” he explains.
Kanishkaa Balachandran is a senior sub-editor at ESPNcricinfo