Natsai Mushangwe

Natsai Mushwange (born 9 February 1991, Mhangura, Zimbabwe) is an international cricketer. He made his ODI debut in a match against the Netherlands. He is an all-rounder. Mushwange's favourite cricketer is Pakistan's all-rounder Shahid Afridi; he is his favourite cricketer because Afridi is a flamboyant batter with a good ability to ball legbreak, similar to that of Mushangwe.[1] While representing the Zimbabwe XI in a match, Mushanwe scored 7 runs before getting out. He didn't take any wickets, but did have a low economy rate.[2] In the next match Mushanwge showed his all-round ability by scoring 11 runs for the final wicket and taking the wicket of Netherlands opener Eric Szwarczynski.[3]

Natsai Mushangwe
Personal information
Full nameNatsai Mushangwe
Born (1991-02-09) 9 February 1991
Mhangura, Zimbabwe
BattingRight hand bat
BowlingLeg-break
RoleAll-rounder
International information
National side
ODI debut25 October 2011 v New Zealand
Last ODI03 August 2013 v India
Career statistics
Competition FC LA T20 ODIs
Matches 37 40 34 5
Runs scored 364 138 84 38
Batting average 9.33 8.62 21.00 9.50
100s/50s 0/1 0/0 -/- -/-
Top score 53 28 22* 16
Balls bowled 5,755 1,967 679 276
Wickets 113 50 26 1
Bowling average 27.53 26.98 30.03 210.00
5 wickets in innings 2 1 0
10 wickets in match 0 0 n/a
Best bowling 5/21 5/22 3/19 1/56
Catches/stumpings 6/– 3/- 7/- -/-
Source: , 3 August 2013

Early and domestic career

Mushangwe is a leg-spinner. Mushangwe is part of the emerging Zimbabwean players to help Zimbabwean Cricket improve and to aid its return to the Test Arena[4] which Zimbabwe stopped playing in 2006 but will return to after the 2011 Cricket World Cup.[5] Mushangwe also has the ability to bat in the lower order. He has a high score of 53, and his batting gives the selectors a certain amount of safeguard about the top order of the team.

He was the leading wicket-taker in the 2017–18 Pro50 Championship, with seventeen dismissals in eight matches.[6]

International career

He made his Test match debut for Zimbabwe against Bangladesh on 3 November 2014.[7]

In June 2018, he was named in a Board XI team for warm-up fixtures ahead of the 2018 Zimbabwe Tri-Nation Series.[8]

References

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