Bryan Strang
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Bryan Strang Zimbabwe (ZIM) |
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Batting style | Right-hand bat | |
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Bowling type | Left-arm medium | |
Tests | ODIs | |
Matches | 26 | 49 |
Runs scored | 465 | 92 |
Batting average | 12.91 | 5.11 |
100s/50s | -/1 | -/- |
Top score | 53 | 18 |
Balls bowled | 5433 | 2494 |
Wickets | 56 | 46 |
Bowling average | 39.33 | 37.34 |
5 wickets in innings | 1 | 1 |
10 wickets in match | - | n/a |
Best bowling | 5/101 | 6/20 |
Catches/stumpings | 11/- | 15/- |
As of 11 February 2006 |
Bryan Colin Strang (born June 9, 1972, Bulawayo) is a former Zimbabwean cricketer who played in 26 Tests and 49 ODIs from 1995 to 2001. His older brother Paul Strang also played international cricket for Zimbabwe.
Strang was a left-arm medium bowler and due to his nagging accuracy was hard to get away in ODI cricket. This earned him a career economy rate of 4.13. His best bowling figures in ODI cricket of 6 for 20, made against Bangladesh in 1997 are a Zimbabwean record.
In 2001 he helped bowl Matabeleland out for a world record low score in first class cricket of 19 runs, taking 5 wickets for 6.
He played in last game for Zimbabwe in July 2001 and in 2002 he moved to South Africa due to political unrest. He's become a vocal critic of Zimbabwean cricket and during the 2003 World Cup he stated that Zimbabwe should be barred from hosting World Cup matches on moral grounds. As a result, when he attempted a comeback in 2003-04 the Zimbabwean Cricket Union banned him.