Wisdom Siziba

Wisdom Siziba
Personal information
Full name Wisdom Thomas Siziba
Born 26 October 1980(1980-10-26)
Bulawayo, Zimbabwe
Died 15 April 2009(2009-04-15) (aged 28)
South Africa
Batting style Right handed batsman
Role wicket-keeper
Domestic team information
Years Team
2000–2005 Matebeleland
First-class debut 10 March 2000 Matabeleland v Manicaland
Last First-class 28 February 2005 Zimbabwe A v Bangladesh A
List A debut 4 April 2001 CFX Academy v Bangladesh
Last List A 22 November 2004 Matabeleland v Midlands
Career statistics
Competition First-class List A
Matches 29 17
Runs scored 1225 168
Batting average 23.11 12.92
100s/50s 1/5 0/0
Top score 103 42
Balls bowled
Wickets
Bowling average
5 wickets in innings
10 wickets in match
Best bowling
Catches/stumpings 37/1 13/4
Source: CricketArchive, 23 April 2009

Wisdom Thomas Siziba (26 October 1980 – 15 April 2009) was a Zimbabwean cricketer who played for Matabeleland. Siziba played 29 matches as a wicket-keeper batsman for Matabeleland between 2000 and 2005 before leaving for South Africa as the cricketing infrastructure in Zimbabwe began to fall apart.[1]

Born in Bulawayo, Siziba suffered from epilepsy. He died from heart failure while living in South Africa, aged 28.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b Price, Steven (23 April 2009). "Wisdom Siziba dies aged 28". Cricinfo. http://content.cricinfo.com/zimbabwe/content/story/401077.html. Retrieved 2009-04-23. 

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