Richmond Mutumbami

Richmond Mutumbami ( born 11 June 1989 )is a Zimbabwean cricketer. A wicket-keeper batsman, Mutumbami Made his First-Class debut as a 17 year-old^[1] against Southerns on April 19, 2007. Almost six years later, he made his International debut in a test match against Bangladesh on April 17, 2013.^[2]

International career

Bangladesh tour of Zimbabwe 2013

Mutumbami was named in the 21-Member squad for the Bangladeshi tour on 8 April 2013^[3] He made his test debut against Bangladesh on 17 April 2013 first batting on 18 April. He scored a quickfire 11 (13b, 2x4)and took his first dismissal as wicketkeeper in both international cricket and test cricket, catching Nasir Hossein off Kyle Jarvis in the Bangladeshi First innings. Although he was out for a first-ball duck in the second innings, he had a better show behind the stumps catching Jahurul Islam off Shingi Mazakadza and stumping Sohag Gazi off Graeme Cremer, his first stumping in both International and Test Cricket. Zimbabwe went on to win the test by 335 runs.^[4]

In the second test, Mutumbami took two catches in the Bangladeshi innings. In the Zimbabwean first innings he went on to take his current career best of 42 (72b, 3x4, 1x6) and had an 85 run stand with Elton Chigumbura. In Bangladesh's second innings he took three catches and a stumping but just scored 12 when he came out to bat again and Zimbabwe lost the match by 143 runs.^[5]

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