Pommie Mbangwa
Pommie Mbangwa| Personal information |
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| Full name |
Mpumelelo Mbangwa |
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| Born |
(1976-06-26) 26 June 1976
Plumtree, Rhodesia |
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| Nickname |
Pommie |
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| International information |
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| National side |
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| Test debut |
26 October 1996 v Pakistan |
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| Last Test |
19 September 2000 v New Zealand |
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| ODI debut |
1 November 1995 v Pakistan |
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| Last ODI |
18 September 2002 v England |
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| Domestic team information
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| Years | Team |
| 1996 – 2004 |
Matabeleland |
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| Career statistics |
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| Competition |
Tests |
ODIs |
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| Matches |
15 |
29 |
| Runs scored |
34 |
34 |
| Batting average |
2.00 |
4.85 |
| 100s/50s |
0/0 |
0/0 |
| Top score |
8 |
11 |
| Balls bowled |
2596 |
1369 |
| Wickets |
32 |
11 |
| Bowling average |
31.43 |
103.63 |
| 5 wickets in innings |
0 |
0 |
| 10 wickets in match |
0 |
n/a |
| Best bowling |
3/23 |
2/24 |
| Catches/stumpings |
2/- |
3/- | |
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Source: Cricinfo, 11 February 2006 |
Mpumelelo "Pommie" Mbangwa (born 26 June 1976, Plumtree, Rhodesia) is a former Zimbabwean cricketer and currently, a cricket commentator. He played fifteen Tests and twenty nine One Day Internationals for Zimbabwe. After being dropped from the international side after the 2002 Champions Trophy, he took up work as a cricket commentator for television, and he has remained in that line of work since.
Given a qualification of twenty innings, Mbangwa has the lowest batting average (2.00) of all Test cricketers.[1] However, as of 2008, he is one of nine Zimbabweans to have taken 30 Test wickets, and of those only Heath Streak and David Brain took them at a lower average.
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