Brighton Watambwa
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Full name | Brighton Tonderai Watambwa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born |
Salisbury, Rhodesia | 9 June 1977||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nickname | Bulb, Spikey, Slim[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting style | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling style | Right-arm fast-medium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | Bowler | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Test debut | 19 April 2001 v Bangladesh | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Test | 28 February 2002 v India | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1997/98, 2000/01 | Mashonaland A | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1999/00, 2001/02 | Mashonaland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: ESPNcricinfo, 11 June 2015 |
Brighton Tonderai Watambwa (born June 9, 1977 in Salisbury - now Harare) is a Zimbabwean cricketer who currently captains the Belgium national cricket team.
A right-arm fast-medium bowler, Watambwa played six Tests for Zimbabwe between April 2001 and March 2002, taking 14 wickets. Domestically, he alternated between playing for Mashonaland and Mashonaland A.
Following a contract dispute with the Zimbabwe Cricket Union, Watambwa emigrated to the USA in the autumn of 2002.[2][3] After obtaining a degree from the University of Miami, he moved to Belgium in 2009, taking on a full-time job with Johnson & Johnson in Brussels.[4]
References
- ↑ "Brighton Watambwa - a biography". ESPNcricinfo. 25 April 2002. Retrieved 9 March 2013.
- ↑ "Zimbabwe players emigrate to USA". ESPNcricinfo. 16 September 2002. Retrieved 3 March 2013.
- ↑ "The speed merchant Zimbabwe lost". ESPNcricinfo. 20 September 2005. Retrieved 29 May 2013.
- ↑ Muchinjo, Enock (22 April 2014). "Meet the cricket captain of... eeh... Belgium!". Daily News (Harare). Retrieved 11 June 2015.
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