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Full name Mluleki Luke Nkala
Born April 1, 1981, Bulawayo
Current age 24 years 104 days
Major teams Zimbabwe, Matabeleland
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm fast-medium
class mat inns no runs hs ave bf sr 100 50 4s 6s ct
st
Tests 10 15 2 187 47 14.38 452 41.37 0 0 23 1 4 0
ODIs 47 32 5 288 47 10.66 461 62.47 0 0 20 4 6 0
First-class 45 70 9 1636 168 26.81 2 8 22 0
List A 82 57 12 659 54* 14.64 0 2 17 0
class mat balls runs wkts bbi bbm ave econ sr 4 5 10
Tests 10 1452 727 11 3/82 5/104 66.09 3.00 132.00 0 0 0
ODIs 47 1558 1557 22 3/12 3/12 70.77 5.99 70.81 0 0 0
First-class 45 5834 3311 82 4/33 40.37 3.40 71.14 0 0
List A 82 2797 2594 62 4/24 4/24 41.83 5.56 45.11 2 0 0
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Test debut England v Zimbabwe at Nottingham - Jun 1-5, 2000
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Last Test Bangladesh v Zimbabwe at Chittagong - Jan 6-10, 2005
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ODI debut Zimbabwe v India at Bulawayo - Sep 27, 1998 scorecard
Last ODI Bangladesh v Zimbabwe at Dhaka - Jan 31, 2005 scorecard
First-class span 1999/00 - 2004/05
List A span 1997/98 - 2004/05
Universally known as "Psych", Mluleki Nkala has
seven brothers and seven sisters. A member of the Ndebele tribe, he
took the wicket of Sachin Tendulkar with his second ball in
international cricket, in a one-dayer against India at Bulawayo in
1999, when he was just 18. His father had never seen a game of
cricket until then. Nkala made his Test debut against England at
Trent Bridge in 2000. A medium-fast inswing bowler who can bat - he
made a hundred against England Under-19s in 1998 from No. 6, he was
the leading wicket-taker in that year's Youth World Cup in South
Africa, with 15 scalps. Amiable and friendly, he spent a few weeks
at the Australian Cricket Academy, working with Dennis Lillee. A
fringe player during the early part of his career, Nkala found a
more regular place in the Zimbabwe squad after the departure of the
so-called rebels in 2004 |
