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Mluleki Nkala
Zimbabwe
Player profile
Full name Mluleki Luke Nkala
Born April 1, 1981, Bulawayo
Current age 27 years 150 days
Major teams Zimbabwe, Matabeleland
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm fast-medium
Batting and fielding averages
|
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 |
50 |
35 |
5 |
324 |
47 |
10.80 |
526 |
61.59 |
0 |
0 |
22 |
4 |
6 |
0 |
| T20Is |
1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1.00 |
3 |
33.33 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| First-class |
46 |
72 |
9 |
1640 |
168 |
26.03 |
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2 |
8 |
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22 |
0 |
| List A |
86 |
61 |
12 |
696 |
54* |
14.20 |
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0 |
2 |
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17 |
0 |
| Twenty20 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1.00 |
3 |
33.33 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Bowling averages
|
Mat |
Inns |
Balls |
Runs |
Wkts |
BBI |
BBM |
Ave |
Econ |
SR |
4w |
5w |
10 |
| Tests |
10 |
15 |
1452 |
727 |
11 |
3/82 |
5/104 |
66.09 |
3.00 |
132.0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| ODIs |
50 |
46 |
1582 |
1570 |
22 |
3/12 |
3/12 |
71.36 |
5.95 |
71.9 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| T20Is |
1 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| First-class |
46 |
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5846 |
3318 |
82 |
4/33 |
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40.46 |
3.40 |
71.2 |
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0 |
0 |
| List A |
86 |
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2863 |
2633 |
64 |
4/24 |
4/24 |
41.14 |
5.51 |
44.7 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
| Twenty20 |
1 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Career statistics
| Test debut |
England v Zimbabwe at Nottingham, Jun 1-5, 2000 scorecard |
| Last Test |
Bangladesh v Zimbabwe at Chittagong (MAA), Jan 6-10, 2005 scorecard |
| Test statistics |
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| ODI debut |
Zimbabwe v India at Bulawayo, Sep 27, 1998 scorecard |
| Last ODI |
Bangladesh v Zimbabwe at Dhaka (SBNS), Dec 9, 2006 scorecard |
| ODI statistics |
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| Only T20I |
Bangladesh v Zimbabwe at Khulna, Nov 28, 2006 scorecard |
| T20I statistics |
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| First-class debut |
1999/00 |
| Last First-class |
Bangladesh A v Zimbabwe A at Dhaka (SBNS), Dec 11-13, 2006 scorecard |
| List A debut |
1997/98 |
| Last List A |
Zimbabwe A v South Africa A at Bulawayo, Jan 28, 2007 scorecard |
| Only Twenty20 |
Bangladesh v Zimbabwe at Khulna, Nov 28, 2006 scorecard |
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.
Geoffrey Dean
Sep 30, 2004 |
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Mluleki Nkala portrait 2001
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Sep 29, 2001 |
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Nkala has been bowled by Klusener for 5
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Jun 24, 2001 |
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Dillon is triumphant after getting rid of Nkala
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