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Full name Arnoldus Mauritius Blignaut
Born August 1, 1978, Salisbury (now Harare)
Current age 29 years 290 days
Major teams Zimbabwe, Mashonaland, Tasmania
Batting style Left-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm medium-fast

Batting and fielding averages
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s	Ct
Tests	19	36	3	886	92	26.84	1292	68.57	0	6	102	23	13
ODIs	51	40	8	625	63*	19.53	586	106.65	0	5	62	13	11
First-class	56	89	5	2303	194	27.41			2	14			38
List A	77	60	9	914	63*	17.92			0	6			17
Twenty20	6	5	3	145	61*	72.50	85	170.58	0	1	11	8	3

Bowling averages
	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w
Tests	19	30	3173	1964	53	5/73	8/110	37.05	3.71	59.8	1	3
ODIs	51	50	2270	2021	49	4/43	4/43	41.24	5.34	46.3	2	0
First-class	56		8052	4819	133	5/73		36.23	3.59	60.5		3
List A	77		3263	2931	69	4/43	4/43	42.47	5.38	47.2	2	0
Twenty20	6	5	76	111	5	2/31	2/31	22.20	8.76	15.2	0	0

Career statistics
Test debut	Zimbabwe v Bangladesh at Bulawayo, Apr 19-22, 2001 scorecard
Last Test	Zimbabwe v India at Harare, Sep 20-22, 2005 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut	West Indies v Zimbabwe at Singapore, Sep 2, 1999 scorecard
Last ODI	Zimbabwe v India at Harare, Sep 4, 2005 scorecard
ODI statistics
First-class debut	1997/98
Last First-class	Lions v Dolphins at Johannesburg, Mar 16-19, 2006 scorecard
List A span	1997/98 - 2005/06
Twenty20 debut	Lions v Warriors at Johannesburg, Jan 20, 2006 scorecard
Last Twenty20	Eagles v Lions at Bloemfontein, Feb 13, 2006 scorecard

Profile

A laid-back character, Blignaut hails from an Afrikaner farming family, as his forenames (Arnoldus Mauritius) suggest. His stronger suit is his pace bowling, and he returned the best figures by a Zimbabwean on Test debut - 5 for 73 in the first Test against Bangladesh at Bulawayo in April 2001. He also managed a first-ball duck in his maiden Test innings, although as a strokeplaying left-hander, he has a terrific eye for the ball. A fine fielder as well. After growing disenchanted with the game he sat out the 2001-02 season, amid reports of disputes with administrators and fellow players. He pursued a number of lines of employment including, briefly, male modelling. But in August 2002 he announced that he was returning, and in his first game back he took 5 for 79 against Pakistan. He then cemented his place back in the team and put in steady performances during the 2003 World Cup and in England later in the same year. But he was one of the 15 rebel players who was involved in the stand-off with the Zimbabwe board and was ultimately sacked by them. In June 2004 he joined the growing exodus from Zimbabwe by signing for Tasmania, and also had a brief stint with Durham during the English summer. But Tasmania released him from his contract early - his spell was dogged by injury - and in February 2005 he returned 'unconditionally' to Zimbabwe. He was part of the strike against the board later in the year, and spent 2005-06 playing for the Lions in South Africa. He was for a time touted as successor to Tatenda Taibu as captain, but refused to play until he was paid substantial monies owed to him by the board.
Martin Williamson March 2006

Sep 16, 2005

Dinesh Karthik appeals for Andy Blignaut's wicket
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Sep 4, 2005

MS Dhoni stumps Andy Blignaut after he hit 41 off 26 balls
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Sep 4, 2005

Andy Blignaut successfully appeals for an lbw against Mohammad Kaif
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