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Full name Mpumelelo Mbangwa
Born June 26, 1976, Plumtree, Matabeleland
Current age 31 years 326 days
Major teams Zimbabwe, Mashonaland, Matabeleland
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm fast-medium
Other Coach, Commentator

Batting and fielding averages
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	4s	6s	Ct
Tests	15	25	8	34	8	2.00	193	17.61	3	0	2
ODIs	29	13	6	34	11	4.85	56	60.71	2	1	3
First-class	62	79	32	324	31*	6.89					21
List A	64	30	11	88	28	4.63					17

Bowling averages
	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10
Tests	15	24	2596	1006	32	3/23	6/63	31.43	2.32	81.1	0	0	0
ODIs	29	29	1369	1140	11	2/24	2/24	103.63	4.99	124.4	0	0	0
First-class	62		8627	3580	126	6/14		28.41	2.48	68.4		2	1
List A	64		2871	2067	38	3/29	3/29	54.39	4.31	75.5	0	0	0

Career statistics
Test debut	Pakistan v Zimbabwe at Faisalabad, Oct 24-26, 1996 scorecard
Last Test	Zimbabwe v New Zealand at Harare, Sep 19-23, 2000 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut	Pakistan v Zimbabwe at Lahore, Nov 1, 1996 scorecard
Last ODI	England v Zimbabwe at Colombo (RPS), Sep 18, 2002 scorecard
ODI statistics
First-class span	1995/96 - 2003/04
List A span	1995/96 - 2003/04

Profile

Pommie Mbangwa's rise to prominence was all the more remarkable as he had no family background in cricket. A little short of the top pace, he was primarily a line-and-length bowler, using both seam and swing, with the away-swinger his stock ball. He spent a year at school in England, and in 1996 he went to Madras for coaching by Dennis Lillee; on his return he was offered a place in the Plascon Academy in South Africa, which he attended from April to September 1996. A surprise choice for the Zimbabwe tour of Pakistan in 1996-97, he made his Test debut after the first choice bowlers were injured but made the most of his opportunity, taking the vital wickets of Ijaz Ahmed and Wasim Akram. But thereafter he struggled to maintain consistency, and his lack of pace meant that he was easy picking for international batsmen. He drifted in and out of the side, before disappearing from the international scene. In 2001 he started television commentary, where his quiet thoughtful views were well received, and in 2005 he ended a brief foray into coaching by commiting full-time to his TV career. He was one of international cricket's genuine No. 11s.
Martin Williamson April 2005

Jul 26, 2007

Ray Mali is interviewed by Pommie Mbangwa,
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Jul 26, 2007

Pommie Mbangwa welcomes guests at the official launching of the Twenty20 World Championship
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Apr 30, 2006

Pommie Mbangwa and Tony Cozier in the commentary box
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