Natsai Mushangwe

Natsai Mushangwe

Personal information
Full name	Natsai Mushangwe
Born	9 February 1991 Mhangura, Zimbabwe
Batting style	Right hand bat
Bowling style	Leg-break
Role	All-rounder
International information
National side	Zimbabwe
ODI debut	25 October 2011 v New Zealand
Career statistics
Competition FC LA T20 ODIs Matches 37 40 34 5 Runs scored 364 138 84 38 Batting average 9.33 8.62 21.00 9.50 100s/50s 0/1 0/0 -/- -/- Top score 53 28 22* 16 Balls bowled 5,755 1,967 679 276 Wickets 113 50 26 1 Bowling average 27.53 26.98 30.03 210.00 5 wickets in innings 2 1 – 0 10 wickets in match 0 0 – n/a Best bowling 5/21 5/22 3/19 1/56 Catches/stumpings 6/&ndash 3/- 7/- -/-
Source: , 3 August 2013

Natsai Mushwange (born 9 February 1991, Mhangura, Zimbabwe) is an international cricketer. He made his ODI debut in a match against the Netherlands. He is an all-rounder. Mushwange's favourite cricketer is Pakistan's all-rounder Shahid Afridi; he is his favourite cricketer because Afridi is a flamboyant batter with a good ability to ball legbreak, similar to that of Mushangwe.^[1] While representing the Zimbabwe XI in a match, Mushanwe scored 7 runs before getting out. He didn't take any wickets, but did have a low economy rate.^[2] In the next match Mushanwge showed his all-round ability by scoring 11 runs for the final wicket and taking the wicket of Netherlands opener Eric Szwarczynski.^[3]

He made his Test match debut for Zimbabwe against Bangladesh on 3 November 2014.^[4]

Early and domestic career

Mushangwe is a leg-spinner. He is an excellent turner of the ball, and, like his stats say, he is an economical bowler, not conceding many runs, and also possesses the ability to take plenty of wickets. Mushangwe is part of the emerging Zimbabwean players to help Zimbabwean Cricket improve and to aid its return to the Test Arena^[5] which Zimbabwe stopped playing in 2006 but will return to after the 2011 Cricket World Cup.^[6] Mushangwe also has the ability to bat in the lower order. He has a high score of 53, and his batting gives the selectors a certain amount of safeguard about the top order of the team.

References

1. | Cricket Players and Officials | Natsai M'shangwe". ESPN Cricinfo.
2. Tour Match: Netherlands v Zimbabwe XI at Amstelveen, Jul 23, 2010 | Cricket Scorecard | ESPN Cricinfo. Cricinfo.com.
3. Netherlands v Zimbabwe XI at Amstelveen, Jul 25–28, 2010 | Cricket Scorecard. ESPN Cricinfo.
4. "Zimbabwe tour of Bangladesh, 2nd Test: Bangladesh v Zimbabwe at Khulna, Nov 3-7, 2014". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 3 November 2014.
5. "Zimbabwe's continued resurgence". 19 August 2010. Retrieved 2010-08-19.
6. "Zimbabwe to return to tests in 2011". 19 August 2010. Retrieved 2010-08-19.