Brighton Watambwa
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| Full name | Brighton Tonderai Watambwa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 9 June 1977 Salisbury, Rhodesia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname | Bulb, Spikey, Slim[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm fast-medium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Bowler | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Test debut | 19 April 2001 v Bangladesh | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Test | 28 February 2002 v India | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1997/98–2000/01 | Mashonaland A | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1999/00–2001/02 | Mashonaland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: ESPNcricinfo, 11 June 2015 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Brighton Tonderai Watambwa (born 9 June 1977) is a Zimbabwean cricketer who in 2014 captained the Belgium national cricket team.[2]
A right-arm fast-medium bowler, Watambwa played six Tests for Zimbabwe between April 2001 and March 2002, taking 14 wickets. Domestically, he alternated between playing for Mashonaland and Mashonaland A.
Following a contract dispute with the Zimbabwe Cricket Union, Watambwa emigrated to the USA in the autumn of 2002.[3][4] After obtaining a degree from the University of Miami, he moved to Belgium in 2009, taking on a full-time job with Johnson & Johnson in Brussels[5] until 2015.
References
[edit]- ^ "Brighton Watambwa - a biography". ESPNcricinfo. 25 April 2002. Retrieved 9 March 2013.
- ^ "Zimbabwe's former cricketer Brighton Watambwa makes comeback by captaining Belgium". Cricket Country. 13 April 2014. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
- ^ "Zimbabwe players emigrate to USA". ESPNcricinfo. 16 September 2002. Retrieved 3 March 2013.
- ^ "The speed merchant Zimbabwe lost". ESPNcricinfo. 20 September 2005. Retrieved 29 May 2013.
- ^ Muchinjo, Enock (22 April 2014). "Meet the cricket captain of... eeh... Belgium!". Daily News. Harare. Archived from the original on 16 June 2015. Retrieved 11 June 2015.
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