Mluleki Nkala

Mluleki Nkala
Cricket information
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm fast-medium
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI
Matches 10 50
Runs scored 187 324
Batting average 14.38 10.80
100s/50s 0/0 0/0
Top score 47 47
Balls bowled 1452 1,582
Wickets 11 22
Bowling average 66.09 71.36
5 wickets in innings 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 0
Best bowling 3/82 3/12
Catches/stumpings 4/– 6/–
Source: Cricinfo, 28 December 2015

Mluleki Luke Nkala (born 1 April 1981) is a Zimbabwean international cricketer. He took the wicket of Sachin Tendulkar with his second ball in senior international cricket in 1999.[1] He also took five wickets against England in a test match in Nottingham in 2000.[2]

Educated at Falcon College,[3] he was a member of the Zimbabwean Test and One Day International teams, Nkala also captained Zimbabwe in three Under-19 One Day Internationals in 1999–2000. He has coached at Edinburgh Cricket Club in Melbourne, Australia and in early 2010, Nkala returned to Zimbabwe to play professional cricket with the Mid-West Rhinos franchise. He played his last first class match in 2014.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Languid, laconic, brilliant". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 4 April 2018.
  2. ^ Moonda, Firdose (6 January 2018). "I was too immature to understand what was happening in Zimbabwe cricket".
  3. ^ Munhende, Leopold. "No Ordinary School: Upmarket Falcon College pegs fees at $11 million". New Zimbabwe. Retrieved 8 May 2023.
  4. ^ "Mluleki Nkala Profile". Cricinfo. Retrieved 8 May 2023.


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