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Full name | Brighton Tonderai Watambwa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Salisbury, Rhodesia | 9 June 1977||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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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.
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