Nkululeko Serame

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Nkululeko Serame
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Born (1987-01-26) 26 January 1987 (age 37)
Klerksdorp, Transvaal Province, South Africa
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 16 September 2016

Adv. Nkululeko Molale Serame (born 26 January 1987) is a South African first-class cricketer. [1] He played in the 2006 Under-19 Cricket World Cup in Sri Lanka. He is an off-spinner in the classic mould and a lower-order batsman. [2]

Before the U19 World Cup, Serame had already played List A cricket, making his first-team debut in January 2006 for North West against Northerns. He took 1 wicket for 46 runs (1/46). He had a disappointing World Cup, in that in four matches he took one wicket at an average of 133. [3]

Serame played for KwaZulu-Natal during the 2006–07 season, taking eight wickets at 30.25 in four first-class matches. [4] He was selected for the South African Academy that toured Zimbabwe in August 2007. His best performance on tour and career to date came in the final one-day fixture when he took 5/25 in 10 overs. [5]

He was included in the South Western Districts squad for the 2016 Africa T20 Cup. [6] He made his Twenty20 (T20) debut for South Western Districts against Northern Cape on 16 September 2016 and made further T20 appearances for the Cape Cobras in December 2016. [7] [8]

Serame is an advocate of the High Court of South Africa and currently plays first-class cricket for Boland. [9] [10] In September 2018, Serame was named in Boland's squad for the 2018 Africa T20 Cup as well as for the Cape Cobras T20 squad for the 2018-19 CSA T20 Challenge. [11] [12]

In March 2024 Serame was appointed Head Coach of the Bahamas Men's National Cricket Team for the 2024 Carib Cup T20I series between the Bahamas and Cayman Islands. [13]

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