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Full name | Tawanda Sean Muyeye | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | [1] Harare, Zimbabwe | 5 March 2001 ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm off break | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | All rounder | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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2021–present | Kent (squad no. 14) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2023–2024 | Oval Invincibles | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
FC debut | 13 May 2021 Kent v Sussex | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
LA debut | 22 July 2021 Kent v Durham | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source:Cricinfo,30 September 2024 |
Tawanda Sean Muyeye (born 5 March 2001) is a Zimbabwean-born professional cricketer who plays for Kent County Cricket Club in England. He is a right-handed batsman and right-arm off break bowler. [2]
Muyeye was born in Zimbabwe and grew up close to Harare. [3] [4] He was educated at Peterhouse Boys' School in Mashonaland East Province [5] [6] and captained the Zimbabwe national side at under-13 and under-16 level,as well as playing rugby union for the national under-14 side,before earning a scholarship to Eastbourne College in England. [6] Muyeye was named as a reserve in the Zimbabwean squad for the 2018 Under-19 Cricket World Cup at the age of 15. [3] [6] [7]
An asylum seeker who came to the UK with his mother,a supporter of the opposition Movement for Democratic Change,Muyeye was granted indefinite leave to remain and settled in the UK. [8] He has expressed an ambition to play international cricket for England. [8]
At Eastbourne he was coached by former professionals Rob Ferley,James Tredwell and Andy Hodd and scored 1,112 runs and hit 56 sixes in his first season,both records for the school. [9] His batting performances for Eastbourne,including two double hundreds,led him to being named the 2019 Young Wisden Schools Cricketer of the Year. [10] [11] [12]
While at Eastbourne,Muyeye played for Sussex's under-17 and second XI sides, [13] but signed his first professional contract with Kent in March 2021,qualifying as a domestic player after his time at Eastbourne. [14] He made his first-class cricket debut for Kent on 13 May 2021,in the 2021 County Championship against Sussex at Hove [15] [16] and his List A debut later the same season in the 2021 Royal London One-Day Cup. [17] He made his Twenty20 debut on 7 June 2022 in the 2022 T20 Blast. [18]
In January 2023,Muyeye signed a new three-year contract with Kent. [19] He made his maiden first-class century on 26 June 2023,scoring 179 as part of a 318-run partnership with Daniel Bell-Drummond for Kent against Northants. [20] [21]
In July 2023,he was drafted into The Hundred by Oval Invincibles. [22]
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