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Full name Mluleki Luke Nkala
Born April 1, 1981, Bulawayo
Current age 27 years 160 days
Major teams Zimbabwe,Matabeleland
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm fast-medium
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
4s
6s
Ct
St
Tests
10
15
2
187
47
14.38
452
41.37
0
0
23
1
4
0
ODIs
50
35
5
324
47
10.80
526
61.59
0
0
22
4
6
0
T20Is
1
1
0
1
1
1.00
3
33.33
0
0
0
0
0
0
First-class
46
72
9
1640
168
26.03
2
8
22
0
List A
86
61
12
696
54*
14.20
0
2
17
0
Twenty20
1
1
0
1
1
1.00
3
33.33
0
0
0
0
0
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
Tests
10
15
1452
727
11
3/82
5/104
66.09
3.00
132.0
0
0
0
ODIs
50
46
1582
1570
22
3/12
3/12
71.36
5.95
71.9
0
0
0
T20Is
1
-
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-
-
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First-class
46
5846
3318
82
4/33
40.46
3.40
71.2
0
0
List A
86
2863
2633
64
4/24
4/24
41.14
5.51
44.7
2
0
0
Twenty20
1
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-
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Career statistics
Test debut
England v Zimbabwe at Nottingham, Jun 1-5, 2000 scorecard
Last Test
Bangladesh v Zimbabwe at Chittagong (MAA), Jan 6-10, 2005 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut
Zimbabwe v India at Bulawayo, Sep 27, 1998 scorecard
Last ODI
Bangladesh v Zimbabwe at Dhaka (SBNS), Dec 9, 2006 scorecard
ODI statistics
Only T20I
Bangladesh v Zimbabwe at Khulna, Nov 28, 2006 scorecard
T20I statistics
First-class debut
1999/00
Last First-class
Bangladesh A v Zimbabwe A at Dhaka (SBNS), Dec 11-13, 2006 scorecard
List A debut
1997/98
Last List A
Zimbabwe A v South Africa A at Bulawayo, Jan 28, 2007 scorecard
Only Twenty20
Bangladesh v Zimbabwe at Khulna, Nov 28, 2006 scorecard
Profile
Universally known as "Psych", Mluleki Nkala has seven brothers and seven sisters. A member of the Ndebele tribe, he took the wicket of Sachin Tendulkar with his second ball in international cricket, in a one-dayer against India at Bulawayo in 1999, when he was just 18. His father had never seen a game of cricket until
then. Nkala made his Test debut against England at Trent Bridge in 2000. A medium-fast inswing bowler who can bat - he made a hundred against England Under-19s in 1998 from No. 6, he was the leading wicket-taker in that year's Youth World Cup in South Africa, with 15 scalps. Amiable and friendly, he spent a few
weeks at the Australian Cricket Academy, working with Dennis Lillee. A fringe player during the early part of his career, Nkala found a more regular place in the Zimbabwe squad after the departure of the so-called rebels in 2004.
Geoffrey Dean
