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Brighton Watambwa

Brighton Watambwa
Personal information
Full name Brighton Tonderai Watambwa
Born (1977-06-09) 9 June 1977 (age 40)
Salisbury, Rhodesia
Nickname Bulb, Spikey, Slim
Batting style Right-handed
Bowling style Right-arm fast-medium
Role Bowler
International information
National side
Test debut 19 April 2001 v Bangladesh
Last Test 28 February 2002 v India
Domestic team information
Years Team
1997/98, 2000/01 Mashonaland A
1999/00, 2001/02 Mashonaland
Career statistics
Competition Test FC LA
Matches 6 21 12
Runs scored 11 70 15
Batting average 3.66 5.83 2.14
100s/50s 0/0 0/0 0/0
Top score 4* 14* 6*
Balls bowled 931 3,076 598
Wickets 14 66 9
Bowling average 35.00 26.06 59.44
5 wickets in innings 0 3 0
10 wickets in match 0 0 0
Best bowling 4/64 6/96 2/37
Catches/stumpings 0/– 5/– 3/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 11 June 2015

Brighton Tonderai Watambwa (born June 9, 1977 in Salisbury - now Harare) is a Zimbabwean cricketer who currently captains the Belgium national cricket team.

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. 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 until 2015.


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