Brighton Watambwa | |
Country: | Zimbabwe |
Fullname: | Brighton Tonderai Watambwa |
Birth Date: | 9 June 1977 |
Birth Place: | Salisbury, Rhodesia |
Nickname: | Bulb, Spikey, Slim[1] |
Batting: | Right-handed |
Bowling: | Right-arm fast-medium |
Role: | Bowler |
International: | true |
Testdebutdate: | 19 April |
Testdebutyear: | 2001 |
Testdebutagainst: | Bangladesh |
Lasttestdate: | 28 February |
Lasttestyear: | 2002 |
Lasttestagainst: | India |
Club1: | Mashonaland A |
Club2: | Mashonaland |
Year2: | 1999/00–2001/02 |
Columns: | 3 |
Column1: | Test |
Matches1: | 6 |
Runs1: | 11 |
Bat Avg1: | 3.66 |
100S/50S1: | 0/0 |
Top Score1: | 4 |
Deliveries1: | 931 |
Wickets1: | 14 |
Bowl Avg1: | 35.00 |
Fivefor1: | 0 |
Tenfor1: | 0 |
Best Bowling1: | 4/64 |
Catches/Stumpings1: | 0/– |
Column2: | FC |
Matches2: | 21 |
Runs2: | 70 |
Bat Avg2: | 5.83 |
100S/50S2: | 0/0 |
Top Score2: | 14* |
Deliveries2: | 3,076 |
Wickets2: | 66 |
Bowl Avg2: | 26.06 |
Fivefor2: | 3 |
Tenfor2: | 0 |
Best Bowling2: | 6/96 |
Catches/Stumpings2: | 5/– |
Column3: | LA |
Matches3: | 12 |
Runs3: | 15 |
Bat Avg3: | 2.14 |
100S/50S3: | 0/0 |
Top Score3: | 6* |
Deliveries3: | 598 |
Wickets3: | 9 |
Bowl Avg3: | 59.44 |
Fivefor3: | 0 |
Tenfor3: | 0 |
Best Bowling3: | 2/37 |
Catches/Stumpings3: | 3/– |
Date: | 11 June |
Year: | 2015 |
Source: | http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/55843.html ESPNcricinfo |
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.