(1976-06-26) 26 June 1976 (age 47) Plumtree, Matabeleland, Rhodesia
Nickname
Pommie, Vuvuzela
Batting
Right-handed
Bowling
Right-arm fast-medium
Role
Bowler
International information
National side
Zimbabwe
Test debut (cap 33)
24 October 1996 v Pakistan
Last Test
19 September 2000 v New Zealand
ODI debut (cap 48)
1 November 1996 v Pakistan
Last ODI
18 September 2002 v England
Domestic team information
Years
Team
1996–2004
Matabeleland
Career statistics
Competition
Test
ODI
FC
LA
Matches
15
29
62
64
Runs scored
34
34
324
88
Batting average
2.00
4.85
6.89
4.63
100s/50s
0/0
0/0
0/0
0/0
Top score
8
11
31*
28
Balls bowled
2,596
1,369
8,627
2,871
Wickets
32
11
126
38
Bowling average
31.43
103.63
28.41
54.39
5 wickets in innings
0
0
2
0
10 wickets in match
0
0
1
0
Best bowling
3/23
2/24
6/14
3/29
Catches/stumpings
2/–
3/–
21/–
17/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 8 August 2015
Mpumelelo "Pommie" Mbangwa (born 26 June 1976) is a Zimbabwean cricket commentator and former cricketer.[1] A right-arm fast bowler, he played 15 Test matches and 29 One Day Internationals for Zimbabwe between 1996 and 2002.[2] After being dropped from the international side after the 2002 Champions Trophy, he took up work as a cricket commentator for television, and he has remained in that line of work since.[3] He holds the unique distinction of being the only batsman to have scored exactly the same amount of career runs in two formats (ODIs and Tests) with 34 runs each apiece in ODIs and Tests.[4]
His nickname "Pommie" (also simply called "Pom") is a shortened version and anglicisation of his full name, dubbed to him by former Zimbabwe player Gavin Rennie during their junior levels as everyone had trouble saying his first name.[4][5] It is often mistakenly attributed to his cultivated accent a testament to his formative school years that were undertaken at a private school in Zimbabwe, a fact that is made obvious by his intonation and pronunciation of certain words and phrases.[6]
Given a qualification of twenty innings, Mbangwa has the lowest batting average (2.00) of all Test cricketers.[7] However, as of 2008[update], he was one of nine Zimbabweans to have taken 30 Test wickets, and of those only Heath Streak and David Brain took them at a lower average. He is also currently regarded as one of the best international cricket commentators and he is also the leading cricket commentator from Zimbabwe.[8]
^"Pommie Mbangwa". cricketarchive.com. Retrieved 26 June 2021.
^"Pommie Mbangwa Profile - ICC Ranking, Age, Career Info & Stats". Cricbuzz. Retrieved 26 June 2021.
^"Mbangwa quits to concentrate on commentary". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 26 June 2021.
^ ab"13 Facts about Mpumelelo Mbangwa: The ace Zimbabwean commentator". CricTracker. 26 June 2016. Retrieved 26 June 2021.
^Cite error: The named reference :2 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^"Mpumelelo 'Pommie' Mbangwa: From promising seamer to renowned commentator". Cricket Country. 26 June 2013. Retrieved 26 June 2021.
^Frindall, Bill (2009). Ask Bearders. BBC Books. p. 87. ISBN 978-1-84607-880-4.
^"10 Best commentators of all time". CricTracker. 29 August 2019. Retrieved 26 June 2021.
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