Natsai Mushangwe

Natsai M’shangwe (born 9 February 1991) is an international cricketer. He made his ODI debut in a match against the Netherlands. He is an all-rounder. Mushwange's favourite cricketer is Pakistan's all-rounder Shahid Afridi; he is his favourite cricketer because Afridi is a flamboyant batter with a good ability to ball legbreak, similar to that of Mushangwe.^[1] While representing the Zimbabwe XI in a match, M’shangwe scored 7 runs before getting out. He didn't take any wickets, but did have a low economy rate.^[2] In the next match M’shangwe showed his all-round ability by scoring 11 runs for the final wicket and taking the wicket of Netherlands opener Eric Szwarczynski.^[3]

Natsai M'shangwe

Personal information
Born	(1991-02-09) 9 February 1991 (age 33) Mhangura, Zimbabwe
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Leg-break
Role	All-rounder
International information
National side	Zimbabwe
ODI debut	25 October 2011 v New Zealand
Last ODI	3 August 2013 v India
Source: CricInfo, 3 August 2013

Early and domestic career

Mushangwe is a leg-spinner. Mushangwe is part of the emerging Zimbabwean players to help Zimbabwean Cricket improve and to aid its return to the Test Arena^[4] which Zimbabwe stopped playing in 2006 but will return to after the 2011 Cricket World Cup.^[5] Mushangwe also has the ability to bat in the lower order. He has a high score of 53, and his batting gives the selectors a certain amount of safeguard about the top order of the team.

He was the leading wicket-taker in the 2017–18 Pro50 Championship, with seventeen dismissals in eight matches.^[6]

International career

He made his Test match debut for Zimbabwe against Bangladesh on 3 November 2014.^[7]

In June 2018, he was named in a Board XI team for warm-up fixtures ahead of the 2018 Zimbabwe Tri-Nation Series.^[8]

References

1. | Cricket Players and Officials | Natsai M'shangwe". ESPN Cricinfo.
2. Tour Match: Netherlands v Zimbabwe XI at Amstelveen, Jul 23, 2010 | Cricket Scorecard | ESPN Cricinfo. Cricinfo.com.
3. Netherlands v Zimbabwe XI at Amstelveen, Jul 25–28, 2010 | Cricket Scorecard. ESPN Cricinfo.
4. "Zimbabwe's continued resurgence". 19 August 2010. Retrieved 19 August 2010.
5. "Zimbabwe to return to tests in 2011". 19 August 2010. Retrieved 19 August 2010.
6. "Pro50 Championship, 2017/18: Most wickets". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2 June 2018.
7. "Zimbabwe tour of Bangladesh, 2nd Test: Bangladesh v Zimbabwe at Khulna, Nov 3-7, 2014". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 3 November 2014.
8. "Graeme Cremer, Sikandar Raza left out of T20 practice matches". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 8 June 2018.