Blessing Muzarabani

Blessing Muzarabani (born 2 October 1996) is a Zimbabwean cricketer.[1] He made his first-class debut for Rising Stars in the 2017–18 Logan Cup on 4 October 2017.[2]

Blessing Muzarabani
Personal information
Full nameBlessing Muzarabani
Born (1996-10-02) 2 October 1996
Harare, Zimbabwe
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm fast-medium
RoleBowler
International information
National side
Only Test (cap 105)26 December 2017 v South Africa
ODI debut (cap 134)15 January 2018 v Bangladesh
Last ODI3 November 2020 v Pakistan
T20I debut (cap 48)5 February 2018 v Afghanistan
Last T20I10 November 2020 v Pakistan
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2017–2018Rising Stars
2019–2020Northamptonshire
2019Mashonaland Eagles
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA
Matches 1 21 16 27
Runs scored 14 38 238 61
Batting average 14.00 3.80 14.87 5.08
100s/50s 0/0 0/0 0/1 0/0
Top score 10 17 52* 18
Balls bowled 78 948 1,721 1,222
Wickets 0 25 42 32
Bowling average – 34.76 23.90 34.15
5 wickets in innings – 1 1 1
10 wickets in match – 0 0 0
Best bowling – 5/49 5/32 5/49
Catches/stumpings 0/– 7/– 6/– 7/–
Source: Cricinfo, 10 November 2020

Domestic career

In December 2020, he was selected to play for the Southern Rocks in the 2020–21 Logan Cup.[3][4]

International career

In December 2017, he was named in Zimbabwe's Test squad for their one-off Test against South Africa.[5] He made his Test debut for Zimbabwe against South Africa in the Boxing Day Test on 26 December 2017.[6]

In January 2018, he was named in Zimbabwe's One Day International (ODI) squad for the tri-series in Bangladesh.[7] He made his ODI debut for Zimbabwe against Bangladesh on 15 January 2018.[8]

In February 2018, he was named in Zimbabwe's Twenty20 International (T20I) squad for their series against Afghanistan in the UAE.[9] He made his T20I debut for Zimbabwe against Afghanistan on 5 February 2018.[10]

Following the conclusion of the 2018 Cricket World Cup Qualifier tournament, the International Cricket Council (ICC) named Muzarabani as the rising star of Zimbabwe's squad.[11]

In August 2018, Muzarabani made himself unavailable for national selection for Zimbabwe, instead wishing to further his career in England.[12][13] The following month, he signed a three-year deal with the English side Northamptonshire as a Kolpak player.[14]

He then returned to play for Zimbabwe after his time in County Cricket. On 3 November 2020, in the third match against Pakistan, Muzarabani took his first five-wicket haul in ODI cricket.[15]

References
  1. "Blessing Muzarabani". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 4 October 2017.
  2. "Logan Cup at Kwekwe, Oct 4-7 2017". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 4 October 2017.
  3. "Logan Cup first class cricket competition gets underway". The Zimbabwe Daily. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
  4. "Logan Cup starts in secure environment". The Herald. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
  5. "Zimbabwe pick uncapped Muzarabani, Burl for South Africa Test". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 11 December 2017.
  6. "Only Test (D/N), Zimbabwe tour of South Africa (Dec 2017) at Port Elizabeth, Dec 26-29 2017". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 26 December 2017.
  7. "Uncapped Mavuta and Murray in Zimbabwe ODI squad". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 7 January 2018.
  8. "1st match (D/N), Bangladesh Tri-Nation Series at Dhaka, Jan 15 2018". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
  9. "Formidable Afghanistan eye more T20I success". Wisden India. Archived from the original on 4 February 2018. Retrieved 4 February 2018.
  10. "1st T20I (N), Zimbabwe tour of United Arab Emirates at Sharjah, Feb 5 2018". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 5 February 2018.
  11. "CWCQ 2018 Report Card: Zimbabwe". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 24 March 2018.
  12. "Muzarabani quits Zimbabwe for cricket in England". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 16 August 2018.
  13. "Blessing Muzarabani puts Zimbabwe career on hold". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 16 August 2018.
  14. "Zimbabwe quick Blessing Muzarabani signs for Northamptonshire". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 7 September 2018.
  15. "Twitter Reactions: Zimbabwe stun Pakistan in a thrilling Super Over courtesy Blessing Muzarabani". CricTracker. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
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