Tawanda Muyeye

Tawanda Sean Muyeye (born 5 March 2001) is a Zimbabwean-born professional cricketer who plays for Kent County Cricket Club in England. He is a right-handed batsman and right-arm off break bowler.[2]

Tawanda Muyeye
Personal information
Full nameTawanda Sean Muyeye
Born (2001-03-05) 5 March 2001[1]
Harare, Zimbabwe
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm off break
RoleAll rounder
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2021–Kent (squad no. 14)
FC debut13 May 2021 Kent v Sussex
LA debut22 July 2021 Kent v Durham
Career statistics
Competition First-class List A
Matches 7 8
Runs scored 229 140
Batting average 25.44 23.33
100s/50s 0/2 0/0
Top score 89 30
Balls bowled 281 36
Wickets 3 0
Bowling average 60.33 –
5 wickets in innings 0 –
10 wickets in match 0 –
Best bowling 2/70 –
Catches/stumpings 0/– 1/–
Source: Cricinfo, 24 April 2022

Early life

Muyeye was born in Zimbabwe and grew up close to Harare.[3][4] He was educated at Peterhouse Boys' School in Mashonaland East Province[5][6] and captained the Zimbabwe national side at under-13 and under-16 level, as well as playing rugby union for the national under-14 side, before earning a scholarship to Eastbourne College in England.[6] Muyeye was named as a reserve in the Zimbabwean squad for the 2018 Under-19 Cricket World Cup at the age of 15.[3][6][7]

An asylum seeker who came to the UK with his mother, a supporter of the opposition Movement for Democratic Change, Muyeye was granted indefinite leave to remain and settled in the UK.[8] He has expressed an ambition to play international cricket for England.[8]

At Eastbourne he was coached by former professionals Rob Ferley, James Tredwell and Andy Hodd and scored 1,112 runs and hit 56 sixes in his first season, both records for the school.[9] His batting performances for Eastbourne, including two double hundreds, led him to being named the 2019 Young Wisden Schools Cricketer of the Year.[10][11][12]

Professional cricket career

While at Eastbourne, Muyeye played for Sussex's under-17 and second XI sides,[13] but signed his first professional contract with Kent in March 2021, qualifying as a domestic player after his time at Eastbourne.[14] He made his first-class cricket debut for Kent on 13 May 2021, in the 2021 County Championship against Sussex at Hove[15][16] and his List A debut later the same season in the 2021 Royal London One-Day Cup.[17]

References
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  2. Tawanda Muyeye, CricInfo. Retrieved 2021-05-13.
  3. Sibanda M (2020) Muyeye not yet lost to Zim, The Herald, 2020-04-20. Retrieved 2021-05-13.
  4. Howard D (2020) Who is the Eastbourne pupil named Wisden Schools Cricketer of the Year for 2019?, Eastbourne Herald, 2020-04-08. Retrieved 2021-05-13.
  5. Zim not conducive: young cricketer, NewsDay, 2020-07-16. Retrieved 2021-05-13.
  6. Sibanda M (2020) Muyeye makes history in UK, The Chronicle, 2020-04-09. Retrieved 2021-05-13.
  7. Chikamhi E (2017) Mangongo picks his boys, The Herald, 2017-11-18. Retrieved 2021-05-13.
  8. Ronay B (2021) Tawanda Muyeye: asylum seeker who could become ‘best cricketer in the world’, The Guardian, 2021-05-29. Retrieved 2021-05-29.
  9. Tawanda Muyeye, Kent County Cricket Club. Retrieved 2021-05-13.
  10. Tawanda Muyeye: The Wisden Schools Cricketer of the Year taking Eastbourne College by storm, The Cricketer, 2020-04-09. Retrieved 2021-05-13.
  11. Gardner B (2020) Who is Tawanda Muyeye, the Wisden Schools Cricketer of the Year for 2019?, Wisden online, 2020-04-08. Retrieved 2021-05-13.
  12. Bone S (2020) Sixth-former Muyeye is the Wisden Schools Cricketer of the Year, Eastbourne Herald, 2020-04-08. Retrieved 2021-05-13.
  13. Sussex youngster, Tawanda Muyeye named Wisden Schools Cricketer of the Year, Sussex County Cricket Club, 2020-04-08. Retrieved 2021-05-13.
  14. Cawdell L (2021) Kent Cricket sign Wisden Schools Cricketer of the Year Tawanda Muyeye, Kent Online, 2021-03-31. Retrieved 2021-05-13.
  15. Edwards P (2021) Jofra Archer ruffles Kent before Ollie Robinson nags Sussex into the ascendancy, CricInfo, 2021-05-13. Retrieved 2021-05-14.
  16. Edwards P (2021) The grand arrival of Tawanda Muyeye and the beauty of Hove, The Cricketer, 2021-05-19. Retrieved 2021-05-29.
  17. Beckenham, Jul 22 2021, Royal London One-Day Cup, CricInfo, 2021-07-21. Retrieved 2021-07-21.
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