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Blessing Mahwire

Zimbabwe

Full name Ngonidzashe Blessing Mahwire

Born July 31, 1982, Bikita, Masvingo

Current age 26 years 344 days

Major teams Zimbabwe, Mashonaland, Zimbabwe Cricket Academy

Playing role Bowler

Batting style Right-hand bat

Bowling style Right-arm medium

Batting and fielding averages

	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s	Ct
Tests	10	17	6	147	50*	13.36	346	42.48	0	1	21	2	1
ODIs	23	19	8	117	22*	10.63	249	46.98	0	0	5	2	6
First-class	57	95	12	1247	115	15.02			1	1			23
List A	66	49	13	605	85	16.80			0	3			11
Twenty20	4	3	0	50	22	16.66	49	102.04	0	0	5	0	0

Bowling averages

	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w
Tests	10	14	1287	915	18	4/92	4/92	50.83	4.26	71.5	1	0
ODIs	23	21	885	775	21	3/29	3/29	36.90	5.25	42.1	0	0
First-class	57		8021	4395	155	7/64		28.35	3.28	51.7		4
List A	66		2710	2169	71	4/23	4/23	30.54	4.80	38.1	1	0
Twenty20	4	3	47	63	3	2/9	2/9	21.00	8.04	15.6	0	0

Career statistics

Test debut	Zimbabwe v Pakistan at Harare, Nov 9-12, 2002 scorecard
Last Test	Zimbabwe v India at Harare, Sep 20-22, 2005 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut	Australia v Zimbabwe at Melbourne, Jan 29, 2004 scorecard
Last ODI	Bangladesh v Zimbabwe at Bogra, Dec 3, 2006 scorecard
ODI statistics
First-class debut	2000/01
Last First-class	Northerns (Zimbabwe) v Centrals at Harare, Apr 21-23, 2009 scorecard
List A debut	2000/01
Last List A	Centrals v Westerns at Harare, Mar 4, 2009 scorecard
Twenty20 debut	Northerns (Zimbabwe) v Southerns at Harare, Mar 19, 2008 scorecard
Last Twenty20	Centrals v Southerns at Harare, Mar 21, 2008 scorecard

Profile

A quick bowler and a handy lower-order batsman, Blessing Mahwire is the first national player to come from the Masvingo area of Zimbabwe, where he turned in some impressive schoolboy performances, especially with the bat. He attended the CFX Academy in 2001 and was posted to Manicaland, where he developed more as a bowler than a batsman, although without losing his ability with the bat -- he has a Test fifty against New Zealand to his credit. He made his international debut against Pakistan at Harare in November 2002, but struggled to make an impact. However, a year later he was recalled for the 2003-04 tour of Australia and made the second Test at Sydney, but failed to take a wicket. Nevertheless, he impressed with his whole-hearted attitude and stayed in the side for the home West Indies series in November 2003. But in May 2004, his action came under scrutiny and he was reported to the ICC after the first Test against Sri Lanka at Harare. With assistance from Kevin Curran, he remodelled his action, becoming more side-on, and returned to the side against India and New Zealand in 2005, impressing with both bat and ball. He struggled in West Indies, though, bowling his away-swingers inconsistently. He also emerged as an unofficial spokesman for the players in their bitter dispute with the board.
John Ward June 2006