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Born | Port Elizabeth, South Africa | 20 October 1993
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ESPNcricinfo, 21 September 2016 |
Solo Nqweni (born 20 October 1993) is a South African first-class cricketer. [1] He was included in Eastern Province's squad for the 2016 Africa T20 Cup. [2] In September 2018, he was named in Eastern Province's squad for the 2018 Africa T20 Cup. [3]
In July 2019, while playing club cricket for Aberdeenshire Cricket Club, Nqweni became ill with a mystery illness, before it was diagnosed as Guillain–Barré syndrome. [4] He spent the next five months in a Scottish hospital before he was well enough to return home to South Africa in January 2020. [5] The following month, the South Africa cricket team pledged 50,000 rand to help with Nqweni's rehabilitation. [6] In May 2020, Nqweni announced that he had tested positive for COVID-19. [7]