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Zimbabwean cricketer
Tawanda Muyeye
Full name Tawanda Sean Muyeye
Born (2001-03-05 ) 5 March 2001 (age 23)
[1]
Harare , Zimbabwe Batting Right-handed Bowling Right-arm
off break Role
All rounder
Years Team 2021–
Kent (squad no. 14)
FC debut 13 May 2021 Kent v
Sussex
LA debut 22 July 2021 Kent v
Durham
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]
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] He made his
Twenty20 debut on 7 June 2022 in the
2022 T20 Blast .
[18]
In January 2023, Muyeye signed a new three-year contract with Kent.
[19] He made his maiden first-class century on 26 June 2023, scoring 179 as part of a 318-run partnership with
Daniel Bell-Drummond for Kent against
Northants .
[20]
[21]
In July 2023, he was drafted into
The Hundred by
Oval Invincibles .
[22]
References
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Tawanda Muyeye , CricketArchive. Retrieved 2021-05-13. (subscription required)
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Who is the Eastbourne pupil named Wisden Schools Cricketer of the Year for 2019? ,
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Zim not conducive: young cricketer ,
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Muyeye makes history in UK ,
The Chronicle , 2020-04-09. Retrieved 2021-05-13.
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Mangongo picks his boys ,
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b Ronay B (2021)
Tawanda Muyeye: asylum seeker who could become ‘best cricketer in the world’ ,
The Guardian , 2021-05-29. Retrieved 2021-05-29.
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Tawanda Muyeye ,
Kent County Cricket Club . Retrieved 2021-05-13.
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Tawanda Muyeye: The Wisden Schools Cricketer of the Year taking Eastbourne College by storm ,
The Cricketer , 2020-04-09. Retrieved 2021-05-13.
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Who is Tawanda Muyeye, the Wisden Schools Cricketer of the Year for 2019? ,
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Sixth-former Muyeye is the Wisden Schools Cricketer of the Year ,
Eastbourne Herald , 2020-04-08. Retrieved 2021-05-13.
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Sussex youngster, Tawanda Muyeye named Wisden Schools Cricketer of the Year ,
Sussex County Cricket Club , 2020-04-08. Retrieved 2021-05-13.
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Jofra Archer ruffles Kent before Ollie Robinson nags Sussex into the ascendancy ,
CricInfo , 2021-05-13. Retrieved 2021-05-14.
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The grand arrival of Tawanda Muyeye and the beauty of Hove ,
The Cricketer , 2021-05-19. Retrieved 2021-05-29.
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Beckenham, Jul 22 2021, Royal London One-Day Cup ,
CricInfo , 2021-07-21. Retrieved 2021-07-21.
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South Group (N), Chelmsford, June 07, 2022, Vitality Blast ,
CricInfo , 2022-06-07. Retrieved 2022-06-07.
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Tawanda Muyeye: Kent batter signs new contract until end of 2025 ,
BBC Sport , 2023-01-30. Retrieved 2023-01-31.
^ Aldred T (2023)
Bell-Drummond and Muyeye hit 318 partnership for Kent: county cricket .
The Guardian , 2023-06-26. Retrieved 2023-06-27.
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County Championship: Bell-Drummond and Muyeye build big Kent lead against Northants ,
BBC Sport , 2023-06-26. Retrieved 2023-06-27.
^ Roller M (2023)
Maxwell, Marsh pulled out of the Hundred by Cricket Australia ,
CricInfo , 2023-07-04. Retrieved 2023-07-04.
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