Lets look into Anesu Mushangwe profile, biography, career and stats.
Who is Anesu Mushangwe?
Anesu Mushangwe is a Zimbabwean women cricketer who played for the Zimbabwe women’s national cricket team. She is also best described as an accidental cricketer due to the matter of circumstances she had to deal with. She currently resides in Australia. She initially played as a medium pace bowler but later switched to bowling leg-spin at the age of 20. She made the bold move as she couldn’t generate much pace due to her height disadvantage.
The Zimbabwean leg spinner has been consistently in the limelight since moving to Australia in 2019. Anesu Mushangwe becomes the first Zimbabwean to feature in the WBBL after signing with Adelaide Strikers.
Anesu Mushangwe Date of Birth
Anesu Mushangwe date of birth is Feb 25, 1996
Anesu Mushangwe Birth Place
Anesu Mushangwe was born in the township of Chitungwiza, 25km south of the capital Harare.
Anesu Mushangwe Current Age
Anesu Mushangwe current age is 27
Anesu Mushangwe Height
Anesu Mushangwe height is 5 feet and 4 inches(167 cm).
She initially played as a medium pace bowler but later switched to bowling leg-spin at the age of 20. She made the bold move as she couldn’t generate much pace due to her height disadvantage.
Anesu Mushangwe Batting Style
Anesu Mushangwe is Right Hand Bat
Anesu Mushangwe Bowling Style
Anesu Mushangwe bowling style is right arm leg spin
Anesu Mushangwe Current Teams
Zimbabwe Women, Adelide Strikers Women
Anesu Mushangwe Favorite Players
She followed Wanindu Hasaranga of Sri Lanka and Sandeep Lamichhane of Nepal to learn the art of leg spin by watching them on u tube.
Anesu Mushangwe Early Cricketing Days
Resuming international duties with Zimbabwe after a three-year hiatus, the right-arm leg-spinner was her country’s top wicket-taker in the Capricorn Women’s Tri-Series in April to lead Zimbabwe to a series victory over Namibia and Uganda.
Following her graduation, she received an offer to play for Hursley Park Cricket Club in UK and later plied her trade with the Australian club Glenelg Cricket Club where she found more success.
She had a short stint with Hursley Park Cricket Club and it was relatively a successful campaign for her after being voted as the Most Valuable Player as well as the Best Bowler Award.
She then moved to Australia in late 2019 and began playing in South Australia Premier Cricket and has been a vital cog of the Gelenelg Cricket Club having played an influential part in helping the club’s promotion in League A.Her all-round prowess inspired Glenelg District Cricket Club to earn promotion to SACA Premier Women’s First Grade competition during the 2019-20 season. She ended the season with 302 runs at an impressive average of 75.50 and also grabbed 40 wickets at a remarkable average of 12.05. Due to her standout performances, she received several accolades including club’s most outstanding player, the South Australia Lyn Fullstone Prize, Best Bowler at the club, MVP award as well as Best Bowler in the League during the 2020 South Australian Cricket Association awards ceremony.
In August 2021, she was named as the captain of the Glenelg club for the Premier League T20 season. She was also named in 2021-22 Premier Cricket Women’s Team of the Year for her stellar run as captain of Glenelg Club leading from the front in both batting and bowling aspects. During the 2021-22 Premier Cricket season, she was Glenelg’s leading wicket-taker in both the Women’s First-Grade and T20 competitions while also adjudged as the club’s leading run-scorer in the 2021-22 T20 competition.
“One day, I saw there was a group playing cricket nearby so I just went and stood with them, and the following day when I was asked in class ‘why didn’t you come to athletics?’ I said ‘I was playing cricket’, and the teacher was like ‘okay, that’s fair enough’,” Mushangwe recalls with a broad smile.
“I was 14, and from that day I kept on going to cricket just to avoid the athletics and in the end, I fell in love with the sport.”
Within a year, her “really slow” medium-pace bowling and enterprising batting had caught the attention of Zimbabwe Cricket who invited the teenager to attend selection trials for an upcoming under-19 tour to neighbouring South Africa.
she won her first T20I cap in 2019. The money she earned from her national contract also helped cover the cost of her tertiary education, and convinced her it was time to explore options to ply her cricket trade abroad.
Anesu Mushangwe Stats and Career for Zimbabwe
Anseu Mushangwe has also played 21 T20Is for Zimbabwe, taking 33 wickets.
Adelide Strikers Women signed Anesu Mushangwe for WBBL 2022/23
On 8 September 2022, Anesu Mushangwe signed a landmark one year deal with Adelide Strikers Women to play in the WBBL 2022 and was approved as a local player for the Adelaide Strikers due to her permanent residence in Australia. Anesu Mushangwe also became the first Zimbabwean ever to be contracted to play in the Women’s Bigh Bash League.
Anesu Mushangwe Career and Stats in Women Big Bash 2023-24
Anesu Mushangwe so far played 12 matches of WBBL 23/24 and took 13 wickets with economy of only 6.3.
Anesu Mushangwe playing a crucial part in his team success WBBL 2023/24 by taking wickets and bowling frugal and misery spells.
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