Rodney Malamba
South African cricketer
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Rodney Lulamile Malamba (born 11 March 1966 in Langa, Cape Town, Cape Province)[1] is a former South African first-class cricketer who played for Natal from 1988 to 1991.
Langa, Cape Town, South Africa[1]
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| Full name | Rodney Lulamile Malamba | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 11 March 1966 Langa, Cape Town, South Africa[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm fast-medium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1988 to 1991 | Natal | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: ESPNcricinfo, 26 October 2019 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Malamba was a right-arm fast-medium bowler and right-handed tail-end batsman.[2] His best first-class bowling figures were 3 for 64 and 4 for 21 for Natal B against Northern Transvaal in 1991–92.[3]
He was the first black cricketer to play in the Currie Cup. His father, Ben Malamba, was an all-rounder who was one of the leading black cricketers of the apartheid era in South Africa.[4]
He runs a cricket academy in Durban.[5] In February 2020, he was named in South Africa's squad for the Over-50s Cricket World Cup in South Africa.[6][7] However, the tournament was cancelled during the third round of matches due to the coronavirus pandemic.[8]