andy blignaut Profile - ICC Profile, Age, Career Info & Stats.
andy blignaut is a cricketer(sportsman) from Zimbabwe. His ICC profile, age, career info & stats are given below.
Full Name
Arnoldus Mauritius Blignaut
Born
August 01, 1978, Salisbury (now Harare)
Age
45 years old
Batting Style
Left hand Bat
Bowling Style
Right arm Medium fast
Playing Role
Allrounder
Batting Stats
Test | ODI | T20I | IPL | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Mat | 19 | 54 | 1 | - |
Inn | 36 | 41 | 1 | - |
Runs | 886 | 626 | 8 | - |
Avg | 26.85 | 18.97 | 8.0 | - |
SR | 68.58 | 106.28 | 100.0 | - |
HS | 92 | 63 | 8 | - |
NO | 3 | 8 | 0 | - |
100s | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
50s | 6 | 5 | 0 | - |
4s | 102 | 62 | 1 | - |
6s | 23 | 13 | 0 | - |
Bowling Stats
Test | ODI | T20I | IPL | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Mat | 19 | 54 | 1 | - |
Inn | 30 | 53 | - | - |
Balls | 3173 | 2348 | - | - |
Runs | 1964 | 2063 | - | - |
Wkt | 53 | 50 | - | - |
BBI | 73 / 5 | 43 / 4 | - | - |
BBM | 110 / 8 | 43 / 4 | - | - |
Eco | 3.71 | 5.27 | - | - |
Avg | 37.06 | 41.26 | - | - |
5W | 3 | 0 | - | - |
10W | 0 | 0 | - | - |
Teams he has played for:
- Zimbabwe
- Mashonaland
- Tasmania
Heres what CricBuzz says about him.
However, he sat out of the game for some time - partly attributed to his disenchantment with the game, squabbles with the administrators and the like. He returned to the game in August 2002 and celebrated it with a 5-wicket haul against Pakistan. A steady performance saw him in the mix for the 2003 WC and the England tour that followed it.
Blignaut and controversies though continued. He was amongst the players who rebelled against the board and was out of the game yet again. He flew out of the country to play as an overseas professional for the Australian state side Tasmania as well as grabbing a county contract with Durham. A spate of injuries meant that Tasmania released him early from the contract.
He returned to Zimbabwe unconditionally in 2005 and was part of the team that played against New Zealand and India. However, he broke ties with the board soon after accusing the board of not paying him for the two series. He was touted as a successor to Taibu as a captain of Zimbabwe, but he refused to play till all the dues were settled. Blignaut played a season of cricket for South Africa based Highveld Lions in 2006.
After a 4-year gap, Blignaut has returned to his roots and has signed up with Matabeleland Tuskers franchise. He was included for the T-20 World Cup in the Caribbean in 2010 and was a part of the team that lost the tri-nation series against Sri Lanka later that year.
Interesting Fact: Blignaut took a hat-trick against Bangladesh in a test match Harare on 22nd February 2004. He was the first, and to date the only bowler to take a test hat-trick for Zimbabwe.
Trivia: Still remembered for a funky dyed hair-do, which he sported in 2001 against West Indies, Blignaut has also tried his hand at male modelling.
By Pradeep Krishnamurthy
Heres what ESPNcricinfo says about him.
A laid-back character, Blignaut hails from an Afrikaner farming family, as his forenames (Arnoldus Mauritius) suggest. His stronger suit is his pace bowling, and he returned the best figures by a Zimbabwean on Test debut - 5 for 73 in the first Test against Bangladesh at Bulawayo in April 2001. He also managed a first-ball duck in his maiden Test innings, although as a strokeplaying left-hander, he has a terrific eye for the ball and is also a fine fielder. After growing disenchanted with the game he sat out the 2001-02 season, amid reports of disputes with administrators and fellow players. He pursued a number of lines of employment including, briefly, male modelling. But in August 2002 he announced that he was returning, and in his first game back he took 5 for 79 against Pakistan. He then cemented his place back in the team and put in steady performances during the 2003 World Cup and in England later in the same year.
But he was one of the 15 rebel players who was involved in the stand-off with the Zimbabwe board and was ultimately sacked by them. In June 2004 he joined the growing exodus from Zimbabwe by signing for Tasmania, and also had a brief stint with Durham during the English summer. But Tasmania released him from his contract early - his spell was dogged by injury - and in February 2005 he returned 'unconditionally' to Zimbabwe. He was part of the strike against the board later in the year, and spent 2005-06 playing for the Lions in South Africa. He was for a time touted as successor to Tatenda Taibu as captain, but refused to play until he was paid substantial monies owed to him by the board.
After a four-year break from the game, Blignaut resurfaced in early 2010 during the return of several former players to the Zimbabwe fold. He signed for the Matabeleland Tuskers franchise and was included in Zimbabwe's squad for the World Twenty20 in the Caribbean, as well as the home tri-series with India and Sri Lanka that followed.
Martin Williamson June 2010