And another name, Ian Englebrecht. Never saw him play, but Derrick Townshend writes:
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Originally Posted by Derrick Townshend He has represented Matabeleland age group sides and was Man of the Series at the annual Christian Brothers College Cricket Tournament in South Africa in 1996. Ian is a good left-arm spinner who likes to bowl protracted spells. He bowls good line and length, reads the game and is a thinking cricketer. He is capable of batting and a good fielder, and a player who will I think make the Zimbabwe side in time to come; if not, he will come very close to it. I think he should get a game. |
Obviously not the best writer is old Derrick, but he didn't hype any other Matabeleland players up like this. Englebrecht's stats show why as well...
class mat balls runs wkts bbi ave econ s r
First-class 9 1637 768 38 6/56 20.21 2.81 43.07