PLAYER CAREER

Mluleki Nkala

International career statistics, records and scorecard analysis

Player portrait unavailable

Men

Zimbabwe1998–2006

Scorecard coverage and data completeness

Career snapshots and available scorecards have different scopes. These counts describe recorded batting or bowling innings, not every international appearance.

Player archive coverage
Format	Matches	Bat inns	Balls recorded	Boundaries recorded	First scorecard	Latest scorecard
Test	10	15	15	15	2000-06-01	2005-01-06
ODI	50	35	35	35	1998-09-27	2006-12-09
T20I	1	1	1	1	2006-11-28	2006-11-28

61Internationals

512Career runs

0Centuries

—Wickets

Career records by format

Test

Official international career

Batting

Matches: 10
Innings: 15
Runs: 187
Average: 14.38
Strike rate: 41.37
Highest score: 47
Not outs: 2
100s: 0
50s: 0
Ducks: 4
4s: 23
6s: 1
Balls faced: 452

Bowling

Matches: 10
Innings: 15
Balls: 1,452
Maidens: 53
Runs conceded: 727
Wickets: 11
Average: 66.09
Economy: 3.00
Strike rate: 132.00
Best innings: 3/82
Best match: 5/104
4 wickets: 0
5 wickets: 0
10 wickets: 0

Fielding

Matches: 10
Innings: 17
Catches: 4
Stumpings: 0
Dismissals: 4
Keeper catches: 0
Fielder catches: 4
Dismissals / inns: 0.235
Best innings: 2 (2ct 0st)

ODI

Official international career

Batting

Matches: 50
Innings: 35
Runs: 324
Average: 10.80
Strike rate: 61.59
Highest score: 47
Not outs: 5
100s: 0
50s: 0
Ducks: 5
4s: 22
6s: 4
Balls faced: 526

Bowling

Matches: 50
Innings: 46
Balls: 1,582
Maidens: 8
Runs conceded: 1,570
Wickets: 22
Average: 71.36
Economy: 5.95
Strike rate: 71.90
Best innings: 3/12
Best match: 3/12
4 wickets: 0
5 wickets: 0
10 wickets: —

Fielding

Matches: 50
Innings: 50
Catches: 6
Stumpings: 0
Dismissals: 6
Keeper catches: 0
Fielder catches: 6
Dismissals / inns: 0.120
Best innings: 1 (1ct 0st)

T20I

Official international career

Batting

Matches: 1
Innings: 1
Runs: 1
Average: 1.00
Strike rate: 33.33
Highest score: 1
Not outs: 0
100s: 0
50s: 0
Ducks: 0
4s: 0
6s: 0
Balls faced: 3

Bowling

Matches: 1
Innings: —
Balls: —
Maidens: —
Runs conceded: —
Wickets: —
Average: N/A
Economy: N/A
Strike rate: N/A
Best innings: -
Best match: -
4 wickets: —
5 wickets: —
10 wickets: —

Fielding

Matches: 1
Innings: 1
Catches: 0
Stumpings: 0
Dismissals: 0
Keeper catches: 0
Fielder catches: 0
Dismissals / inns: 0.000
Best innings: 0

Career records checked: 2026-09-07. — means not recorded; N/A means the statistic does not apply. Career totals are independent of the scorecard archive.

Explore this player’s available match data

62 match appearances in available scorecards. Filters below apply to this archive only.

Recent available appearances


Date	Match	Format	Result
2006-12-09	Bangladesh v Zimbabwe	ODI	Bangladesh won by 3 wickets
2006-12-08	Bangladesh v Zimbabwe	ODI	Bangladesh won by 8 wickets
2006-11-30	Bangladesh v Zimbabwe	ODI	Bangladesh won by 9 wickets
2006-11-28	Bangladesh v Zimbabwe	T20I	Bangladesh won by 43 runs
2005-01-31	Zimbabwe v Bangladesh	ODI	Bangladesh won by 8 wickets
2005-01-06	Bangladesh v Zimbabwe	Test	Bangladesh won by 226 runs
2004-12-05	England v Zimbabwe	ODI	England won by 74 runs
2004-10-11	Sri Lanka v Zimbabwe	ODI	No result
2004-10-09	Zimbabwe v Sri Lanka	ODI	Sri Lanka won by 7 wickets
2004-10-03	Zimbabwe v Pakistan	ODI	Pakistan won by 3 wickets
2004-09-30	Pakistan v Zimbabwe	ODI	Pakistan won by 144 runs
2004-05-29	Zimbabwe v Australia	ODI	Australia won by 8 wickets

Zimbabwe

THE SHAPE OF A CAREER

Performance by year

Available scorecards

Formats are shown separately. These totals cover published scorecards against the twelve national teams; they can differ from complete official career records.

Test

Test · Runs by yearEach bar is one calendar year · exact runs at right

200036 runs
200154 runs
200224 runs
200445 runs
200528 runs

Test · Wickets by yearEach bar is one calendar year · exact wickets at right

20006 wickets
20011 wickets
20021 wickets
20041 wickets
20052 wickets

Exact yearly figures · 5 seasons

Test archive totals by year
Year	Mat	Bat inns	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	4s	6s	BF	Bowl inns	Wkts	Bowl avg	Econ	Bowl SR
2005	1	2	28	23	14.00	26.41	4	0	106	1	2	25.00	1.92	78.00
2004	2	4	45	24	11.25	40.54	5	0	111	2	1	152.00	3.89	234.00
2002	1	2	24	14	24.00	48.00	2	0	50	1	1	93.00	3.72	150.00
2001	2	2	54	47	27.00	50.94	7	1	106	4	1	120.00	2.55	282.00
2000	4	5	36	30	9.00	45.56	5	0	79	7	6	52.00	2.97	105.00

ODI

ODI · Runs by yearEach bar is one calendar year · exact runs at right

200079 runs
200169 runs
20029 runs
2004123 runs
20058 runs
200636 runs

ODI · Wickets by yearEach bar is one calendar year · exact wickets at right

19981 wickets
20006 wickets
200111 wickets
20020 wickets
20044 wickets
20050 wickets
20060 wickets

Exact yearly figures · 7 seasons

ODI archive totals by year
Year	Mat	Bat inns	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	4s	6s	BF	Bowl inns	Wkts	Bowl avg	Econ	Bowl SR
2006	3	3	36	22	12.00	55.38	2	0	65	2	0	N/A	3.25	N/A
2005	1	1	8	8	8.00	88.88	0	0	9	1	0	N/A	7.33	N/A
2004	11	10	123	47	15.37	69.49	11	2	177	9	4	72.50	6.54	66.50
2002	2	1	9	9	N/A	112.50	0	0	8	2	0	N/A	8.21	N/A
2001	19	13	69	16	5.75	42.07	3	1	164	18	11	56.45	5.88	57.54
2000	13	7	79	36	13.16	76.69	6	1	103	13	6	72.66	5.26	82.83
1998	1	0	0	—	N/A	N/A	0	0	0	1	1	32.00	6.40	30.00

T20I

T20I · Runs by yearEach bar is one calendar year · exact runs at right

20061 runs

Exact yearly figures · 1 seasons

T20I archive totals by year
Year	Mat	Bat inns	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	100s	50s	4s	6s	BF	Bowl inns	Wkts	Bowl avg	Econ	Bowl SR
2006	1	1	1	1	1.00	33.33	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	N/A	N/A	N/A

MOMENTS IN THE RECORD

Career timeline

Milestones found in available scorecards. The first recorded appearance here is not necessarily the international debut.

1998-09-27
First available scorecard
ODI v India · Bulawayo
2001-01-23
Best recorded bowling · 3/12
ODI v West Indies · Sydney
2001-04-19
Highest recorded innings · 47 runs
Test v Bangladesh · Bulawayo
2006-12-09
Latest available scorecard
ODI v Bangladesh · Shere Bangla National Stadium