Lungi Ngidi

Lungi Ngidi
Ngidi in 2023
Personal information
Full name
Lungisani True-man Ngidi
Born (1996-03-29) 29 March 1996 (age 28)
Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Height6 ft 4 in (193 cm)[1]
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm fast-medium
RoleBowler
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 334)13 January 2018 v India
Last Test7 August 2024 v West Indies
ODI debut (cap 126)7 February 2018 v India
Last ODI7 October 2024 v Ireland
ODI shirt no.22
T20I debut (cap 67)20 January 2017 v Sri Lanka
Last T20I29 September 2024 v Ireland
T20I shirt no.22
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2015–presentNortherns
2016–2021Titans
2018–2021Chennai Super Kings
2022–presentDelhi Capitals
2023 - presentPaarl Royals
2023-presentSan Francisco Unicorns
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI T20I FC
Matches 19 62 43 33
Runs scored 97 123 41 150
Batting average 4.85 11.18 8.20 5.55
100s/50s 0/0 0/0 0/0 9/0
Top score 19 20* 13* 19
Balls bowled 2,452 2,729 857 4,199
Wickets 55 96 63 94
Bowling average 23.14 28.42 20.93 23.92
5 wickets in innings 3 1 1 6
10 wickets in match 0 0 0 0
Best bowling 6/39 6/58 5/39 6/37
Catches/stumpings 7/– 15/– 8/– 12/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 9 November 2024

Lungisani True-man Ngidi (born 29 March 1996) is a South African professional cricketer who plays for the South Africa national cricket team.[2] In the 2018 South African Cricket Annual Awards, he was named as one of the five Cricketers of the Year.[3][4] In July 2020, Ngidi was named both ODI and T20I cricketer of the year at Cricket South Africa's annual awards ceremony.[5]

  1. ^ Dwivedi, Sandeep (19 January 2018). "South Africa speeding star Lungi Ngidi's come a long way — From panic attack on Indian bus". The Indian Express. The feel-good story about the 6'4" young black pacer, son of domestic helps from Durban, who first went to school because of an anonymous benefactor, has got South Africa smiling.
  2. ^ "Lungi Ngidi". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 13 June 2016.
  3. ^ "Markram, Ngidi named among SA Cricket Annual's Top Five". Cricket South Africa. Archived from the original on 27 March 2019. Retrieved 29 November 2018.
  4. ^ "Markram, Ngidi among SA Cricket Annual's Cricketers of the Year". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 29 November 2018.
  5. ^ "Quinton de Kock, Laura Wolvaardt scoop up major CSA awards". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 4 July 2020.