Wisdom Siziba
Zimbabwe
Full Name
Wisdom Thomas Siziba
Born
October 26, 1980, Bulawayo
Died
April 17, 2009, South Africa, (aged 28y 173d)
Batting Style
Right hand Bat
Fielding Position
Wicketkeeper
Education
Emakhandeni High School
Wisdom Siziba was a wicketkeeper-batsman from the western suburbs of Bulawayo who enjoyed a relatively productive domestic career before joining the mass exodus from Zimbabwe to South Africa which was a hallmark of the later years of the Mugabe regime. He either opened or batted in the lower middle-order, and made a memorable debut for Matabeleland, carrying his bat for a four-hour 40. By far his most successful season came in 2001-02 when he scored 423 runs at 42.30, including his only first-class hundred, 103 opening the innings against Midlands. His last season was in 2004-05, and as Zimbabwe's cricketing infrastructure began to crumble, he was one of many lost to the game. He did not have a job after leaving school, preferring to earn his keep helping the ZCU with coaching, and as he attended a non cricket-playing school, he often had to make great sacrifices to continue playing. While he possibly lacked the footwork to succeed as a batsman at a higher level, he would have make an increasing impact in the first-class circuit. He died at the age of 29.
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