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Full name Arnoldus Mauritius Blignaut
Born August 1, 1978, Salisbury (now Harare)
Current age 30 years 68 days
Major teams Zimbabwe,Mashonaland,Tasmania
Batting style Left-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm medium-fast
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
4s
6s
Ct
St
Tests
19
36
3
886
92
26.84
1292
68.57
0
6
102
23
13
0
ODIs
51
40
8
625
63*
19.53
586
106.65
0
5
62
13
11
0
First-class
56
89
5
2303
194
27.41
2
14
38
0
List A
77
60
9
914
63*
17.92
0
6
17
0
Twenty20
6
5
3
145
61*
72.50
85
170.58
0
1
11
8
3
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
Tests
19
30
3173
1964
53
5/73
8/110
37.05
3.71
59.8
1
3
0
ODIs
51
50
2270
2021
49
4/43
4/43
41.24
5.34
46.3
2
0
0
First-class
56
8052
4819
133
5/73
36.23
3.59
60.5
3
0
List A
77
3263
2931
69
4/43
4/43
42.47
5.38
47.2
2
0
0
Twenty20
6
5
76
111
5
2/31
2/31
22.20
8.76
15.2
0
0
0
Career statistics
Test debut
Zimbabwe v Bangladesh at Bulawayo, Apr 19-22, 2001 scorecard
Last Test
Zimbabwe v India at Harare, Sep 20-22, 2005 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut
West Indies v Zimbabwe at Singapore, Sep 2, 1999 scorecard
Lions v Dolphins at Johannesburg, Mar 16-19, 2006 scorecard
List A span
1997/98 - 2005/06
Twenty20 debut
Lions v Warriors at Johannesburg, Jan 20, 2006 scorecard
Last Twenty20
Eagles v Lions at Bloemfontein, Feb 13, 2006 scorecard
Profile
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. A fine fielder as well. 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.
Martin Williamson March 2006
