Pommie Mbangwa was one of Zimbabwe's better bowlers at the Premadasa Stadium, but his performance against England took him into rare territory: he's one of only three men with at least five one-day international wickets - and an average of over 100. Mbangwa needs a few more wicketless spells if he is to elevate himself above the bronze-medal position. At the moment he lags behind the Kenyan legspinner Collins Obuya, and, more surprisingly, the famous Indian offspinner-turned-umpire Srinivas Venkataraghavan (Venkat, if you prefer). Mbangwa can, at least, console himself with the thought that he is the worst seamer in ODI history. And a batting average of 4.71 completes a painful set of allround figures.

The irony is that Mbangwa is, to the naked eye, a one-day specialist: a gentle line-and-length medium-pacer, whose economy rate (5.00) is fairly acceptable – but his Test average (31.43) is less than a third of his one-day equivalent (103.64).

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