Tangeni Lungameni

Tangeni Lungameni (born 17 April 1992) is a Namibian international cricketer who made his debut for the Namibian national team in January 2016. He is a left-arm pace bowler.

Tangeni Lungameni
Personal information
Born (1992-04-17) 17 April 1992
Gobabis, Namibia
BattingLeft-handed
BowlingLeft-arm medium
RoleBowler
International information
National side
T20I debut (cap 8)20 May 2019 v Ghana
Last T20I22 August 2019 v Botswana
Source: CricketArchive, 22 August 2019

Lungameni is from Gobabis, but moved to Windhoek to attend Windhoek Technical School.[1] He spent two seasons as a member of the Namibia under-19s team, including at the 2011 Under-19 World Cup Qualifier, and made his debut for Namibia A in July 2015, against Botswana.[2] Lungameni made his senior debut for Namibia in January 2016, in a Sunfoil 3-Day Cup match against Gauteng (a South African provincial team).[3] Later in the 2015–16 season, he also made appearances in the Provincial 50-Over Challenge and the Provincial T20 Challenge.[4][5] Lungameni's international debut came in April 2016, when he played in an ICC Intercontinental Cup match against Afghanistan.[6] Outside of playing cricket, he works as Cricket Namibia's head groundsman, having replaced Wynand Louw in the position.[1] Lungameni is one of the few black players to play at a high level in Namibia.[7]

In August 2018, he was named in Namibia's squad for the 2018 Africa T20 Cup.[8] In October 2018, he was named in Namibia's squad in the Southern sub region group for the 2018–19 ICC World Twenty20 Africa Qualifier tournament in Botswana.[9] On 29 October 2018, in the match against Mozambique, he took a hat-trick.[10][11]

In March 2019, he was named in Namibia's squad for the 2019 ICC World Cricket League Division Two tournament.[12] In May 2019, he was named in Namibia's squad for the Regional Finals of the 2018–19 ICC T20 World Cup Africa Qualifier tournament in Uganda.[13][14] He made his Twenty20 International (T20I) debut for Namibia against Ghana on 20 May 2019.[15]

In June 2019, he was one of twenty-five cricketers to be named in Cricket Namibia's Elite Men's Squad ahead of the 2019–20 international season.[16][17] In August 2019, he was named in Namibia's One Day International (ODI) squad for the 2019 United States Tri-Nation Series.[18] In September 2019, he was named in Namibia's squad for the 2019 ICC T20 World Cup Qualifier tournament in the United Arab Emirates.[19]

References
  1. Andreas Kathindi (6 April 2015). "Staying grounded with Tangeni Lungameni" – Lela. Retrieved 10 April 2016.
  2. Miscellaneous matches played by Tangeni Lungameni – CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 April 2016.
  3. First-class matches played by Tangeni Lungameni – CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 April 2016.
  4. List A matches played by Tangeni Lungameni – CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 April 2016.
  5. Twenty20 matches played by Tangeni Lungameni – CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 April 2016.
  6. ICC Intercontinental Cup, Afghanistan v Namibia at Greater Noida, Apr 10-13, 2016 – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 10 April 2016.
  7. Michael Uugwanga (10 December 2014). "Lungameni not for quota cricket" – Informanté. Retrieved 10 April 2016.
  8. "Cricket Namibia to compete in T20 Africa Cup". The Namibian. Retrieved 24 August 2018.
  9. "Namibian squad for World T20 Qualifier". The Namibian. Retrieved 28 October 2018.
  10. "ICC Men's World T20 Africa Region Qualifier C: Interview with Namibia's Tangeni Lungameni, who picked up a hat-trick against Mozambique". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 30 October 2018.
  11. "St Helena do the double as action hots up in Botswana". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 30 October 2018.
  12. "The Squad Participating In The ICC World League 2 Tournament". Cricket Namibia. Retrieved 19 March 2019.
  13. "Namibia squad revealed for ICC T20 World Cup Africa finals". Xinhua News (Africa). Retrieved 14 May 2019.
  14. "African men in Uganda for T20 showdown". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 18 May 2019.
  15. "5th Match, ICC Men's T20 World Cup Africa Region Final at Kampala, May 20 2019". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 20 May 2019.
  16. "Breaking News – Announcement of the 2019–2020 National Elite Training Squad". Cricket Namibia. Retrieved 17 July 2019.
  17. "Elite cricket training squad announced". Erongo. Retrieved 17 July 2019.
  18. "The Men's National Squad ICC League 2 ODI Series". Cricket Namibia. Retrieved 29 August 2019.
  19. "ICC Men's T20 World Cup Qualifier Send Off". Cricket Namibia. Retrieved 2 October 2019.
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