Tendo Mbazzi

Tendo Mbazzi

Personal information
Full name	Tendo Lubwama Mbazzi
Born	(1974-10-17) 17 October 1974 (age 50) Mulago, Uganda
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm medium
Relations	Sam Walusimbi (father)
International information
National sides	East and Central Africa (1997) Uganda (2000–2004)
Source: CricketArchive, 2 February 2016

Tendo Lubwama Mbazzi (born 17 October 1974) is a Ugandan former international cricketer who represented both East and Central Africa and the Ugandan national team. He played as a right-arm medium-pace bowler.

Early life

Mbazzi was born in Mulago, Uganda.[1] He is the son of international cricketer Sam Walusimbi.[2]

Cricket career

Mbazzi represented the combined East and Central Africa team at the 1997 ICC Trophy. He played in all six of his team's matches, taking five wickets.[3] His best performance was 2/26 from 7.2 overs, against West Africa.[4] Mbazzi is first recorded as representing his home country, Uganda, at the 2000 Africa Cup, though not all records of Ugandan matches are available.[5] He represented Uganda at the 2001 ICC Trophy, and again played every match, taking six wickets from six games.[6] Against Argentina, he took 2/2 from just four balls, while against Israel he finished with 2/21 from ten overs.[4] Mbazzi's final match for Uganda was a 2004 ICC Intercontinental Cup game against Kenya, which held first-class status.[7]

Personal life

As of 2020^[update] Mbazzi was working for the Bank of Uganda as an information technology specialist.[8]

References

1. Tendo Mbazzi – CricketArchive. Retrieved 13 March 2016.
2. "Uganda: ICC Trophy heroes return home". ESPNcricinfo. 16 April 2002. Retrieved 6 March 2023.
3. Records / Carlsberg ICC Trophy, 1996/97 - East (and Central) Africa / Batting and bowling averages – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 13 March 2016.
4. ICC Trophy matches played by Tendo Mbazzi – CricketArchive. Retrieved 13 March 2016.
5. Miscellaneous matches played by Tendo Mbazzi – CricketArchive. Retrieved 13 March 2016.
6. Records / ICC Trophy, 2001 - Uganda / Batting and bowling averages – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 13 March 2016.
7. First-class matches played by Tendo Mbazzi – CricketArchive. Retrieved 13 March 2016.
8. "When cricketers hit the sweet spot". Monitor. 30 May 2020. Retrieved 6 March 2023.

External links

• Tendo Mbazzi at ESPNcricinfo