Mluleki Luke Nkala commonly known as Syke, is a Zimbabwean

Zimbabwean cricket team

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 cricket

Cricket

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er. He took the wicket of Sachin Tendulkar

Sachin Tendulkar

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 with his second ball in senior international cricket, in a one-dayer against India at Bulawayo in 1999. A member of the Zimbabwean Test

Test cricket

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 and One Day International teams, Nkala also captained Zimbabwe

Zimbabwean national cricket captains

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 in three Under-19 One Day Internationals in 1999/2000. He is currently coaching at sports academy 'The Harefield

Harefield

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 Academy' in Middlesex

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. In early 2010, Nkala returned to Zimbabwe to play professional cricket with the Mid-West Rhinos Franchise, along with Riki Wessels

Riki Wessels

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, Darren Stevens

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 and Brendan Taylor

Brendan Taylor

Brendan Taylor is a Zimbabwean cricketer, who is mainly a batsman, but occasionally keeps wicket or bowls off-spin as well. He is currently the captain of the Zimbabwean cricket team, having taken over the reins from Elton Chigumbura after the 2011 Cricket World Cup...

 and many others.

Trivia

• Nkala has thirteen siblings, seven brothers and six sisters.
• He is a member of the Ndebele tribe.
• His Test debut was against England at Trent Bridge
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   in 2000.
• He was the joint leading wicket-taker in the 1998 U/19 Cricket World Cup in South Africa
  South Africa
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   with 16 wickets, along with West Indian Ramnaresh Sarwan
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• He has spent some time during his career at the Australian Cricket Academy
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  , working with Dennis Lillee
  Dennis Lillee
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• His father had never seen a game of cricket until his international debut against India at Bulawayo
  Bulawayo
  Bulawayo is the second largest city in Zimbabwe after the capital Harare, with an estimated population in 2010 of 2,000,000. It is located in Matabeleland, 439 km southwest of Harare, and is now treated as a separate provincial area from Matabeleland...
  
  in 1999.