Blessing Mahwire

Ngonidzashe Blessing Mahwire (born 31 July 1982) is a Zimbabwean cricketer who plays first-class cricket for Mashonaland and has also made appearances for the Zimbabwean cricket team in both the Test match and One Day International forms of the game. He is a right-handed batsman and medium-pace bowler.

Blessing Mahwire

Personal information
Full name	Ngonidzashe Blessing Mahwire
Born	(1982-07-31) 31 July 1982 Bikita, Masvingo, Zimbabwe
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm medium
International information
National side	Zimbabwe
Test debut	9 November 2002 v Pakistan
Last Test	20 September 2005 v India
ODI debut	29 January 2004 v Australia
Last ODI	3 December 2006 v Bangladesh
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA Matches 10 23 77 81 Runs scored 147 117 1,800 627 Batting average 13.36 10.63 17.14 15.67 100s/50s 0/1 0/0 1/4 0/3 Top score 50* 22* 115 85 Balls bowled 1,287 885 11,035 3,314 Wickets 18 21 199 83 Bowling average 50.83 36.90 30.24 32.44 5 wickets in innings 0 0 5 0 10 wickets in match 0 0 0 0 Best bowling 4/92 3/29 7/64 4/23 Catches/stumpings 1/– 6/– 29/– 15/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 10 June 2015

His introduction to the game came as somewhat of a relief not only because he is a competent all-round cricketer, but also because he comes from a province in Zimbabwe called Masvingo, in which few cricketing roots can be found.

His highest score at school was a 154 in Harare. He considers himself to be a "batsman who bowls", and is mainly used as a front-line bowler.