Brighton Tonderai Watambwa (born 9 June 1977) is a Zimbabwean

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er who in 2014 captained the Belgium national cricket team. A right-arm fast-medium bowler, Watambwa played six

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s for Zimbabwe between April 2001 and March 2002, taking 14 wickets. Domestically, he alternated between playing for

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and Mashonaland A. Following a contract dispute with the

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, Watambwa emigrated to the USA in the autumn of 2002. After obtaining a degree from the

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, he moved to Belgium in 2009, taking on a full-time job with

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until 2015.

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