Mluleki Luke Nkala (born 1 April 1981) is a

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international

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er. He took the wicket of

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with his second ball in senior international cricket in 1999. He also took five wickets against England in a test match in Nottingham in 2000. Educated at Falcon College, he was a member of the Zimbabwean

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and

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teams, Nkala also captained Zimbabwe in three Under-19

s in 1999–2000. He has coached at Edinburgh Cricket Club in

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, Australia and in early 2010, Nkala returned to Zimbabwe to play professional cricket with the Mid-West Rhinos franchise. He played his last first class match in 2014.

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* 1981 births Living people Alumni of Falcon College CFX Academy cricketers Matabeleland cricketers Zimbabwe One Day International cricketers Zimbabwe Test cricketers Zimbabwe Twenty20 International cricketers 21st-century Zimbabwean sportsmen Zimbabwean Under-19 ODI captains Zimbabwean cricketers Cricketers at the 1998 Commonwealth Games Zimbabwean cricket commentators Mid West Rhinos cricketers Northern Ndebele people Cricketers from Bulawayo Commonwealth Games competitors for Zimbabwe {{Zimbabwe-cricketbio-stub