Adv. Nkululeko Molale Serame (born 26 January 1987) is a South African

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er. He played in the

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. He is an off-spinner in the classic mould and a lower-order batsman. Before the U19 World Cup, Serame had already played

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, making his first-team debut in January 2006 for North West against Northerns. He took 1 wicket for 46 runs (1/46). He had a disappointing World Cup, in that in four matches he took one wicket at an

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of 133. Serame played for

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during the 2006–07 season, taking eight wickets at 30.25 in four first-class matches. He was selected for the South African Academy that toured Zimbabwe in August 2007. His best performance on tour and career to date came in the final one-day fixture when he took 5/25 in 10 overs. He was included in the South Western Districts squad for the

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. He made his

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(T20) debut for South Western Districts against

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on 16 September 2016 and made further T20 appearances for the

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in December 2016. Serame is an advocate of the High Court of South Africa. In September 2018, Serame was named in Boland's squad for the

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as well as for the Cape Cobras T20 squad for the 2018-19 CSA T20 Challenge. He played first-class cricket for Boland until he retired from the game in 2020. In March 2024 Serame was appointed Head Coach of the Bahamas Men's National Cricket Team for the 2024 Carib Cup T20I series between the Bahamas and Cayman Islands.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Serame, Nkululeko 1987 births Living people South African cricketers Boland cricketers South Western Districts cricketers Cricketers from Klerksdorp 21st-century South African sportsmen