Bryan Strang

Infobox Cricketer


nationality = Zimbabwean
country = Zimbabwe
country abbrev = ZIM
name = Bryan Strang
picture = Cricket_no_pic.pngbatting style = Right-hand bat
bowling style = Left-arm medium
balls = true
tests = 26
test runs = 465
test bat avg = 12.91
test 100s/50s = 0/1
test top score = 53
test overs = 5433
test wickets = 56
test bowl avg = 39.33
test 5s = 1
test 10s = 0
test best bowling = 5/101
test catches/stumpings = 11/-
ODIs = 49
ODI runs = 92
ODI bat avg = 5.11
ODI 100s/50s = 0/0
ODI top score = 18
ODI overs = 2494
ODI wickets = 46
ODI bowl avg = 37.34
ODI 5s = 1
ODI 10s = 0
ODI best bowling = 6/20
ODI catches/stumpings = 15/-
date = 11 February
year = 2006
source = http://content-aus.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/55756.html Cricinfo

Bryan Colin Strang (born June 9, 1972, Bulawayo) is a former Zimbabwean cricketer who played in 26 Tests and 49 ODIs from 1995 to 2001. His older brother Paul Strang also played international cricket for Zimbabwe.

Strang was a left-arm medium bowler and due to his nagging accuracy was hard to get away in ODI cricket. This earned him a career economy rate of 4.13. His best bowling figures in ODI cricket of 6 for 20, made against Bangladesh in 1997 are a Zimbabwean record.

In 2001 he helped bowl Matabeleland out for a national record low score in first-class cricket of 19 runs, taking 5 wickets for 6.

He played his last game for Zimbabwe in July 2001 and in 2002 he moved to South Africa due to political unrest. He's become a vocal critic of Zimbabwean cricket and during the 2003 World Cup he stated that Zimbabwe should be barred from hosting World Cup matches on moral grounds. As a result, when he attempted a comeback in 2003-04 the Zimbabwean Cricket Union banned him.

In 2008 he received an honorary degree in Sports Sciences from the University of Newcastle upon Tyne, making him eligible for their crunch cricket match against the University of Edinburgh in July.

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