Lungi Ngidi

Lungi Ngidi

South Africa πŸ‡ΏπŸ‡¦

Personal Information

  • Born: Mar 29, 1996
  • Role: Bowler
  • Batting Style: Right Handed Bat
  • Bowling Style: Right-arm fast

Cricket Rankings

TestOdiT20
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Bowling433397

Career Information

Lungi Ngidi

Batting Career Summary

MInnNORunsHSAvgBFSR100504s6s
TEST19301097194.8522942.36--141
ODI6727161242011.2723652.55--86
T20I4313841138.25278.85--4-
IPL15-----------
SA2024106281373482.35---2
MLC2-----------

Bowling Career Summary

MInnBRunsWktsBBIBBMEconAvg5W10W
TEST193324521273556/398/1023.1223.153-
ODI6766311730181036/586/585.8129.31-
T20I43438571320635/395/399.2420.951-
IPL1515348478284/104/108.2417.07--
SA202423516761264/394/398.8529.27--
MLC22465611/241/247.356--

Career Information

  • Test debut: vs India
  • ODI debut: vs India
  • T20 debut: vs Sri Lanka
  • IPL debut: vs Delhi Capitals

About Lungi Ngidi

Lungisani Ngidi, together with Kagiso Rabada, is the face of South Africa's prospective fast-bowling attack. Standing tall at 1.93m, Ngidi is capable of bowling in excess of 140 kph, seaming it either way, and can keep the batsmen honest on the back foot with mean short-pitched deliveries. He is also known to bowl the heavy ball with a open-chested bowling run-up.

Ngidi made his Test debut against India at Centurion in January 2018, coming in for Dale Steyn, who had injured his heel in the first Test at Newlands, Cape Town. He finished with the perfect script, nabbing a six-fer on debut and impressing everyone with his pace, hostility and attitude. He famously set up a rampant Virat Kohli in his debut Test, bowling three balls outside off before angling one on the pads and trapping India's captain plumb in front, thereby helping South Africa win the Test and take an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match series.