Blessing Muzarabani (born 2 October 1996) is a Zimbabwean

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er. He made his first-class debut for Rising Stars in the 2017–18 Logan Cup on 4 October 2017.

Early and domestic career

Blessing Muzarabani was born in

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, a small town in Zimbabwe. Later his family moved to Highfield, a suburb in

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. At the age of seven, he started cricket training at Takashinga Cricket Club. This is where his talent was spotted by coaches. In 2017, he was chosen by Tatenda Taibu for the Rising Stars Academy to tour England for three months. In December 2020, he was selected to play for the Southern Rocks in the

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. In June 2021,

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added Muzarabani to their squad, replacing Obed McCoy, for the remaining matches in the

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(PSL). He played six matches and took ten wickets for his team, with the

winning their first PSL title.

International career

In December 2017, he was named in Zimbabwe's

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squad for their one-off Test against South Africa. He made his Test debut for Zimbabwe against South Africa in the

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on 26 December 2017. In January 2018, he was named in Zimbabwe's One Day International (ODI) squad for the tri-series in Bangladesh. He made his ODI debut for Zimbabwe against Bangladesh on 15 January 2018. In February 2018, he was named in Zimbabwe's

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(T20I) squad for their series against Afghanistan in the UAE. He made his T20I debut for Zimbabwe against

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on 5 February 2018. Following the conclusion of the

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tournament, the

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(ICC) named Muzarabani as the rising star of Zimbabwe's squad. In August 2018, Muzarabani made himself unavailable for national selection for Zimbabwe, instead wishing to further his career in England. The following month, he signed a three-year deal with the English side

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as a Kolpak player. He then returned to play for Zimbabwe after his time in County Cricket. On 3 November 2020, in the third match against Pakistan, Muzarabani took his first five-wicket haul in ODI cricket and he took two additional wickets in the super over of the same match.

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