Angus James Mackay (born 13 June 1967) is a Zimbabwean sports administrator. He is a former

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Cricket career

Gus Mackay played for Zimbabwe Colts in England in 1984 and then Zimbabwe Schools. In 1986 he spent a year at

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before being sidelined with a serious ankle injury. He then joined English Midlands club sides Barnt Green and West Bromwich. He made his first-class debut in 1998–99 at the age of 31. Mackay won a call-up to the Zimbabwe one-day side which toured Australia and New Zealand in 2000–01. He played three ODIs for Zimbabwe in 2001 as a seam bowler. He was general manager of

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whilst working as a banker, and in 2006 he was appointed as chief executive at

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. At the end of the 2008 season he moved to

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as managing director of cricket.

Administration career

Mackay is a former chief executive of

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and Operations Manager of

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. Between 2008 and 2010 Mackay was the managing director of Cricket of

. In 2011 Mackay was appointed the CEO of the

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.Harlequins announce former Zimbabwe Cricketer Gus Mackay as CEO
''rleague.com'', 15 January 2011 He served as managing director of the

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team

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(2017-2019) and chief executive of

(2019-2022).

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* 1967 births Living people Zimbabwean cricket administrators Mashonaland cricketers Mashonaland A cricketers Zimbabwe One Day International cricketers Zimbabwean cricketers Managing Directors of Cricket British rugby league administrators Cricketers from Harare White Rhodesian people White Zimbabwean sportspeople {{Zimbabwe-cricketbio-stub