Keegan Orry Meth (born 8 February 1988) is a Zimbabwean

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er. He plays domestically for the

Matabeleland Tuskers The Matabeleland Tuskers is one of five Zimbabwean cricket franchises. They are a first-class cricket team, based in the Bulawayo Metropolitan and Matabeleland North area. They play their home matches at Queens Sports Club in Bulawayo. They were ...

and has represented Zimbabwe in

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s (ODIs). An

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, he bowls right-arm medium-fast and generally bats in the lower middle order.

Early life and education

He attended

Whitestone School Whitestone School is an independent, day, preparatory school in for boys and girls in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. Whitestone School is a member of the Association of Trust Schools (ATS) and the Head is a member of the Conference of Heads of Independent ...

Falcon College , denomination = Interdenominational , established = , headmaster = D. van Wyk , grades_label = Forms , grades = 1—6 , gender = Co-educational , lower_age = 12 , upper_age = 18 , pupils = 384 (2016) , campus_type = Rural , houses = ...

, St Georges College Harare and subsequently Christian Brothers College. His academic performance was poor, but he excelled in sport.

Career

He made his debut for Zimbabwe in 2006, in a

(ODI) against Kenya at Bulawayo. He was aged 18 at the time. He lost three teeth, suffered a broken jaw, and lacerations to his lip when he was struck by a ball hit by Nasir Hossain off his own bowling while playing in the last ODI of the UCB Cup on August 21, 2011, against Bangladesh. Meth made his

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debut against Bangladesh in 2013 along with Richmond Mutumbami and

Timycen Maruma Timycen Maruma (born 19 April 1988) is a Zimbabwean international cricketer. Beginning his cricketing career as a leg-spinner, he shifted his role to an all-rounder. In 2008, he scored his maiden first-class half-century (71) against a strong Pa ...

. He finished with match figures of 2/57 (32 overs) and made a total of 52 runs in the match with a highest score of 31 not out.

References

1988 births Living people Cricketers from Bulawayo Alumni of Falcon College Alumni of Christian Brothers College, Bulawayo Zimbabwean cricketers Zimbabwe Test cricketers Zimbabwe One Day International cricketers Zimbabwe Twenty20 International cricketers Matabeleland cricketers White Zimbabwean sportspeople {{Zimbabwe-cricketbio-stub