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Lungisani True-man Ngidi (born 29 March 1996) is a South African professional
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er who plays for the
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. In the 2018 South African Cricket Annual Awards, he was named as one of the five Cricketers of the Year. In July 2020, Ngidi was named both ODI and T20I cricketer of the year at
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's annual awards ceremony.


Early life

Ngidi was raised in
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,
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and received a scholarship to attend Highbury Preparatory School. While growing up, Ngidi's mother was a domestic worker and his father was a maintenance worker at a local school. Ngidi received a scholarship to attend Hilton College School. During his first three years at Hilton, Ngidi represented Hilton at
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before he stopped to focus on cricket. While at Hilton, Ngidi was coached by the former Zimbabwe all-rounder Neil Johnson. After graduating from Hilton, Ngidi enrolled in a Bachelor of Social Sciences degree in Industrial Sociology at the
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.


Domestic and T20 franchise career

Ngidi was included in the Northerns cricket team for the 2015 Africa T20 Cup. In July 2016
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named him as the Africa T20 Cup player of the year. In August 2017, he was named in Benoni Zalmi's squad for the first season of the
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. However, in October 2017,
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initially postponed the tournament until November 2018, with it being cancelled soon after. In January 2018, Ngidi was bought by the
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in the
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. In October 2018, he was named in
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' squad for the first edition of the Mzansi Super League T20 tournament. In March 2019, he was named as one of eight players to watch by the
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(ICC) ahead of the 2019 Indian Premier League tournament. In September 2019, Ngidi was named in the squad for the
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team for the 2019 Mzansi Super League tournament. In April 2021, he was named in Northerns' squad, ahead of the 2021–22 cricket season in South Africa. In February 2022, Ngidi was bought by the
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in the
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for the 2022 Indian Premier League tournament.


International career

In January 2017 Ngidi was included in South Africa's
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(T20I) squad for their series against Sri Lanka. He made his T20I debut for South Africa against Sri Lanka on 20 January 2017 and was awarded man of the match. During the T20I series, Ngidi was named in South Africa's squad for their One Day International (ODI) matches against Sri Lanka. However, he was ruled out of the ODI series because of an abdominal injury. In January 2018, Ngidi was added to South Africa's
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squad ahead of the second Test against India. He made his Test debut for South Africa against India on 13 January 2018. He returned figures of 7/87 in the match, including 6/39 in the second innings, as South Africa won by 135 runs. Later the same month, he was named in South Africa's One Day International (ODI) squad for their series against India. He made his ODI debut against
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on 7 February 2018. In March 2018,
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awarded Ngidi a national contract, ahead of the 2018–19 season. In April 2019, he was named in South Africa's squad for the
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. On 4 March 2020, in the second ODI against Australia, Ngidi took his first five-wicket haul in ODI cricket. In the same match, he became the fastest bowler for South Africa, in terms of matches, to take 50 wickets in ODIs, doing so in his 26th game. In September 2021, Ngidi was named in South Africa's squad for the
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. In July 2022, in the first match of the series against England, Ngidi took his first five-wicket haul in T20I cricket.


Activism

In July 2020, Ngidi called on the national team to have a discussion about the
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movement in South African cricket, and for the team to support the movement. He also addressed
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in cricket. Ngidi said he would not mind taking the lead in the team's efforts, and stated, among other things: "We're all together again in person. We obviously have spoken about it and everyone's aware of what's been going on. But it's also currently a difficult (issue) because we're not together. I think it's something that's hard to discuss when we're all still separated, but once we get back to play, we'll address it". His comments garnered opposing views and criticism from former Proteas Rudi Steyn, Pat Symcox and
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. At least 30 former Proteas, all players of colour, along five coaches, released a collective statement, showing support for Ngidi and the BLM movement, while urging
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to "be unequivocal about its position and to make sure the problem is confronted".


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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ngidi, Lungi 1996 births Living people South African cricketers South Africa Test cricketers South Africa One Day International cricketers South Africa Twenty20 International cricketers Northerns cricketers Titans cricketers Cricketers from Durban Cricketers who have taken five wickets on Test debut Chennai Super Kings cricketers Cricketers at the 2019 Cricket World Cup South African anti-racism activists Black Lives Matter people Rugby School Tshwane Spartans cricketers Alumni of Hilton College (South Africa)