{{short description|South African cricketer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox cricketer | name = Rodney Malamba | image = | country = | fullname = Rodney Lulamile Malamba | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1966|3|11|df=yes}} | birth_place = Langa, Cape Town, South Africa<ref name="News24">{{cite web | url=https://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/Local/City-Vision/cricket-bounces-back-to-life-in-langa-join-us-for-a-fun-filled-day-20171219 | title=Cricket bounces back to life in Langa; join us for a fun-filled day | publisher=News24 | date=December 21, 2017 | accessdate=January 18, 2018 | author=Mkonto, Zila | archive-date=April 24, 2019 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190424091400/https://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/Local/City-Vision/cricket-bounces-back-to-life-in-langa-join-us-for-a-fun-filled-day-20171219 | url-status=dead }}</ref> | death_date = | death_place = | nickname = | batting = Right-handed | bowling = Right-arm fast-medium | role = | family = | club1 = Natal | year1 = 1988 to 1991 | clubnumber1 = | columns = 1 | column1 = First-class | matches1 = 13 | runs1 = 80 | bat avg1 = 6.15 | 100s/50s1 = 0/0 | top score1 = 22 not out | deliveries1 = 2148 | wickets1 = 35 | bowl avg1 = 31.62 | fivefor1 = 0 | tenfor1 = 0 | best bowling1 = 4/21 | catches/stumpings1= 6/0 | date = 26 October 2019 | source = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/southafrica/content/player/46291.html ESPNcricinfo] }}
'''Rodney Lulamile Malamba''' (born 11 March 1966 in Langa, Cape Town, Cape Province)<ref name="News24"/> is a former South African first-class cricketer who played for Natal from 1988 to 1991.
Malamba was a right-arm fast-medium bowler and right-handed tail-end batsman.<ref name="Bio">{{Cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/india/content/player/46291.html |title=Rodney Malamba |accessdate=5 May 2016|work=ESPN Cricinfo}}</ref> His best first-class bowling figures were 3 for 64 and 4 for 21 for Natal B against Northern Transvaal in 1991–92.<ref>{{cite web |title=Northern Transvaal B v Natal B 1991-92 |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/55/55210.html |website=CricketArchive |accessdate=28 October 2019}}</ref>
He was the first black cricketer to play in the Currie Cup. His father, Ben Malamba, was an all-rounder who was one of the leading black cricketers of the apartheid era in South Africa.<ref>''Wisden'' 2000, p. 1553.</ref>
He runs a cricket academy in Durban.<ref>{{cite web |title=Chief Destroyer Turns Gentle Coach |url=https://www.forbesafrica.com/sport/2016/04/01/chief-destroyer-turns-gentle-coach/ |website=Forbes Africa |date=1 April 2016|accessdate=26 October 2019}}</ref> In February 2020, he was named in South Africa's squad for the Over-50s Cricket World Cup in South Africa.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.over50scricket.com/world-cup-scores-squads-news |title=2020 over-50s world cup squads |work=Over-50s Cricket World Cup |accessdate=15 March 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/averages/batting_bowling_by_team.html?id=13612;team=6715;type=tournament |title=Over-50s Cricket World Cup, 2019/20 - South Africa Over-50s: Batting and bowling averages |work=ESPN Cricinfo |accessdate=15 March 2020}}</ref> However, the tournament was cancelled during the third round of matches due to the coronavirus pandemic.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cricketworld.com/over-50s-world-cup-in-south-africa-cancelled-due-to-covid-19-outbreak/62521.htm |title=Over-50s World Cup in South Africa cancelled due to COVID-19 outbreak |work=Cricket World |accessdate=15 March 2020}}</ref>
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==External links== * {{ESPNcricinfo|id=46291}} * {{CricketArchive|id=14010}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Malamba, Rodney}} Category:1966 births Category:Living people Category:South African cricketers Category:KwaZulu-Natal cricketers Category:South African cricket coaches Category:Cricketers from Cape Town Category:People from the City of Cape Town