Tangeni Lungameni (born 17 April 1992) is a Namibian international cricketer who made his debut for the Namibian national team in January 2016. He is a left-arm pace bowler.
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | (1992-04-17) 17 April 1992 (age 30) Gobabis, Namibia |
| Batting | Left-handed |
| Bowling | Left-arm medium |
| Role | Bowler |
| International information | |
| National side |
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| ODI debut (cap 34) | 6 March 2022 v Oman |
| Last ODI | 21 September 2022 v PNG |
| T20I debut (cap 8) | 20 May 2019 v Ghana |
| Last T20I | 21 May 2022 v Zimbabwe |
Source: CricketArchive, 21 September 2022 | |
Lungameni is from Gobabis, but moved to Windhoek to attend Windhoek Technical School.[1] He started playing cricket at the age of six.[2] He spent two seasons as a member of the Namibia under-19s team, including at the 2011 Under-19 World Cup Qualifier, and made his debut for Namibia A in July 2015, against Botswana.[2][3] For 2012 Under-19 Cricket World Cup, he was not included in the squad.[2] After getting dropped, he quit cricket for a while. In 2013, he joined the Windhoek High School Old Boys Cricket Club, on request of Francois Erasmus who was then president of Cricket Namibia, and played for 4th XI of the club.[2] Later, he became a community coach and then a head groundsman for Cricket Namibia.[2]
In January 2016, Lungameni made his senior debut for Namibia, in a Sunfoil 3-Day Cup match against Gauteng (a South African provincial team).[4] Later in the 2015–16 season, he also made appearances in the Provincial 50-Over Challenge and the Provincial T20 Challenge.[5][6] Lungameni's international debut came in April 2016, when he played in an ICC Intercontinental Cup match against Afghanistan.[7] Outside of playing cricket, he works as Cricket Namibia's head groundsman, having replaced Wynand Louw in the position.[1] Lungameni is one of the few black players to play at a high level in Namibia.[8]
In August 2018, he was named in Namibia's squad for the 2018 Africa T20 Cup.[9] In October 2018, he was named in Namibia's squad in the Southern sub region group for the 2018–19 ICC World Twenty20 Africa Qualifier tournament in Botswana.[10] On 29 October 2018, in the match against Mozambique, he took a hat-trick.[11][12]
In March 2019, he was named in Namibia's squad for the 2019 ICC World Cricket League Division Two tournament.[13] In May 2019, he was named in Namibia's squad for the Regional Finals of the 2018–19 ICC T20 World Cup Africa Qualifier tournament in Uganda.[14][15] He made his Twenty20 International (T20I) debut for Namibia against Ghana on 20 May 2019.[16]
In June 2019, he was one of twenty-five cricketers to be named in Cricket Namibia's Elite Men's Squad ahead of the 2019–20 international season.[17][18] In August 2019, he was named in Namibia's One Day International (ODI) squad for the 2019 United States Tri-Nation Series.[19] In September 2019, he was named in Namibia's squad for the 2019 ICC T20 World Cup Qualifier tournament in the United Arab Emirates.[20]
In November 2021, he was named as a reserve in Namibia's One Day International (ODI) squad for the 2021 Namibia Tri-Nation Series.[21] In March 2022, he was named in Namibia's ODI squad for the 2022 United Arab Emirates Tri-Nation Series.[22] He made his ODI debut on 6 March 2022, for Namibia against Oman.[23]