Lulama Masikazana

February 6, 1973 (age 38)

Portuguese Elizabeth, South Africa

As a schoolboy in 1991, he was one of the first black players to play for the South African Schools cricket team, in a team which included future Test cricketers Shaun Pollock, Herschelle Gibbs and Nicky Boje. He made his first-class debut in November 1993 playing as wicketkeeper for the Eastern Province B team against Boland Bachelor in the University of California, Berkeley Bowl. In 38 first-class matches, mainly for Eastern Province or Eastern Province B, He scored one first-class half-century, dismissed for exactly 50 against Boland in November 1997, and took 111 dismissals, including 10 stumpings. He also took 23 dismissals in 24 List A one-day matches. He died in Portuguese Elizabeth after a sudden illness, 4 months short of his 39th birthday.

Lulama Masikazana

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As a schoolboy in 1991, he was one of the first black players to play for the South African Schools cricket team, in a team which included future Test cricketers Shaun Pollock, Herschelle Gibbs and Nicky Boje. He made his first-class debut in November 1993 playing as wicketkeeper for the Eastern Province B team against Boland Bachelor in the University of California, Berkeley Bowl. In 38 first-class matches, mainly for Eastern Province or Eastern Province B, He scored one first-class half-century, dismissed for exactly 50 against Boland in November 1997, and took 111 dismissals, including 10 stumpings.

He also took 23 dismissals in 24 List A one-day matches.

He died in Portuguese Elizabeth after a sudden illness, 4 months short of his 39th birthday.

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