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Babu Meman

Babu Meman
Personal information
Full name
Mohammed Ahmed Meman
Born(1952-06-26)26 June 1952
Lundazi, Northern Rhodesia
Died2 July 2025(2025-07-02) (aged 73)
Leicester, England
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm offbreak
RoleAll-rounder
International information
National side
Only ODI (cap 18)17 October 1987 v India
Career statistics
Competition ODI FC LA
Matches 1 5 9
Runs scored 19 68 85
Batting average 19.00 11.33 17.00
100s/50s 0/0 0/0 0/0
Top score 19 36 38
Balls bowled 41 336 394
Wickets 0 4 5
Bowling average 48.75 61.40
5 wickets in innings 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 0
Best bowling 3/21 2/50
Catches/stumpings 0/– 3/– 2/–
Source: Cricinfo, 28 January 2015

Mohammed Ahmed Meman (26 June 1952 – 2 July 2025) was a Zimbabwean cricketer. He played one One Day International for Zimbabwe in the 1987 World Cup.

Meman also represented Shropshire in the Minor Counties Championship from 1977 to 1980,[1] and played one match for Shropshire in the 1978 Gillette Cup, scoring 16 and taking 0/22 from ten overs against Surrey.[2] During those years, he appeared in 32 matches for the county, achieving a century in two of them, making 888 runs and taking 55 wickets.[3] At club level, he played for Pudsey St Lawrence in Yorkshire and Tonge.[4]

Meman died on 2 July 2025, at the age of 73 .[5]

References

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  1. ^ "Minor County Championship matches played by Babu Meman". Cricket Archive. Cricket Archive. Retrieved 28 January 2015.
  2. ^ "Shropshire v Surrey Gillette Cup 1978 (1st Round)". Cricket Archive. Cricket Archive. Retrieved 28 January 2015.
  3. ^ Percival, Tony (1999). Shropshire Cricketers 1844-1998. A.C.S. Publications, Nottingham. p. 57. ISBN 1-902171-17-9.Published by Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians.
  4. ^ Shropshire Cricketers 1844-1998, p.36.
  5. ^ Former Zimbabwe spinner and team manager Meman dies at 73
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