Cricket robbed of fine wicketkeeper

Passionate: Bhamjee (right) has been praised for his efforts PIC: PRESS PHOTO
Passionate: Bhamjee (right) has been praised for his efforts PIC: PRESS PHOTO

Ebrahim ‘Chicken’ Bhamjee, who recently passed on could have become one of the game’s finest wicketkeepers, had it not been for the political turmoil during his playing days, a local administrator has said.

The Botswana Cricket Association (BCA) chairperson, Bhamjee passed on recently and was laid to rest in Gaborone over the weekend. BCA fixtures and publicity secretary, Sumod Damodar said Bhamjee would have gone on to be one of the best glove men in the game.

He played school and provincial cricket in South Africa, featuring for the then Transvaal. “He had a lot of involvement with cricket locally and regionally.

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