Mluleki Nkala

{{Short description|Zimbabwean cricketer (born 1981)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2022}}

{{Infobox cricketer

| name = Mluleki Nkala

| image =

| country = Zimbabwe

| batting = Right-handed

| bowling = Right-arm fast-medium

| columns = 2

| column1 = Test

| matches1 = 10

| runs1 = 187

| bat avg1 = 14.38

| 100s/50s1 = 0/0

| top score1 = 47

| deliveries1 = 1452

| wickets1 = 11

| bowl avg1 = 66.09

| fivefor1 = 0

| tenfor1 = 0

| best bowling1 = 3/82

| catches/stumpings1 = 4/–

| column2 = ODI

| matches2 = 50

| runs2 = 324

| bat avg2 = 10.80

| 100s/50s2 = 0/0

| top score2 = 47

| deliveries2 = 1,582

| wickets2 = 22

| bowl avg2 = 71.36

| fivefor2 = 0

| tenfor2 = 0

| best bowling2 = 3/12

| catches/stumpings2 = 6/–

| date = 28 December

| year = 2015

| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/55663.html Cricinfo

}}

Mluleki Luke Nkala (born 1 April 1981) is a Zimbabwean international cricketer. He took the wicket of Sachin Tendulkar with his second ball in senior international cricket in 1999.{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/149050.html |title=Languid, laconic, brilliant |work=ESPN Cricinfo |accessdate=4 April 2018}} He also took five wickets against England in a test match in Nottingham in 2000.{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/mluleki-nkala-i-was-too-immature-to-understand-what-was-really-going-on-in-zimbabwe-cricket-633151|title=I was too immature to understand what was happening in Zimbabwe cricket|first=Firdose|last=Moonda|date=6 January 2018}}

Educated at Falcon College,{{cite web |last1=Munhende |first1=Leopold |title=No Ordinary School: Upmarket Falcon College pegs fees at $11 million |url=https://www.newzimbabwe.com/no-ordinary-school-upmarket-falcon-college-pegs-fees-at-11-million/ |website=New Zimbabwe |access-date=8 May 2023}} he was a member of the Zimbabwean Test and One Day International teams, Nkala also captained Zimbabwe in three Under-19 One Day Internationals in 1999–2000. He has coached at Edinburgh Cricket Club in Melbourne, Australia and in early 2010, Nkala returned to Zimbabwe to play professional cricket with the Mid-West Rhinos franchise. He played his last first class match in 2014.{{cite web |title=Mluleki Nkala Profile |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/cricketers/mluleki-nkala-55663 |website=Cricinfo |access-date=8 May 2023}}