Robbie Muzzell

{{Short description|South African cricketer (born 1945)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2021}}

{{Infobox cricketer

| name = Robbie Muzzell

| fullname = Robert Kendal Muzzell

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1945|12|23|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Stutterheim, South Africa

| death_date =

| death_place =

| batting = Right-handed

| bowling = Right-arm leg-spin

| club1 = Western Province

| year1 = {{nowrap|1964/65–1967/68}}

| club2 = Transvaal

| year2 = 1968/69–1973/74

| club3 = Eastern Province

| year3 = 1974/75

| club4 = Transvaal

| year4 = 1975/76–1977/78

| columns = 2

| column1 = First-class

| matches1 = 75

| runs1 = 4,052

| bat avg1 = 34.93

| 100s/50s1 = 7/18

| top score1 = 238*

| deliveries1 = 3,960

| wickets1 = 61

| bowl avg1 = 33.24

| fivefor1 = 1

| tenfor1 = 0

| best bowling1 = 6/69

| catches/stumpings1= 49/–

| column2 = List A

| matches2 = 10

| runs2 = 137

| bat avg2 = 15.22

| 100s/50s2 = 0/0

| top score2 = 27

| deliveries2 = 72

| wickets2 = 0

| bowl avg2 = –

| fivefor2 = –

| tenfor2 = –

| best bowling2 = –

| catches/stumpings2= 4/–

| date = 6 May

| year = 2022

| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/46267.html Cricinfo

}}

Robert Kendal Muzzell (born 23 December 1945) is a South African former cricketer. He played in 75 first-class and 10 List A matches between the 1964–65 season and 1977–78.{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/46267.html |title=Robbie Muzzell |work=ESPN Cricinfo |access-date=16 March 2021}}

Muzzell was born at Stutterheim in 1945. A leg-spin bowler, he made his first-class debut for Western Province during the 1964–65 season.W Province face hard task against Rhodesia, Rhodesia Herald, 25 December 1965. ([https://i.imgci.com/db/ARCHIVE/1960S/1965-66/RSA_LOCAL/CSC/WPR_RHOD_CSC_27-29DEC1965_MR.html Available online] at CricInfo. Retrieved 25 February 2025. After he retired from playing he became a cricket coach and administrator. He was involved in the process through which the white-dominated South African Cricket Union and the non-racial South African Cricket Board merged during the late 1980s to become the United Cricket Board of South Africa. He managed the South African side during their 1993–94 tour of Australia and at the 1996 Cricket World Cup.Carrells M (2025) [https://www.talkofthetown.co.za/2025/02/21/village-roots-of-sas-cricket-prowess/ Village roots of SA's cricket prowess], Talk of the Town, 21 February 2025. Retrieved 25 February 2025.Alfred L (2020) [https://www.wisden.com/cricket-features/mark-boucher-picks-out-his-career-defining-moments Mark Boucher picks out his career-defining moments], Wisden (online), 9 April 2020. Retrieved 25 February 2025. Muzzell was involved with the administration of the Border cricket team for a number of years and became the association's president.