TRADING PLACES

At 33, Warriors bowler Lundi Mbane has worked long and hard at his trade, but has also been preparing for his next one… Even before Lundi Mbane began his professional cricket career with Border in 2004, he had an introduction to what his long-term career might entail – thanks to his father… “At an early age my father taught me how to weld, that’s when I started becoming interested in plumbing,” the Mdantsane-born medium-pacer recalls. However, circumstances meant that Mbane had to wait until 2013 – his 30th year – to get any formal training in that trade. “I was never good at school and I didn’t have money to go and study straight after it, so it was only...