Bonne Tops English League One Scoring Charts – NewZimbabwe.com

Sports Reporter

ENGLAND-BORN Zimbabwean striker Macauley Bonne continues to shine after storming to the top of the English Football League One scoring charts on Tuesday night last night when he scored his 11th goal of the season in Ipswich Town’s 4-1 away win at Wycombe.

The goal moved Bonne to joint top on the League One top scorers’ charts with Michael Smith of Rotherham United and Morecambe’s Cole Stockton.

The 26-year-old forward, who was born in Ipswich, England to Zimbabwean parents, however boasts of a more impressive scoring record having played 15 games, one less than his two competitors.

Bonne has the best shot accuracy of 72 percent in the league. He has made 29 shots this season since joining the club on loan from Sky Bet Championship side, Queens Park Rangers, at the beginning of the season.

His performances have caught the eye of interim Warriors coach Norman Mapeza, who has reportedly included him in Zimbabwe’s squad for the upcoming World Cup qualifier dead rubbers against South Africa and Ethiopia.

Zimbabwe, who are out of the race for a ticket to the 2022 Qatar World Cup finals, are scheduled to travel to South Africa on November 11 before hosting Ethiopia at the National Sports Stadium three days later.

Mapeza is expected to announce his men for the two dead rubber Group G matches this week.

Bonne’s name reportedly appears on the list of players who have been invited, and his inclusion is one of the several changes that the coach has made from the squad that lost twice to Ghana last month.

The Ipswich hotshot has repeatedly snubbed Warriors calls in the past and his inclusion probably represents his last chance to be called to represent Zimbabwe.

Mapeza excluded Bonne in the squad that faced the Black Stars as he wanted to “engage” the striker about his future with the Warriors.

Bonne is a holder of a Zimbabwean passport and has been capped for the Warriors twice. He played once for the Young Warriors.