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Laura Wolvaardt
Personal information
Full name
Laura Wolvaardt
Born (1999-04-26) 26 April 1999 (age 25)
Milnerton, Western Cape, South Africa
BattingRight-handed
RoleBatsman
International information
National side
ODI debut (cap 74)7 February 2016 v England
Last ODI26 January 2021 v Pakistan
ODI shirt no.14
T20I debut (cap 43)1 August 2016 v Ireland
Last T20I31 January 2021 v Pakistan
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2013–West Province women
2017–Brisbane Heat
Career statistics
Competition WODI WT20I
Matches 50 17
Runs scored 1871 269
Batting average 45.63 17.93
100s/50s 2/16 0/0
Top score 149 55
Catches/stumpings 17/– 3/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 31 January 2021

Laura Wolvaardt (born 26 April 1999) is a South African women's cricketer,[1] who has represented her country in Women's One Day International cricket.[2][3] She is an opening batsman, and in domestic cricket, she plays for Western Province women. She graduated from Parklands College in 2017 with 7 Distinctions, ranking top in her class.[4] Simultaneously she served as Head-Prefect alongside the other Head-Prefect, Connor Fick.[5] In July 2020, she was named South Africa's Women's Cricketer of the Year at Cricket South Africa's annual awards ceremony.[6]

Career

Domestic

Aged 8, Wolvaardt was selected to play for the Western Province U-19 girls' team.[4] In October 2013, she made her first appearance for the Western Province women senior team in a Twenty20 match against Boland women, scoring 13 runs from 18 balls.[7][8] She made her limited overs cricket debut for Western Province Women in a November 2013 match against Boland, scoring 4 from 14 balls.[9][10] She was the top scorer in the 2013 Cricket South Africa Under 19 Girls Week,[11] and competed again in 2014 representing Western Province.[12] Wolvaart scored 46 in Western Province Women's final match of the 2015/16 Women's Provincial League, as they won the title for the fourth consecutive year.[13]

In November 2017, she was named in Brisbane Heat's squad for the 2017–18 Women's Big Bash League season.[14] In November 2018, she was named in Brisbane Heat's squad for the 2018–19 Women's Big Bash League season.[15][16] She played for the Heat in their final against Sydney Sixers. Heat won the match to win the title.[17]

In September 2019, she was named in the Terblanche XI squad for the inaugural edition of the Women's T20 Super League in South Africa.[18][19]

International

In December 2013, 13-year-old Wolvaardt was invited to play for a South Africa Women's U-19 invitational team.[11][20] She was later named the 2013 Cricket South Africa under-19 female cricketer of the year.[4] Wolvaardt has captained the South Africa Women's U-19 side, and in February 2016, she made her Women's One Day International debut in the opening match of a three-match series against England aged 16. In the second match of the series, she scored her maiden half century in a 114-run partnership with Trisha Chetty.[20] She also played in a match against West Indies, and scored 10 in an opening partnership of 33 runs.[21][22]

In August 2016, Wolvaardt became the youngest centurion, male or female, for South Africa in international cricket.[23] As a 17-year-old, the opener struck a match-winning 105 against Ireland Women to wrap up a 67-run victory in Malahide, Ireland.[24]

In May 2017, she was named Women's Newcomer of the Year at Cricket South Africa's annual awards.[25] In March 2018, she was one of fourteen players to be awarded a national contract by Cricket South Africa ahead of the 2018–19 season.[26] In October 2018, she was named in South Africa's squad for the 2018 ICC Women's World Twenty20 tournament in the West Indies.[27][28] Ahead of the tournament, she was named as the player to watch in the team.[29] In January 2020, she was named in South Africa's squad for the 2020 ICC Women's T20 World Cup in Australia.[30] On 23 July 2020, Wolvaardt was named in South Africa's 24-woman squad to begin training in Pretoria, ahead of their tour to England.[31]

References

  1. ^ "20 women cricketers for the 2020s". The Cricket Monthly. Retrieved 24 November 2020.
  2. ^ "A gem of a year for Laura Wolvaardt". Cricket South Africa. Retrieved 1 July 2020.
  3. ^ "SA prodigy swaps stethoscope for shot with Strikers". Cricket Australia. Retrieved 19 October 2020.
  4. ^ a b c Isaacs, Lisa (15 June 2014). "'Hard work, passion, creativity, integrity'". Independent Online. Retrieved 12 May 2016.
  5. ^ https://www.tabletalk.co.za/news/parklands-prefects-6655932
  6. ^ "Quinton de Kock, Laura Wolvaardt scoop up major CSA awards". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 4 July 2020.
  7. ^ "Women's Twenty20 Matches Played By Laura Wolvaardt". CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 May 2016.
  8. ^ "Boland Women v Western Province Women". CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 May 2016.
  9. ^ "Women's Limited Overs Matches Played By Laura Wolvaardt". CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 May 2016.
  10. ^ "Boland Women v Western Province Women". CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 May 2016.
  11. ^ a b "WPCA congratulates Wolvaardt and Goodall". Western Province Cricket Association. 12 December 2013. Retrieved 12 May 2016.
  12. ^ "Western Province Cricket Association announces Girls Under 19 squad". MyComLink. 26 September 2014. Retrieved 12 May 2016.
  13. ^ "Western Province clinch historic, fourth-consecutive Women's League title". Cricket South Africa. Retrieved 12 May 2016.
  14. ^ "World Cup stars set to light up third WBBL season". ESPNcricinfo. 8 December 2017. Retrieved 30 November 2018.
  15. ^ "WBBL04: All you need to know guide". Cricket Australia. Retrieved 30 November 2018.
  16. ^ "The full squads for the WBBL". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 30 November 2018.
  17. ^ "Warrior Mooney ensures Heat become champions". ESPN Cricinfo. 26 January 2019. Retrieved 26 January 2019.
  18. ^ "Cricket South Africa launches four-team women's T20 league". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 8 September 2019.
  19. ^ "CSA launches inaugural Women's T20 Super League". Cricket South Africa. Retrieved 8 September 2019.
  20. ^ a b "Young Wolvaardt shines for Proteas Women". eNCA. 15 February 2016. Retrieved 12 May 2016.
  21. ^ "Dottin five-for takes Windies 1–0 up". SuperSport. 24 February 2016. Retrieved 12 May 2016.
  22. ^ Pennington, John (25 February 2016). "Dottin's five-wicket haul gives West Indies 1–0 lead". Cricket World. Retrieved 12 May 2016.
  23. ^ "Women's World Cup – Eight youngsters to watch". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 22 June 2017.
  24. ^ "Wolvaardt becomes youngest centurion for South Africa". ESPN Cricinfo. 9 August 2016. Retrieved 11 August 2016.
  25. ^ "De Kock dominates South Africa's awards". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 14 May 2017.
  26. ^ "Ntozakhe added to CSA womens' contracts". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 13 March 2018.
  27. ^ "Cricket South Africa name Women's World T20 squad". Cricket South Africa. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
  28. ^ "Shabnim Ismail, Trisha Chetty named in South Africa squad for Women's WT20". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
  29. ^ "Key Players: South Africa". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 4 November 2018.
  30. ^ "South Africa news Dane van Niekerk to lead experienced South Africa squad in T20 World Cup". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 13 January 2020.
  31. ^ "CSA to resume training camps for women's team". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 23 July 2020.

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