Laura Wolvaardt
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| Full name | Laura Wolvaardt | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born |
26 April 1999 Milnerton, Western Cape, South Africa | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting style | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Batsman | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| ODI debut (cap 74) | 7 February 2016 v England women | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last ODI | 11 October 2016 v New Zealand women | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ODI shirt no. | 14 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| T20I debut (cap 43) | 1 August 2016 v Ireland women | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last T20I | 3 August 2016 v Ireland women | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2013– | West Province women | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Source: Cricinfo, 23 November 2016 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Laura Wolvaardt (born 26 April 1999) is a South African women's cricketer, who has represented her country in Women's One Day International cricket. She is an opening batsman, and in domestic cricket, she plays for Western Province women. She currently attends Parklands College.[1]
Career
Aged 11, Wolvaardt was selected to play for the Western Province U-19 girls' team.[1] 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.[2][3] She made her limited overs cricket debut for Western Province Women in a November 2013 match against Boland, scoring 4 from 14 balls.[4][5] That December, 13-year old Wolvaardt was invited to play for a South Africa Women's U-19 invitational team; Wolvaardt had been the top scorer in the 2013 Cricket South Africa Under 19 Girls Week.[6][7] She was later named the 2013 Cricket South Africa under-19 female cricketer of the year.[1] In 2014, Wolvaardt again participated in the Cricket South Africa Under 19 Girls Week, representing Western Province.[8] 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.[7] She also played in a match against West Indies, and scored 10 in an opening partnership of 33 runs.[9][10] 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.[11]
Wolvaardt became the youngest centurion, male or female, for South Africa in international cricket. 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.[12]
References
- 1 2 3 Isaacs, Lisa (15 June 2014). "'Hard work, passion, creativity, integrity'". Independent Online. Retrieved 12 May 2016.
- ↑ "Women's Twenty20 Matches Played By Laura Wolvaardt". CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 May 2016.
- ↑ "Boland Women v Western Province Women". CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 May 2016.
- ↑ "Women's Limited Overs Matches Played By Laura Wolvaardt". CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 May 2016.
- ↑ "Boland Women v Western Province Women". CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 May 2016.
- ↑ "WPCA congratulates Wolvaardt and Goodall". Western Province Cricket Association. 12 December 2013. Retrieved 12 May 2016.
- 1 2 "Young Wolvaardt shines for Proteas Women". eNCA. 15 February 2016. Retrieved 12 May 2016.
- ↑ "Western Province Cricket Association announces Girls Under 19 squad". MyComLink. 26 September 2014. Retrieved 12 May 2016.
- ↑ "Dottin five-for takes Windies 1–0 up". SuperSport. 24 February 2016. Retrieved 12 May 2016.
- ↑ Pennington, John (25 February 2016). "Dottin's five-wicket haul gives West Indies 1–0 lead". Cricket World. Retrieved 12 May 2016.
- ↑ "Western Province clinch historic, fourth-consecutive Women's League title". Cricket South Africa. Retrieved 12 May 2016.
- ↑ "Wolvaardt becomes youngest centurion for South Africa". ESPN Cricinfo. 9 August 2016. Retrieved 11 August 2016.