Laura Wolvaardt

Laura Wolvaardt
Personal information
Full name Laura Wolvaardt
Born (1999-04-26) 26 April 1999
Milnerton, Western Cape, South Africa
Batting Right-handed
Role Batsman
International information
National side
ODI debut (cap 74) 7 February 2016 v England
Last ODI 22 September 2018 v West Indies
ODI shirt no. 14
T20I debut (cap 43) 1 August 2016 v Ireland
Last T20I 6 October 2018 v West Indies
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2013– West Province women
Career statistics
Competition WODI WT20I
Matches 25 2
Runs scored 961 27
Batting average 48.05 13.50
100s/50s 2/7 0/0
Top score 149 24
Catches/stumpings 7/– 0/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 6 October 2018

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 graduated from Parklands College in 2017 with 7 Distinctions, ranking top in her class.[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]

In August 2016, Wolvaardt became the youngest centurion, male or female, for South Africa in international cricket.[12] 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.[13]

In May 2017, she was named Women's Newcomer of the Year at Cricket South Africa's annual awards.[14] 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.[15] In October 2018, she was named in South Africa's squad for the 2018 ICC Women's World Twenty20 tournament in the West Indies.[16][17]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Isaacs, Lisa (15 June 2014). "'Hard work, passion, creativity, integrity'". Independent Online. Retrieved 12 May 2016.
  2. ↑ "Women's Twenty20 Matches Played By Laura Wolvaardt". CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 May 2016.
  3. ↑ "Boland Women v Western Province Women". CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 May 2016.
  4. ↑ "Women's Limited Overs Matches Played By Laura Wolvaardt". CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 May 2016.
  5. ↑ "Boland Women v Western Province Women". CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 May 2016.
  6. ↑ "WPCA congratulates Wolvaardt and Goodall". Western Province Cricket Association. 12 December 2013. Retrieved 12 May 2016.
  7. 1 2 "Young Wolvaardt shines for Proteas Women". eNCA. 15 February 2016. Retrieved 12 May 2016.
  8. ↑ "Western Province Cricket Association announces Girls Under 19 squad". MyComLink. 26 September 2014. Retrieved 12 May 2016.
  9. ↑ "Dottin five-for takes Windies 1–0 up". SuperSport. 24 February 2016. Retrieved 12 May 2016.
  10. ↑ Pennington, John (25 February 2016). "Dottin's five-wicket haul gives West Indies 1–0 lead". Cricket World. Retrieved 12 May 2016.
  11. ↑ "Western Province clinch historic, fourth-consecutive Women's League title". Cricket South Africa. Retrieved 12 May 2016.
  12. ↑ "Women's World Cup – Eight youngsters to watch". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 22 June 2017.
  13. ↑ "Wolvaardt becomes youngest centurion for South Africa". ESPN Cricinfo. 9 August 2016. Retrieved 11 August 2016.
  14. ↑ "De Kock dominates South Africa's awards". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 14 May 2017.
  15. ↑ "Ntozakhe added to CSA womens' contracts". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 13 March 2018.
  16. ↑ "Cricket South Africa name Women's World T20 squad". Cricket South Africa. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
  17. ↑ "Shabnim Ismail, Trisha Chetty named in South Africa squad for Women's WT20". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
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