Suné Luus
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| Full name | Suné Elbie Luus | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 5 January 1996 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right arm leg spin | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Bowler | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| ODI debut (cap 63) | 6 September 2012 v Bangladesh | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last ODI | 22 September 2018 v West Indies | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ODI shirt no. | 96 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| T20I debut (cap 30) | 11 September 2012 v Bangladesh | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last T20I | 6 October 2018 v West Indies | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Suné Elbie Luus (born 5 January 1996) is a South African cricketer, who plays for the South Africa women's national cricket team as a leg spinner.[1]
On 5 August 2016, during a match against Ireland at the Anglesea Road Cricket Ground, she became the second player to score a half-century and take a five-for in a women's ODI, after Heather Knight, by scoring 52 runs and taking 6 wickets.[2][3][4]
She also equalled the record of Anisa Mohammed for picking up the most number of wickets in a single calendar year in Women's ODI cricket, with 37 dismissals in 2016.[5] In 2016, along with Chloe Tryon, she set the record for the highest sixth-wicket partnership in a WODI, with 142 runs.[6]
In May 2017, she was named Women's Cricketer of the Year at Cricket South Africa's annual awards.[7] 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.[8] In October 2018, she was named in South Africa's squad for the 2018 ICC Women's World Twenty20 tournament in the West Indies.[9][10]
References
- ↑ "Suné Luus". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 7 April 2014.
- ↑ "Luus' all-round brilliance underpins thumping SA win". ESPN Cricinfo. 5 August 2016.
- ↑ "Records | Women's One-Day Internationals | All-round records | A fifty and five wickets in an innings | ESPN Cricinfo". Cricinfo. Retrieved 3 May 2017.
- ↑ "1st ODI: Ireland Women v South Africa Women at Dublin, Aug 5, 2016 | Cricket Scorecard | ESPN Cricinfo". Cricinfo. Retrieved 3 May 2017.
- ↑ "Records | Women's One-Day Internationals | Bowling records | Most wickets in a calendar year | ESPN Cricinfo". Cricinfo. Retrieved 3 May 2017.
- ↑ "Records | Women's One-Day Internationals | Partnership records | Highest partnerships by wicket | ESPN Cricinfo". Cricinfo. Retrieved 2017-07-14.
- ↑ "De Kock dominates South Africa's awards". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 14 May 2017.
- ↑ "Ntozakhe added to CSA womens' contracts". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 13 March 2018.
- ↑ "Cricket South Africa name Women's World T20 squad". Cricket South Africa. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
- ↑ "Shabnim Ismail, Trisha Chetty named in South Africa squad for Women's WT20". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
External links
- Suné Luus at CricketArchive (subscription required)
- Sune Luus – part-time student, full-time South Africa star – article in Wisden India
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Dinesha Devnarain was included in the original squad but withdrew due to injury; she was replaced by Suné Luus. | ||