Suné Luus

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]

In November 2018, she was named in Brisbane Heat's squad for the 2018–19 Women's Big Bash League season.[11][12] In September 2019, she was named in the M van der Merwe XI squad for the inaugural edition of the Women's T20 Super League in South Africa.[13][14] In January 2020, she was named in South Africa's squad for the 2020 ICC Women's T20 World Cup in Australia.[15]

In January 2020, in the third WODI against New Zealand, Luus became the first bowler to take two six-wicket hauls in WODI cricket.[16] She took six wickets for 45 runs in ten overs, with South Africa winning the three-match series 3–0.[17] She was also named the player of the series.[18]