Laura Wolvaardt | |
Female: | true |
Country: | South Africa |
Birth Date: | 26 April 1999 |
Birth Place: | Milnerton, Western Cape, South Africa |
Batting: | Right-handed |
Role: | Batter |
International: | true |
Internationalspan: | 2016–present |
Testdebutdate: | 27 June |
Testdebutyear: | 2022 |
Testdebutagainst: | England |
Testcap: | 66 |
Lasttestdate: | 28 June |
Lasttestyear: | 2024 |
Lasttestagainst: | India |
Odidebutdate: | 7 February |
Odidebutyear: | 2016 |
Odidebutagainst: | England |
Odicap: | 74 |
Odishirt: | 14 |
Lastodidate: | 13 April |
Lastodiyear: | 2024 |
Lastodiagainst: | Sri Lanka |
T20idebutdate: | 1 August |
T20idebutyear: | 2016 |
T20idebutagainst: | Ireland |
T20icap: | 43 |
Lastt20idate: | 3 April |
Lastt20iyear: | 2024 |
Lastt20iagainst: | Sri Lanka |
Club1: | Western Province |
Year1: | 2013/14–2022/23 |
Club2: | Brisbane Heat |
Club3: | Adelaide Strikers |
Club4: | Northern Superchargers |
Year4: | 2021–2022 |
Club5: | Velocity |
Year5: | 2022 |
Club6: | Gujarat Giants |
Year6: | 2023–present |
Club7: | Manchester Originals |
Year7: | 2023–present |
Club8: | Northerns |
Columns: | 3 |
Hidedeliveries: | true |
Column1: | WTest |
Matches1: | 3 |
Runs1: | 186 |
Bat Avg1: | 31.00 |
100S/50S1: | 1/0 |
Top Score1: | 122 |
Catches/Stumpings1: | 0/– |
Column2: | WODI |
Matches2: | 98 |
Runs2: | 4148 |
Bat Avg2: | 49.38 |
100S/50S2: | 8/32 |
Top Score2: | 184* |
Deliveries2: | – |
Wickets2: | – |
Bowl Avg2: | – |
Fivefor2: | – |
Tenfor2: | – |
Best Bowling2: | – |
Catches/Stumpings2: | 30/– |
Column3: | WT20I |
Matches3: | 66 |
Runs3: | 1609 |
Bat Avg3: | 36.56 |
100S/50S3: | 1/11 |
Top Score3: | 102 |
Deliveries3: | – |
Wickets3: | – |
Bowl Avg3: | – |
Fivefor3: | – |
Tenfor3: | – |
Best Bowling3: | – |
Catches/Stumpings3: | 13/– |
Date: | 1 July 2024 |
Source: | http://www.espncricinfo.com/southafrica/content/player/922481.html ESPNcricinfo |
Laura Wolvaardt (born 26 April 1999) is a South African cricketer who currently plays for Western Province, Adelaide Strikers, Gujarat Giants, Manchester Originals and South Africa. She plays as a right-handed opening batter. She has previously played for Northern Superchargers and Brisbane Heat.[1] [2] [3]
Aged 13, 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's cricket team in a Twenty20 match against Boland women's cricket team, scoring 13 runs from 18 balls.[5] [6] She made her limited overs cricket debut for Western Province in a November 2013 match against Boland, scoring 4 from 14 balls.[7] [8] She was the top scorer in the 2013 Cricket South Africa Under 19 Girls Week, and competed again in 2014 representing Western Province.[9] Wolvaardt scored 46 in Western Province's final match of the 2015/16 Women's Provincial League, as they won the title for the fourth consecutive year.[10]
In November 2017, she was named in Brisbane Heat's squad for the 2017–18 Women's Big Bash League season.[11] In November 2018, she was named in Brisbane Heat's squad for the 2018–19 Women's Big Bash League season.[12] [13] She played for the Heat in their final against Sydney Sixers. Heat won the match to win the title.[14]
Laura continued her appearances in the WBBL after signing with the Adelaide Strikers for the 2020–21 and 2021–22 Australian summer seasons.[15]
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.[16] [17] In 2021, she was drafted by Northern Superchargers for the inaugural season of The Hundred.[18] In April 2022, she was bought by the Northern Superchargers for the 2022 season of The Hundred.[19]
In March 2023, Wolvaardt was added to the Gujarat Giants squad as a mid-season replacement for Beth Mooney in the 2023 Women's Premier League.[20]
In December 2013, 13-year-old Wolvaardt was invited to play for a South Africa Women's U-19 invitational team.[21] [22] 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.[22] She also played in a match against West Indies, and scored 10 in an opening partnership of 33 runs.[23] [24]
In August 2016, Wolvaardt became the youngest centurion, male or female, for South Africa in international cricket.[25] 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.[26]
In May 2017, she was named Women's Newcomer of the Year at Cricket South Africa's annual awards.[27] 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.[28] In October 2018, she was named in South Africa's squad for the 2018 ICC Women's World Twenty20 tournament in the West Indies.[29] [30] Ahead of the tournament, she was named as the player to watch in the team.[31] In January 2020, she was named in South Africa's squad for the 2020 ICC Women's T20 World Cup in Australia.[32] On 23 July 2020, Wolvaardt was named in South Africa's 24-woman squad to begin training in Pretoria, ahead of their planned tour to England.[33]
In February 2022, she was named in South Africa's team for the 2022 Women's Cricket World Cup in New Zealand.[34]
In May 2022, she played seven matches for the Barmy Army team at the 2022 FairBreak Invitational T20 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.[35] [36] During the Invitational, she scored a total of 186 runs at a strike rate of 116.25, including two fifties.[36]
In June 2022, Wolvaardt was named in South Africa's Women's Test squad for their one-off match against England Women.[37] She made her Test debut on 27 June 2022, for South Africa against England.[38] In July 2022, she was named in South Africa's team for the cricket tournament at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England.[39]
On 27 March 2024, she scored her maiden century in T20I cricket, against Sri Lanka..[40]
Laura Wolvaardt's One-Day International centuries[41] | |||||||
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Runs | Match | Opponent | City/Country | Venue | Year | ||
1 | 105 | 7 | Dublin, Ireland | The Village | 2016[42] | ||
2 | 149 | 18 | Potchefstroom, South Africa | Senwes Park | 2017[43] | ||
3 | 117 | 65 | Johannesburg, South Africa | Wanderers Stadium | 2022[44] | ||
4 | 124* | 85 | Pietermaritzburg, South Africa | City Oval | 2023[45] | ||
5 | 126 | 89 | Benoni, South Africa | Willowmoore Park, | 2023[46] | ||
6 | 110* | 94 | Kimberley, South Africa | Diamond Oval, | 2024[47] | ||
7 | 184* | 95 | Kimberley, South Africa | Diamond Oval, | 2024[48] |
In July 2020, she was named South Africa's Women's Cricketer of the Year at Cricket South Africa's annual awards ceremony.[50] At the 2021 ICC Awards, she was named in the ICC Women's T20I Team of the Year.[51]
Wolvaardt 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.[52]