The leg-spin bowling all-rounder from South Africa has been quite a sensation since she first burst into the scene in Bangladesh in 2012. Since then she has grown by heaps and is an important cog in the protean team.
- Sune Elbie Luus was born on 5 January 1996, in South Africa.
- Sune made her one-day international debut in 2012 against Bangladesh.
- Sune also made her T20 international debut in 2012 against Bangladesh.
- She was included in the 2012 World Cup as a replacement for Dinesha Devnarain.
- Sune became the second player to score a half-century and take a five-for in a women’s ODI.
- She picked up 37 wickets in 2016 which record for most wickets in a calendar year in Women’s ODI.
- Sune took 5 wickets for 8 runs in a World Cup match against Ireland.
- In 2016, Sune in partnership with Chloe Tryon made 142 runs which is the highest for the 6th wicket.
- Luus was named Women’s Cricketer of the Year at Cricket South Africa’s annual awards in 2017.
- Luus was one of fourteen players to be awarded a national contract by Cricket South Africa ahead of the 2018–19 season.
- In October 2018, she was named in South Africa’s squad for the 2018 ICC Women’s World Twenty20 tournament in the West Indies.
- In November 2018, she was named in Brisbane Heat’s squad for the 2018–19 Women’s Big Bash League season.
- 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.
- She shares a good bond with all of her teammates Especially with Mignon du Preez.
- Her parents were always supportive of her playing any sport whether it was tennis or cricket.
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