The 25-year-old young South African skipper Laura Wolvaardt, hailing from Cape Town made her international debut on 7th February 2016 in an ODI against England. She made her T20I debut on 1st August 2016 against Ireland. Laura Wolvaardt was officially named as the full-time skipper of the Proteas women’s team for all three formats on 24th November, last year.
She replaced former skipper Sune Luus at the helm, who stepped down from the role in August last year, after guiding the Proteas women’s team to their first-ever appearance in the men’s or women’s ICC World Cup final in February 2023. Skipper Laura Wolvaardt’s tally of runs in the ODI format so far has 32 half-centuries and 8 centuries to her name at a strike rate of 72.11 and a sensational average of 49.38 in 97 innings.
Her best performance with the bat in the format for her side came on 17th April 2024 when she stayed unbeaten on 184 off 147 balls against Sri Lanka. However, it wasn’t enough for her side to get over the line. As far as the T20I format is concerned, her tally of runs includes 12 half-centuries and a century at a strike rate of 115.15 and a sensational average of 36.48 in 67 innings with the bat for her side. Her best performance with the bat in the format came on 27th March 2024 against Sri Lanka in the 1st T20I at Benoni. She scored a brilliant century, 102 off 63 balls, playing a crucial role in helping her side seal a massive victory and was also awarded the Player of the Match for her match-winning performance with the bat.
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South Africa skipper Laura Wolvaardt completes 6,000 runs in white-ball format 👏#CricketTwitter #T20WorldCup2024 pic.twitter.com/dqHwdRNfui
— Female Cricket (@imfemalecricket) October 7, 2024
She completed her 6,000 runs in the white-ball format for South Africa, in the 2nd game of their campaign in the ongoing 9th edition of the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2024. They were up against England led by skipper Heather Knight in the 9th match of the tournament at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium. South African skipper Laura Wolvaardt won the toss and opted to bat first. The Proteas skipper got to her landmark on the last ball of the 8th over of the innings bowled by the 25-year-old leg-spinner Sarah Glenn when skipper Wolvaardt guided the ball in the gap for a single.
