The young 24-year-old Nadine de Klerk all-rounder hailing from Pretoria, South Africa, made her international debut on 9th May 2017 in an ODI against India at Potchefstroom. She has scored 527 runs at a strike rate of 69.70 and a decent average of 21.08 in 31 innings in the ODI format.
Her tally of runs in the format includes a couple of half-centuries. Her best performance with the bat came on 14th September 2023 when she scored (60 off 95 balls) against Pakistan in Karachi. Apart from her exploits with the bat, she has also picked up 47 wickets at an average of 26.42 and an economy of 4.77 in 37 innings. Her tally of wickets includes one four-wicket haul against Pakistan in Karachi on 11th September 2023 when she returned with match figures (8-1-32-4) in her spell.
She made her T20I debut on 13th February 2018 against India at Potchefstroom. She has scored 528 runs at a strike rate of 103.73 and an impressive average of 26.40 in 42 innings. Her best performance with the bat in the format came on 3rd April 2024 against Sri Lanka when she scored an unbeaten 44* (25 balls) at Buffalo Park, East London.
Apart from her exploits with the bat, she also picked up 43 wickets with the ball at an average of 24.69 and an economy of 7.34 in 47 innings. Her best performance with the ball in the format came on 4th August 2022 against Sri Lanka at Birmingham at the Commonwealth Games 2022. She returned with exceptional match figures (4-1-7-3) in her spell.
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🇿🇦 Nadine de Klerk is set to play her 100th International match today.
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As far as the red-ball format is concerned, she made her Test debut on 27th June 2022 against England at Taunton. She has scored 114 runs at a strike rate of 41.60 and an average of 22.80 in five innings. Her tally of runs in the format includes one half-century against India in Chennai on 28th June 2024. She scored 61 (185 balls). Apart from her exploits with the bat, she has also picked up three wickets in three innings.
She made her 100th international appearance for South Africa across formats, in the 11th match of the 2024 Women’s T20 World Cup, on October 9, at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium in South Africa’s 3rd game of their campaign, against the T20 World Cup debutants Scotland led by skipper Kathryn Bryce.
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