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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]
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Born | Milnerton, Western Cape, South Africa | 26 April 1999||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | Batter | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Test debut (cap 66) | 27 June 2022 v England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Test | 28 June 2024 v India | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
ODI debut (cap 74) | 7 February 2016 v England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last ODI | 13 April 2024 v Sri Lanka | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
ODI shirt no. | 14 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
T20I debut (cap 43) | 1 August 2016 v Ireland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last T20I | 20 September 2024 v Pakistan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2013/14–2022/23 | Western Province | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2017/18–2018/19 | Brisbane Heat | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2020/21–present | Adelaide Strikers | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2021–2022 | Northern Superchargers | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2022 | Velocity | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2023–present | Gujarat Giants | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2023–present | Manchester Originals | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2023/24–present | Northerns | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: ESPNcricinfo, 21 September 2024 |
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,[9] and competed again in 2014 representing Western Province.[10] 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.[11]
In November 2017, she was named in Brisbane Heat's squad for the 2017–18 Women's Big Bash League season.[12] In November 2018, she was named in Brisbane Heat's squad for the 2018–19 Women's Big Bash League season.[13][14] She played for the Heat in their final against Sydney Sixers. Heat won the match to win the title.[15]
Laura continued her appearances in the WBBL after signing with the Adelaide Strikers for the 2020–21 and 2021–22 Australian summer seasons.[16]
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.[17][18] In 2021, she was drafted by Northern Superchargers for the inaugural season of The Hundred.[19] In April 2022, she was bought by the Northern Superchargers for the 2022 season of The Hundred.[20]
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.[21]
In December 2013, 13-year-old Wolvaardt was invited to play for a South Africa Women's U-19 invitational team.[9][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]
On 1 July 2024, Wolvaardt scored her maiden test century against India, becoming only the third woman to score a century in all three international formats, behind Heather Knight and Tammy Beaumont.[41]
Laura Wolvaardt's One-Day International centuries[43] | |||||||
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# | Runs | Match | Opponent | City/Country | Venue | Year | |
1 | 105 | 7 | Ireland | Dublin, Ireland | The Village | 2016[44] | |
2 | 149 | 18 | Ireland | Potchefstroom, South Africa | Senwes Park | 2017[45] | |
3 | 117 | 65 | West Indies | Johannesburg, South Africa | Wanderers Stadium | 2022[46] | |
4 | 124* | 85 | New Zealand | Pietermaritzburg, South Africa | City Oval | 2023[47] | |
5 | 126 | 89 | Bangladesh | Benoni, South Africa | Willowmoore Park, | 2023[48] | |
6 | 110* | 94 | Sri Lanka | Kimberley, South Africa | Diamond Oval, | 2024[49] | |
7 | 184* | 95 | Sri Lanka | Kimberley, South Africa | Diamond Oval, | 2024[50] |
Laura Wolvaardt's Twenty20 International centuries | |||||||
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# | Runs | Balls | Opponent | City/Country | Venue | Year | |
1 | 102 | 63 | Sri Lanka | Benoni, South Africa | Willowmoore Park | 2024[51] |
In July 2020, she was named South Africa's Women's Cricketer of the Year at Cricket South Africa's annual awards ceremony.[52] At the 2021 ICC Awards, she was named in the ICC Women's T20I Team of the Year.[53]
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.[54]
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