Cricket South Africa named the star batter Laura Wolvaardt as the new full-time captain of the senior girls’s staff on Friday, November 24. Wolvaardt not too long ago led the staff in ODIs towards New Zealand and the T20I sequence towards Pakistan in a short lived capability and now could be appointed as all-format captain forward of the upcoming T20I sequence towards Bangladesh.
The 24-year-old batter can be main the staff as a full-time captain for the primary time within the white-ball sequence towards Bangladesh at residence beginning on December 3. The veteran all-rounder Marizanne Kapp is rested for the T20I sequence attributable to her involvement with Sydney Thunder within the Women’s Big Bash League.
Wolvaardt stays the top-ranked South African batter in each ODIs and T20Is and has been in sensational kind regardless of her staff’s current struggles. She is barely 339 runs behind former captain Mignon du Preez to turn out to be South Africa’s all-time main run-scorer in ODIs with 3421 runs in 86 matches.
“Having Laura Wolvaardt as the official captain, together with a blend of young and experienced players bodes well for our succession planning,” Clinton du Preez, CSA Chief Selector stated. “It will also assist within the excitement we have around the squad in giving young players an opportunity and therefore we are looking forward to seeing them put up their hand and make impactful performances in this upcoming tour.”
Meanwhile, All-rounders Nadine de Klerk and Chloe Tryon, and pacer Ayabonga Khaka didn’t make the staff attributable to accidents. The 19-year-old right-arm medium pacer Ayanda Hlubi and the 20-year-old batter Eliz-Mari Marx have acquired their maiden worldwide call-ups for the T20I sequence.
South Africa T20I squad: Laura Wolvaardt (c), Anneke Bosch, Tazmin Brits, Annerie Dercksen, Mieke de Ridder, Lara Goodall, Ayanda Hlubi, Sinalo Jafta, Masabata Klaas, Sune Luus, Eliz-Mari Marx, Nonkululeko Mlaba, Tumi Sekhukhune, Nondumiso Shangase, Delmi Tucker
