List Of South Africa Women Test Cricketers
The first Test involving South Africa women was held at St George's Park, Port Elizabeth, the same venue as the one for first men's Test match in the country in 1889, and ended in a draw. South Africa then played a subsequent series against New Zealand in 1971–72. As part of the international campaign against apartheid, the Commonwealth of Nations signed the Gleneagles Agreement in 1977, excluding South Africa from competing in international sporting events. Because of this exclusion, they did not play another Test until hosting India in 2001–02, before facing England again in 2003, the Netherlands in 2007, India in 2014 and most recently England in 2022.
South Africa have played fourteen Test matches, seven of which were played pre-exclusion. Two players, Jennifer Gove and Lorna Ward, have played all seven matches pre-exclusion. Yvonne van Mentz, Brenda Williams, Mignon du Preez, and Marizanne Kapp are the only South African women to have scored Test centuries, while Jean McNaughton, Lorna Ward and Sunette Loubser have all taken five-wicket hauls, with Ward doing it on three occasions. This list contains every woman who has played Test cricket for South Africa. The list is initially arranged in the order in which each player won her Test cap. Where more than one player won her first Test cap in the same Test match, those players are initially listed alphabetically by the surname the player was using at the time of the match.
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Test cricketers
- Statistics are correct as of 1 July 2024 after South Africa's most recent Test match, against India.
No. | Name | First | Last | Mat | Batting | Bowling | Fielding | Ref | |||||||||||
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Inn | NO | Runs | HS | 100 | 50 | Avg | Balls | Wkt | BBI | BBM | Ave | Ca | St | ||||||
1 | Barbara Cairncross | 1960 | 1961 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 65 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 10.83 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 0 | |
2 | Jennifer Gove | 1960 | 1972 | 7 | 14 | 4 | 256 | 51* | 0 | 1 | 25.60 | 683 | 9 | 3/57 | 4/91 | 31.55 | 10 | 0 | |
3 | Pamela Hollett | 1960 | 1961 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 71 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 10.14 | 102 | 1 | 1/46 | 1/46 | 59.00 | 1 | 0 | |
4 | Eileen Hurly | 1960 | 1961 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 240 | 96* | 0 | 1 | 34.28 | 6 | 0 | – | – | – | 0 | 0 | |
5 | Joy Irwin | 1960 | 1961 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 40 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 6.66 | 42 | 0 | – | – | – | 0 | 0 | |
6 | Audrey Jackson | 1960 | 1961 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 35 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 17.50 | 144 | 2 | 1/6 | 1/29 | 29.50 | 0 | 0 | |
7 | Eleanor Lambert † | 1960 | 1960 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 65 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 16.25 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 0 | |
8 | Jean McNaughton | 1960 | 1961 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 45 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 276 | 6 | 6/39 | 6/54 | 19.33 | 4 | 0 | |
9 | Sheelagh Nefdt ‡ | 1960 | 1961 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 211 | 68 | 0 | 2 | 30.14 | 174 | 2 | 1/16 | 2/58 | 54.00 | 0 | 0 | |
10 | Yvonne van Mentz | 1960 | 1961 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 186 | 105* | 1 | 0 | 31.00 | 565 | 8 | 4/95 | 4/95 | 31.25 | 0 | 0 | |
11 | Lorna Ward | 1960 | 1972 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 52 | 17* | 0 | 0 | 5.77 | 1,420 | 27 | 6/48 | 7/76 | 17.29 | 1 | 0 | |
12 | Beverly Lang | 1960 | 1961 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 177 | 58 | 0 | 2 | 29.50 | 462 | 2 | 1/31 | 1/53 | 62.00 | 4 | 0 | |
13 | Maureen Payne ‡ | 1960 | 1972 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 39 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 9.75 | 814 | 8 | 2/31 | 3/101 | 40.50 | 2 | 0 | |
14 | Patricia Klesser † | 1960 | 1961 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4.00 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 0 | |
15 | Dulcie Wood † | 1961 | 1961 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3* | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | 0 | |
16 | Beverly Botha | 1972 | 1972 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 139 | 72 | 0 | 1 | 34.75 | 6 | 0 | – | – | – | 3 | 0 | |
17 | Carole Gildenhuys † | 1972 | 1972 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 184 | 94 | 0 | 2 | 30.66 | – | – | – | – | – | 9 | 0 | |
18 | Moira Jones | 1972 | 1972 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | 0 | |
19 | Dawn Moe | 1972 | 1972 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 108 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 18.00 | 270 | 1 | 1/51 | 1/66 | 98.00 | 1 | 0 | |
20 | Wea Skog | 1972 | 1972 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 11* | 0 | 0 | 19.00 | 420 | 3 | 1/24 | 1/31 | 42.00 | 1 | 0 | |
21 | Juanita van Zyl | 1972 | 1972 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6.00 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 0 | |
22 | Denise Weyers | 1972 | 1972 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.50 | 660 | 5 | 3/33 | 4/67 | 40.80 | 3 | 0 | |
23 | Gloria Williamson | 1972 | 1972 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 4.66 | 686 | 12 | 3/28 | 4/57 | 18.41 | 2 | 0 | |
24 | Myrna Katz | 1972 | 1972 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 46 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 15.33 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 0 | |
25 | Brenda Williams | 1972 | 1972 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 162 | 100 | 1 | 0 | 40.50 | 120 | 0 | – | – | – | 2 | 0 | |
26 | Josephine Barnard | 2002 | 2003 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 93 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 15.50 | 86 | 3 | 2/25 | 2/25 | 21.66 | 1 | 0 | |
27 | Cri-Zelda Brits ‡ | 2002 | 2007 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 150 | 61 | 0 | 1 | 21.42 | 507 | 6 | 2/68 | 2/68 | 42.50 | 2 | 0 | |
28 | Cindy Eksteen ‡ | 2002 | 2002 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 42 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 21.00 | 228 | 2 | 2/64 | 2/64 | 32.00 | 1 | 0 | |
29 | Alison Hodgkinson ‡ | 2002 | 2003 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 239 | 95 | 0 | 2 | 39.83 | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | 0 | |
30 | Kerri Laing | 2002 | 2002 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 8.00 | 144 | 1 | 1/72 | 1/72 | 72.00 | 1 | 0 | |
31 | Madelein Lotter | 2002 | 2002 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 5.00 | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | 0 | |
32 | Denise Reid | 2002 | 2002 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 50 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 50.00 | 36 | 0 | – | – | – | 1 | 0 | |
33 | Daleen Terblanche † | 2002 | 2007 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 186 | 83 | 0 | 1 | 26.57 | 24 | 0 | – | – | – | 3 | 0 | |
34 | Yulandi van der Merwe | 2002 | 2003 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 79 | 52* | 0 | 1 | 15.80 | 462 | 3 | 2/81 | 2/81 | 76.66 | 1 | 0 | |
35 | Sune van Zyl | 2002 | 2003 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 58 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 19.33 | 258 | 1 | 1/63 | 1/74 | 121.00 | 0 | 0 | |
36 | Sunette Viljoen | 2002 | 2002 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 88 | 71 | 0 | 1 | 44.00 | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | 0 | |
37 | Claire Cowan | 2003 | 2003 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 54 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 13.50 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 0 | |
38 | Leighshe Jacobs | 2003 | 2003 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3* | 0 | 0 | 4.00 | 276 | 4 | 2/72 | 2/72 | 44.50 | 0 | 0 | |
39 | Johmari Logtenberg | 2003 | 2007 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 109 | 74 | 0 | 1 | 21.80 | 162 | 1 | 1/47 | 1/47 | 71.00 | 0 | 0 | |
40 | Alicia Smith | 2003 | 2007 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 86 | 24* | 0 | 0 | 28.66 | 336 | 4 | 2/4 | 3/18 | 34.00 | 1 | 0 | |
41 | Charlize van der Westhuizen | 2003 | 2003 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 159 | 83 | 0 | 1 | 39.75 | 240 | 3 | 2/49 | 2/49 | 38.66 | 0 | 0 | |
42 | Nolu Ndzundzu | 2003 | 2003 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8.00 | 36 | 0 | – | – | – | 0 | 0 | |
43 | Susan Benade | 2007 | 2007 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 51 | 51 | 0 | 1 | 25.50 | 24 | 2 | 2/1 | 2/1 | 0.50 | 1 | 0 | |
44 | Trisha Chetty † | 2007 | 2014 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 93 | 56 | 0 | 1 | 31.00 | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 3 | |
45 | Shabnim Ismail | 2007 | 2007 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.00 | 150 | 3 | 2/5 | 3/20 | 6.66 | 0 | 0 | |
46 | Ashlyn Kilowan | 2007 | 2007 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 28 | 28* | 0 | 0 | – | 66 | 0 | – | – | – | 0 | 0 | |
47 | Marcia Letsoalo | 2007 | 2014 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3.00 | 240 | 0 | – | – | – | 1 | 0 | |
48 | Sunette Loubser | 2007 | 2014 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4.00 | 523 | 11 | 5/37 | 8/59 | 13.54 | 1 | 0 | |
49 | Claire Terblanche | 2007 | 2007 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 56 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 28.00 | 108 | 2 | 2/11 | 2/14 | 7.00 | 1 | 0 | |
50 | Mignon du Preez ‡ | 2014 | 2014 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 119 | 102 | 1 | 0 | 59.50 | 6 | 0 | – | – | – | 0 | 0 | |
51 | Yolani Fourie | 2014 | 2014 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 00 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 108 | 1 | 1/79 | 1/79 | 79.00 | 0 | 0 | |
52 | Marizanne Kapp | 2014 | 2024 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 317 | 150 | 1 | 1 | 63.40 | 222 | 0 | – | – | – | 1 | 0 | |
53 | Lizelle Lee | 2014 | 2022 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 42 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 10.50 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 0 | |
54 | Nadine Moodley | 2014 | 2014 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 49 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 24.50 | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | 0 | |
55 | Nonkhululeko Thabethe | 2014 | 2014 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.00 | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | 0 | |
56 | Chloe Tryon | 2014 | 2024 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 99 | 64 | 0 | 1 | 33.00 | 242 | 4 | 3/81 | 3/81 | 34.00 | 0 | 0 | |
57 | Dane van Niekerk | 2014 | 2014 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 11.00 | 222 | 1 | 1/90 | 1/90 | 90.00 | 0 | 0 | |
58 | Anneke Bosch | 2022 | 2024 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 78 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 10.00 | 132 | 3 | 3/77 | 3/77 | 35.66 | 2 | 0 | |
59 | Nadine de Klerk | 2022 | 2024 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 114 | 61 | 0 | 1 | 22.80 | 366 | 3 | 2/96 | 2/96 | 88.33 | 1 | 0 | |
60 | Lara Goodall | 2022 | 2022 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 36 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 18.00 | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | 0 | |
61 | Sinalo Jafta † | 2022 | 2024 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 28 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 5.60 | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | 0 | |
62 | Suné Luus ‡ | 2022 | 2024 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 242 | 109 | 1 | 1 | 40.33 | 78 | 0 | – | – | – | 1 | 0 | |
63 | Nonkululeko Mlaba | 2022 | 2024 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 32 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 8.00 | 493 | 3 | 2/74 | 2/74 | 109.66 | 0 | 0 | |
64 | Tumi Sekhukhune | 2022 | 2024 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 49 | 33* | 0 | 0 | 49.00 | 210 | 2 | 1/70 | 1/70 | 73.50 | 0 | 0 | |
65 | Andrie Steyn | 2022 | 2022 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 5.50 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 0 | |
66 | Laura Wolvaardt ‡ | 2022 | 2024 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 186 | 122 | 1 | 0 | 31.00 | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | 0 | |
67 | Tazmin Brits | 2024 | 2024 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 36 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 18.00 | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | 0 | |
68 | Ayanda Hlubi | 2024 | 2024 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2.50 | 102 | 2 | – | – | – | 0 | 0 | |
69 | Masabata Klaas | 2024 | 2024 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 10* | 0 | 0 | 7.50 | 228 | 3 | 3/85 | 3/85 | 53.00 | 0 | 0 | |
70 | Delmi Tucker | 2024 | 2024 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 64 | 64 | 0 | 0 | 16.00 | 254 | 3 | 2/141 | 2/160 | 76.00 | 1 | 0 | |
71 | Annerie Dercksen | 2024 | 2024 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5.00 | 102 | 0 | – | – | – | 1 | 0 |
Test captains
No. | Name | First | Last | Mat | Won | Lost | Tied | Draw | Win% |
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1 | Sheelagh Nefdt | 1960 | 1961 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0% |
2 | Maureen Payne | 1972 | 1972 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0% |
3 | Cindy Eksteen | 2002 | 2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
4 | Alison Hodgkinson | 2003 | 2003 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0% |
5 | Cri-Zelda Brits | 2007 | 2007 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% |
6 | Mignon du Preez | 2014 | 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
7 | Suné Luus | 2022 | 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0% |
8 | Laura Wolvaardt | 2024 | 2024 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
Total | 1960 | 2024 | 15 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 6.66% |