Maeva Douma

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Maeva Douma
Personal information
Full name
Maeva Francine Debora Douma
Born (2005-02-25) 25 February 2005 (age 17)
Yaoundé, Cameroon
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium
Role All-rounder
International information
National side
T20I debut(cap  2)12 September 2021 v  Uganda
Last T20I15 September 2021 v  Sierra Leone
Career statistics
Competition WT20I
Matches4
Runs scored6
Batting average 1.50
100s/50s0/0
Top score3
Balls bowled48
Wickets 2
Bowling average 30.50
5 wickets in innings 0
10 wickets in match0
Best bowling1/11
Catches/stumpings 0/–
Source: Cricinfo, 18 September 2021

Maeva Douma (born 25 February 2005) is a Cameroonian cricketer who plays for the Cameroon women's cricket team. [1] In September 2021, she dismissed four batters in one match by running them out at the non-striker's end, [2] a form of dismissal known as "Mankading". [3] It was only the second time that four run outs had been affected by one cricketer in a women's international match. [4]

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Douma began playing cricket while in school, after seeing a match being played where she lived, before joining a local cricket club. [5] She plays as an all-rounder. [6]

In September 2021, Douma was named in Cameroon's squad for the 2021 ICC Women's T20 World Cup Africa Qualifier tournament in Botswana. [7] It was Cameroon's debut at an International Cricket Council (ICC) women's event. [8] She made her Women's Twenty20 International (WT20I) debut for Cameroon on 12 September 2021, in their first match of the tournament, against Uganda. [9] Douma took a wicket with her second delivery of the match, bowling Uganda's opener Prosscovia Alako. [10] She then went on to dismiss Kevin Awino, Rita Musamali, Immaculate Nakisuuyi and Janet Mbabazi, all by running them out at the non-striker's end. [11] However, Uganda went on to win the match by 155 runs, after Cameroon only made 35 runs before being bowled out. [12]

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