Masabata Klaas

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Masabata Klaas
Personal information
Full name
Masabata Marie Klaas
Born (1991-02-03) 3 February 1991 (age 33)
Botshabelo, Free State, South Africa
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium
Role Bowler
International information
National side
Test debut(cap  69)15 February 2024 v  Australia
Last Test28 June 2024 v  India
ODI debut(cap  58)6 October 2010 v  Sri Lanka
Last ODI19 June 2024 v  India
ODI shirt no.5
T20I debut(cap  25)14 October 2010 v  Netherlands
Last T20I30 March 2024 v  Sri Lanka
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
Representing Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
Women's Cricket
T20 World Cup
Runner-up 2023 South Africa

Masabata Marie Klaas (alternatively Mazabatha Klaas, born 3 February 1991) is a South African cricketer who plays as a right-arm medium bowler. She made her debut for South Africa in 2010. [1] [2]

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Career

In March 2018, Klaas was one of 14 players to be awarded a national contract by Cricket South Africa ahead of the 2018–19 season. [3] In October 2018, she was named in South Africa's squad for the 2018 ICC Women's World Twenty20 tournament in the West Indies. [4] [5]

In May 2019, in the second WODI against Pakistan, Klass became the tenth bowler to take a hat-trick in a WODI match. [6]

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. [7] [8] In January 2020, she was named in South Africa's squad for the 2020 ICC Women's T20 World Cup in Australia. [9] On 23 July 2020, Klaas was named in South Africa's 24-woman squad to begin training in Pretoria, ahead of their tour to England. [10]

In February 2022, she was named in South Africa's team for the 2022 Women's Cricket World Cup in New Zealand. [11] In July 2022, she was named in South Africa's team for the cricket tournament at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England. [12]

Klaas was named in the South Africa squad for the ODI part of their multi-format home series against England in November 2024. [13] [14]

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