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Full name | Sinalo Jafta | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | East London, South Africa | 22 December 1994||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | Wicket-keeper | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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National side |
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Test debut(cap 61) | 27 June 2022 v England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Test | 28 June 2024 v India | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
ODI debut(cap 77) | 22 October 2016 v New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last ODI | 16 June 2024 v India | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
T20I debut(cap 53) | 15 May 2019 v Pakistan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last T20I | 20 October 2024 v New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
T20I shirt no. | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2010/11–2011/12 | Border | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2012/13–2018/19 | North West | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2014/15 | Border | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2019/20–2022/23 | Western Province | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2023/24–present | Central Gauteng | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source:Cricinfo,21 October 2024 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sinalo Jafta (born 22 December 1994) is a South African professional cricketer who plays as a wicket-keeper and right-handed batter. [1]
Jafta made her Women's One Day International cricket (WODI) debut against New Zealand on 22 October 2016. [2] In April 2019, she was named in South Africa's Women's Twenty20 International (WT20I) squad for their series against Pakistan. [3] She made her WT20I debut for South Africa against Pakistan on 15 May 2019. [4]
In September 2019, she was named in the Devnarain XI squad for the inaugural edition of the Women's T20 Super League in South Africa. [5] [6] In March 2020, she was awarded with a national contract by Cricket South Africa ahead of the 2020–21 season. [7] [8] On 23 July 2020, Jafta was named in South Africa's 24-woman squad to begin training in Pretoria, ahead of their tour to England. [9]
In April 2021, she was named the as captain of the South African Emerging Women's squad that toured Bangladesh. [10] [11] In February 2022, she was named in South Africa's team for the 2022 Women's Cricket World Cup in New Zealand. [12] In June 2022, Jafta was named in South Africa's Women's Test squad for their one-off match against England Women. [13] She made her Test debut on 27 June 2022, for South Africa against England. [14]
In July 2022, she was named in South Africa's team for the cricket tournament at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England. [15]
She was named in the South Africa squad for the 2024 ICC Women's T20 World Cup [16] and for their multi-format home series against England in November 2024. [17] [18]
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