Sinalo Jafta

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Sinalo Jafta
Personal information
Full name
Sinalo Jafta
Born (1994-12-22) 22 December 1994 (age 29)
East London, South Africa
BattingRight-handed
Role Wicket-keeper
International information
National side
Test debut(cap  61)27 June 2022 v  England
Last Test28 June 2024 v  India
ODI debut(cap  77)22 October 2016 v  New Zealand
Last ODI16 June 2024 v  India
T20I debut(cap  53)15 May 2019 v  Pakistan
Last T20I20 October 2024 v  New Zealand
T20I shirt no.10
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
Representing Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
Women's Cricket
T20 World Cup
Runner-up 2023 South Africa
Runner-up 2024 UAE

Sinalo Jafta (born 22 December 1994) is a South African professional cricketer who plays as a wicket-keeper and right-handed batter. [1]

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Career

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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