South Africa women's national under-19 cricket team

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South Africa Women's Under-19 cricket team
Association Cricket South Africa
Personnel
CaptainOluhle Siyo
Coach Dinesha Devnarain
History
Twenty20 debutv. Flag of India.svg  India at Willowmoore Park, Benoni, South Africa; 14 January 2023
U19 World Cup  wins0
International Cricket Council
ICC region Africa

The South Africa women's under-19 cricket team represents South Africa in international under-19 women's cricket. The team is administrated by Cricket South Africa.

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The team played their first official international matches against India in late 2022 and early 2023, in preparation for the 2023 ICC Under-19 Women's T20 World Cup, the first ever international women's under-19 cricket competition, held in South Africa. [1] They reached the Super Six stage at the inaugural tournament. [2]

History

The inaugural Women's Under-19 World Cup was scheduled to take place in January 2021, but was postponed multiple times due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [3] The tournament was eventually scheduled to take place in 2023, in South Africa. As the host nation, South Africa qualified automatically for the tournament. [4]

In December 2022, the side competed in one of South Africa's domestic competitions, the Women's T20 Super League, losing all of their completed matches. [5] Later in December and in January 2023, they played a five-match T20I series against India. [6] At the Under-19 T20 World Cup, the side reached the Super Six stage, in which they finished fourth in their group. [2]

Recent call-ups

The table below lists all the players who have been selected in recent squads for South Africa under-19s. Currently, this includes the squad for their series against India and the 2023 ICC Under-19 Women's T20 World Cup. [7]

NameMost Recent Call-up
Jemma Botha2023 World Cup
Jenna Evans2023 World Cup
Ayanda Hlubl2023 World Cup
Elandri Janse van Rensburg2023 World Cup
Madison Landsman2023 World Cup
Monalisa Legodi2023 World Cup
Simone Lourens2023 World Cup
Karabo Meso2023 World Cup
Refilwe Moncho2023 World Cup
Seshnie Naldu2023 World Cup
Nthablseng Nini2023 World Cup
Kayla Reyneke2023 World Cup
Oluhle Siyo2023 World Cup
Mlane Smit2023 World Cup
Anica Swart2023 World Cup

Records & statistics

International match summary

As of 24 January 2023

Playing records
FormatMWLTD/NRInaugural match
Youth Women's Twenty20 Internationals11450227 December 2022

Youth Women's Twenty20 record versus other nations

As of 24 January 2023

ICC Full members
OpponentMWLTNRFirst matchFirst win
Flag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh 1100021 January 202321 January 2023
Flag of India.svg India 7050227 December 2022
Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka 1100024 January 202324 January 2023
Associate members
OpponentMWLTNRFirst matchFirst win
Flag of Scotland.svg Scotland 1100016 January 202316 January 2023
Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg United Arab Emirates 1100018 January 202318 January 2023

Leading runs scorers

As of 24 January 2023
S/NPlayersRunsAverageCareer span [8]
1Kayla Reyneke18535.602022–Present
2Simone Lourens15728.202022–Present
3Madison Landsman10118.202022–Present

Leading wickets takers

As of 24 January 2023
S/NPlayerWicketsAverageCareer span [9]
1Kayla Reyneke1113.502022–Present
2Mlane Smit78.422022–Present
3Madison Landsman69.502022–Present

Highest individual innings

As of 24 January 2023
S/NPlayerScoreOppositionMatch Date [10]
1Simone Lourens61Flag of India.svg  India 14 January 2023
2Kayla Reyneke53Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 16 January 2023
3Kayla Reyneke43Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka 24 January 2023

Highest individual bowling figures

As of 24 January 2023
S/NPlayerScoreOppositionMatch Date [11]
1Mlane Smit4/11Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates 18 January 2023
2Simone Laurens4/16Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 16 January 2023
3Kayla Reyneke4/19Flag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh 21 January 2023

Under-19 World Cup record

South Africa's U19 Twenty20 World Cup Record
YearResultPos№PldWLTNR
Flag of South Africa.svg 2023 Super 6–1654100
Flag of Malaysia.svg Flag of Thailand.svg 2025 To be determined
Flag of Bangladesh.svg Flag of Nepal.svg 2027
Total54100

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