Tumi Sekhukhune

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Tumi Sekhukhune
Personal information
Full name
Tumi Sphindile Sekhukhune
Born (1998-11-21) 21 November 1998 (age 25)
Johannesburg, South Africa
BattingLeft-handed
BowlingRight-arm fast-medium
Role Bowler
International information
National side
Test debut(cap  64)27 June 2022 v  England
Last Test28 June 2024 v  India
ODI debut(cap  83)16 September 2018 v  West Indies
Last ODI23 June 2024 v  India
T20I debut(cap  50)24 September 2018 v  West Indies
Last T20I20 September 2024 v  Pakistan
T20I shirt no.12
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
Representing Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
Women's Cricket
T20 World Cup
Runner-up 2024 UAE

Tumi Sphindile Sekhukhune (born 21 November 1998) is a South African cricketer who plays as a right-arm fast-medium bowler. She made her international debut for South Africa in September 2018. [1] [2]

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Career

In August 2018, she was named in the South Africa Women's squad for their series against the West Indies Women. [3] She made her Women's One Day International cricket (WODI) debut for South Africa against West Indies Women on 16 September 2018. [4] She made her Women's Twenty20 International cricket (WT20I) debut for South Africa against West Indies Women on 24 September 2018. [5]

In October 2018, she was named in South Africa's squad for the 2018 ICC Women's World Twenty20 tournament in the West Indies. [6] [7] In February 2019, Cricket South Africa named her as one of the players in the Powerade Women's National Academy intake for 2019. [8] In August 2019, she was named the International Women's Newcomer of the Year at Cricket South Africa's annual award ceremony. [9] [10]

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. [11] [12] In January 2020, she was named in South Africa's squad for the 2020 ICC Women's T20 World Cup in Australia. [13] On 23 July 2020, Sekhukhune was named in South Africa's 24-woman squad to begin training in Pretoria, ahead of their tour to England. [14]

In February 2022, she was named in South Africa's team for the 2022 Women's Cricket World Cup in New Zealand. [15] In June 2022, Sekhukhune was named in South Africa's Women's Test squad for their one-off match against England Women. [16] She made her Test debut on 27 June 2022, for South Africa against England. [17] In July 2022, she was named in South Africa's team for the cricket tournament at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England. [18] However, she was later ruled out of the tournament due to injury. [19]

She was named in the South Africa squad for the 2024 ICC Women's T20 World Cup [20] and for the T20 part of their multi-format home series against England in November 2024. [21] [22]

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