South African cricketer (born 1994)
Sinalo Jafta (born 22 December 1994) is a South African professional cricketer who plays as a wicket-keeper and right-handed batter .[ 1]
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]
References
^ "Sinalo Jafta" . ESPN Cricinfo . Retrieved 16 January 2017 .
^ "New Zealand Women tour of South Africa, 6th ODI: South Africa Women v New Zealand Women at Paarl, Oct 22, 2016" . ESPN Cricinfo . Retrieved 16 January 2017 .
^ "Luus to captain South Africa in Women's Championship ODIs against Pakistan" . International Cricket Council . Retrieved 26 April 2019 .
^ "1st T20I, Pakistan Women tour of South Africa at Pretoria, May 15 2019" . ESPN Cricinfo . Retrieved 15 May 2019 .
^ "Cricket South Africa launches four-team women's T20 league" . ESPN Cricinfo . Retrieved 8 September 2019 .
^ "CSA launches inaugural Women's T20 Super League" . Cricket South Africa . Retrieved 8 September 2019 .
^ "Beuran Hendricks earns CSA national contract, Dale Steyn left out" . ESPN Cricinfo . Retrieved 23 March 2020 .
^ "CSA announces Proteas contract squads for 2020/21" . Cricket South Africa . Retrieved 23 March 2020 .
^ "CSA to resume training camps for women's team" . ESPN Cricinfo . Retrieved 23 July 2020 .
^ "SA Emerging go down by 54 runs in tour opener" . Cricket South Africa . Retrieved 4 April 2021 .
^ "Sinalo Jafta, Nigar Sultana Joty to lead South Africa, Bangladesh in Emerging series" . Women's CricZone . Retrieved 4 April 2021 .
^ "Lizelle Lee returns as South Africa announce experience-laden squad for Women's World Cup" . Cricket South Africa . Retrieved 4 February 2022 .
^ "Kapp, Lee and Jafta mark their return as South Africa announce squad for one-off Test and ODIs against England" . Women's CricZone . Retrieved 17 June 2022 .
^ "Only Test, Taunton, June 27 - 30, 2022, South Africa Women tour of England" . Retrieved 27 June 2022 .
^ "No Dane van Niekerk for Commonwealth Games too, Luus to continue as South Africa captain" . ESPN Cricinfo . Retrieved 15 July 2022 .
^ "CSA Names Proteas Women Squad For Pakistan Series And T20 World Cup In UAE" . Cricket South Africa . Retrieved 3 October 2024 .
^ "CSA Names Proteas Women Squads To Face England In T20I And ODI Series" . Cricket South Africa. Retrieved 12 November 2024 .
^ "South Africa rest Kapp for T20 series with England" . BBC Sport. Retrieved 12 November 2024 .
Further reading
External links
Miané Smit as standby players for the team.