South African cricketer
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]
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]
References
^ "Tumi Sekhukhune" . ESPN Cricinfo . Retrieved 16 September 2018 .
^ "Player Profile: Tumi Sekhukhune" . CricketArchive . Retrieved 14 February 2022 .
^ "Three new faces in South Africa women squad for West Indies tour" . ESPN Cricinfo . Retrieved 15 August 2018 .
^ "1st ODI, ICC Women's Championship at Bridgetown, Sep 16 2018" . ESPN Cricinfo . Retrieved 16 September 2018 .
^ "1st T20I, South Africa Women tour of West Indies (September 2018) at Bridgetown, Sep 24 2018" . ESPN Cricinfo . Retrieved 24 September 2018 .
^ "Cricket South Africa name Women's World T20 squad" . Cricket South Africa . Retrieved 9 October 2018 .
^ "Shabnim Ismail, Trisha Chetty named in South Africa squad for Women's WT20" . International Cricket Council . Retrieved 9 October 2018 .
^ "CSA announce the 2019 Powerade Women's Academy intake" . Cricket South Africa . Retrieved 27 February 2019 .
^ "Du Plessis and Van Niekerk honoured with CSA's top awards" . Cricket South Africa . Retrieved 4 August 2019 .
^ "Du Plessis, van Niekerk named CSA Cricketers of the Year" . ESPN Cricinfo . Retrieved 4 August 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 .
^ "South Africa news Dane van Niekerk to lead experienced South Africa squad in T20 World Cup" . International Cricket Council . Retrieved 13 January 2020 .
^ "CSA to resume training camps for women's team" . ESPN Cricinfo . Retrieved 23 July 2020 .
^ "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 .
^ "Trisha Chetty ruled out of Commonwealth Games 2022 due to back injury" . Women's CricZone . Retrieved 28 July 2022 .
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