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]

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]

References

  1. ^ "Tumi Sekhukhune". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 16 September 2018.
  2. ^ "Player Profile: Tumi Sekhukhune". CricketArchive. Retrieved 14 February 2022.
  3. ^ "Three new faces in South Africa women squad for West Indies tour". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 15 August 2018.
  4. ^ "1st ODI, ICC Women's Championship at Bridgetown, Sep 16 2018". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 16 September 2018.
  5. ^ "1st T20I, South Africa Women tour of West Indies (September 2018) at Bridgetown, Sep 24 2018". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 24 September 2018.
  6. ^ "Cricket South Africa name Women's World T20 squad". Cricket South Africa. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
  7. ^ "Shabnim Ismail, Trisha Chetty named in South Africa squad for Women's WT20". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
  8. ^ "CSA announce the 2019 Powerade Women's Academy intake". Cricket South Africa. Retrieved 27 February 2019.
  9. ^ "Du Plessis and Van Niekerk honoured with CSA's top awards". Cricket South Africa. Retrieved 4 August 2019.
  10. ^ "Du Plessis, van Niekerk named CSA Cricketers of the Year". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 4 August 2019.
  11. ^ "Cricket South Africa launches four-team women's T20 league". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 8 September 2019.
  12. ^ "CSA launches inaugural Women's T20 Super League". Cricket South Africa. Retrieved 8 September 2019.
  13. ^ "South Africa news Dane van Niekerk to lead experienced South Africa squad in T20 World Cup". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 13 January 2020.
  14. ^ "CSA to resume training camps for women's team". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
  15. ^ "Lizelle Lee returns as South Africa announce experience-laden squad for Women's World Cup". Cricket South Africa. Retrieved 4 February 2022.
  16. ^ "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.
  17. ^ "Only Test, Taunton, June 27 - 30, 2022, South Africa Women tour of England". Retrieved 27 June 2022.
  18. ^ "No Dane van Niekerk for Commonwealth Games too, Luus to continue as South Africa captain". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 15 July 2022.
  19. ^ "Trisha Chetty ruled out of Commonwealth Games 2022 due to back injury". Women's CricZone. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
  20. ^ "CSA Names Proteas Women Squad For Pakistan Series And T20 World Cup In UAE". Cricket South Africa. Retrieved 3 October 2024.
  21. ^ "CSA Names Proteas Women Squads To Face England In T20I And ODI Series". Cricket South Africa. Retrieved 12 November 2024.
  22. ^ "South Africa rest Kapp for T20 series with England". BBC Sport. Retrieved 12 November 2024.
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