Lizelle Lee

Lizelle Lee (born 2 April 1992) is a South African cricketer who has played for the South Africa women's national cricket team since 2013. She has played for Western Storm and Surrey Stars in the Women's Cricket Super League, as well as Melbourne Stars and Melbourne Renegades in the Women's Big Bash League. Lee is an opening batter.

Lizelle Lee
Lee batting for South Africa during the 2020 ICC Women's T20 World Cup
Personal information
Full nameLizelle Lee
Born (1992-04-02) 2 April 1992
Ermelo, South Africa
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium-fast
RoleBatsman
International information
National side
Only Test (cap 53)16 November 2014 v India
ODI debut (cap 67)20 September 2013 v Bangladesh
Last ODI26 January 2021 v Pakistan
ODI shirt no.67
T20I debut (cap 35)12 September 2013 v Bangladesh
Last T20I31 January 2021 v Pakistan
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
Mpumalanga Women
North West women
Western Storm
2017–2019Surrey Stars
2017–2019Melbourne Stars
2020Melbourne Renegades
Career statistics
Competition WTest WODI WT20I
Matches 1 76 61
Runs scored 6 2,392 1,334
Batting average 3.00 33.69 25.16
100s/50s 0/0 2/17 1/8
Top score 4 117 101
Balls bowled – 119 42
Wickets – 3 0
Bowling average – 31.00 –
5 wickets in innings – 0 0
10 wickets in match – – –
Best bowling – 2/12 –
Catches/stumpings 0/– 40/4 20/1
Source: Cricinfo, 31 January 2021

Domestic career

Lee has played for Western Storm and Surrey Stars in the English Women's Cricket Super League.[1] She was part of the Stars team that lost their 2017 Women's Cricket Super League semi-final to Western Storm.[2] In the 2018 Women's Cricket Super League final, Lee scored 104 off 58 balls to help the Stars beat Loughborough Lightning.[1][3] In September 2019, she was named in the M van der Merwe XI squad for the inaugural edition of the Women's T20 Super League in South Africa.[4][5]

Lee represented Melbourne Stars for three seasons in the Australian Women's Big Bash League (WBBL). She made 40 appearances for the Stars, scoring 1,100 runs.[1] In her first match of the 2018–19 Women's Big Bash League season, Lee scored 102* from 56 balls. It was her third career century in Twenty20 cricket, and her first in the WBBL.[6] Ahead of the 2020–21 Women's Big Bash League season, Lee joined Melbourne Renegades,[7] replacing Jess Duffin who was on maternity leave.[8]

International career

Lee made her debut for the South Africa women's national cricket team against Bangladesh in 2013.[1][9] In March 2018, she was one of fourteen players to be awarded a national contract by Cricket South Africa ahead of the 2018–19 season.[10] In May 2018, during the series against Bangladesh Women, she became the third player for South Africa Women to score 2,000 runs in WODIs.[11]

In October 2018, she was named in South Africa's squad for the 2018 ICC Women's World Twenty20 tournament in the West Indies.[12][13] In February 2019, Lee was withdrawn from the South Africa squad for their series against Sri Lanka due to fitness concerns.[14] Later in the year, Lee scored 75* off 48 balls in the fifth match of the 2019 series against Pakistan to help South Africa win the series 3–2.[15][16] In October 2019, Lee scored 84 from 47 balls in South Africa's fifth T20I in India. South Africa won the match by 105 runs, but lost the series 3–1.[17]

In January 2020, she was named in South Africa's squad for the 2020 ICC Women's T20 World Cup in Australia.[18] In South Africa's match against Thailand, Lee scored her first century in WT20I cricket, with 101 runs.[19] It was the fastest century by a South African woman in Twenty20 cricket.[20] On 23 July 2020, Lee was named in South Africa's 24-woman squad to begin training in Pretoria, ahead of their tour to England.[21]

Personal life

Lee married long term partner Tanja Cronje in September 2020.[22] Their wedding had been planned for April 2020, but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[22][23]

References
  1. "Lizelle Lee". The Cricketer. 26 January 2020. Retrieved 20 November 2020.
  2. "Women's Super League: Surrey Storm chase 101 to beat Surrey Stars". BBC Sport. 1 September 2017. Retrieved 20 November 2020.
  3. Nicholson, Raf (27 August 2018). "Surrey Stars thrash Loughborough Lightning to win Super League final". The Guardian. Retrieved 16 September 2018.
  4. "Cricket South Africa launches four-team women's T20 league". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 8 September 2019.
  5. "CSA launches inaugural Women's T20 Super League". Cricket South Africa. Retrieved 8 September 2019.
  6. "Lizelle Lee plays down third T20 century". International Cricket Council. 2 December 2018. Retrieved 20 November 2020.
  7. "Lizelle Lee is relishing the return to cricket in WBBL|06". Cricket World. 24 October 2020. Retrieved 20 November 2020.
  8. "Women's Big Bash League 2020: The big international signings". International Cricket Council. 23 October 2020. Retrieved 20 November 2020.
  9. "Lizelle Lee". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 7 April 2014.
  10. "Ntozakhe added to CSA womens' contracts". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 13 March 2018.
  11. "South Africa women bundle out Bangladesh for 76". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 11 May 2018.
  12. "Cricket South Africa name Women's World T20 squad". Cricket South Africa. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
  13. "Shabnim Ismail, Trisha Chetty named in South Africa squad for Women's WT20". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
  14. "Lizelle Lee withdrawn from SA's squad over 'fitness standards'". ESPNcricinfo. 1 February 2019. Retrieved 20 November 2020.
  15. "Lizelle Lee powers South Africa to 3–2 series win". International Cricket Council. 23 May 2019. Retrieved 20 November 2020.
  16. "Lizelle Lee powers Proteas Women to series win over Pakistan". Independent Online. 23 May 2019. Retrieved 20 November 2020.
  17. "India Women lose final T20 by 105 runs, clinch SA series 3–1". Sportstar. 4 October 2019. Retrieved 20 November 2020.
  18. "South Africa news Dane van Niekerk to lead experienced South Africa squad in T20 World Cup". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 13 January 2020.
  19. "Lizelle Lee's century guides South Africa to highest team total in Women's T20 World Cup". The Cricket Times. Retrieved 28 February 2020.
  20. "Lizelle Lee embraces her better instincts to put Thailand to the sword". The Cricketer. 28 February 2020. Retrieved 20 November 2020.
  21. "CSA to resume training camps for women's team". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
  22. "Lizelle Lee gets married to her girlfriend Tanja Cronje". Female Cricket. 7 September 2020. Retrieved 20 November 2020.
  23. "South Africa cricketer Lizelle Lee's wedding put on hold due to Covid-19 crisis". India Today. 3 April 2020. Retrieved 20 November 2020.

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