Lutho Sipamla

Lutho Sipamla (born 12 May 1998) is a South African cricketer who plays domestic cricket for Eastern Province.[1] He made his international debut for the South Africa cricket team in February 2019.[2]

Lutho Sipamla
Personal information
Born (1998-05-12) 12 May 1998
Port Elizabeth, South Africa
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 346)26 December 2020 v Sri Lanka
Last Test3 January 2021 v Sri Lanka
ODI debut (cap 134)4 February 2020 v England
Last ODI7 March 2020 v Australia
T20I debut (cap 80)3 February 2019 v Pakistan
Last T20I1 December 2020 v England
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI T20I FC
Matches 2 4 6 30
Runs scored 5 10 0 152
Batting average 2.50 – 0.00 4.75
100s/50s 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0
Top score 5 10* 0 18
Balls bowled 239 146 110 4,051
Wickets 10 2 4 89
Bowling average 16.70 61.11 44.00 26.29
5 wickets in innings 0 0 0 2
10 wickets in match 0 0 0 0
Best bowling 4/76 1/40 2/22 5/53
Catches/stumpings 1/– 1/– 2/– 11/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 5 January 2021

Domestic career

He made his first-class debut for Eastern Province in the 2016–17 Sunfoil 3-Day Cup on 5 January 2017.[3] Prior to his debut, he was named in South Africa's squad for the 2016 Under-19 Cricket World Cup.[4] He made his List A debut for Eastern Province in the 2016–17 CSA Provincial One-Day Challenge on 12 February 2017.[5]

In September 2018, he was named in Eastern Province's squad for the 2018 Africa T20 Cup.[6] He made his Twenty20 debut for Eastern Province in the 2018 Africa T20 Cup on 14 September 2018.[7]

In October 2018, he was named in Tshwane Spartans' squad for the first edition of the Mzansi Super League T20 tournament.[8][9] He was the joint-leading wicket-taker for the team in the tournament, with sixteen dismissals in ten matches.[10] In August 2019, he was named the Mzansi Super League Young Player of the Year at Cricket South Africa's annual award ceremony.[11]

In September 2019, he was named in the squad for the Tshwane Spartans team for the 2019 Mzansi Super League tournament.[12]

International career

In July 2018, he was named in the Cricket South Africa Emerging Squad.[13] In January 2019, he was named in South Africa's Twenty20 International (T20I) squad for their series against Pakistan.[14] He made his T20I debut for South Africa against Pakistan on 3 February 2019.[15] In January 2020, he was named in South Africa's One Day International (ODI) squad for their series against England.[16] He made his ODI debut on 4 February 2020, for South Africa against England.[17]

In December 2020, Sipamla was added to South Africa's Test squad for their series against Sri Lanka.[18] He made his Test debut for South Africa, against Sri Lanka, on 26 December 2020.[19]

References
  1. "Sipamla enjoys growth spurt with Proteas". Cricket South Africa. Retrieved 23 June 2020.
  2. "Lutho Sipamla". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 6 January 2017.
  3. "Sunfoil 3-Day Cup, Cross Pool: Eastern Province v Border at Port Elizabeth, Jan 5-7, 2017". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 6 January 2017.
  4. "Tony de Zorzi to lead South Africa at U-19 World Cup". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 21 December 2015.
  5. "CSA Provincial One-Day Challenge, Pool B: Free State v Eastern Province at Bloemfontein, Feb 12, 2017". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 12 February 2017.
  6. "Eastern Province Squad". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 12 September 2018.
  7. "Pool C, Africa T20 Cup at East London, Sep 14 2018". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 14 September 2018.
  8. "Mzansi Super League - full squad lists". Sport24. Retrieved 17 October 2018.
  9. "Mzansi Super League Player Draft: The story so far". Independent Online. Retrieved 17 October 2018.
  10. "Mzansi Super League, 2018/19 - Tshwane Spartans: Batting and bowling averages". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 12 December 2018.
  11. "Du Plessis and Van Niekerk honoured with CSA's top awards". Cricket South Africa. Retrieved 4 August 2019.
  12. "MSL 2.0 announces its T20 squads". Cricket South Africa. Retrieved 4 September 2019.
  13. "De Zorzi to lead SA Emerging Squad in Sri Lanka". Cricket South Africa. Retrieved 19 July 2018.
  14. "Uncapped Lutho Sipamla in South Africa T20I squad". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 25 January 2019.
  15. "2nd T20I, Pakistan tour of South Africa at Johannesburg, Feb 3 2019". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 3 February 2019.
  16. "Lungi Ngidi, Temba Bavuma named in South Africa ODI squad, Quinton de Kock to be captain". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 21 January 2020.
  17. "1st ODI (D/N), England tour of South Africa at Cape Town, Feb 4 2020". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 4 February 2020.
  18. "Three players added to Proteas Test squad". Cricket South Africa. Retrieved 18 December 2020.
  19. "1st Test, Centurion, Dec 26 - Dec 30 2020, Sri Lanka tour of South Africa". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 26 December 2020.
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