Marizanne Kapp

Marizanne Kapp (born 4 January 1990) is an international cricketer who plays for South Africa national women's cricket team.[1] She was the first cricketer for South Africa to take a hat-trick in a Women's Twenty20 International match.[2]

Marizanne Kapp
Kapp fielding for the ACT Meteors in 2017
Personal information
Full nameMarizanne Kapp
Born (1990-01-04) 4 January 1990
Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape, South Africa
NicknameKappie
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium
RoleAll-rounder
International information
National side
Only Test (cap 52)16 November 2014 v India
ODI debut (cap 54)10 March 2009 v Australia
Last ODI23 January 2021 v Pakistan
ODI shirt no.7
T20I debut (cap 19)16 June 2009 v Australia
Last T20I3 February 2021 v Pakistan
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
Eastern Province Women
Career statistics
Competition WTest WODI WT20I
Matches 1 108 78
Runs scored 19 1,834 946
Batting average 9.50 27.37 19.30
100s/50s 0/0 1/6 0/1
Top score 19 102* 56*
Balls bowled 96 4,695 1,325
Wickets 0 123 58
Bowling average – 23.40 20.65
5 wickets in innings 0 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 n/a n/a
Best bowling – 4/14 4/6
Catches/stumpings 1/– 28/– 18/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 3 February 2021

In December 2017, she was named as one of the players in the ICC Women's ODI Team of the Year.[3]

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.[4] In September 2018, she took her 100th wicket in WODIs, during the series against the West Indies.[5][6]

In October 2018, she was named in South Africa's squad for the 2018 ICC Women's World Twenty20 tournament in the West Indies.[7][8] She was the leading run-scorer for South Africa in the tournament, with 98 runs in four matches.[9]

In November 2018, she was named in the Sydney Sixers' squad for the 2018–19 Women's Big Bash League season.[10][11] In May 2019, in the first WODI against Pakistan, Kapp became the third cricketer for South Africa to play in 100 WODI matches.[12]

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.[13][14] In January 2020, she was named in South Africa's squad for the 2020 ICC Women's T20 World Cup in Australia.[15] On 23 July 2020, Kapp was named in South Africa's 24-woman squad to begin training in Pretoria, ahead of their tour to England.[16]

Personal life

She is married to teammate and captain of the South African Women's cricket team Dane van Niekerk.[17]

References
  1. "Player Profile: Marizanne Kapp". Cricinfo. Retrieved 3 April 2010.
  2. "Hat-trick heroes: First to take a T20I hat-trick from each team". Women's CricZone. Retrieved 11 June 2020.
  3. "Ellyse Perry declared ICC's Women's Cricketer of the Year". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 21 December 2017.
  4. "Ntozakhe added to CSA womens' contracts". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 13 March 2018.
  5. "Luus, Kapp power South Africa to victory in series opener". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 17 September 2018.
  6. "CSA congratulates Marizanne Kapp on bowling landmark". Cricket South Africa. Retrieved 17 September 2018.
  7. "Cricket South Africa name Women's World T20 squad". Cricket South Africa. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
  8. "Shabnim Ismail, Trisha Chetty named in South Africa squad for Women's WT20". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
  9. "ICC Women's World T20, 2018/19 - South Africa Women: Batting and bowling averages". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 19 November 2018.
  10. "WBBL04: All you need to know guide". Cricket Australia. Retrieved 30 November 2018.
  11. "The full squads for the WBBL". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 30 November 2018.
  12. "Kapp delighted to reach major career milestone". Cricket South Africa. Retrieved 6 May 2019.
  13. "Cricket South Africa launches four-team women's T20 league". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 8 September 2019.
  14. "CSA launches inaugural Women's T20 Super League". Cricket South Africa. Retrieved 8 September 2019.
  15. "South Africa news Dane van Niekerk to lead experienced South Africa squad in T20 World Cup". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 13 January 2020.
  16. "CSA to resume training camps for women's team". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
  17. "South Africa cricketers Marizanne Kapp and Dane van Niekerk tie the knot". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 8 July 2018.
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