Sinalo Jafta

Sinalo Jafta (born 22 December 1994) is a South African cricketer who plays as a wicket-keeper and right-handed batter.[1] She made her Women's One Day International cricket (WODI) debut against New Zealand on 22 October 2016.[2] In April 2019, she was named in South Africa's Women's Twenty20 International (WT20I) squad for their series against Pakistan.[3] She made her WT20I debut for South Africa against Pakistan on 15 May 2019.[4]

Sinalo Jafta
Personal information
Full name
Sinalo Jafta
Born (1994-12-22) 22 December 1994
East London, South Africa
BattingRight-handed
RoleWicket-keeper
International information
National side
Only Test (cap 61)27 June 2022 v England
ODI debut (cap 77)22 October 2016 v New Zealand
Last ODI8 September 2023 v Pakistan
T20I debut (cap 53)15 May 2019 v Pakistan
Last T20I1 September 2023 v Pakistan
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2010/11–2011/12Border
2012/13–2018/19North West
2014/15Border
2019/20–2022/23Western Province
2023/24–presentCentral Gauteng
Career statistics
Competition WTest WODI WT20I
Matches 1 16 18
Runs scored 4 82 58
Batting average 4.00 13.66 19.33
100s/50s 0/0 0/0 0/0
Top score 4 28* 16
Catches/stumpings 0/– 9/0 11/2
Source: Cricinfo, 21 February 2023

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.[5][6] In March 2020, she was awarded with a national contract by Cricket South Africa ahead of the 2020–21 season.[7][8] On 23 July 2020, Jafta was named in South Africa's 24-woman squad to begin training in Pretoria, ahead of their tour to England.[9]

In April 2021, she was named the as captain of the South African Emerging Women's squad that toured Bangladesh.[10][11] In February 2022, she was named in South Africa's team for the 2022 Women's Cricket World Cup in New Zealand.[12] In June 2022, Jafta was named in South Africa's Women's Test squad for their one-off match against England Women.[13] She made her Test debut on 27 June 2022, for South Africa against England.[14]

In July 2022, she was named in South Africa's team for the cricket tournament at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England.[15]

References
  1. "Sinalo Jafta". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 16 January 2017.
  2. "New Zealand Women tour of South Africa, 6th ODI: South Africa Women v New Zealand Women at Paarl, Oct 22, 2016". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 16 January 2017.
  3. "Luus to captain South Africa in Women's Championship ODIs against Pakistan". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 26 April 2019.
  4. "1st T20I, Pakistan Women tour of South Africa at Pretoria, May 15 2019". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 15 May 2019.
  5. "Cricket South Africa launches four-team women's T20 league". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 8 September 2019.
  6. "CSA launches inaugural Women's T20 Super League". Cricket South Africa. Retrieved 8 September 2019.
  7. "Beuran Hendricks earns CSA national contract, Dale Steyn left out". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 23 March 2020.
  8. "CSA announces Proteas contract squads for 2020/21". Cricket South Africa. Retrieved 23 March 2020.
  9. "CSA to resume training camps for women's team". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
  10. "SA Emerging go down by 54 runs in tour opener". Cricket South Africa. Retrieved 4 April 2021.
  11. "Sinalo Jafta, Nigar Sultana Joty to lead South Africa, Bangladesh in Emerging series". Women's CricZone. Retrieved 4 April 2021.
  12. "Lizelle Lee returns as South Africa announce experience-laden squad for Women's World Cup". Cricket South Africa. Retrieved 4 February 2022.
  13. "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.
  14. "Only Test, Taunton, June 27 - 30, 2022, South Africa Women tour of England". Retrieved 27 June 2022.
  15. "No Dane van Niekerk for Commonwealth Games too, Luus to continue as South Africa captain". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 15 July 2022.

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