Marizanne Kapp
Kapp fielding for the ACT Meteors in 2017
Personal information
Full name
Marizanne Kapp
Born (1990-01-04) 4 January 1990 (age 34)
Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape, South Africa
NicknameKappie
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium
RoleAll-rounder
RelationsDane van Niekerk (wife)
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 52)16 November 2014 v India
Last Test27 June 2022 v England
ODI debut (cap 54)10 March 2009 v Australia
Last ODI8 September 2023 v Pakistan
ODI shirt no.7
T20I debut (cap 19)16 June 2009 v Australia
Last T20I1 September 2023 v Pakistan
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2004/05–presentEastern Province
2009/10–2011/12Northerns
2015/16–2020/21Sydney Sixers
2016Surrey
2016–2019Surrey Stars
2017/18Australian Capital Territory
2021–presentOval Invincibles
2021/22–2022/23Perth Scorchers
2023–presentDelhi Capitals
2023–presentBarbados Royals
2023/24–presentSydney Thunder
Career statistics
Competition WTest WODI WT20I
Matches 2 126 84
Runs scored 212 2,017 1,046
Batting average 70.66 28.81 19.01
100s/50s 1/0 1/9 0/1
Top score 150 102* 56*
Balls bowled 222 5,229 1,450
Wickets 0 134 66
Bowling average – 23.88 19.96
5 wickets in innings 0 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 0 0
Best bowling – 4/14 4/6
Catches/stumpings 1/– 29/– 18/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 21 February 2023

Marizanne Kapp (/mɑːriːˈzɑːn ˈkæp/ mah-ree-ZAHN KAP, Afrikaans pronunciation: [mɑːriˈzɑːn_ˈkæp];[1] born 4 January 1990) is a South African international cricketer who plays for South Africa national women's cricket team.[2] She was the first cricketer for South Africa to take a hat-trick in a Women's Twenty20 International match.[3]

Career

In December 2017, she was named as one of the players in the ICC Women's ODI Team of the Year.[4]

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.[5] In September 2018, she took her 100th wicket in WODIs, during the series against the West Indies.[6][7]

In October 2018, she was named in South Africa's squad for the 2018 ICC Women's World Twenty20 tournament in the West Indies.[8][9] She was the leading run-scorer for South Africa in the tournament, with 98 runs in four matches.[10]

In November 2018, she was named in the Sydney Sixers' squad for the 2018–19 Women's Big Bash League season.[11][12] In May 2019, in the first WODI against Pakistan, Kapp became the third cricketer for South Africa to play in 100 WODI matches.[13]

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.[14][15] In January 2020, she was named in South Africa's squad for the 2020 ICC Women's T20 World Cup in Australia.[16] 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.[17] In 2021, she was drafted by Oval Invincibles for the inaugural season of The Hundred.[18]

In February 2022, she was named in South Africa's team for the 2022 Women's Cricket World Cup in New Zealand.[19] On 14 March 2022, in South Africa's World Cup match against England, Kapp took her first five-wicket haul in WODI cricket.[20]

In April 2022, she was bought by the Oval Invincibles for the 2022 season of The Hundred in England. They later won the competition and she was named Player of the Match for her match-winning innings in the final.[21]

In May 2022, she played two matches for the Falcons team at the 2022 FairBreak Invitational T20 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.[2] In the final of the Invitational, against the Tornadoes team, she made 67* with six fours and two sixes, and was awarded player of the match, but her outstanding performance was not enough to prevent the Tornadoes from winning the tournament.[2][22]

In June 2022, in the one-off Test against England, Kapp scored her first century in Test cricket, with 150 runs.[23] Her total was also the highest individual score for South Africa in a women's Test match.[24] In July 2022, she was named in South Africa's team for the cricket tournament at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England.[25] However, Kapp was later ruled out of the tournament due to family reasons.[26]

Personal life

In July 2018, she married her teammate and captain of the South African Women's cricket team Dane van Niekerk.[27]

References

  1. ^ "How To Pronounce Marizanne Kapp". YouTube. Retrieved 6 November 2021.
  2. ^ a b c "Player Profile: Marizanne Kapp". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 27 May 2022.
  3. ^ "Hat-trick heroes: First to take a T20I hat-trick from each team". Women's CricZone. Retrieved 11 June 2020.
  4. ^ "Ellyse Perry declared ICC's Women's Cricketer of the Year". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 21 December 2017.
  5. ^ "Ntozakhe added to CSA womens' [sic] contracts". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 13 March 2018.
  6. ^ "Luus, Kapp power South Africa to victory in series opener". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 17 September 2018.
  7. ^ "CSA congratulates Marizanne Kapp on bowling landmark". Cricket South Africa. Archived from the original on 17 September 2018. Retrieved 17 September 2018.
  8. ^ "Cricket South Africa name Women's World T20 squad". Cricket South Africa. Retrieved 9 October 2018.[permanent dead link]
  9. ^ "Shabnim Ismail, Trisha Chetty named in South Africa squad for Women's WT20". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
  10. ^ "ICC Women's World T20, 2018/19 - South Africa Women: Batting and bowling averages". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 19 November 2018.
  11. ^ "WBBL04: All you need to know guide". Cricket Australia. Retrieved 30 November 2018.
  12. ^ "The full squads for the WBBL". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 30 November 2018.
  13. ^ "Kapp delighted to reach major career milestone". Cricket South Africa. Retrieved 6 May 2019.[permanent dead link]
  14. ^ "Cricket South Africa launches four-team women's T20 league". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 8 September 2019.
  15. ^ "CSA launches inaugural Women's T20 Super League". Cricket South Africa. Retrieved 8 September 2019.
  16. ^ "South Africa news Dane van Niekerk to lead experienced South Africa squad in T20 World Cup". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 13 January 2020.
  17. ^ "CSA to resume training camps for women's team". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
  18. ^ "The Hundred 2021 - full squad lists". BBC Sport. Retrieved 9 March 2022.
  19. ^ "Lizelle Lee returns as South Africa announce experience-laden squad for Women's World Cup". Cricket South Africa. Retrieved 4 February 2022.
  20. ^ "Kapp class takes South Africa over the line to leave England winless". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 14 March 2022.
  21. ^ "The Hundred 2022: latest squads as Draft picks revealed". BBC Sport. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
  22. ^ "CSA congratulates Luus and Khaka after FairBreak Invitational success". Cricket South Africa. 16 May 2022. Retrieved 27 May 2022.
  23. ^ "'Extraordinary': Twitter reacts to Marizanne Kapp's Test ton for the Proteas". News24. Retrieved 27 June 2022.
  24. ^ "England v South Africa: Marizanne Kapp makes superb 150 at Taunton". BBC Sport. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
  25. ^ "No Dane van Niekerk for Commonwealth Games too, Luus to continue as South Africa captain". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 15 July 2022.
  26. ^ "Marizanne Kapp ruled out of Commonwealth Games". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 26 July 2022.
  27. ^ "South Africa cricketers Marizanne Kapp and Dane van Niekerk tie the knot". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 8 July 2018.

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