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Full name | Tazmin Brits | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1991-01-08) 8 January 1991 (age 34) Klerksdorp, North West, South Africa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | Batter; occasional wicket-keeper | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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National side |
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Only Test (cap 67) | 15 February 2024 v Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
ODI debut (cap 87) | 26 January 2021 v Pakistan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last ODI | 8 December 2024 v England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
T20I debut (cap 47) | 19 May 2018 v Bangladesh | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last T20I | 27 November 2024 v England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
T20I shirt no. | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2004/05–2021/22 | North West | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2022/23–present | South Western Districts | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2023 | South East Stars | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Career statistics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: ESPNcricinfo, 28 December 2024 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Tazmin Brits (born 8 January 1991) is a South African athlete and cricketer. She won gold in the javelin throw at the 2007 World Youth Championships in Athletics. She was in line to be selected for the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, before being involved in a road accident, which left her hospitalised for two months. She made her international debut for the South Africa women's cricket team in May 2018.
Career
In April 2018, she was named in South Africa women's cricket squad for the Women's Twenty20 International (WT20I) series against Bangladesh. Prior to the tour, she captained the South Africa Emerging Players Women's squad against Australia. She made her WT20I debut for South Africa against Bangladesh Women on 19 May 2018.
In February 2019, Cricket South Africa named her as one of the players in the Powerade Women's National Academy intake for 2019. In September 2019, she was named in the F van der Merwe XI squad for the inaugural edition of the Women's T20 Super League in South Africa. In July 2020, Brits was named as the CSA Women's Provincial Cricketer of the Year. On 23 July 2020, Brits was named in South Africa's 24-woman squad to begin training in Pretoria, ahead of their tour to England.
In January 2021, she was named in South Africa's Women's One Day International (WODI) squad for their series against Pakistan. She made her WODI debut for South Africa, against Pakistan, on 26 January 2021.
In February 2022, she was named in South Africa's team for the 2022 Women's Cricket World Cup in New Zealand. In May 2022, Cricket South Africa awarded Brits with her first central contract, ahead of the 2022–23 season. In July 2022, Brits was added to South Africa's team for the cricket tournament at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England. In June 2023, it was announced that she had signed to play for South East Stars in July in the 2023 Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy.
She was named in the South Africa squad for the 2024 ICC Women's T20 World Cup and for their multi-format home series against England in November 2024.
References
- "IAAF World Youth Championships Cali 2015 - Statistics Handbook" (PDF). iaaf.org. Retrieved 19 September 2017.
- "A year later, Junior star Brits is on the road to recovery… and Rio?". Team SA. Retrieved 21 June 2018.
- "Women's World Cup: Tazmin Brits' redemption from crushed Olympic dreams". BBC Sport. Retrieved 1 March 2022.
- "Cricket South Africa name Proteas women's squads for inbound Bangladesh tour". Cricket South Africa. Retrieved 24 April 2018.
- "SA Women's Emerging Squad Fall To Australia In First Tri-Series Appearance". The Republic Mail. Retrieved 26 April 2018.
- "2nd T20I, Bangladesh Women tour of South Africa at Bloemfontein, May 19 2018". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 19 May 2018.
- "CSA announce the 2019 Powerade Women's Academy intake". Cricket South Africa. Retrieved 27 February 2019.
- "Cricket South Africa launches four-team women's T20 league". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 8 September 2019.
- "CSA launches inaugural Women's T20 Super League". Cricket South Africa. Retrieved 8 September 2019.
- "CSA and KFC honour 2019/20 amateur winners through unique Virtual Awards". Cricket South Africa. Retrieved 4 July 2020.
- "CSA to resume training camps for women's team". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
- "CSA announce Momentum Proteas squad for Pakistan Tour". Cricket South Africa. Retrieved 15 January 2021.
- "Sune Luus to lead South Africa in ODIs & T20Is against Pakistan". Women's CricZone. Retrieved 15 January 2021.
- "3rd ODI, Durban, Jan 26 2021, Pakistan Women tour of South Africa". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 26 January 2021.
- "Lizelle Lee returns as South Africa announce experience-laden squad for Women's World Cup". Cricket South Africa. Retrieved 4 February 2022.
- "Tazmin Brits, Nonkululeko Mlaba handed maiden CSA central contracts". CricBuzz. Retrieved 2 May 2022.
- "Proteas lose three key players for Commonwealth Games". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
- "South East Stars Sign South Africa Tazmin Brits". South East Stars. 14 June 2023. Retrieved 14 June 2023.
- "CSA Names Proteas Women Squad For Pakistan Series And T20 World Cup In UAE". Cricket South Africa. Retrieved 3 October 2024.
- "CSA Names Proteas Women Squads To Face England In T20I And ODI Series". Cricket South Africa. Retrieved 12 November 2024.
- "South Africa rest Kapp for T20 series with England". BBC Sport. Retrieved 12 November 2024.
Further reading
- Jolly, Laura (26 February 2023). "Olympic dreams to Newlands, Brits eyes World Cup glory". Cricket.com.au. Retrieved 26 February 2023.
- Narayanan, Lavanya Lakshmi (9 July 2024). "IND-W vs SA-W: Putting the 'Brits' and pieces together - Cricket keeps giving Tazmin's perseverance second chances". Sportstar. Retrieved 4 October 2024.
- Shemilt, Stephan (26 February 2023). "Women's T20 World Cup final: Tazmin Brits' redemption from crushed Olympic dreams". BBC Sport. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
- "From dream-shattering accident to T20 World Cup final for S.Africa's Brits". France 24. AFP. 25 February 2023. Retrieved 26 February 2023.
External links
- Tazmin Brits at World Athletics
- Tazmin Brits at ESPNcricinfo
- Tazmin Brits at CricketArchive (subscription required)
World Youth Champions in women's javelin throw | |
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South Africa squad – 2022 Women's Cricket World Cup semi-finalists | ||
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South Africa squad – 2023 Women's T20 World Cup runners-up | ||
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South Africa squad – 2024 Women's T20 World Cup | ||
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Miané Smit as standby players for the team. |
- 1991 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Klerksdorp
- South African female javelin throwers
- South African women cricketers
- South Africa women Test cricketers
- South Africa women One Day International cricketers
- South Africa women Twenty20 International cricketers
- North West women cricketers
- South Western Districts women cricketers
- South East Stars cricketers
- Cricketers at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
- Commonwealth Games competitors for South Africa