Marizanne Kapp

Marizanne Kapp (/mɑːriːˈzɑːn ˈkæp/ mah-ree-ZAHN KAP, Afrikaans pronunciation: [mɑːriˈzɑːn_ˈkæp];[1] born 4 January 1990) is an 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]

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 ODI31 March 2022 v England
ODI shirt no.7
T20I debut (cap 19)16 June 2009 v Australia
Last T20I4 September 2021 v West Indies
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–presentPerth Scorchers
Career statistics
Competition WTest WODI WT20I
Matches 1 118 84
Runs scored 19 2,017 1,046
Batting average 9.50 28.81 19.01
100s/50s 0/0 1/9 0/1
Top score 19 102* 56*
Balls bowled 96 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, 31 March 2022

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.[21]

Personal life

In July 2018, she married her teammate and captain of the South African Women's cricket team Dane van Niekerk.[22]

References
  1. "How To Pronounce Marizanne Kapp". YouTube. Retrieved 6 November 2021.
  2. "Player Profile: Marizanne Kapp". Cricinfo. Retrieved 3 April 2010.
  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". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 21 December 2017.
  5. "Ntozakhe added to CSA womens' contracts". ESPN Cricinfo. 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. Retrieved 17 September 2018.
  8. "Cricket South Africa name Women's World T20 squad". Cricket South Africa. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
  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". ESPN Cricinfo. 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". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 30 November 2018.
  13. "Kapp delighted to reach major career milestone". Cricket South Africa. Retrieved 6 May 2019.
  14. "Cricket South Africa launches four-team women's T20 league". ESPN Cricinfo. 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". ESPN Cricinfo. 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". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 14 March 2022.
  21. "The Hundred 2022: latest squads as Draft picks revealed". BBC Sport. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
  22. "South Africa cricketers Marizanne Kapp and Dane van Niekerk tie the knot". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 8 July 2018.
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