The South Africa women's under-19 cricket team represents South Africa in international under-19 women's cricket. The team is administrated by Cricket South Africa.
The team played their first official international matches against India in late 2022 and early 2023, in preparation for the 2023 Under-19 Women's T20 World Cup, the first ever international women's under-19 cricket competition, held in South Africa. They reached the Super Six stage at the inaugural tournament.
History The inaugural Women's Under-19 World Cup was scheduled to take place in January 2021, but was postponed multiple times due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The tournament would eventually take place in January 2023, in South Africa. As the host nation, South Africa qualified automatically for the tournament.
In December 2022, the side competed in one of South Africa's domestic competitions, the Women's T20 Super League, losing all of their completed matches. Later in December and in January 2023, they played a five-match T20I series against India. At the Under-19 T20 World Cup, the side reached the Super Six stage, in which they finished fourth in their group.
Recent call-ups The table below lists all the players who have been selected in recent squads for South Africa under-19s. Currently, this includes the squad for their series against India and the 2023 Under-19 Women's T20 World Cup.
Name Most Recent Call-up Jemma Botha 2023 World Cup Jenna Evans 2023 World Cup Ayanda Hlubl 2023 World Cup Elandri Janse van Rensburg 2023 World Cup Madison Landsman 2023 World Cup Monalisa Legodi 2023 World Cup Simone Lourens 2023 World Cup Karabo Meso 2023 World Cup Refilwe Moncho 2023 World Cup Seshnie Naldu 2023 World Cup Nthablseng Nini 2023 World Cup Kayla Reyneke 2023 World Cup Oluhle Siyo 2023 World Cup Mlane Smit 2023 World Cup Anica Swart 2023 World Cup
Tournament History Under-19 T20 World Cup record South Africa's U19 T20 World Cup recordYear Result 2023Super 66th1654100 2025Runners-up2nd1675101 2027To be determinedTotal 0 title129201
Honours ICC U19 T20 World Cup Runners-up (1): 2025
Records & statistics International match summary
As of 24 January 2023 Playing records Format M W L T D/NR Inaugural matchYouth Women's Twenty20 Internationals 1145 0 2 27 December 2022 Youth Women's Twenty20 record versus other nations
As of 24 January 2023 ICC Full membersOpponent M W L T NR First match First win1100021 January 202321 January 2023 India 7050227 December 2022 1100024 January 202324 January 2023 Associate members Opponent M W L T NR First match First win Scotland1100016 January 202316 January 2023 United Arab Emirates1100018 January 202318 January 2023
Leading runs scorers
S/NPlayersRunsAverageCareer span1Kayla Reyneke18535.602022–Present2Simone Lourens15728.202022–Present3Madison Landsman10118.202022–Present
Leading wickets takers
S/NPlayerWicketsAverageCareer span1Kayla Reyneke1113.50 2022–Present2Mlane Smit78.42 2022–Present3Madison Landsman69.50 2022–Present
Highest individual innings
S/NPlayerScoreOppositionMatch Date1Simone Lourens6114 January 20232Kayla Reyneke5316 January 20233Kayla Reyneke4324 January 2023
Highest individual bowling figures
S/NPlayerScoreOppositionMatch Date1Mlane Smit4/1118 January 20232Simone Laurens4/1616 January 20233Kayla Reyneke4/1921 January 2023
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