Lara Goodall

Lara Goodall (born 26 April 1996) is a South African cricketer who represents South Africa in Women's One Day Internationals and Women's Twenty20 Internationals.^[1] In February 2019, Cricket South Africa named her as one of the players in the Powerade Women's National Academy intake for 2019.^[2] 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.^[3][4] On 23 July 2020, Goodall was named in South Africa's 24-woman squad to begin training in Pretoria, ahead of their tour to England.^[5]

Lara Goodall

Personal information
Full name	Lara Goodall
Born	(1996-04-26) 26 April 1996 (age 28) Johannesburg, South Africa
Batting	Left-handed
Bowling	Right-arm medium
Role	Batter
International information
National side	South Africa (2016–present)
Only Test (cap 60)	27 June 2022 v England
ODI debut (cap 76)	9 August 2016 v Ireland
Last ODI	17 April 2024 v Sri Lanka
ODI shirt no.	26
T20I debut (cap 42)	6 March 2016 v West Indies
Last T20I	8 December 2023 v Bangladesh
T20I shirt no.	26
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2011/12–present	Western Province
Career statistics
Competition WTest WODI WT20I Matches 1 50 21 Runs scored 36 838 280 Batting average 18.00 21.48 20.00 100s/50s 0/0 0/3 0/1 Top score 26 93* 52 Catches/stumpings 0/– 6/– 4/–
Source: ESPN Cricinfo, 5 October 2024
Medal record Representing  South Africa Women's Cricket T20 World Cup Runner-up 2023 South Africa

In February 2022, she was named in South Africa's team for the 2022 Women's Cricket World Cup in New Zealand.^[6] In June 2022, Goodall was named in South Africa's Women's Test squad for their one-off match against England Women.^[7] She made her Test debut on 27 June 2022, for South Africa against England.^[8] In July 2022, she was named in South Africa's team for the cricket tournament at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England.^[9]

Goodall was named in the South Africa squad for the ODI part of their multi-format home series against England in November 2024.^[10][11]

References

1. "Lara Goodall". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
2. "CSA announce the 2019 Powerade Women's Academy intake". Cricket South Africa. Retrieved 27 February 2019.
3. "Cricket South Africa launches four-team women's T20 league". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 8 September 2019.
4. "CSA launches inaugural Women's T20 Super League". Cricket South Africa. Retrieved 8 September 2019.
5. "CSA to resume training camps for women's team". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
6. "Lizelle Lee returns as South Africa announce experience-laden squad for Women's World Cup". Cricket South Africa. Retrieved 4 February 2022.
7. "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.
8. "Only Test, Taunton, June 27 - 30, 2022, South Africa Women tour of England". Retrieved 27 June 2022.
9. "No Dane van Niekerk for Commonwealth Games too, Luus to continue as South Africa captain". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 15 July 2022.
10. "CSA Names Proteas Women Squads To Face England In T20I And ODI Series". Cricket South Africa. Retrieved 12 November 2024.
11. "South Africa rest Kapp for T20 series with England". BBC Sport. Retrieved 12 November 2024.

Further reading

• S, Shajin Mohanan. "I just changed the entire way that I train, the way I live my life to succeed: Lara Goodall". Women's CricZone. Retrieved 1 August 2022.

External links

• Lara Goodall at ESPNcricinfo
• Lara Goodall at CricketArchive (subscription required)