Saarah Smith

Saarah Smith (born 30 March 1999) is a South African cricketer.^[1] In August 2018, she was named in the South Africa Women's squad for their series against the West Indies Women.^[2] She made her Women's Twenty20 International cricket (WT20I) debut for South Africa against West Indies Women on 24 September 2018.^[3]

Saarah Smith

Personal information
Full name	Saarah Smith
Born	(1999-03-30) 30 March 1999 (age 25)
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm off break
Role	All-rounder
International information
National side	South Africa
T20I debut (cap 51)	24 September 2018 v West Indies
Last T20I	6 February 2019 v Sri Lanka
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2011/12	North West
2015/16–present	Western Province
Career statistics
Competition WT20I Matches 7 Runs scored 6 Batting average 3.00 100s/50s 0/0 Top score 4 Balls bowled 42 Wickets 4 Bowling average 14.25 5 wickets in innings 0 10 wickets in match 0 Best bowling 2/17 Catches/stumpings 0/–
Source: Cricinfo, 17 February 2022

In October 2018, she was named in South Africa's squad for the 2018 ICC Women's World Twenty20 tournament in the West Indies.^[4][5] However, the following month, she was ruled out of the tournament due to an injury and replaced by Moseline Daniels.^[6]

In February 2019, Cricket South Africa named her as one of the players in the Powerade Women's National Academy intake for 2019.^[7] In September 2019, she was named in the Terblanche XI squad for the inaugural edition of the Women's T20 Super League in South Africa.^[8][9]

References

1. "Saarah Smith". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 16 September 2018.
2. "Three new faces in South Africa women squad for West Indies tour". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 15 August 2018.
3. "1st T20I, South Africa Women tour of West Indies (September 2018) at Bridgetown, Sep 24 2018". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 24 September 2018.
4. "Cricket South Africa name Women's World T20 squad". Cricket South Africa. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
5. "Shabnim Ismail, Trisha Chetty named in South Africa squad for Women's WT20". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
6. "CSA announce two changes to Proteas Women's World T20 squad". Cricket South Africa. Retrieved 1 November 2018.
7. "CSA announce the 2019 Powerade Women's Academy intake". Cricket South Africa. Retrieved 27 February 2019.
8. "Cricket South Africa launches four-team women's T20 league". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 8 September 2019.
9. "CSA launches inaugural Women's T20 Super League". Cricket South Africa. Retrieved 8 September 2019.

External links

• Saarah Smith at ESPNcricinfo
• Saarah Smith at CricketArchive (subscription required)