Ayabonga Khaka
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Full name | Ayabonga Khaka | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Middledrift, Eastern Cape, South Africa | 18 July 1992|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm medium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | Bowler | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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ODI debut (cap 62) | 6 September 2012 v Bangladesh | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last ODI | 6 February 2022 v West Indies | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
ODI shirt no. | 99 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
T20I debut (cap 29) | 11 September 2012 v Bangladesh | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last T20I | 4 September 2021 v West Indies | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2007/08–2016/17 | Border | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2017/18–present | Central Gauteng | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2020/21 | Supernovas | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 14 February 2022 |
Ayabonga Khaka (born 18 July 1992) is a South African cricketer who plays as a right-arm medium bowler.[1] 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.[2] In May 2018, she took her 50th wicket in Women's One Day Internationals (WODIs), during the series against Bangladesh.[3]
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.[4][5] In January 2020, she was named in South Africa's squad for the 2020 ICC Women's T20 World Cup in Australia.[6] On 23 July 2020, Khaka was named in South Africa's 24-woman squad to begin training in Pretoria, ahead of their tour to England.[7]
In January 2022, in the second match against the West Indies, Khaka took her first five-wicket haul in WODIs, with 5 for 26.[8] In February 2022, she was named in South Africa's team for the 2022 Women's Cricket World Cup in New Zealand.[9]
References[]
- ^ "Ayabonga Khaka". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 12 April 2014.
- ^ "Ntozakhe added to CSA womens' contracts". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 13 March 2018.
- ^ "Ayabonga Khaka brings up 50 with career-best figures". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 7 May 2018.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "South Africa news Dane van Niekerk to lead experienced South Africa squad in T20 World Cup". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 13 January 2020.
- ^ "CSA to resume training camps for women's team". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
- ^ "Dottin powers West Indies to dramatic Super Over win in Johannesburg". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
- ^ "Lizelle Lee returns as South Africa announce experience-laden squad for Women's World Cup". Cricket South Africa. Retrieved 4 February 2022.
External links[]
Media related to Ayabonga Khaka at Wikimedia Commons
- Ayabonga Khaka at ESPNcricinfo
- Ayabonga Khaka at CricketArchive (subscription required)
- 1992 births
- Living people
- People from Raymond Mhlaba Local Municipality
- South African women cricketers
- South Africa women One Day International cricketers
- South Africa women Twenty20 International cricketers
- Border women cricketers
- Central Gauteng women cricketers
- IPL Supernovas cricketers