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Virat Kohli Fan Laura Wolvaardt Guides SA To Final Of Women's T20 World Cup 2023: Know All About Gorgeous Batter - In Pics

Laura Wolvaardt struck a fifty in the all-important semi-final of the ICC Women's T20 World Cup to help South Africa women beat England women and book their place in the final of the tournament. She scored 53 off 44 balsl that included 5 fours and 1 six respectively. This knock came at a healthy strike rate of 120.45. In this story, we get to know more about this extremely talented batter from Rainbow Nation. Check out some of her most beautiful photos too as we go through her cricket profile.

 

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Laura Wolvaardt Possess A Beautiful Cover Drive
Laura Wolvaardt Possess A Beautiful Cover Drive

When Laura plays cover drives, it is one of the most beautiful things to watch on the cricket field. In 2021, Laura was also named in the ICC Women's T20I team of the year thanks to an outstanding run. (Image source: Instagram)

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Laura Wolvaardt's First Big Milestone
Laura Wolvaardt's First Big Milestone

Laura Wolvaardt was just 17 years old when she notched up her maiden ODI hundred, becoming the third youngest to get to the milestone in women's ODIs. In 2017, she was awarded the Women’s Newcomer of the Year at Cricket South Africa's annual awards. (Image source: Instagram)

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Laura Wolvaardt's Career
Laura Wolvaardt's Career

Laura made her international debut in an ODI vs England women in February of 2016. The same year she also made her T20I debut in a game vs Ireland. Laura has also played one Test vs England in June of 2022. In 80 ODIs, she has scored 3193 runs at an average of 45.61 while in 52 T20Is so far, Laura has accumulated 1018 runs at an average of 29.94 and strike rate of 108.18 respectively. (Image source: Instagram)

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Laura Wolvaardt's Incredible World Cup record
Laura Wolvaardt's Incredible World Cup record

With 324 runs at an average of over 60, Wolvaardt finished as South Africa's highest run-scorer in 2017. But five years later, in 2022 Women's ODI World Cups, she topped it by making 433 runs with five scores of over fifty, the most by anyone in the tournament. (Image source: Instagram)

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Laura Wolvaardt Most ODI runs in 2022
Laura Wolvaardt  Most ODI runs in 2022

Laura finished 2022 as the leading run-scorer in women's ODIs, making 728 runs. Her 149 is also the 2nd highest score in women's ODIs by a South African. (Image source: Instagram)

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Laura Wolvaardt Is A Big Kohli Fan
Laura Wolvaardt Is A Big Kohli Fan

Laura Wolvaardt has already revealed to the world that she is big fan of star Indian cricketer Virat Kohli and her favourite IPL team is also RCB. Quite surprisingly, she was ignored at the recently-held WPL 2023 auctions as she found no takers. (Image source: Instagram)





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