Cri-Zelda Brits

Cri-Zelda Brits
Personal information
Full name
Cri-Zelda Brits
Born (1983-11-20) 20 November 1983 (age 40)
Rustenburg, Transvaal, South Africa
NicknameGris
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium-fast
RoleBatter
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 27)19 March 2002 v India
Last Test28 July 2007 v Netherlands
ODI debut (cap 31)7 March 2002 v India
Last ODI15 February 2013 v Sri Lanka
ODI shirt no.18
T20I debut (cap 2)10 August 2007 v New Zealand
Last T20I20 January 2013 v West Indies
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2003/04Western Province
2004Kent
2004/05Northerns
2005/06–2007/08North West
2007/08Free State
2008/09–2015/16Gauteng
Career statistics
Competition WTest WODI WT20I WLA
Matches 4 69 19 150
Runs scored 150 1,622 405 4,181
Batting average 21.42 28.96 27.00 35.43
100s/50s 0/1 1/11 0/2 7/25
Top score 61 107* 57* 126*
Balls bowled 507 817 1,754
Wickets 6 22 45
Bowling average 42.50 26.40 26.08
5 wickets in innings 0 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 0 0
Best bowling 2/68 4/37 4/16
Catches/stumpings 2/– 22/– 3/– 68/5
Source: CricketArchive, 11 April 2021

Cri-Zelda Brits (/krˈzɛldə/), also written Crizelda Brits and Cri-zelda Brits (born 20 November 1983[1]) is a South African cricketer. A right-handed batsman and right-arm medium-fast bowler, Brits was originally called up to the South Africa national women's cricket team as an opening bowler in 2002. She developed into an all-rounder, and since 2005 has established herself as a specialist batsman. She captained South Africa in 23 matches in 2007 and 2008, but was replaced as captain in 2009 in order to "concentrate entirely on her own performance."[2] She was reappointed as captain for the 2010 ICC Women's World Twenty20. Between 2007 and 2011 she captain South Africa a total of 36 times (1 Test,[3] 23 One Day Internationals[4] and 12 Twenty20 Internationals[5]).

She is one of South Africa women's most prolific batsmen; being the first South African woman to have scored a half-century in a Twenty20 International.

  1. ^ Cri-Zelda Brits at ESPNcricinfo
  2. ^ "Loubser replaces Brits as captain". Cricinfo. Retrieved 22 June 2009.
  3. ^ "SA Women Test captains". Cricinfo. Retrieved 31 March 2015.
  4. ^ "SA Women ODI captains". Cricinfo. Archived from the original on 23 November 2016. Retrieved 31 March 2015.
  5. ^ "SA Women T20 captains". Cricinfo. Archived from the original on 12 September 2015. Retrieved 31 March 2015.