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Full name | Irene van Zyl | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Windhoek, Namibia | 27 November 1984||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm offbreak | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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T20I debut (cap 18) | 1 April 2019 v Botswana | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last T20I | 26 September 2023 v United Arab Emirates | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 26 September 2023 |
Irene van Zyl (born 27 November 1984) is a Namibian cricketer[1] and the current captain of the Namibia women's cricket team.[2]
She made her Women's Twenty20 International (WT20I) debut for Namibia on 1 April 2019, against Botswana, during Botswana's tour of Namibia.[3]
In August 2019, she was named in Namibia's squad for the 2019 ICC Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier tournament in Scotland.[4][5] She played in Namibia's opening match of the tournament, on 31 August 2019, against Ireland.[6] In May 2021, she was named as the captain of the Namibian team for the 2021 Kwibuka Women's T20 Tournament in Rwanda.[7]