Lara Goodall

Lara Goodall
Personal information
Full name
Lara Goodall
Born (1996-04-26) 26 April 1996 (age 28)
Johannesburg, South Africa
BattingLeft-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium
RoleBatter
International information
National side
Only Test (cap 60)27 June 2022 v England
ODI debut (cap 76)9 August 2016 v Ireland
Last ODI17 April 2024 v Sri Lanka
ODI shirt no.26
T20I debut (cap 42)6 March 2016 v West Indies
Last T20I8 December 2023 v Bangladesh
T20I shirt no.26
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2011/12–presentWestern Province
Career statistics
Competition WTest WODI WT20I
Matches 1 50 21
Runs scored 36 838 280
Batting average 18.00 21.48 20.00
100s/50s 0/0 0/3 0/1
Top score 26 93* 52
Catches/stumpings 0/– 6/– 4/–
Source: ESPN Cricinfo, 5 October 2024
Medal record
Representing  South Africa
Women's Cricket
T20 World Cup
Runner-up 2023 South Africa

Lara Goodall (born 26 April 1996) is a South African cricketer who represents South Africa in Women's One Day Internationals and Women's Twenty20 Internationals.[1] In February 2019, Cricket South Africa named her as one of the players in the Powerade Women's National Academy intake for 2019.[2] In September 2019, she was named in the M van der Merwe XI squad for the inaugural edition of the Women's T20 Super League in South Africa.[3][4] On 23 July 2020, Goodall was named in South Africa's 24-woman squad to begin training in Pretoria, ahead of their tour to England.[5]

In February 2022, she was named in South Africa's team for the 2022 Women's Cricket World Cup in New Zealand.[6] In June 2022, Goodall was named in South Africa's Women's Test squad for their one-off match against England Women.[7] She made her Test debut on 27 June 2022, for South Africa against England.[8] In July 2022, she was named in South Africa's team for the cricket tournament at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England.[9]

Goodall was named in the South Africa squad for the ODI part of their multi-format home series against England in November 2024.[10][11]

  1. ^ "Lara Goodall". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
  2. ^ "CSA announce the 2019 Powerade Women's Academy intake". Cricket South Africa. Retrieved 27 February 2019.
  3. ^ "Cricket South Africa launches four-team women's T20 league". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 8 September 2019.
  4. ^ "CSA launches inaugural Women's T20 Super League". Cricket South Africa. Retrieved 8 September 2019.
  5. ^ "CSA to resume training camps for women's team". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
  6. ^ "Lizelle Lee returns as South Africa announce experience-laden squad for Women's World Cup". Cricket South Africa. Retrieved 4 February 2022.
  7. ^ "Kapp, Lee and Jafta mark their return as South Africa announce squad for one-off Test and ODIs against England". Women's CricZone. Retrieved 17 June 2022.
  8. ^ "Only Test, Taunton, June 27 - 30, 2022, South Africa Women tour of England". Retrieved 27 June 2022.
  9. ^ "No Dane van Niekerk for Commonwealth Games too, Luus to continue as South Africa captain". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 15 July 2022.
  10. ^ "CSA Names Proteas Women Squads To Face England In T20I And ODI Series". Cricket South Africa. Retrieved 12 November 2024.
  11. ^ "South Africa rest Kapp for T20 series with England". BBC Sport. Retrieved 12 November 2024.