Maeva Douma

Maeva Douma
Personal information
Full name
Maeva Francine Debora Douma
Born (2005-02-25) 25 February 2005 (age 19)
Yaoundé, Cameroon
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium
RoleAll-rounder
International information
National side
T20I debut (cap 2)12 September 2021 v Uganda
Last T20I15 September 2021 v Sierra Leone
Career statistics
Competition WT20I
Matches 4
Runs scored 6
Batting average 1.50
100s/50s 0/0
Top score 3
Balls bowled 48
Wickets 2
Bowling average 30.50
5 wickets in innings 0
10 wickets in match 0
Best bowling 1/11
Catches/stumpings 0/–
Source: Cricinfo, 18 September 2021

Maeva Douma (born 25 February 2005) is a Cameroonian cricketer who plays for the Cameroon women's cricket team.[1] In September 2021, she dismissed four batters in one match by running them out at the non-striker's end,[2] a form of dismissal known as "Mankading".[3] It was only the second time that four run outs had been affected by one cricketer in a women's international match.[4]

Douma began playing cricket while in school, after seeing a match being played where she lived, before joining a local cricket club.[5] She plays as an all-rounder.[6]

In September 2021, Douma was named in Cameroon's squad for the 2021 ICC Women's T20 World Cup Africa Qualifier tournament in Botswana.[7] It was Cameroon's debut at an International Cricket Council (ICC) women's event.[8] She made her Women's Twenty20 International (WT20I) debut for Cameroon on 12 September 2021, in their first match of the tournament, against Uganda.[9] Douma took a wicket with her second delivery of the match, bowling Uganda's opener Prosscovia Alako.[10] She then went on to dismiss Kevin Awino, Rita Musamali, Immaculate Nakisuuyi and Janet Mbabazi, all by running them out at the non-striker's end.[11] However, Uganda went on to win the match by 155 runs, after Cameroon only made 35 runs before being bowled out.[12]

  1. ^ "Maeva Douma". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 18 September 2021.
  2. ^ "Cameroon's Maeva Douma effects four run-outs at non-striker's end against Uganda". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 19 September 2021.
  3. ^ "Cameroon v Uganda: Bowler Mankads four batters". BBC Sport. Retrieved 12 September 2021.
  4. ^ "'Unbelievable': Cameroon cricketer dismisses four batters at non-striker's end in one match". News.com.au. Retrieved 18 September 2021.
  5. ^ "Cameroon's Maeva Douma sees running out non-striker as great opportunity to dismiss batters". Women's CricZone. Retrieved 18 September 2021.
  6. ^ "Meet Maeva Douma, the talk of the cricket world". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 18 September 2021.
  7. ^ "T20 World Cup Africa qualifers [sic]: Group B – Know the teams". Women's CricZone. Retrieved 8 September 2021.
  8. ^ "Botswana, Cameroon and Eswatini to compete in their first ICC Women's event". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 8 September 2021.
  9. ^ "6th Match, Group B, Gaborone (Oval 2), Sep 12 2021, ICC Women's T20 World Cup Africa Region Qualifier". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 18 September 2021.
  10. ^ "16-Year-old Maeva Douma Runs Out Four Non-Strikers in Sensational T20I Debut". News18. Retrieved 18 September 2021.
  11. ^ ""Remember the name!", Maeva Douma mankads four Uganda batters". Circle of Cricket. Retrieved 5 December 2021.
  12. ^ "Cricket chaos as bowler takes FOUR controversial 'Mankads' in one innings". Fox Sports. 13 September 2021. Retrieved 18 September 2021.