Yolandi van der Westhuizen

Yolandi van der Westhuizen (born 11 December 1981) is a South African former cricketer and current cricket coach. She played as a right-handed batter and wicket-keeper. She appeared in eight One Day Internationals and 12 Twenty20 Internationals for South Africa between 2009 and 2014. She played domestic cricket for Western Province and Boland.[1][2]

Yolandi van der Westhuizen
Personal information
Full name
Yolandi van der Westhuizen
Born (1981-12-11) 11 December 1981 (age 42)
Cape Town, South Africa
BattingRight-handed
RoleWicket-keeper
International information
National side
ODI debut (cap 55)12 March 2009 v New Zealand
Last ODI9 September 2012 v Bangladesh
ODI shirt no.2
T20I debut (cap 28)27 October 2011 v England
Last T20I4 April 2014 v England
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2005/06–2006/07Western Province
2007/08–2017/18Boland
Career statistics
Competition WODI WT20I WLA WT20
Matches 8 12 100 28
Runs scored 40 20 2,589 315
Batting average 5.71 4.00 33.62 21.00
100s/50s 0/0 0/0 1/18 0/0
Top score 20 11 114* 48
Catches/stumpings 4/– 2/– 86/46 7/6
Source: CricketArchive, 18 February 2022

In 2021, she was appointed as Head Coach of Boland's women's team, becoming the first woman to coach the side.[3]

References

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  1. ^ "Player Profile: Yolandi van der Westhuizen". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
  2. ^ "Player Profile: Yolandi van der Westhuizen". CricketArchive. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
  3. ^ "Yolandi van der Westhuizen appointed Boland coach". Women's CricZone. 25 October 2021. Retrieved 25 October 2021.
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