Lizelle Lee

Lizelle Lee (born 2 April 1992) is a South African cricketer who made her debut for the South Africa national women's cricket team in late 2013.[1] In March 2018, she was one of fourteen players to be awarded a national contract by Cricket South Africa ahead of the 2018–19 season.[2]

Lizelle Lee
Lee batting for South Africa during the 2020 ICC Women's T20 World Cup
Personal information
Full nameLizelle Lee
Born (1992-04-02) 2 April 1992
Ermelo, South Africa
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium-fast
RoleBatsman
International information
National side
Only Test (cap 53)16 November 2014 v India
ODI debut (cap 67)20 September 2013 v Bangladesh
Last ODI30 January 2020 v New Zealand
ODI shirt no.67
T20I debut (cap 35)12 September 2013 v Bangladesh
Last T20I5 March 2020 v Australia
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
Mpumalanga Women
North West women
2018-Surrey Stars
Career statistics
Competition WTest WODI WT20I
Matches 1 76 61
Runs scored 6 2,392 1,334
Batting average 3.00 33.69 25.16
100s/50s 0/0 2/17 1/8
Top score 4 117 101
Balls bowled - 119 42
Wickets - 3 0
Bowling average – 31.00 -
5 wickets in innings - 0 0
10 wickets in match - - -
Best bowling – 2/12 -
Catches/stumpings 0/– 40/4 20/1
Source: Cricinfo, 5 March 2020

In May 2018, during the series against Bangladesh Women, she became the third player for South Africa Women to score 2,000 runs in WODIs.[3] Playing for Surrey Stars, Lee scored a century in the final of the 2018 Women's Cricket Super League to help the Stars beat Loughborough Lightning.[4]

In October 2018, she was named in South Africa's squad for the 2018 ICC Women's World Twenty20 tournament in the West Indies.[5][6] In November 2018, she was named in the Melbourne Stars' squad for the 2018–19 Women's Big Bash League season.[7][8] 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.[9][10]

In January 2020, she was named in South Africa's squad for the 2020 ICC Women's T20 World Cup in Australia.[11] In South Africa's match against Thailand, Lee scored her first century in WT20I cricket, with 101 runs.[12] On 23 July 2020, Lee was named in South Africa's 24-woman squad to begin training in Pretoria, ahead of their tour to England.[13]

References
  1. "Lizelle Lee". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 7 April 2014.
  2. "Ntozakhe added to CSA womens' contracts". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 13 March 2018.
  3. "South Africa women bundle out Bangladesh for 76". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 11 May 2018.
  4. Nicholson, Raf (27 August 2018). "Surrey Stars thrash Loughborough Lightning to win Super League final". The Guardian. Retrieved 16 September 2018.
  5. "Cricket South Africa name Women's World T20 squad". Cricket South Africa. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
  6. "Shabnim Ismail, Trisha Chetty named in South Africa squad for Women's WT20". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
  7. "WBBL04: All you need to know guide". Cricket Australia. Retrieved 30 November 2018.
  8. "The full squads for the WBBL". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 30 November 2018.
  9. "Cricket South Africa launches four-team women's T20 league". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 8 September 2019.
  10. "CSA launches inaugural Women's T20 Super League". Cricket South Africa. Retrieved 8 September 2019.
  11. "South Africa news Dane van Niekerk to lead experienced South Africa squad in T20 World Cup". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 13 January 2020.
  12. "Lizelle Lee's century guides South Africa to highest team total in Women's T20 World Cup". The Cricket Times. Retrieved 28 February 2020.
  13. "CSA to resume training camps for women's team". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 23 July 2020.

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