Jafta reflects on a historic year for Proteas Women’s cricket

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Women’s wicket-keeper batter Sinalo Jafta reflected fondly on the year the team has had, highlighting the ICC Women’s World Cup final as the standout moment for her and the team as the squad heads into the last fixture of the year this year.What a year the Proteas Women have had.

It has been a rollercoaster, having been bowled out for 70 odd in their first game of the World Cup, bringing back all the demons and traumas of South African cricket in ICC events, to going on to reach their first ever ODI World Cup final in Navi Mumbai last month.

Both as a team and individuals, there have been standout performances, moments the country will remember for many years to come.

Who can forget Tazmin Brits’ five ODI centuries in a single calendar year, the first Women’s cricketer to achieve the feat in the history of the game?

Or Laura Wolvaardt back-to-back centuries in the semifinal and the final, the second ever Women’s cricketer to achieve the feat after Australia Women’s legend Alyssa Healy?