Zimbabwean cricketer
Esther Mbofana
Born (1992-11-23 ) 23 November 1992 (age 31) National side ODI debut (cap 3 ) 5 October 2021 v Ireland Last ODI 27 November 2021 v Pakistan T20I debut (cap 20 ) 11 September 2021 v Eswatini Last T20I 19 September 2021 v Namibia
Years Team 2020/21–present Eagles
Esther Mbofana (born 23 November 1992) is a Zimbabwean cricketer .[ 1] She played for the Zimbabwe women's national cricket team in the 2017 Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier in February 2017.[ 2] In February 2021, she was named in Zimbabwe's squad for their home series against Pakistan .[ 3]
In September 2021, she was named in Zimbabwe's Women's Twenty20 International (WT20I) squad for the 2021 ICC Women's T20 World Cup Africa Qualifier tournament in Botswana.[ 4] She made her WT20I debut on 11 September 2021, for Zimbabwe against Eswatini .[ 5] In the match, she took a five-wicket haul , finishing with figures of six wickets for eleven runs from her four overs.[ 6]
In October 2021, Mbofana was named in Zimbabwe's Women's One Day International (WODI) squad for their four-match series against Ireland .[ 7] The fixtures were the first WODI matches after Zimbabwe gained WODI status from the ICC in April 2021.[ 8] She made her WODI debut on 5 October 2021, for Zimbabwe against Ireland .[ 9]
In November 2021, she was named in Zimbabwe's team for the 2021 Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier tournament in Zimbabwe.[ 10]
References
^ "Esther Mbofana" . ESPN Cricinfo . Retrieved 12 February 2017 .
^ "ICC Women's World Cup Qualifier, 2nd Match, Group A: Ireland Women v Zimbabwe Women at Colombo (MCA), Feb 7, 2017" . ESPN Cricinfo . Retrieved 12 February 2017 .
^ "Zimbabwe announce 15-member squad for Pakistan series" . Women's CricZone . Retrieved 6 February 2021 .
^ "T20 World Cup Africa qualifier: Group A – Know the teams" . Women's CricZone . Retrieved 8 September 2021 .
^ "9th Match, Group A, Gaborone (Oval 1), Sep 11 2021, ICC Women's T20 World Cup Africa Region Qualifier" . ESPN Cricinfo . Retrieved 11 September 2021 .
^ "Zimbabwe thump Eswatini by ten wickets; Tanzania, Uganda register their first wins" . Women's CricZone . Retrieved 11 September 2021 .
^ @zimbabwe_women (4 October 2021). "Zimbabwe team to play Ireland in the ODI series" (Tweet ) – via Twitter .
^ "Zimbabwe head coach Adam Chifo excited ahead of team's maiden ODI" . Women's CricZone . Retrieved 4 October 2021 .
^ "1st ODI, Harare, Oct 5 2021, Ireland Women tour of Zimbabwe" . ESPN Cricinfo . Retrieved 5 October 2021 .
^ "Squads confirmed for ICC Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier 2021" . International Cricket Council . Retrieved 16 November 2021 .
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