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Tazmin Brits
Tazmin Brits (born 8 January 1991) is a South African athlete and cricketer. She won gold in the javelin throw at the 2007 World Youth Championships in Athletics.[1] She was in line to be selected for the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, before being involved in a road accident, which left her hospitalised for two months.[2] She made her international debut for the South Africa women's cricket team in May 2018.[3] CareerIn April 2018, she was named in South Africa women's cricket squad for the Women's Twenty20 International (WT20I) series against Bangladesh.[4] Prior to the tour, she captained the South Africa Emerging Players Women's squad against Australia.[5] She made her WT20I debut for South Africa against Bangladesh Women on 19 May 2018.[6] In February 2019, Cricket South Africa named her as one of the players in the Powerade Women's National Academy intake for 2019.[7] In September 2019, she was named in the F van der Merwe XI squad for the inaugural edition of the Women's T20 Super League in South Africa.[8][9] In July 2020, Brits was named as the CSA Women's Provincial Cricketer of the Year.[10] On 23 July 2020, Brits was named in South Africa's 24-woman squad to begin training in Pretoria, ahead of their tour to England.[11] In January 2021, she was named in South Africa's Women's One Day International (WODI) squad for their series against Pakistan.[12][13] She made her WODI debut for South Africa, against Pakistan, on 26 January 2021.[14] In February 2022, she was named in South Africa's team for the 2022 Women's Cricket World Cup in New Zealand.[15] In May 2022, Cricket South Africa awarded Brits with her first central contract, ahead of the 2022–23 season.[16] In July 2022, Brits was added to South Africa's team for the cricket tournament at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England.[17] In June 2023, it was announced that she had signed to play for South East Stars in July in the 2023 Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy.[18] She was named in the South Africa squad for the 2024 ICC Women's T20 World Cup[19] and for their multi-format home series against England in November 2024.[20][21] References
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