24-783: Gujarat Giants may refer: Gujarat Giants (WPL) , a cricket team in the Women's Premier League based in Ahmedabad Gujarat Giants (kabaddi) , a kabbadi team in the Pro Kabaddi League based in Ahmedabad Gujarat Giants (kho kho) , a kho-kho team in Ultimate Kho Kho based in Ahmedabad Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with
48-478: A 114-run partnership with Trisha Chetty . She also played in a match against West Indies , and scored 10 in an opening partnership of 33 runs. In August 2016, Wolvaardt became the youngest centurion, male or female, for South Africa in international cricket. As a 17-year-old, the opener struck a match-winning 105 against Ireland Women to wrap up a 67-run victory in Malahide , Ireland . In May 2017, she
72-545: A South Africa Women's U-19 invitational team. She was later named the 2013 Cricket South Africa under-19 female cricketer of the year. Wolvaardt has captained the South Africa Women's U-19 side, and in February 2016, she made her Women's One Day International debut in the opening match of a three-match series against England aged 16. In the second match of the series, she scored her maiden half century in
96-793: The 2018–19 Women's Big Bash League season . She played for the Heat in their final against Sydney Sixers . Heat won the match to win the title. Laura continued her appearances in the WBBL after signing with the Adelaide Strikers for the 2020–21 and 2021–22 Australian summer seasons. In September 2019, she was named in the Terblanche XI squad for the inaugural edition of the Women's T20 Super League in South Africa. In 2021, she
120-618: The Delhi Capitals , but the Giants lost by 25 runs. Laura Wolvaardt and Beth Mooney put on a 140-run stand in the game against Royal Challengers Bangalore, where Mooney scored 85 in 51 deliveries while Wolvaardt scored 76 in 45 balls. Gujarat won the match by 19 runs. Mooney scored 66 in her next game against Mumbai Indians while Dayalan Hemalatha scored 74 in 40 balls. Gujarat Giants scored 190 for 7 in their 20 overs. Harmanpreet Kaur scored 95 in 48 deliveries and Mumbai Indians won
144-773: The Women's Premier League (WPL), based in Ahmedabad , Gujarat . The team is owned by the Adani Sportsline , part of the Adani Group . The team is coached by Michael Klinger and captained by Beth Mooney . In October 2022, the BCCI announced its intentions to hold a five-team women's franchise cricket tournament in March 2023. The tournament was named the Women's Premier League in January 2023, with investors buying
168-629: The 2013 Cricket South Africa Under 19 Girls Week, and competed again in 2014 representing Western Province. Wolvaardt scored 46 in Western Province's final match of the 2015/16 Women's Provincial League , as they won the title for the fourth consecutive year. In November 2017, she was named in Brisbane Heat 's squad for the 2017–18 Women's Big Bash League season . In November 2018, she was named in Brisbane Heat's squad for
192-599: The Barmy Army team at the 2022 FairBreak Invitational T20 in Dubai , United Arab Emirates . During the Invitational, she scored a total of 186 runs at a strike rate of 116.25, including two fifties. In June 2022, Wolvaardt was named in South Africa's Women's Test squad for their one-off match against England Women . She made her Test debut on 27 June 2022, for South Africa against England . In July 2022, she
216-589: The DY Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai. Beth Mooney was injured in their first over of the second innings. She was replaced by Laura Wolvaardt in the squad. Kim Garth , who was signed as a replacement for the injured Deandra Dottin , became only the second bowler after Tara Norris to pick up a 5-wicket haul in the WPL. She achieved the feat against UP Warriorz. England opener Sophia Dunkley registered
240-577: The Gujarat Giants, scoring 285 runs in 8 games, while Tanuja Kanwer was the highest wicket-taker with 10 wickets. Source: Official website Laura Wolvaardt Laura Wolvaardt (born 26 April 1999) is a South African cricketer who currently plays for Western Province , Adelaide Strikers , Gujarat Giants , Manchester Originals and South Africa . She plays as a right-handed opening batter . She has previously played for Northern Superchargers and Brisbane Heat . Aged 13, Wolvaardt
264-562: The fastest fifty in the history of the Women's Premier League, doing so against Royal Challengers Bengaluru . Laura Wolvaardt scored 2 back-to-back fifties in the tournament. She scored 57 off 45 balls against Delhi Capitals and followed it up with 68 in 42 balls against Royal Challengers Bengaluru . Ashleigh Gardner was the standout performer for the Gujarat Giants, finishing as their highest run-scorer while also being their second-highest wicket-taker. She scored 204 runs, which included 2 fifties, and took 10 wickets in 8 games. Kim Garth
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#1732797927332288-407: The game by 7 wickets. Mooney registered another 50 in the next game against UP Warriorz . She scored 74 in 52 balls to help the Giants score 152. Shabnam Shakil took 3 wickets for 11 runs and the Giants won the game by 8 runs. In their final league match against Delhi, they scored 126/9 while batting first, and Delhi chased it down in 13 overs. Beth Mooney finished as the highest run-scorer for
312-446: The head coach of Gujarat Giants, replacing Rachael Haynes . Gujarat Giants began the second season of the WPL with a loss to Mumbai Indians and once again ended up at the bottom of the table. During the tournament, Harleen Deol got injured, leading to Bharti Fulmali replacing her midway through the season. The first season of the Women's Premier League began on 4th March 2023, with the match between Mumbai Indians and Gujarat Giants at
336-560: The rest of the tournament. The side finished bottom of the group stage at the inaugural tournament . In December 2023, Gujarat Giants acquired 10 players in the WPL Auction, which included Kashvee Gautam, Lauren Cheatle , Phoebe Litchfield , and Veda Krishnamurthy . However, before the tournament began, Lauren Cheatle and Kashvee Gautam were both ruled out due to injury. Lea Tahuhu and Sayali Satghare were their respective replacements. In February 2024, Michael Klinger took over as
360-541: The rights to franchises through a closed bidding process. The Adani Group , the owners of the Gujarat Giants kabaddi team, bought the rights to one of the franchises, which they would go on to also call Gujarat Giants. The inaugural player auction for the WPL was held on 13 February 2023, with Gujarat Giants signing 18 players for their squad. Beth Mooney was appointed captain, but an injury in their very first game led to Sneh Rana replacing her as captain for
384-599: The team. In January 2020, she was named in South Africa's squad for the 2020 ICC Women's T20 World Cup in Australia . On 23 July 2020, Wolvaardt was named in South Africa's 24-woman squad to begin training in Pretoria , ahead of their planned tour to England . In February 2022, she was named in South Africa's team for the 2022 Women's Cricket World Cup in New Zealand. In May 2022, she played seven matches for
408-562: The title Gujarat Giants . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gujarat_Giants&oldid=1242880131 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Gujarat Giants (WPL) T20 The Gujarat Giants are an Indian professional women's cricket team that compete in
432-477: Was drafted by Northern Superchargers for the inaugural season of The Hundred . In April 2022, she was bought by the Northern Superchargers for the 2022 season of The Hundred . In March 2023, Wolvaardt was added to the Gujarat Giants squad as a mid-season replacement for Beth Mooney in the 2023 Women's Premier League . In December 2013, 13-year-old Wolvaardt was invited to play for
456-672: Was later replaced by New Zealand's Lea Tahuhu , while Sayali Satghare replaced Kashvee Gautam. Despite strong individual performances, the Giants had a similar run in the second season as they had in the first. Gujarat Giants played their first game against Mumbai Indians on 25th February. They could only score 126/9 while batting first, and Mumbai chased it down in 18 overs. In their next match against Royal Challengers Bangalore , they could only score 107/7, and Bangalore chased it down within 13 overs. In their next match against UP Warriorz , they scored 142/5, and UP chased it down within 16 overs. Meghna Singh picked up 4 wickets against
480-521: Was named Women's Newcomer of the Year at Cricket South Africa's annual awards. 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. In October 2018, she was named in South Africa's squad for the 2018 ICC Women's World Twenty20 tournament in the West Indies. Ahead of the tournament, she was named as the player to watch in
504-638: Was named captain of the South Africa squad for the 2024 ICC Women's T20 World Cup and their multi-format home series against England in November 2024. In July 2020, she was named South Africa's Women's Cricketer of the Year at Cricket South Africa 's annual awards ceremony. At the 2021 ICC Awards , she was named in the ICC Women's T20I Team of the Year . Wolvaardt graduated from Parklands College in 2017 with 7 Distinctions, ranking top in her class. Simultaneously she served as Head-Prefect alongside
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#1732797927332528-531: Was named in South Africa's team for the cricket tournament at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham , England. On 27 March 2024, she scored her maiden century in T20I cricket, against Sri Lanka . On 1 July 2024, Wolvaardt scored her maiden test century against India, becoming only the third woman to score a century in all three international formats, behind Heather Knight and Tammy Beaumont . She
552-551: Was selected to play for the Western Province U-19 girls' team. In October 2013, she made her first appearance for the Western Province women's cricket team in a Twenty20 match against Boland women's cricket team , scoring 13 runs from 18 balls. She made her limited overs cricket debut for Western Province in a November 2013 match against Boland, scoring 4 from 14 balls. She was the top scorer in
576-545: Was the highest wicket-taker for the Gujarat Giants with 11 wickets. Ahead of the second season of the Women's Premier League, the Gujarat Giants appointed Michael Klinger as the coach of the side to replace Rachael Haynes . They added 10 players in the Auction: Phoebe Litchfield , Kashvee Gautam, Lauren Cheatle , Meghna Singh , Tarannum Pathan, Veda Krishnamurthy , Priya Mishra, Trisha Poojitha, Kathryn Bryce and Mannat Kashyap . Lauren Cheatle
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