Dream Turning Reality for Laura Wolvaardt – With Test Debut
Dream Turning Reality for Laura Wolvaardt – With Test Debut. Laura Wolvaardt, the batter from South Africa, is planning to take advantage of the experiences that she gathered from her recent Test debut in the upcoming series (white-ball) against England. Laura is among those nine players of South Africa to earn the first Test cap at the four-day match against England last month in Taunton. The contributing score of this right-handed batter is 16 in both innings.
Wolvaardt wished to score more in the match, but this 23-year-old classy player said it was indeed an awesome experience for her to represent her nation in the red-ball clash against a strong team like England.
Laura said, “It was an incredible week.” “Test cricket is something that I have always wanted to play since I was a little girl, so to be able to do that and debut with a whole bunch of the team was a great experience.”
Her attention is strictly now on the white-ball tour. South Africa will take on England in 3 ODIs and 3 T20Is in the latter part of the month.
These matches will act as a stepping stone toward the 2023 ICC T20 World Cup in South Africa, and these two teams have a higher chance to be on the favorites list for winning the coveted trophy. For Wolvaardt, the upcoming Test match will add experience and help her score more runs – in the white-ball series.
Wolvaardt mentioned, “We are very excited going into the ODI series. We had a bit of a mixed bag of results against them this year; we won the first game (at the World Cup) and then very disappointingly lost the semi-final, so very exciting to get going against them.