Cri-Zelda Brits

Cri-Zelda Brits
Personal information
Full name
Cri-Zelda Brits
Born (1983-11-20) 20 November 1983
Rustenburg, Transvaal, South Africa
NicknameGris
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium-fast
RoleBatter
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 27)19 March 2002 v India
Last Test28 July 2007 v Netherlands
ODI debut (cap 31)7 March 2002 v India
Last ODI15 February 2013 v Sri Lanka
ODI shirt no.18
T20I debut (cap 2)10 August 2007 v New Zealand
Last T20I20 January 2013 v West Indies
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2003/04Western Province
2004Kent
2004/05Northerns
2005/06–2007/08North West
2007/08Free State
2008/09–2015/16Gauteng
Career statistics
Competition WTest WODI WT20I WLA
Matches 4 69 19 150
Runs scored 150 1,622 405 4,181
Batting average 21.42 28.96 27.00 35.43
100s/50s 0/1 1/11 0/2 7/25
Top score 61 107* 57* 126*
Balls bowled 507 817 1,754
Wickets 6 22 45
Bowling average 42.50 26.40 26.08
5 wickets in innings 0 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 0 0
Best bowling 2/68 4/37 4/16
Catches/stumpings 2/– 22/– 3/– 68/5
Source: CricketArchive, 11 April 2021

Cri-Zelda Brits (/krˈzɛldə/), also written Crizelda Brits and Cri-zelda Brits (born 20 November 1983) is a South African cricketer. A right-handed batsman and right-arm medium-fast bowler, Brits was originally called up to the South Africa national women's cricket team as an opening bowler in 2002. She developed into an all-rounder, and since 2005 has established herself as a specialist batsman. She captained South Africa in 23 matches in 2007 and 2008, but was replaced as captain in 2009 in order to "concentrate entirely on her own performance." She was reappointed as captain for the 2010 ICC Women's World Twenty20. Between 2007 and 2011 she captain South Africa a total of 36 times (1 Test, 23 One Day Internationals and 12 Twenty20 Internationals).

She is one of South Africa women's most prolific batsmen; being the first South African woman to have scored a half-century in a Twenty20 International.