Nolubabalo Ndzundzu (born 21 December 1977) is a South African former cricketer who played as a right-arm medium bowler. She appeared in one Test match and 16 One Day Internationals for South Africa between 2000 and 2005. She played domestic cricket for Border.[1][2]

Nolu Ndzundzu
Personal information
Full name
Nolubabalo Ndzundzu
Born (1977-12-21) 21 December 1977 (age 46)
King William's Town, Cape Province, South Africa
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium
RoleBowler
International information
National side
Only Test (cap 42)20 August 2003 v England
ODI debut (cap 28)1 July 2000 v England
Last ODI1 April 2005 v Sri Lanka
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2002/03–2005/06Border
Career statistics
Competition WTest WODI WLA
Matches 1 16 42
Runs scored 8 14 358
Batting average 8.00 7.00 17.04
100s/50s 0/0 0/0 0/1
Top score 8 5* 52
Balls bowled 36 564 1,607
Wickets 0 8 26
Bowling average 38.00 29.96
5 wickets in innings 0 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 0 0
Best bowling 2/16 4/13
Catches/stumpings 0/– 3/– 13/–
Source: CricketArchive, 20 February 2022

Ndzundzu was the first black woman to play cricket for South Africa. In July 2021, she told a Social Justice and Nation-Building hearing convened by Cricket South Africa that she had faced humiliation and discrimination during her international career. On tours, other members of the national team had wanted to change rooms if they were roomed with her, and had laughed at her poor command of English.[3]

After Ndzundzu retired as a cricketer, she became a police officer, and, subsequently, the selection convenor for the Border women's cricket team.[3]

References

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  1. ^ "Player Profile: Nolu Ndzundzu". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 20 February 2022.
  2. ^ "Player Profile: Nolu Ndzundzu". CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 February 2022.
  3. ^ a b Women's CricZone Staff (24 July 2021). "People wanted to change rooms if they were roomed with me: Nolubabalo Ndzundzu at the SJN hearing". Women's CricZone. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
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