Suné Luus


Suné Elbie Luus is a South African cricketer, who plays for the South Africa women's national cricket team as a leg spinner.
On 5 August 2016, during a match against Ireland at the Anglesea Road Cricket Ground, she became the second player to score a half-century and take a five-for in a women's ODI, after Heather Knight, by scoring 52 runs and taking 6 wickets.
She also equalled the record of Anisa Mohammed for picking up the most number of wickets in a single calendar year in women's ODI cricket, with 37 dismissals in 2016. In 2016, along with Chloe Tryon, she set the record for the highest sixth-wicket partnership in a WODI, with 142 runs.
In May 2017, she was named Women's Cricketer 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.
In November 2018, she was named in Brisbane Heat's squad for the 2018–19 Women's Big Bash League season. In September 2019, she was named in the M van der Merwe XI squad for the inaugural edition of the Women's T20 Super League in South Africa. In January 2020, she was named in South Africa's squad for the 2020 ICC Women's T20 World Cup in Australia.
In January 2020, in the third WODI against New Zealand, Luus became the first bowler to take two six-wicket hauls in WODI cricket. She took six wickets for 45 runs in ten overs, with South Africa winning the three-match series 3–0. She was also named the player of the series. On 23 July 2020, Luus was named in South Africa's 24-woman squad to begin training in Pretoria, ahead of their tour to England.