Johmari Logtenberg

Johmari Logtenberg
Personal information
Full name Johmari Logtenberg
Born 22 February 1989 (1989-02-22) (age 23)
Vanderbijlpark, Transvaal, South Africa
Nickname Joe, Youngster
Batting style Right-handed
Bowling style Right-arm medium
Role Batsman
International information
Test debut 7 August 2003 v England women
Last Test 28 July 2007 v Netherlands women
ODI debut 13 August 2003 v England women
Last ODI 5 August 2007 v Netherlands women
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI T20I
Matches 3 26 2
Runs scored 109 848 30
Batting average 21.80 38.54 15.00
100s/50s 0/1 2/5 0/0
Top score 74 153* 29
Balls bowled 162 297 42
Wickets 1 11 2
Bowling average 71.00 18.72 33.50
5 wickets in innings 0 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 0 0
Best bowling 1/47 3/6 2/35
Catches/stumpings 0/– 5/– 0/–
Source: CricketArchive, 22 February 2009

Johmari Logtenberg (born 22 February 1989 in Vanderbijlpark, Transvaal) is a former South African cricketer who played three Tests and 26 ODIs before she quit the sport in 2008.

Logtenberg made her Test debut for South Africa during their tour of England in 2003, aged 14 years and 166 days, becoming the second youngest Test player of all time.[1] She scored 74 off 235 balls in South Africa's first innings and took one wicket in England's.[2] She made her ODI debut a week later against the same opposition.

During England's tour of South Africa in early 2004, Logtenberg further enhanced her reputation by finishing the five match ODI series as South Africa's leading runscorer.[3] Scoring fifties in the first and fifth match of the series. She was selected in the South Africa squad for the 2005 World Cup and played in all six of the sides match, scoring 98 runs.

In the 2005/06 season she became the first women to pass 1,000 runs in the Provincial League, reaching the landmark in 19 innings, her average at the time was 176.16. She was not dismissed at all in the 2005/06 season, during which she scored 431 runs. In the previous season she had scored 414 runs at an average of 207.[4] At the 2006 South African Cricket Awards she was named Women's Cricketer of the Year.[5]

In January 2007 Logtenberg recorded her maiden ODI century, scoring 103 not out off 112 balls against Pakistan.[6] She finished the ODI series with 188 runs at an average of 94.00 and was named 'Batsman of the Series'.[7] In August 2007 playing against the Netherlands she scored her second ODI century, an innings of 153 not out.[8] The score is the sixth highest in women's ODI cricket and the highest by South African.[9]

In January 2008 Cricket South Africa announced that Logtenberg's omission from the World Cup qualifying squad was because she had quit cricket and had taken up golf.[10] Logtenberg cited the lack of finances in women's cricket as a reason for the switch.[11]

References

  1. ^ Women's Test matches - Youngest players, Cricinfo, Retrieved on 22 February 2009
  2. ^ England Women v South Africa Women, South Africa Women in England 2003 (1st Test), CricketArchive, Retrieved on 22 February 2009
  3. ^ England Women in South Africa 2003/04, South Africa batting averages, CricketArchive, Retrieved on 22 February 2009
  4. ^ Logtenberg passes 1000 league runs, Cricinfo, Retrieved on 22 February 2009
  5. ^ Player Profile, Cricinfo, Retrieved on 22 February 2009
  6. ^ South Africa Women v Pakistan Women, Pakistan Women in South Africa 2006/07 (4th ODI), CricketArchive, Retrieved on 22 February 2009
  7. ^ Pakistan Women in South Africa 2006/07, CricketArchive, Retrieved on 22 February 2009
  8. ^ Netherlands Women v South Africa Women, South Africa Women in Netherlands 2007 (3rd ODI), CricketArchive, Retrieved on 22 February 2009
  9. ^ Women's One-Day Internationals - Most runs in an innings, Cricinfo, Retrieved on 22 February 2009
  10. ^ Logtenberg missing from South Africa squad, Cricinfo, Retrieved on 22 February 2009
  11. ^ South Africa star quit cricket for golf, Cricinfo, Retrieved on 22 February 2009

External links

South Africa squad – 2005 Women's Cricket World Cup
Tamara Reeves withdrew from the squad due to injury; she was replaced by Susan Benade.