{"id":53097,"date":"2026-03-18T13:24:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-18T13:24:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/?p=53097"},"modified":"2026-03-18T13:24:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T13:24:09","slug":"laura-wolvaardt-proteas-all-rounder-kayla-reyneke","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/2026\/03\/18\/laura-wolvaardt-proteas-all-rounder-kayla-reyneke\/","title":{"rendered":"Laura Wolvaardt lauds &#8216;power&#8217; young Proteas all-rounder Kayla Reyneke"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Africa tv video display -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3579572842\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\">\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<p><h2>Reyneke was named Player of the Match after bashing 28 not out off just nine balls against the White Ferns in Hamilton.<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Without the services of some experienced middle-order batters, captain Laura Wolvaardt says she is relieved to have young all-rounder Kayla Reyneke offering firepower down the order as the Proteas women prepare for the third T20 International against New Zealand in Auckland on Friday (3.45am start).<\/p>\n<p>After losing the opening match of the series by 80 runs in Mount Maunganui, the SA team bounced back on Tuesday to level the five-match series with an 18-run victory in Hamilton.<\/p>\n<p>While multiple batters and bowlers stood up in the second fixture, Reyneke was named Player of the Match after bashing 28 not out off just nine balls in a quickfire innings which included three sixes and two fours.<\/p>\n<p>Ahead of the series, Marizanne Kapp had not been considered for selection due to illness, while\u00a0Dan\u00e9 van Niekerk was ruled out of the tour after picking up a calf injury ahead of the opening game.<\/p>\n<p>In their absence, the middle-order collapsed in Hamilton, but Reyneke delivered,\u00a0boosting the Proteas\u2019 total at the back end of their innings.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was lovely to see Reyneke do that. I\u2019m happy to know we have such power,\u201d Wolvaardt said.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-standing-up-at-senior-level\">Standing up at senior level<\/h2>\n<p>Since making her T20 International debut against Pakistan last month, 20-year-old Reyneke had taken three wickets with the ball in the four matches she had played for the Proteas.<\/p>\n<p>With the bat, she had racked up 81 runs in three innings at a strike rate of 188.37, and she had not yet lost her wicket, going unbeaten on all three occasions.<\/p>\n<p>In two of her four international games thus far, she secured two Player of the Match awards.<\/p>\n<p>Having captained the SA team at the Under-19 Women\u2019s T20 World Cup in Malaysia last year, where they reached the final, Reyneke admitted she had needed to take a step up at senior level, and she was pleased to have settled into the Proteas squad in the early stages of her top-flight career.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUnder-19 cricket gives you a taste of the international game but it is not fully what you expect here,\u201d Reyneke said, \u201cbut I\u2019m enjoying every moment in the setup.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<h3>Support Local Journalism<\/h3>\n<p>Add The Citizen as a Preferred Source on Google and follow us on Google News to see more of our trusted reporting in Google News and Top Stories.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Africa tv video display -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3579572842\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\">\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n#Laura #Wolvaardt #lauds #power #young #Proteas #allrounder #Kayla #Reyneke<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reyneke was named Player of the Match after bashing 28 not out off just nine balls against the White Ferns&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":53098,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-53097","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mzansi"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53097","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=53097"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53097\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":53099,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53097\/revisions\/53099"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/53098"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53097"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53097"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53097"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}