Victoria Hamunyela
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Full name | Victoria Hashomwamona Hamunyela | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Okelemba, Ohangwena, Namibia | 22 January 2003||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm offbreak | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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T20I debut (cap 4) | 20 August 2018 v Malawi | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last T20I | 12 September 2024 v United Arab Emirates | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 7 October 2024 |
Victoria Hamunyela (born 22 January 2003) is a Namibian cricketer.[1] She made her Women's Twenty20 International (WT20I) debut for the Namibia women's cricket team on 20 August 2018, against Malawi, in the 2018 Botswana Cricket Association Women's T20I Series.[2] It was the first WT20I match to be played by Namibia.[3]
In August 2019, she was named in Namibia's squad for the 2019 ICC Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier tournament in Scotland.[4][5] She played in Namibia's opening match of the tournament, on 31 August 2019, against Ireland.[6] In May 2021, she was named in Namibia's squad for the 2021 Kwibuka Women's T20 Tournament in Rwanda.[7] In Namibia's opening match of the tournament, against Nigeria, Hamunyela took four wickets for eight runs and was named the player of the match.[8][9] Following the conclusion of the tournament, Hamunyela was named in the team of the tournament,[9][10] selected by the Rwanda Cricket Association.[11]
References
[edit]- ^ "Victoria Hamunyela". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 27 August 2019.
- ^ "2nd Match, Botswana Cricket Association Women's T20I Series at Gaborone (Oval 2), Aug 20 2018". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 27 August 2019.
- ^ "Botswana 7s tournament: A complete round-up". Women's Criczone. Retrieved 27 August 2019.
- ^ "Match official appointments and squads announced for ICC Women's T20 World Cup Qualifier 2019". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 21 August 2019.
- ^ "Namibia announces women's cricket World Cup qualifier squad". Xinhua News. Archived from the original on 22 August 2019. Retrieved 22 August 2019.
- ^ "4th Match, ICC Women's T20 World Cup Qualifier at Arbroath, Aug 31 2019". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 27 August 2019.
- ^ "Irene van Zyl backs Namibia batting to come good in Kwibuka T20 Tournament". Women's CricZone. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
- ^ "Victoria Hamunyela too good for Nigeria as Namibia start Kwibuka T20 with a win". Women's CricZone. Retrieved 6 June 2021.
- ^ a b Uugwanga, Michael (18 February 2022). "Meet a 19-year-old female cricket prodigy". Confidente. Retrieved 2 May 2022.
- ^ "Kenya win fourth Kwibuka Women's Twenty20 title in Kigali". Daily Nation. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
- ^ "Global Game: Kenya win the Kwibuka T20 Women Tournament, beat Namibia in Finals". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 14 June 2021.