SPONSORS
ACCOLADES & ACCOMPLISHMENTS
- (2018) First South African woman to reach the Top 10 of the ICC ODI Bowling Rankings.
- (2022) ICC Women’s ODI Team of the Year.
- (2022) CSA Women’s Cricketer of the Year.
- (2022) CSA Women’s Players’ Player of the Year.
- (2022) First player to take five wickets at FairBreak Invitational tournament in Dubai.
- (2022) First Black African woman to take 100 ODI wickets.
- (2023) ICC Women’s T20 World Cup Runner-up (First South African senior team to reach a World Cup Final).
- (2024) First Black African woman to play 100 ODIs for South Africa.
- (2025) CSA Women’s Player of the Year.
- (2025) ICC Women’s ODI World Cup Runner-up.
- (2026) Career-best ODI figures of 6/56 vs New Zealand.
- Most wickets in ODIs for South Africa among active pace bowlers.
- Over 50 T20I wickets (currently 74).
- Most wickets in ODIs
Ayabonga Khaka.
Date Of Birth: 18.07.1992
Hailing from Middledrift in the Eastern Cape, Ayabonga Khaka picked up the game early, playing against the boys and joining Mini Cricket when she got to Grade 1, at around age 7.
The right-arm medium bowler started her career in 2012 when she made her debut for the Proteas at 20 against Bangladesh. A consistent wicket-taker with over 100 wickets to her name across all formats of the game, Ayabonga won Cricket South Africa's Women's Player of the Year for 2021/2022. She has also broken into the ICC Women's ODI bowling rankings top 10, a milestone that reflects her standing among the best in the world.
Ayabonga was one of the 15 Proteas Women who became the first South African team to reach a World Cup Final, taking on the world on home soil in the ICC Women's T20 World Cup 2023. It was Ayabonga's heroics at the death, taking 3 wickets, that helped the team beat England by just 6 runs.
Her career-best bowling figures of 6/56 against New Zealand rank among the finest individual spells ever recorded in Women's ODI cricket, placing her alongside the elite of the global game.
Ayabonga is a quiet assassin on the pitch and an unassuming nature off the pitch, and there's no doubt that she'll continue to be one of the strongest bowlers in the South African women's outfit for years to come.
Ayabonga
Khaka.
Date Of Birth: 18.07.1992
Hailing from Middledrift in the Eastern Cape, Ayabonga Khaka picked up the game early, playing against the boys and joining Mini Cricket when she got to Grade 1, at around age 7.
The right-arm medium bowler started her career in 2012 when she made her debut for the Proteas at 20 against Bangladesh. A consistent wicket-taker with over 100 wickets to her name across all formats of the game, Ayabonga won Cricket South Africa's Women's Player of the Year for 2021/2022. She has also broken into the ICC Women's ODI bowling rankings top 10, a milestone that reflects her standing among the best in the world.
Ayabonga was one of the 15 Proteas Women who became the first South African team to reach a World Cup Final, taking on the world on home soil in the ICC Women's T20 World Cup 2023. It was Ayabonga's heroics at the death, taking 3 wickets, that helped the team beat England by just 6 runs.
Her career-best bowling figures of 6/56 against New Zealand rank among the finest individual spells ever recorded in Women's ODI cricket, placing her alongside the elite of the global game.
Ayabonga is a quiet assassin on the pitch and an unassuming nature off the pitch, and there's no doubt that she'll continue to be one of the strongest bowlers in the South African women's outfit for years to come.
SPONSORS
ACCOLADES & ACCOMPLISHMENTS
- (2018) First South African woman to reach the Top 10 of the ICC ODI Bowling Rankings.
- (2022) ICC Women’s ODI Team of the Year.
- (2022) CSA Women’s Cricketer of the Year.
- (2022) CSA Women’s Players’ Player of the Year.
- (2022) First player to take five wickets at FairBreak Invitational tournament in Dubai.
- (2022) First Black African woman to take 100 ODI wickets.
- (2023) ICC Women’s T20 World Cup Runner-up (First South African senior team to reach a World Cup Final).
- (2024) First Black African woman to play 100 ODIs for South Africa.
- (2025) CSA Women’s Player of the Year.
- (2025) ICC Women’s ODI World Cup Runner-up.
- (2026) Career-best ODI figures of 6/56 vs New Zealand.
- Most wickets in ODIs for South Africa among active pace bowlers.
- Over 50 T20I wickets (currently 74).
- Most wickets in ODIs
