The consistency of Wolvaardt at the top of South Africa’s batting order was one of the major reasons behind the Proteas’ run at the World Cup, with the right-hander amassing a whopping 571 runs at an average of 71.37 to break the record of Australia’s Alyssa Healy for the most runs at any single edition of the tournament.
Three of Wolvaardt’s teammates (Tazmin Brits, Sune Luus and Marizanne Kapp) also scored more than 200 runs across the tournament, while Nonkululeko Mlaba (13) and Kapp (12) were nestled highly among the leading wicket-takers leaving the South African skipper with plenty of positives to take from the event.
“I think it’s been a great campaign for us – to make it all the way to the final is really awesome,” Wolvaardt noted.
“I think we’ll still look back at this tournament as a lot of positives as we’ve played some really good cricket throughout this tournament.
“At one stage we won five games in a row or something like that, which is pretty big for our group.
“Just searching for that consistency which is something that we don’t necessarily have in bilaterals. So really proud that we’re able to perform in, in big tournaments.”
