Leading south africa

Cricket World Cup: Star batters Laura Wolvaardt and Shafali Verma, along with South Africa’s influential all-rounder Sune Luus, have been shortlisted for the ICC Women’s Player of the Month award for December 2025 following outstanding performances in the last month of the year.

Fresh off a commanding campaign in the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup 2025, Wolvaardt continued to showcase her brilliance, rounding off a remarkable year by registering three centuries across formats. Leading South Africa against Ireland, the Proteas captain was in sensational form as her side completed clean sweeps in both the ODI (3-0) and T20I (2-0) series.

Wolvaardt was at her destructive best in the opening T20I, blasting an unbeaten 115 at a staggering strike rate of 205.35, an innings studded with 15 boundaries and four sixes. Her dominance carried into the ODI series, where she opened the batting and played a key role throughout. After a steady 31 in the first match, she struck back-to-back centuries, hammering 124 off 111 balls in the second ODI before finishing unbeaten on 100 in the final game to seal the whitewash.