Sheelagh Nefdt

Sheelagh Mary Nefdt (née Charlton) tsohuwar 'yar wasan ƙwallon ƙafa ce ta Afirka ta Kudu wacce ta yi wasa a matsayin mai ba da gudummawa. Ta bayyana a wasanni hudu na gwaji na Afirka ta Kudu a cikin 1960 da 1961, duk da Ingila, kuma ta jagoranci kungiyar a cikin jerin.

Ta buga wasan kurket na cikin gida a Lardin Yamma, kuma a cikin 1953-54, ta yi Hatrick na farko da aka rubuta a wasan kurket ya mata na Afirka ta Kudu a Cape Town, ta dauki hattrick sau biyu. Yankin Yamma ya ci gaba da lashe Simon Trophy a wannan kakar, kamar yadda suka yi a cikin biyu da suka gabata.

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An nada ta kyaftin din tawagar Afirka ta Kudu don buga wa mata masu yawon shakatawa na Ingila a shekarar 1960-61. Sheelagh Nefdt ya buga a lamba biyar a gwajin farko, inda ya zira kwallaye 24 a farkon farawa kafin a buga shi. A karo na biyu, ta bar kanta wuri daya a cikin batting order, don ba da damar Eileen Hurly, mai zira kwallaye 96 * a farkon-innings ya zo gaba da ita. Hurly, duk da haka, ya gudu ne kawai 38, yayin da Nefdt ya yi 62 kafin ya ayyana innings tare da Afirka ta Kudu da ke jagorantar 284 runs. Nefdt ya buga kwallo 16 tsakanin innings biyu, yana da'awar wicket na Anne Sanders a farkon, da Rachael Heyhoe a na biyu.

A gwajin na biyu, bayan da Ingila ta lashe kyautar kuma ta zira kwallaye 351, Nefdt da tawagarta ta Afirka ta Kudu sun zira kwallayi a hankali, na farko na 134 da ke daukar 95 overs, tare da Nefdt ya ba da gudummawa 8 ga ci. Irin wannan jinkirin zira kwallaye a wasan na biyu ya taimaka wa Afirka ta Kudu ta tilasta jawowa, har yanzu tana bin 77 tare da wickets takwas a wasan na uku bayan lokacin da wasan ya ƙare.

Gwajin na uku ya sake ganin Afirka ta Kudu ta yi watsi da arha sau biyu. Haɗin gwiwar wickets na huɗu 55 a cikin farko tsakanin Nefdt da Hurly, da kuma haɗin gwiwar wwickets na biyar na 83 tsakanin Nef dt da Barbara Cairncross a karo na biyu sune kawai abubuwan da suka fi dacewa a wasan da Afirka ta Kudu ta rasa ta wickets takwas.  Nefdt ta zira kwallaye na biyu a rabin karni a wasan kurket na gwaji a lokacin wasan na biyu, ta zira kwallan farko a tsakanin 'yan Afirka ta Kudu tare da 68.

Sheelagh Nefdt ya fadi don Duck a farkon-innings na gwajin karshe a Cape Town, filin da ya ga manyan innings daga Ruth Westbrook da Helen Sharpe ga Ingila, yayin da Yvonne van Mentz ya zira kwallaye na farko na Afirka ta Kudu a gwajin cricket.  Ta hanyar inganta kanta don buɗewa a karo na biyu, Nefdt ta kara 11 zuwa ci kafin Anne Sanders ta kama ta a karo na abụọ a wasan.

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