Gidan Lorna

**Lorna Grace Ward** (an haife ta a ranar 3 ga watan Yunin shekara ta 1939) tsohuwar 'yar wasan ƙwallon ƙafa ce ta Afirka ta Kudu wacce ta taka leda a matsayin mai kunnawa na hannun dama. Ta bayyana a wasanni bakwai na gwaji na Afirka ta Kudu tsakanin 1960 da 1972, inda ta dauki wickets 27 ciki har da uku biyar-wicket hauls. Ita ce babbar mai ɗaukar wicket a Afirka ta Kudu a wasan ƙwallon ƙafa na mata. Ta buga wasan kurket na cikin gida ga Natal da Kudancin Transvaal . 

## Ayyukan gwaji

### Ingila 1960-61
Wasa a gasar farko ta Afirka ta Kudu a kan bangaren yawon shakatawa na Ingilishi, Ward shi ne dan Afirka ta Kudu na uku da ya kare a matakin farko yayin da suka buga jimillar 211.  Bowling a cikin amsa, Ward ya ɗauki wickets hudu a farkon innings don taimakawa taƙaice Turanci zuwa 187 gudu, ya ba Afirka ta Kudu ƙaramin jagorar farko.  A karo na biyu inda aka soki kyaftin din Afirka ta Kudu Sheelagh Nefdt saboda rashin bayyanawa tun da farko,  Ward ya yi 17 don nuna goyon baya ga kyaftin din ta yayin da suka kara da 52 da ba a doke su ba a karo na tara .  Ward ya yi rashin nasara a bugun daga kai sai mai tsaron gida na hudu yayin da Ingila ta fatattaki 284, wasan daga karshe ya kare da canjaras da wasu 83 da suka yi ko kuma 6 da ake bukata domin sakamako. 

Ward ba ta da hannu sosai a gwajin na biyu; ta yi kwallo biyu kawai, ba ta dauki wickets ba kuma ta ba da gudu bakwai, kuma yayin da aka tilasta Afirka ta Kudu ta biyo baya, ta zira kwallaye a cikin na farko kuma ta kasance 0 * lokacin da wasan ya ƙare a cikin zane a cikin na biyu na Afirka ta Kudu. Ta sake kasancewa wicket-less a gwajin na uku, ta ba da gudummawa 74 a cikin 26 a cikin farko-innings. Afirka ta Kudu ta rasa wasan da wickets takwas kuma, bayan da aka inganta shi zuwa lamba tara, Ward kawai ya yi gudu bakwai a cikin innings biyu.[2]

Gwajin na huɗu ya ga Ward ya ɗauki ƙwallon ƙafa biyar a cikin shigarwa ta farko. Dukkanin wickets dinta guda biyar an buga su yayin da ta gama innings tare da 5/18 .  Ta kasa daukar wicket a karo na biyu, ta yi kwallo sosai don 18 da ta yi, ta ba da gudummawa 44 yayin da Ingila ta kafa jimlar 194 ga Afirka ta Kudu don cin nasara.[1] A mayar da martani, Afirka ta Kudu ta gudanar da saurin 126 daga 37 da suka wuce, amma ba za ta iya hana zana ba.[1]

### Netherlands 1968-69
An ambaci Ward a matsayin wani ɓangare na tawagar don buga wasannin gwaji ba bisa ka'ida ba da Netherlands lokacin da Ingila ta kasa cika shirye-shiryen su. Afirka ta Kudu ta lashe dukkan gwaje-gwaje uku, kuma Ward ta yi ikirarin adadi na 3/26 a farkon shigarwa na gwajin na uku sannan 4/36 a karo na biyu.

### New Zealand 1971-72
Daya daga cikin mutane uku da suka tsira daga tawagar da suka fuskanci kungiyar Ingila mai yawon shakatawa a cikin 1960-61,  Ward ya bayyana a duk gwaje-gwaje uku da New Zealand shekaru goma sha ɗaya bayan haka.  Ta fara jerin da kyau, ta dauki wickets biyar a cikin New Zealand na farko. Ta fadi don wani duck a cikin Springboks na farko kuma ba ta dauki wicket a cikin na biyu ba yayin da wasan ya gama zane.[3]

'Yan Afirka ta Kudu sun yi kwallo sosai a farkon gwajin na biyu, tare da Ward, Gloria Williamson da Denise Weyers suna ɗaukar wickets uku kowannensu don ƙuntata Kiwis zuwa 168.  A mayar da martani, Afirka ta Kudu za ta iya gudanar da 111, kuma duk da wasu wickets uku daga Ward, suna ɗaukar 3/38 na tattalin arziki a cikin 28 da ta wuce, New Zealand ta bayyana 277 a gaba. An kori Afirka ta Kudu da 89 kuma sun rasa wasan.

A gwajin ta na karshe, Ward ta sami mafi kyawun wasan bowling, ta dauki wickets shida a cikin Kiwi na farko yayin da suka sanya jagora na 98 runs. Kamar yadda Afirka ta Kudu ta gudanar da 242 a karo na biyu, New Zealand ta koma bat tana buƙatar gudu 148 don cin nasara.[1] Ward ya dauki 1/28 yayin da Kiwis suka gama kawai 31 runs kasa da burinsu.[1]

## Bayanan da aka ambata