Marizanne Kapp Age, Wiki and Bio

Marizanne Kapp

Quick Info

ProfessionCricketer
NationalitySouth African
Date of Birth04/01/1990
Age34 years
BirthplacePort Elizabeth, Eastern Cape, South Africa

Bio/Wiki

NicknameKappie

Physical Stats & More

Height170 cm
Eye ColorBlack
Hair ColorBlack

Educational Qualification(s)

HR degree

Personal Life

Religion/Religious ViewsChristianity
HobbiesGymming, Spending time with her nieces

Relationships & More

Sexual OrientationLesbian
Marital StatusMarried
Marriage Date06/07/2018

Family

FatherPieter Kapp (businessman)
MotherNereda Lamprecht
Siblings2
SpouseDané Van Niekerk (cricketer)

Career

Coach/MentorHilton Moreeng
Batting StyleRight hand Bat
Bowling StyleRight arm Medium
Jersey Number# 7 (South Africa) # 77 (WPL)
Domestic/State Team• Eastern Province (2004) • Northerns (2009–2011) • Sydney Sixers (2015–2020) • Surrey (2016) • Surrey Stars (2016–2019) • Australian Capital Territory (2017) • Oval Invincibles (2021-present) • Perth Scorchers (2021-present) • Delhi Capitals (2023–present)
Records (main ones)
  • 2009-2022: Most runs conceded in career (3652) in Women's One-Day Internationals
  • 2009-2022: Most balls bowled in career (5748) in Women's One-Day Internationals
  • 2009-2022: Bowler/fielder combinations (28) in Women's One-Day Internationals
  • 2011-2019: Most wickets on a single ground (17) in Women's One-Day Internationals
  • 2012: Most catches in an innings (3) in Women's Twenty20 Internationals
  • 2013: Most runs in an innings (69) in Women's One-Day Internationals
  • 2014-2016/17: 250 runs and 10 wickets in a series in Women's One-Day Internationals
  • 2022: Most runs in an innings (150) in Women's Test matches
  • 2022: Oldest player to score a maiden hundred in Women's Test matches
  • 2022: Oldest player to take a maiden five-wickets-in-an-innings in Women's One-Day Internationals
  • 2023: Highest partnership for the sixth wicket (128*) in Women's One-Day Internationals
Awards, Honours, Achievements
• 2014: Women's Cricketer of the Year award at the Cricket South Africa (CSA) Awards

Some Lesser Known Facts

Marizanne Kapp is the first South African cricketer to take a hat-trick in a Women’s Twenty20 International match.
In 2023, Delhi Capitals picked her for the Women’s Premier League.
She was born into a fitness-oriented family and played various sports at school, focusing on her fitness routine.
Kapp enjoyed playing rugby, soccer, and cricket as a child, with cricket becoming her favorite sport.
Representing Eastern Province, she excelled in multiple sports.
She scored 106 runs against Western Province in the CSA Women’s Provincial League while playing for the Northern women’s team in 2012.
Kapp was included in the ICC Women’s ODI Team in December 2017.
She received a national contract from Cricket South Africa for the 2018–19 season.
Kapp achieved her 100th wicket during a WODI against West Indies in September 2018.
She was South Africa’s leading run-scorer during the 2018 ICC Women’s World Twenty20 tournament.
Kapp joined the Sydney Sixers for the 2018–19 Women’s Big Bash League season.
In 2019, she played her 100th WODI match against Pakistan.
She participated in the Women’s T20 Super League in South Africa in 2019.
Kapp was part of South Africa’s squad for the 2020 ICC Women’s T20 World Cup.
She played for Oval Invincibles in The Hundred tournament in 2021 and 2022, receiving the Player of the Match award.
Kapp represented South Africa in the 2022 Women’s Cricket World Cup.
In May 2022, she excelled in the FairBreak Invitational T20 in Dubai.
Kapp achieved her first century in test cricket against England in June 2022.
She was selected for the Commonwealth Games but had to withdraw due to family reasons in July 2022.
Kapp took compassionate leave from the T20 squad to support her wife in February 2023.
She was signed by Delhi Capitals for Rs. 1.5 crore in the Women’s Premier League.
Kapp and her wife made history by being the first married couple to bat together in a major ICC tournament.
In 2022, she won the ICC player of the month award and expressed her gratitude during an interview.
Kapp shared that she practices by batting or bowling 3000 balls before a match.
She battled Covid-19 four times during the pandemic.
Kapp credits her parents for instilling a strong work ethic in her.
She values keeping her family united due to her parents' separation in her youth.
Kapp has been known to share pictures of herself enjoying alcoholic beverages on social media.