Shabnim Ismail

Quick Facts

Full Name	Shabnim Ismail
Occupation	Cricketer
Date Of Birth	Oct 5, 1988(1988-10-05)
Age	36
Birthplace	Cape Town
Country	South Africa
Birth City	Western Cape
Horoscope	Libra

Shabnim Ismail Biography

Shabnim Ismail is one of the most popular and richest Cricketer who was born on October 5, 1988 in Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa. Shabnim Ismail (born 5 October 1988) is a South African international cricketer who made her debut with South African cricket in January 2007. South African national team in January 2007.

With seven wickets in five matches, Ismail was South Africa’s second-highest wicket taker (with Marizanne Kapp) at the 2014 World Twenty20 in Bangladesh. In the match against Ireland she picked up 3/5 off three overs. South Africa made the semi-finals of the tournament for the first time since 2014, but they had less success in the 2016 tournament in India and won just one game. Ismail was also not a huge success, taking just three wickets in her five matches.During the 2017 women’s cricket world cup, she posted the lowest bowling statistics as a woman during an World Cup match. World Cup match(most runs conceded during an innings of the World cup match is 89)

Ismail was born in Cape Town. She began playing cricket at school, and initially played in a mixed-gender team, as her school had no separate team for girls. Ismail is a practising Muslim, and is the only Muslim woman to have played international cricket for South Africa. As of August 2016, she was studying to become a mechanical engineer.

For the inaugural 2016 season of England’s Women’s Cricket Super League, Ismail signed with the Yorkshire Diamonds. She was one of the team’s three overseas players, along with Australians Alex Blackwell and Beth Mooney, and one of only four South African across the competition. Ismail played in all five matches for the Diamonds, and took six wickets, behind only Danielle Hazell among her teammates. Her best figures were 2/16 from two overs against the Western Storm, while she also took 2/23 from four overs against the Lancashire Thunder.

In 2011, during the World Cup Qualifier in Bangladesh, Ismail took 6/10 in one game against the Netherlands and helped to bowl the team for only 36 runs. She set a new record for ODIs of South Africa, and at the time , was the fourth- highest performance of the entire women’s ODIs. Ismail’s form was a lot better at her 2013 World Cup in India, which she won with 11 wickets across seven games. This was the highest in South Africa and the equal fifth most overall. Her tournament featured numbers that were 4/41 in the battle against Australia 2/18 against Pakistan and 2/22 in Sri Lanka.

Shabnim Ismail Net Worth

Shabnim Ismail is one of the richest Cricketer from South Africa. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Shabnim Ismail 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Ismail made her debut as a senior player in Western Province in October 2005 (aged 17) in the 2005-06 season in South Africa’s Women’s Provincial League. She scored 15 wickets during her first season. This was the second most in Western Province behind Shandre Fritz and Alexis le Breton. It was followed by 21 wickets in the 2007-08 season that was the sixth highest in the tournament. Ismail has been a part of the final of the Provincial League several occasions during her career. She moved between Western Province to Gauteng for the 2015-16 season.

Ismail was the first international player to make her debut in South Africa in January 2007 (aged 18) in an One Day International (ODI) against Pakistan. The Test as well as Twenty20 International debuts came in the same year, playing against New Zealand and the Netherlands. Netherlands as well as New Zealand, respectively. Ismail was chosen in South Africa’s team at this year’s World Cup in Australia, however she took just one wicket in three games. In the 2009 World Twenty20 in England later in the year, she scored seven wickets over three matches (including the 3/27 loss to Australia) This was the highest number of any player in South Africa and the equal third most overall.

In December 2015, several weeks into the inaugural 2015–16 season of Australia’s Women’s Big Bash League, Ismail signed with the Melbourne Renegades. She was called up as a short-term replacement for New Zealander Rachel Priest (one of the team’s overseas players), who had had to return to her home country for a period. On debut against the Melbourne Stars, Ismail took 3/10 from four overs, together with Molly Strano (5/15) helping restrict the Stars to just 85/9 from 20 overs. She played only one more game (also against the Stars) before Priest returned to the line-up, but failed to take a wicket.

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Facts & Trivia

Shabnim Ranked on the list of most popular Cricketer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in South Africa. Shabnim Ismail celebrates birthday on October 5 of every year.

Where is shabnim Ismail from?

Cape Town, South Africa

How tall is Shabnim Ismail?

5′ 5″

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