Eliz-Mari Marx

South African cricketer (born 2003)

Eliz-Mari Marx

Personal information

Full name|

Eliz-Mari Marx

Born|  (2003-01-20) 20 January 2003 (age 22)
Pretoria, South Africa
Batting| Right-handed
Bowling| Right-arm medium
Role| All-rounder
International information
National side|

* South Africa

ODI debut (cap 89)| 16 December 2023 v Bangladesh
Last ODI| 17 April 2024 v Sri Lanka
T20I debut (cap 60)| 3 December 2023 v Bangladesh
Last T20I| 27 November 2024 v England
Domestic team information
Years| Team
2016/17–present| Northerns
Career statistics
| Competition | WT20I | WODI | WT20

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Matches | 9 | 7 | 37
Runs scored | 13 | 53 | 319
Batting average | 4.33 | 53.09 | 16.78
100s/50s | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0
Top score | 7 | 35 | 46
Balls bowled | 134 | 240 | 617
Wickets | 5 | 6 | 32
Bowling average | 35.40 | 36.50 | 18.15
5 wickets in innings | 0 | 0 | 0
10 wickets in match | 0 | 0 | 0
Best bowling | 3/19 | 2/22 | 4/7
Catches/stumpings | 0/– | 1/– | 13/–

Source: CricketArchive, 28 November 2024

Eliz-Mari Marx (born 20 January 2003) is a South African cricketer who currently plays for Northerns. She plays as a right-arm medium bowler and right-handed batter.[1][2]

She made her international debut in December 2023, in a Twenty20 International for South Africa against Bangladesh.[3]

## Early life

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Marx was born on 20 January 2003 in Pretoria.[2][4]

## Domestic career

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Marx made her debut for Northerns in October 2016, against Easterns, in which she took 1/22 from her four overs.[5] She was named Northerns Player of the Year at the end of the 2019–20 season, with 23 wickets and 223 runs.[6] She scored her maiden List A century in October 2023, with 155 from 66 deliveries for Northerns against South Western Districts.[2][7]

She has also played for Coronations and Thistles in the Women's T20 Super League.[8]

## International career

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In November 2023, Marx was named in the South Africa Emerging squad to play Zimbabwe.[9] Later that same month, Marx earned her first call-up to the South Africa squad for the side's series against Bangladesh.[10] She made her international debut in the first match of the Twenty20 International series, taking 1/25 from her four overs.[3]

Marx was in the South Africa squad for the T20 part of their multi-format home series against England in November 2024.[11][12]

## References

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1. ^ "Player Profile: Eliz-mari Marx". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 10 December 2023.
2. ^ a b c "Player Profile: Eliz-Mari Marx". CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 December 2023.
3. ^ a b "1st T20I, Benoni, December 3 2023, Bangladesh Women tour of South Africa: South Africa Women v Bangladesh Women". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 10 December 2023.
4. ^ ""I Think It Was Talent, I Just Needed to Define It" - Eliz-Mari Marx". CricketFanatics. 29 April 2021. Retrieved 10 December 2023.
5. ^ "Easterns Women v Northerns Women, 22 October 2016". CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 December 2023.
6. ^ "Eliz-Mari Marx named Northerns Player of the Year". Women's CricZone. 22 June 2020. Retrieved 10 December 2023.
7. ^ "South Western Districts Women v Northerns Women, 7 October 2023". CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 December 2023.
8. ^ "WSL 4.0 Squads and Fixtures: Star-Studded Lineups and Triple Headers". Cricket South Africa. 25 November 2022. Retrieved 10 December 2023.
9. ^ "SA Emerging Women to Face Zimbabwe in Six-Match T20 Series in Harare". Cricket South Africa. 15 November 2023. Retrieved 10 December 2023.
10. ^ "Kapp to miss T20Is against Bangladesh; Tryon, Khaka, de Klerk out injured". ESPNcricinfo. 24 November 2023. Retrieved 10 December 2023.
11. ^ "CSA Names Proteas Women Squads To Face England In T20I And ODI Series". Cricket South Africa. Retrieved 12 November 2024.
12. ^ "South Africa rest Kapp for T20 series with England". BBC Sport. Retrieved 12 November 2024.

## External links

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* Eliz-Mari Marx at ESPNcricinfo
* Eliz-Mari Marx at CricketArchive (subscription required)