Shandre Alvida Fritz (born 21 July 1985) is a South African former

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er and current match referee. She played as a right-handed batter and right-arm

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bowler. She appeared in 59 One Day Internationals and 26 Twenty20 Internationals for

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between 2003 and 2014. She played domestic cricket for Western Province and

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. She was given the captaincy of South Africa in 2007, aged 21, but after an accident at a swimming pool in which she damaged her back, she missed the series against the Netherlands and Pakistan, with Cri-Zelda Brits captaining the side instead. Fritz became the first South African woman to score a

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in a Twenty20 Internationals when she scored 116 * against

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at the

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. In August 2019,

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appointed her to their Match Referees Panel for the 2019–20 cricket season. In January 2021, she refereed in her first WODI matches, for all three fixtures between South Africa and Pakistan at the

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. In September 2024 she was named as part of an all-female officiating group for the

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* * 1985 births Living people Cricketers from Cape Town South African women cricketers South Africa women One Day International cricketers South Africa women Twenty20 International cricketers Western Province women cricketers KwaZulu-Natal Coastal women cricketers Cricket match referees {{SouthAfrica-cricket-bio-1980s-stub