Magdalena Terblanche generally known as Daleen Terblanche, is a former South African cricketer. She was the first South African woman to pass 1,000 runs in One Day Internationals, doing so in a match against West Indies in April 2005, during her 46th innings.

Career

Following South Africa's explusion from international cricket, South Africa women played their first match for 25 years in August 1997. Playing against Ireland, Terblanche and her ten teammates made their international debuts. After losing the toss, South Africa put on 175 runs, Terblanche hitting 28 from number six

Batting order (cricket)

In cricket, the batting order is the sequence in which batsmen play through their team's innings, there always being two batsmen taking part at any one time...

. In reply, Ireland were bowled out for just 82, giving South Africa the victory on their return. South Africa went on to win the three-match series 3–0, and went straight into a four-match series against England, which they lost 2–1.

For the 1997 Women's Cricket World Cup

1997 Women's Cricket World Cup

-Semi-finals:India and Australia both qualified for the semi finals, and faced each other on Christmas Eve at Delhi. The start of the match was delayed for two hours and 15 minutes for bad light, and as a result each side was given 32 overs to bat. India won the toss, and captain Pramila Bhatt...

, Terblanche continued as wicket-keeper

Wicket-keeper

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, but was promoted to open the batting alongside Linda Olivier

Linda Olivier

Linda Olivier is a former South African cricketer. She was the first South African woman to score a century in a Women's One Day International, making 101* against Ireland in December 2000.-External links:...

 in all but two of the matches. She finished the tournament with 124 runs, second amongst the South Africans only to Olivier. Against Denmark, she shared a 102 run first-wicket partnership with Olivier to help set up a 99 run victory for South Africa.

Three years later in the 2000 Women's Cricket World Cup

2000 Women's Cricket World Cup

The 7th IWCC Women's Cricket World Cup was held in New Zealand from 29 November to 23 December 2000.Teams from New Zealand, Australia, England, India, Ireland, South Africa, Sri Lanka and The Netherlands played each other once in a round robin format to determine the semi finalists.Australia...

, Terblanche once again trailed only Olivier in the South African's batting charts, and courtesy of 3 not out

Not out

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s, she had the superior batting average, her 200 runs coming at 40.00. She played a key-role in securing a semi-final berth for South Africa, playing a strong supporting role in a five-wicket victory over England, her 41 runs coming off 117 runs. She hit her maiden half-century in the fourth group match, played against Sri Lanka, remaining not out as the team won by six wickets.

After defeat in the World Cup semi-final, South Africa didn't play another international match for over a year, when they hosted India. Following the retirement of Olivier, South Africa struggled to score runs, with Terblanche managing just 64 in her four innings. Despite this, South Africa won the one day series 2-1, and then played their first Test match

Test cricket

Test cricket is the longest form of the sport of cricket. Test matches are played between national representative teams with "Test status", as determined by the International Cricket Council , with four innings played between two teams of 11 players over a period of up to a maximum five days...

 since 1972. In a four-day match, Terblanche scored 25 & 2 as South Africa chased 404, eventually losing by 10 wickets.

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