Yvonne van Mentz
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Yvonne van Mentz is a former South African cricketer. She scored South Africa's first century in Women's Test cricket
, with an unbeaten
105 against England in the fourth Test played during the 1960/61 season. An all-rounder
, she played four Test matches for South Africa, taking eight wickets and scoring 186 runs.
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...
, with an unbeaten
Not out
In cricket, a batsman will be not out if he comes out to bat in an innings and has not been dismissed by the end of the innings. One may similarly describe a batsman as not out while the innings is still in progress...
105 against England in the fourth Test played during the 1960/61 season. An all-rounder
All-rounder
An all-rounder is a cricketer who regularly performs well at both batting and bowling. Although all bowlers must bat and quite a few batsmen do bowl occasionally, most players are skilled in only one of the two disciplines and are considered specialists...
, she played four Test matches for South Africa, taking eight wickets and scoring 186 runs.