ICC Women's World Cup 2009 - Teams
South Africa
Sunette Loubser leads her South African team to the event looking to improve on its performance the last time it played at a major tournament.
South Africa's performances on home soil during the Women's World Cup in 2005 were so disappointing that they were forced to qualify for the 2009 event.
But South Africa now looks a more formidable outfit and coasted through the ICC Women's World Cup Qualifier (ICC WWCQ) in 2008 without ever looking in trouble.
Although it enjoyed a comfortable series win over Ireland in July 2008, a failure to win a single game against England in the ODI and Twenty20 series shows how much work the side still has to do to catch up with the top four.
Claire Terblanche, Susan Benade and Cri-Zelda Brits help form a powerful batting unit, while Alicia Smith will also be expected to contribute.
Smith was joint leading wicket taker at the ICC WWCQ, and with several belligerent innings against England last year she showed she has the potential to be a world-class all rounder, while spinner Loubser can always be relied upon for wickets.
The big blow to South African cricket in the past year has been the loss of Johmari Logtenberg, who chose to give up the sport in order to pursue a career in golf.
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