South Africa\u2019s Tazmin Brits has backed teenage star Karabo Meso to put the rest of the world on notice at the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup 2025.<\/p>\n
The 18-year-old wicketkeeper is hotly tipped to make her major tournament debut after being named in Mandla Mashimbyi\u2019s 15-strong squad.<\/p>\n
Meso made her international bow aged just 16 in a T20I against Sri Lanka in March 2024 and has since cemented her position as one of the sport\u2019s most exciting talents.<\/p>\n
Brits, 34, has seen Meso\u2019s development first-hand at Johannesburg’s Lions and believes her domestic teammate can use the World Cup as a launchpad to push her career into the global spotlight.<\/p>\n
\u201cShe\u2019s a great talent,\u201d said Brits, who shared a 128-run stand with Meso in the Lions\u2019 win over the Titans in March. \u201cI\u2019m very excited for what she can bring to this team and I\u2019m hoping we allow her the environment that she needs to showcase her talents.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis can be a springboard for her, that she rocks up and is like, \u2018here I am\u2019. At the end of the day, yes, she is young, but I think talent outweighs anything no matter your age. I think if you\u2019re good enough and you showcase that; the world will definitely take note.\u201d<\/p>\n
With over six years separating Meso from the next youngest member of South Africa\u2019s travelling party, 24-year-old Annerie Dercksen, Brits has been impressed with her junior contemporary\u2019s cricketing IQ and ability to read the game.<\/p>\n
\u201cI actually advocated that she should have joined us a bit earlier,\u201d she continued. \u201cI love batting with her. She\u2019s very quick between the wickets and she\u2019s got a good cricket brain, which being a keeper, helps a lot. She knows where to put field placings and when to take singles.<\/p>\n
\u201cWith the Lions, we\u2019ve had a few 50 and 100-run partnerships so I know her capability. I know international [cricket] is a different ball game. It’s a different stage. But I think the more she gets those opportunities, the more she\u2019ll showcase her talent. I\u2019m very excited.\u201d<\/p>\n
South Africa head to the subcontinent knowing they have what it takes to reach the latter stages of international competitions having made the semi-finals of the last two ICC Women\u2019s Cricket World Cups and the final of the last two ICC Women\u2019s T20 World Cups.<\/p>\n
Despite not being able to make it over the line, Brits feels those losses have been an important learning curve for her and her teammates, standing them in good stead for their latest tilt at global glory.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ll always back us, if you don’t back your own team, then you’re not heading in the right direction,\u201d said Brits.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe’ve looked at a few things and I think our combinations are good. In general, we\u2019ve definitely been a bit stricter on ourselves to do what we need to do.<\/p>\n
“We’ve been to two finals, yes, but it’s time that we maybe get over the line. And I back our team to do that.<\/p>\n
\u201cI definitely think being in two finals makes a difference. We know what we’re capable of and what it takes in order to win that final.\u201d<\/p>\n
Brits, a native of Klerksdorp in South Africa\u2019s North West province, has been in fine individual form ahead of the World Cup, hitting two ODI hundreds against West Indies and India prior to plundering a career-best T20I score of 98 not out in June.<\/p>\n
In the space of three days, she hit back-to-back centuries, including a career-high score of 171 not out as she enters perhaps the twilight of her career.<\/p>\n
It is something that the opening batter is determined to continue and hopes to be able to give her side the foundations they need to chase big scores.<\/p>\n
\u201cPeople say I’m in good form,\u201d she added. \u201cSometimes when you hit the ball like that, you don’t always realise what you’re doing. It’s more like a flow.<\/p>\n
\u201cI’m very critical of myself. I always think I need to work hard, and I need to do better and hopefully I can do that at this World Cup. Hopefully that means I don\u2019t just get one 100, I want to get a few of them so I can put the team in a good position.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat’s what I’m looking at. If we can put our team in a good spot, we\u2019ve got the resources to chase scores of 300 or 330. I definitely think we’re capable of that.\u201d<\/p>\n
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