{{short description|South African cricketer (born 1985)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2022}} {{Infobox cricketer | name = Shandre Fritz | female = true | image = | country = South Africa | fullname = Shandre Alvida Fritz | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1985|7|21|df=yes}} | birth_place = Cape Town, South Africa | batting = Right-handed | bowling = Right arm medium | role = All-rounder
| international = true | internationalspan = 2003–2014
| odidebutdate = 13 August | odidebutyear = 2003 | odidebutagainst = England | odicap = 34 | odishirt = 13 | lastodidate = 17 January | lastodiyear = 2014 | lastodiagainst = Pakistan
| T20Idebutdate = 22 August | T20Idebutyear = 2008 | T20Idebutagainst = England | T20Icap = 17 | T20Ishirt = | lastT20Idate = 31 March | lastT20Iyear = 2014 | lastT20Iagainst = New Zealand
| club1 = Western Province | year1 = {{nowrap|2003/04–2015/16}} | club2 = KwaZulu-Natal | year2 = 2007/08
| columns = 4
| column1 = WODI | matches1 = 59 | runs1 = 959 | bat avg1 = 21.31 | 100s/50s1 = 0/5 | top score1 = 68 | deliveries1 = 742 | wickets1 = 22 | bowl avg1 = 23.00 | fivefor1 = 0 | tenfor1 = 0 | best bowling1 = 4/36 | catches/stumpings1 = 15/–
| column2 = WT20I | matches2 = 26 | runs2 = 384 | bat avg2 = 19.20 | 100s/50s2 = 1/1 | top score2 = 116* | deliveries2 = 42 | wickets2 = 1 | bowl avg2 = 60.00 | fivefor2 = 0 | tenfor2 = 0 | best bowling2 = 1/12 | catches/stumpings2 = 10/–
| column3 = WLA | matches3 = 178 | runs3 = 4,190 | bat avg3 = 34.62 | 100s/50s3 = 2/28 | top score3 = 101 | deliveries3 = 3,733 | wickets3 = 136 | bowl avg3 = 13.85 | fivefor3 = 4 | tenfor3 = 0 | best bowling3 = 6/20 | catches/stumpings3 = 59/–
| column4 = WT20 | matches4 = 48 | runs4 = 965 | bat avg4 = 27.57 | 100s/50s4 = 1/3 | top score4 = 116* | deliveries4 = 284 | wickets4 = 15 | bowl avg4 = 16.00 | fivefor4 = 0 | tenfor4 = 0 | best bowling4 = 3/17 | catches/stumpings4 = 13/–
| date = 27 February | year = 2022 | source = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/60/60249/60249.html CricketArchive }} '''Shandre Alvida Fritz''' (born 21 July 1985) is a South African former cricketer and current match referee. She played as a right-handed batter and right-arm medium bowler. She appeared in 59 One Day Internationals and 26 Twenty20 Internationals for South Africa between 2003 and 2014. She played domestic cricket for Western Province and KwaZulu-Natal.<ref name="Cricinfo">{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/player/shandre-fritz-54636 |title=Player Profile: Shandre Fritz |work=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=23 February 2022}}</ref><ref name="CricketArchive">{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/60/60249/60249.html |title=Player Profile: Shandré Fritz |work=CricketArchive |access-date=23 February 2022}}</ref>
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.<ref name="Cricinfo"/>
Fritz became the first South African woman to score a century in a Twenty20 International when she scored 116* against the Netherlands at the 2010 ICC Women's Cricket Challenge.<ref name=100s>{{cite web|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/records/284259.html|title=Women's Twenty20 Internationals / Batting records / Most runs in an innings|work=ESPNcricinfo|publisher=ESPN|accessdate=29 August 2015}}</ref>
In August 2019, Cricket South Africa appointed her to their Match Referees Panel for the 2019–20 cricket season.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://cricket.co.za/news/31510/Agenbag-and-Fritz-break-new-ground-for-SA-Cricket |title=Agenbag and Fritz break new ground for SA Cricket |work=Cricket South Africa |accessdate=28 August 2019 |archive-date=28 August 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190828101310/https://cricket.co.za/news/31510/Agenbag-and-Fritz-break-new-ground-for-SA-Cricket |url-status=dead }}</ref> In January 2021, she refereed in her first WODI matches, for all three fixtures between South Africa and Pakistan at the Kingsmead Cricket Ground.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://cricket.co.za/news/37392/Agenbag-and-Fritz-make-WODI-impressions |title=Agenbag and Fritz make WODI impressions |work=Cricket South Africa |access-date=27 January 2021 |archive-date=28 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210128133139/https://cricket.co.za/news/37392/Agenbag-and-Fritz-make-WODI-impressions |url-status=dead }}</ref>
In September 2024 she was named as part of an all-female officiating group for the 2024 ICC Women's T20 World Cup.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.icc-cricket.com/tournaments/womens-t20-worldcup/news/all-female-panel-of-match-officials-announced-for-women-s-t20-world-cup-2024 |title=All-female panel of match officials announced for Women’s T20 World Cup 2024 |work=International Cricket Council |access-date=3 October 2024}}</ref>
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==External links== * {{cricinfo|id=54636}} * {{cricketarchive|id=60249}}
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