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South Africa Women's World Cup cricketer Elriesa Theunissen-Fourie and her child killed in car crash

Agence France-Presse • April 8, 2019, 11:36:37 IST
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Former South Africa Women’s World Cup cricketer Elriesa Theunissen-Fourie, 25, and her child were killed in a car crash this weekend, police confirmed on Sunday. The fatal accident occurred in the northwestern mining town of Stilfontein.

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South Africa Women's World Cup cricketer Elriesa Theunissen-Fourie and her child killed in car crash

Former South Africa Women’s World Cup cricketer Elriesa Theunissen-Fourie and her child were killed in a car crash this weekend, police confirmed on Sunday. The fatal accident occurred in the northwestern mining town of Stilfontein, a police spokesman told AFP.

Elriesa Theunissen-Fourie, who played three ODIs and one T20I for South Africa, has tragically died at the age of 25. May she rest in peace.https://t.co/8bM0ECMSJZ

— ICC (@ICC) April 7, 2019

All-rounder Theunissen-Fourie, 25, represented South Africa in four internationals — three ODIs and one Twenty20 — and was part of the 2013 World Cup squad. “This is a dreadful tragedy in the true sense of that word,” said Cricket South Africa (CSA) chief executive Thabang Moroe.

#CSAnews CSA shocked by tragic passing of Elriesa Theunissen-Fourie https://t.co/TiMQMFroCf #RIPElriesa pic.twitter.com/n0yRIs5uJR

— Proteas Men (@ProteasMenCSA) April 6, 2019
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“This is devastating news for all of us. “Elriesa did so much for the community in which she lived and gave excellent service both as a national player and in the work she did at grassroots level. “On behalf of the CSA family, I extend our deepest sympathy to her husband, her family, friends, and all her cricketing colleagues.”

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