Faye Tunnicliffe

Faye Tunnicliffe (born 9 December 1998) is a South African cricketer who plays as a wicket-keeper and right-handed batter. Quotes Cricket is a genuine career path for ladies in this country now, and we need young girls to be hungry for that top spot, so that we can all grow from strength to strength. Importantly, also thank your parents for their efforts. None of this would be possible without them. I debuted in 2018 and was lucky enough to play a couple of tours since then, my last one being in India 2021. The goal is always to play at the highest level and represent my country. I’ve grown up a bit now and I look forward to the prospect. I think consistent performance are always a good way to catch the selectors eye’s. I can control the performances, but not the selection. Right now I am just enjoying the journey. Women’s cricket is on the rise and is definitely a space to watch at the moment Being fully professional now is a great way to create a higher standard for the Domestic Structure, because now it is a full time job, and there are no excuses for not going all-in. An example of how its advancing is seeing a crowd at Super Sport Park this past weekend where spectators had to pay for tickets. It is so exciting that people are putting money forward to support the women’s game! The contracts have undoubtedly changed lives – myself included. For years I’ve dreamt of calling myself a pro-athlete, and now I get to wake up everyday and live that dream, without having to work other jobs. These contracts create more competition, and make the selection pool for the SA team bigger, because now there are a whole lot more full-time cricketers to choose from I’m beyond privileged to have represented my country, so my debut in Barbados is right up there. Recently I scored a century at Newlands Cricket Ground, and that has got to be in my top three highlights. It is the most beautiful ground in the world, and my home ground. My all time favourite highlight has got to be singing the national anthem in the 2018 World Cup in St Lucia. That was so special I would love to play in the Women’s IPL one day. It is such a prestigious tournament for the men, and hopefully the Women’s IPL will grow just as big. The Big Bash has always been a favourite of mine to watch. I can honestly say that I would love to play in all of them Ellyse Perry is an inspiration, mostly because of her work ethic. Her athletic ability, as well as cricketing skills are things that inspire me to be better. The same thing can be said for Laura Wolvaardt. She is one of the fittest people I know, and out-works everyone. She is always pushing to be the fittest, and the strongest that she can be. I admire athletes that take care of their physical well-being, as well as their skillset. My advice would be to never stop believing in yourself. Hardship and adversity is inevitable, but as long as you believe that you can do it, and put the work in, no one can stop you. Who I am as a person is important to me. I want to be one of the best players in the world, but I also want to be a good teammate, a coachable player, and to be someone that teams want in their changing room. Being remembered as a solid person would be the biggest accomplishment, in my opinion. But one of the best in the world is a massive ambition Western Province Batting Dynamo Faye Tunnicliffe in Fine Form , Dec 2023, Gsport , by Gsport contributor For me, T20 cricket has been quite a focus, especially through last season as well because there were Commonwealth Games and all of that, so I just want to execute what I have been working on, whether it is piercing gaps or hitting over the top It is a good opportunity to try and back yourself and back your skill, and just have fun on the field. The biggest thing is to stand out. To play a certain brand of cricket that you can fit into the Proteas squad because the competition has been rife, especially with the Commonwealth Games that came up, a lot of people were gunning for that, and now with the World Cup at home especially The competition is rife within the domestic level and in high performance, so you really have to do something different and for me that is just playing fearless cricket and really expressing myself with the bat Performing at provincial level is important because if you do get that call, then you go in with confidence rather than getting a call up and being unsure of yourself. If you can give yourself the best opportunity to perform, then you will feel as prepared as possible and that’s where the domestic game is also becoming more competitive because you can show you can perform at the higher level, It is really refreshing actually, to see a group of girls so passionate about cricket, and who are so keen to learn I mean questions that you got asked years ago but now they are asking those again, such as ‘What is your favourite cricket shot?’ and it’s things like that that are really good to see and they are a nice bunch of people as well, so it is good to spend time with them and have those cricket conversations The Emerging tour wasn’t as successful as we would have liked it to be but there were a lot of learnings that they could take forward and then they dominated against the Zimbabwe U19 team, so it was good to see They are so willing to try new things and I think it is easy to get stuck in our own ways, and then that’s where the fear of failure creeps in. They were just so keen to play freely, they were buying into what our coach was saying and if we can play that brand of cricket going forward, and buy into it as much as they have, we will be pretty successful I love having conversations with them, especially when they go on a tour and come back, they will come back with new knowledge of the game, so I really enjoy having conversations with them Someone like Suné, as well, who’s had to step up as (stand-in) captain now. She has learnt a lot, so (I am) staying close to her and learning from her. They are also hungry to develop with the game, so it is pretty cool to be in a friendship group like that; it is quite a privilege. Seeing them at practice, they work very hard, so it is cool to have that motivation at training and even off the field as well, having good, intelligent cricket conversations That is everyone’s dream, to play a World Cup at home. Your home ground, in front of friends and family, it is quite a cool thought. That would literally be a dream come true and just thinking of even possibly getting close to the final and playing at Newlands as well. Newlands is one of my favourite grounds to play on, whether it is international or domestic. I played one international game there and that would be the biggest privilege any cricketer can ask for, to play on your home ground, in front of a home crowd, especially in a World Cup, it would be awesome, and we need to grab that opportunity, Fearless Faye Tunnicliffe: Stand out and learn from those around you, October 2022, Supersport by staff I feel like I’ve had a lot of growth over the past three, four years, All the hard work, and my persistence – being quite stubborn with my goal – is starting to pay off. But this isn’t the end goal. The end goal is to perform and contribute. My dad and I were always very competitive, whether it was cricket, squash, or golf. That’s where my competitive nature came from Cricket is for boys. It was really competitive playing in the boys’ team, They didn’t hold back. They thought, well, this is a goal, possibly keeping me out of the team. So let’s see if we can bounce her out of the net I did a three-year diploma in sport and exercise science, and I’m also qualified in sports nutrition, I wanted to know why I had to do heavy squats and deadlifts. It’s all helped with my game. The end goal is to perform and contribute Faye fights her way back into Proteas Women, Feb 2021, SA CRICKET by Staff External links Category:Cricketers from South Africa Category:Living people Category:1998 births