Sunette Viljoen, South Africa's Olympic silver medalist, returns to cricket

South Africa‘s Olympic silver medalist, Sunette Viljoen has decided to make her comeback to cricket. She has previously played at the international level before taking on the path of athletics. She has now signed the Titans Ladies franchise to mark her comeback to the sport.

Viljoen is an established allrounder, and has featured for the country in one Test match and 17 One Day Internationals. She scored 88 runs in the only Test she played whereas she has chipped in 198 runs and also picked up five wickets in the ODIs.

She is, however, more renowned for her heroics in the Javelin as she grabbed a silver medal for South Africa in the 2016 Rio Olympics. She has also won two golds, a silver and a bronze from her appearances at four Commonwealth Games. In the 2011 and 2015 World Championships, she won a silver and a bronze medal respectively.

“There is a genuine buzz in the ladies squad at the moment. We all know what Sunette has achieved already, and to be able to tap into that incredible work ethic and mental strength is going to be a huge boost for our squad,” Titans cricket services manager Charlotte Serwadi said as reported by BBC Sport.

Titan Ladies franchise made the announcement of Sunette Viljoen joining the side 

The Titan Ladies franchise took it to their Twitter account to make the official announcement about the same. They shared a video, where Viljoen is seen training with the team and putting in all the hard yards.

“We are pleased to announce that Olympic silver medalist and Commonwealth Games gold medalist, Sunette Viljoen-Louw has joined Titans Ladies. Welcome Sunette💙 #DaisyLadies | #SkyBlues,” the tweet read.

BREAKING NEWS: We are pleased to announce that Olympic silver medalist and Commonwealth Games gold medalist, Sunette Viljoen-Louw has joined Titans Ladies.

Welcome Sunette💙#DaisyLadies | #SkyBlues pic.twitter.com/wEBLreUQDN

— Titans Ladies (@titans_ladies) December 2, 2021

“I hope that I will make a difference in the team. I have a lot of energy. You have to work hard that is for sure. It is a dream of mine to play for South Africa and I really hope I can bring something for the South African team on the field as I have done on the athletics field,” Viljoen said in the video.