Barbara Cairncross

Barbara Cairncross
Rayuwa
Haihuwa	Afirka ta kudu,
ƙasa	Afirka ta kudu
Karatu
Harsuna	Turanci
Sana'a
Sana'a	cricketer (en)

Barbara Cairncross tsohuwar 'yar wasan ƙwallon ƙafa ce ta Afirka ta Kudu wacce ta taka leda a matsayin mai buga ƙwallon dama. Ta bayyana a wasanni uku na gwaji na Afirka ta Kudu a cikin 1960 da 1961, duk da Ingila, inda ta zira kwallaye 65 a cikin wasanni shida. Ta buga wasan kurket na cikin gida a Kudancin Transvaal .

Cairncross ta fara fitowa a jerin da ta yi da Ingila ga mata na Afirka ta Kudu, inda ta bude wasan tare da kyaftin din Joy Irwin. Bayan ta yi Duck a cikin na farko, ta zira kwallaye 27 a karo na biyu, ta sanya 53 a karo na farko tare da Irwin.[1] A wasan yawon shakatawa na gaba, ta jagoranci kungiyar Kudancin Transvaal wacce ta hada da 'yan wasa biyar da za su ci gaba da buga wasan Test cricket ga Afirka ta Kudu. Da yake sake buɗe batting, tare da Eileen Hurly a wannan lokacin, Cairncross ya fadi da 17 yayin da bangarenta za ta iya tara gudu 147, wanda 68 suka cece shi daga Yvonne van Mentz. A cikin innings na biyu, yana buƙatar 59 don kauce wa cin nasara, Cairncross ya kasance 48 * yayin da aka zana wasan.

A gwajin farko na Afirka ta Kudu, Cairncross ya zira kwallaye 24 a farkon farawa sannan ya kara 9 a karo na biyu kafin a gudu. Ta kasa yin lambobi biyu a gwajin na biyu, ta fadi da takwas a farkon-innings, da hudu a na biyu-innings yayin da aka tilasta Afirka ta Kudu ta biyo baya. Da take wasa a gwajin na uku, ta rasa wicket dinta don Duck a cikin farko-innings, amma ta sami nasarar ƙara 83 don na biyar-wicket tare da Sheelagh Nefdt don samar da juriya kawai yayin da Afirka ta Kudu ta rasa ta hanyar innings da wickets takwas.