Bernadine Bezuidenhout

Bernadine Michelle Bezuidenhout (born 14 September 1993) is a South African-born former international cricketer who currently plays for Northern Districts. During her international career she played for both South Africa and New Zealand.

Career Bezuidenhout played for the South Africa national women's cricket team in 2014 and 2015 before moving to Christchurch, New Zealand and switching to represent New Zealand, after a three-year stand-down period. On 6 May 2018, she made her Women's Twenty20 International (WT20I) debut for New Zealand against Ireland.

In August 2018, she was awarded a central contract by New Zealand Cricket, following the tours of Ireland and England in the previous months. In October 2018, Bezuidenhout was named in New Zealand's squad for the 2018 ICC Women's World Twenty20 tournament in the West Indies.

She was named in the New Zealand squad for the 2023 ICC Women's T20 World Cup in South Africa.

On 31 May 2024, Bezuidenhout announced her retirement from international cricket.

Personal life Bezuidenhout was diagnosed with Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport (RED-S) in 2018. She founded non-profit, social enterprise Epic Sports Project which provides free sport and dance lessons to vulnerable young people.