Sheila Nefdt

Sheelagh Mary Nefdt is a South African former cricketer who played as an all-rounder. She appeared in four Test matches for South Africa in 1960 and 1961, all against England, and captained the side throughout the series.

She played domestic cricket for Western Province, and in 1953–54, she made the first recorded hattrick in South African women's cricket at Cape Town, taking a double hattrick. Western Province went on to win the Simon Trophy that season, as they had in the two previous to it. For the second-innings, she dropped herself one place down the batting order, to allow Eileen Hurly, scorer of 96* in the first-innings to come ahead of her. Similar slow scoring in the second innings helped South Africa force the draw, still trailing by 77 runs with eight wickets down in their second innings following on when the match finished. Nefdt scored her second half-century in Test cricket during the second-innings, top-scoring among the South Africans with 68. By promoting herself to open in the second-innings, Nefdt added 11 to the score before being caught and bowled by Anne Sanders for the second time in the match.