Suna Luus
Suné Elbie Luus   (an haife ta a ranar 5 ga watan Janairun 1996), ƙwararriyar ƴar wasan kurket ce ta Afirka ta Kudu, wadda ke taka leda a ƙungiyar wasan kurket ta ƙasa a matsayin  ƙwallon ƙafa .

Rayuwar farko da ilimi 
Luus an haife ta kuma ta girma a Pretoria .    Ko a lokacin da take ƙarama, mahaifinta ya ƙarfafa ta ta buga wasan kurket.  "Mahaifina ya kasance ƙaramin kocin wasan kurket - Har yanzu ni 'yar uba ce!"  Tana da shekara huɗu, ta fara wasan karamar kurket tare da mahaifinta da kuma babban yayanta.  

Shekaru uku bayan haka, tana da shekaru bakwai, Luus ta shiga ƙungiyar samarin 'yan ƙasa da shekaru 10 na makarantar firamarenta, Laerskool Voorpos.  Da farko "mai tsaron gida / allrounder / bude taki bowler", ta ji daɗin ƙalubalen tabbatar da cewa 'yan mata za su iya yin wasan kurket tare da samari.  A wannan shekarar, ta kuma fara buga wasan kurket na mata, kuma an zaɓe ta a ƙungiyar larduna ta ‘yan ƙasa da shekara 13 ta Arewa.  Tun tana ’yar shekara 12, an ƙara ta cikin ƙungiyar ‘yan ƙasa da shekaru 19, kuma a shekara ta gaba tana buga wa babbar ƙungiyar lardi wasa. 

A cikin shekarar 2009, yana da shekaru 13, an zaɓi Luus don ƙungiyar ƙasa da ƙasa ta 19. A cikin shekarar  2010 da 2011, ta zama kyaftin ɗin tawagar 'yan ƙasa da shekaru 19 da ta lashe gasar ƙasar ba tare da an doke ta ba. Ta kuma fara makarantar sakandare a Hoërskool Menlopark, kuma ta zama buɗaɗɗen ƙungiyar samari na makarantar Under-14A. Daga baya, ta taka leda a ƙungiyar 'yan ƙasa da shekaru 15, inda ta fafata da yara maza da suka riga sun buga wasan kurket na lardi a matakin 'yan ƙasa da shekaru 15. 

A halin yanzu, Luus kuma tana buga wasan tennis mai gasa. A ƙarshe, dole ne ta zaɓi tsakanin yawon shakatawa na wasan kurket na ƙasashen waje da yawon shakatawa na wasan tennis na Sun City . Ta zaɓi wasan kurket, domin ba ta tunanin cewa wasan tennis zai taɓa kai ta ƙasar waje. Kodayake mahaifiyarta ta ji daɗin tafiya da ita a balaguron wasan tennis, iyayenta biyu sun goyi bayan shawararta, kuma suna kallon duk wasannin kurket da ta buga. 

A watan Satumba na shekarar 2012, tana da shekaru 16, Luus ta fara buga wa tawagar kasar wasa.  A lokacin, ta saba da ɗan wasan Gwaji na maza Jacques Rudolph, kuma ya shawo kan ta ta fara wasan ƙwallon ƙafa. 

A cikin shekarar 2014, shekararta ta ƙarshe ta makaranta, Luus ta shagaltu da wasan kurket har ta shafe kusan watanni uku tana halartar makaranta. A ƙarshen shekarar, ta yi tunanin yin nazarin koyarwa, amma ta damu ko za ta sami lokacin yin hakan. 

Sa'an nan, a wani taro na ƙasa da ƙasa a High Performance Center a Jami'ar Pretoria, Luus aka sanar da cewa za ta iya yin karatu ga Higher Certificate a Sports Science a cikin shekaru biyu maimakon saba shekara. Tare da taimakon bursary daga Ƙungiyar ƴan wasan kurket ta Afirka ta Kudu, Luus ya fara wannan kwas a cikin shekarar 2015.  Sai dai daga baya jami'ar ta kasa shirya mata abubuwan da za su iya amfani da su wajen kwas ɗin, don haka ta koma Jami'ar Afirka ta Kudu (Unisa) don karanta kimiyyar sadarwa.

Manazarta

Hanyoyin haɗi na waje 

 Suné Luus at ESPNcricinfo
 Suné Luus at CricketArchive (subscription required)
 Sune Luus – part-time student, full-time South Africa star  – article in Wisden India
Rayayyun mutane
Haifaffun 1996