Early Life and Education

Luus was born and grew up in Pretoria. Even as a toddler, her father encouraged her to play cricket. “My dad was a mini-cricket coach – I'm still a daddy's girl!” At the age of four, she started playing mini-cricket with her father and older brother.

Three years later, at the age of seven, Luus joined the U10 boys' team at her primary school, Laerskool Voorpos. Originally a keeper/all-rounder/opening bowler, she enjoyed the challenge of proving that girls could play cricket with the boys. In the same year she also began playing women's club cricket and was selected for the Northerns' under-13 provincial team. As a 12-year-old she was selected for the U19 provincial team and played for the senior provincial team the following year.

In 2009, at the age of 13, Luus was selected for the U19 national team. In both 2010 and 2011 she was captain of the U19 team that won the national championship undefeated. She also started secondary school at the Hoërskool Menlopark and became the opening batsman for the school's U14A boys' team. She later played for the U15 A team, where she competed against boys who had already played provincial cricket at the U15 level.

Meanwhile, Luus also played competitive tennis. Eventually she had to choose between a cricket tour abroad and a tennis tour of Sun City. She chose cricket because she didn't think tennis would ever take her overseas. Although her mother had enjoyed traveling with her on tennis tours, both parents supported her decision and watched all the cricket matches she played.

In September 2012, Luus made his debut for the national team at the age of 16. By this time she had met men's Test batsman Jacques Rudolph and he had convinced her to take up leg-spin bowling.

In 2014, her last year of school, Luus was so busy playing cricket that she only went to school for about three months. At the end of the year, she considered studying to be a teacher, but was worried about whether she would find the time.

Then, at a national team meeting at the University of Pretoria's High Performance Center, Luus was informed that she could study for a higher certificate in sports science over two years instead of the usual course. With the support of a scholarship from the South African Cricketers' Association, Luus began this course in 2015. However, the university was later unable to allow her to do the practical part of her studies, so she moved to the University of South Africa (Unisa) to study communications.

Cricket Career

On 5 August 2016, during a match against Ireland at the Anglesea Road Cricket Ground, she became the second player after Heather Knight to score a half-century and take a five-for in a women's ODI by hitting 52 Scored runs and took 6 wickets.

She also equaled Anisa Mohammed's record for taking the most wickets in women's ODI cricket in a single calendar year, with 37 dismissals in 2016. In 2016, along with Chloe Tryon, she set the record for the highest sixth wicket partnership in a WODI with 142 runs.

In May 2017, she was named Cricketer of the Year at Cricket South Africa's annual awards. In March 2018, she was one of fourteen players awarded a national contract by Cricket South Africa ahead of the 2018–19 season. In October 2018, she was named in the South African squad for the 2018 ICC Women's World Twenty20 tournament in the West Indies.

In November 2018, she was named in the Brisbane Heat squad for the 2018–19 Women's Big Bash League season. In September 2019, she was named in the M van der Merwe XI squad for the inaugural edition of the Women's T20 Super League in South Africa. In January 2020, she was named in the South African squad for the 2020 ICC Women's T20 World Cup in Australia.

In January 2020, in the third WODI against New Zealand, Luus became the first bowler to take two six-wicket hauls in WODI cricket. She took six wickets for 45 runs in ten overs, with South Africa winning the three-match series 3–0. She was also named Player of the Series. On 23 July 2020, Luus was named in South Africa's 24-man squad to begin training in Pretoria ahead of their tour to England.

In January 2021, in South Africa's series against Pakistan, Luus took her 100th wicket, becoming the tenth female cricketer to score 1,000 runs and take 100 wickets in WODIs.

In February 2022, she was named captain of the South African team for the 2022 Women's Cricket World Cup in New Zealand, after regular captain Dane van Niekerk was ruled out of the tournament due to a broken ankle. On March 31, 2022, in the semi-final game against England, Luus played her 100th WODI game.

In May 2022, she played seven matches for the Tornadoes team at the 2022 FairBreak Invitational T20 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, with a high score of 66* against the Barmy Army team. She also scored the winning runs for the Tornadoes in the Invitational final.

In June 2022, Luus was appointed captain of the South African women's test team for their one-off match against England women. She made her Test debut for South Africa against England on 27 June 2022. In July 2022, she was named captain of the South African team for the cricket tournament at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England. In August 2022, she was signed as a foreign player for the Trinbago Knight Riders for the inaugural edition of the Women's Caribbean Premier League.

She was named in the South African squad for the 2024 ICC Women's T20 World Cup.