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Dane van Niekerk

Dane van Niekerk
Personal information
Full name Dane van Niekerk
Born (1993-05-14) 14 May 1993 (age 24)
Pretoria, South Africa
Batting style Right-handed
Bowling style Right arm leg spin
Role All-rounder
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 57) 16 November 2014 v India
ODI debut (cap 53) 8 March 2009 v West Indies
Last ODI 17 March 2015 v Pakistan
ODI shirt no. 81
T20I debut (cap 18) 11 June 2009 v West Indies
Last T20I 19 February 2016 v England
Domestic team information
Years Team
2008–2012 Northerns Women
2008–2010 Highveld Women
2012–present Eastern Province Women
2015–present Melbourne Renegades
2016–present Loughborough Lightning
Career statistics
Competition WTest WODI WT20I
Matches 1 53 49
Runs scored 22 735 905
Batting average 11.00 28.26 28.28
100s/50s 0/0 0/1 0/3
Top score 15 55* 90*
Balls bowled 222 2354 825
Wickets 1 78 41
Bowling average 90.00 16.75 17.26
5 wickets in innings 0 2 0
10 wickets in match 0 n/a n/a
Best bowling 1/90 5/17 4/17
Catches/stumpings 0/– 21/- 15/-
Source: Cricinfo, 19 February 2016

Dane van Niekerk (born 14 May 1993) is a South African cricketer born in Pretoria and educated at Centurion High School. A leg spin bowler, she has appearances in Test, One Day International (ODI) and Twenty20 International (T20I) representing South Africa and is the women's team captain in all three forms (Test, ODI and T20I) since June 2016.

She played domestically for Highveld Women and Northerns Women before becoming the first South African female (along with Marizanne Kapp) included in the Eastern Province cricket team academy (men's team). She was selected as part of the South Africa national women's cricket team for the 2009 Women's Cricket World Cup in Australia, becoming a regular presence in the squad, being called for the 2013 Women's Cricket World Cup as well as representing South Africa at the Women's World Twenty20 in 2009, 2010, 2012, 2014 and 2016.


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