Marizanne Kapp Tweet On Dané van Niekerk: South African women’s cricketer Dane van Niekerk may soon say goodbye to international cricket. However, the South African Cricket Board has not issued an official statement on this. Dane von Niekerk was the captain of South Africa for a long time. Recently, Dane von Niekerk was not included in the Women’s T20 World Cup team. He played the last international match for South Africa on 19 September 2021.
Marijan Kapp remembers Dan von Niekerk
Now South African all-rounder Marijne Kapp remembered Dan von Niekerk’s contribution from his official social media handle. He retweeted Dan von Niekerk’s tweet and wrote, “Kya zamaana tha… It is believed that Dan von Niekerk was dropped from the team due to an ankle injury.” She was not a part of the team since November 2021. Apart from this, Dan von Niekerk could not get a place in the team due to poor fitness. After which Sun Lis was included in the South African team in place of Dan von Niekerk.
What an era❤❤❤❤😊 https://t.co/SgEapan9gT
— Danevn81 (@Danevn811) Mar 11, 2023
Dan von Niekerk’s career has been like this
Recently, in the Women’s T20 World Cup team, Sun Lis got the captaincy of the South African team in place of Dane von Niekerk. Under the captaincy of Sun Lis, the South African team reached the Women’s T20 World Cup final for the first time. Actually, South African women’s cricketers have to cover a distance of 2 kilometers in 9.30 minutes to pass the fitness test, but Dane von Niekerk took 18 seconds more than the stipulated time. After which Dane von Niekerk was not included in the Women’s T20 World Cup team. Dane von Niekerk represented South Africa in 107 ODIs. Apart from this, he played 86 T20 matches. Dane Von Niekerk scored 2175 and 1877 runs in ODI and T20 format respectively.
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