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She is studying sports management in Portuguese Elizabeth.
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Dane Niekerk
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A leg spin bowler, she has appearances in Test, One Day International (ODI) and Twenty20 International (T20I) representing South Africa. 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). In March 2009, starting as a leg spinner she made her debut at 16 years of age during the 2009 World Cup against the West Indies at Newcastle.
In her second match, she took 3/11 as South Africa beat Sri Lanka in Sydney to claim 7th place in the tournament.
Through the years she has developed into an all-rounder and became a T20I opening batter. In January 2013 she became the first South African woman to take a hat-trick, finishing with 5/28 in an ODI match against the West Indies.
In 2015 she took part of the inaugural season of the Australian Women"s Big Bash League playing for the Melbourne Renegades.
Achievements
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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. In January 2014 against Pakistan, van Niekerk took her second ODI five-wicket haul with 5/17, she is the first South African woman player to achieve two five-wicket hauls in ODI.
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South Africa