Dane van Niekerk

Dane van Niekerk
Personal information
Full name Dane van Niekerk
Born 14 May 1993 (1993-05-14) (age 18)
Pretoria, South Africa
Batting style Right-handed
Bowling style Right arm leg spin
Role Bowler
International information
ODI debut 8 March 2009 v West Indies women
Last ODI 12 October 2010 v Netherlands women
Domestic team information
Years Team
2008–present Northerns women
Career statistics
Competition ODIs T20Is
Matches 10 12
Runs scored 16 35
Batting average 4.00 5.00
100s/50s 0/0 0/0
Top score 7 8
Balls bowled 492 207
Wickets 20 8
Bowling average 11.25 26.87
5 wickets in innings 0 0
10 wickets in match – –
Best bowling 4/13 2/13
Catches/stumpings 3/0 3/0
Source: Cricinfo, 21 October 2010

Dane van Niekerk (born 14 May 1993) is a South African cricketer.[1] She was born in Pretoria, educated at Centurion High School and, after playing for Highveld Women and Northerns Women, was selected as part of the South Africa national women's cricket team for the 2009 Women's Cricket World Cup in Australia. A leg spinner, she made her debut against the West Indies at Newcastle and took 3 for 11 as South Africa beat Sri Lanka in Sydney to claim 7th place in the tournament.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Dane van Niekerk player profile". Cricinfo. http://www.cricinfo.com/southafrica/content/player/364413.html. Retrieved 20 June 2009. 
  2. ^ "South Africa crush Sri Lanka to take seventh spot". Cricinfo. http://www.cricinfo.com/wwc2009/content/story/395171.html. Retrieved 20 June 2009. 

External links

South Africa squad – 2009 Women's Cricket World Cup
Kirstie Thomson was included in the original squad but withdrew due to injury; she was replaced by Marizanne Kapp.