Dane Van Niekerk

South Africa women's national cricket team have announced their squad for the ICC Women's T20 World Cup 2026, with veteran pacer Shabnim Ismail making a surprise return from retirement. Led by Laura Wolvaardt, the Proteas will aim for their first ICC title after back-to-back runner-up finishes. Experienced players like Marizanne Kapp and Dane Van Niekerk also feature in the squad.

South Africa women cricketers Dane Van Niekerk and Marizanne Kapp became the first married couple to bat together in an ICC tournament when South Africa faced Sri Lanka in their ICC Women’s Twenty20 match at the Darren Sammy National Cricket Stadium in St. Lucia.

Opener Mithali Raj held the innings together with an unbeaten half-century as Indian women notched up a comfortable seven-wicket victory over South Africa in the first T20 International on Tuesday.

Cricket South Africa (CSA) on Tuesday announced that Women's National High-Performance squad will be assembling for a week-long training camp from August 26-31 in Pretoria.

Dane Van Niekerk makes a significant return to the Proteas women's squads for their upcoming series against Ireland, featuring in both T20Is and ODIs after a four-year hiatus. The ODI squad also welcomes six new faces, while several key players are rested for that format, focusing on the T20Is ahead of the World Cup.

Wicketkeeper-batters Nicholas Pooran and Mohammad Rizwan have withdrawn from the BBL draft due to a fractured right thumb sustained during the recent women's Hundred in England. Pooran and Rizwan were listed as platinum picks in the BBL draft and were expected to be picked by clubs due to their wicketkeeping skills. Dane Van Niekerk, who previously played for Melbourne Renegades, Sydney Sixers, and Adelaide Strikers in the WBBL, will miss out on a second consecutive season in the competition.

Alex Blackwell and Meg Lanning shared a fighting 52-run stand as Australian women overcame a jittery start to eke out a six-wicket win over South Africa in a Group A match of the World Twenty20.

Cricket South Africa (CSA) on Sunday congratulated Proteas trio Dale Steyn, AB de Villiers and Imran Tahir as well as pair Dane Van Niekerk and Marizanne Kapp for being included by the International Cricket Council (ICC) in its Teams of the Decade. The players were identified and selected by the ICC's specialist voting academy comprising prominent cricket journalists, broadcasters and former players from around the world.

Former South Africa captain Dane Van Niekerk has announced her retirement from all forms of international cricket, the end of a sterling career for one of the country's best ever female players.

Hosts South Africa have dropped regular captain Dane Van Niekerk from their Women's Twenty20 World Cup squad after the all-rounder failed to meet fitness requirements.

India skipper Mithali Raj was on Monday chosen as the captain of the ICC Women's World Cup 2017 team by the International Cricket Council. The 34-year-old Indian was selected as captain after she led India to the final of the just-concluded ICC Women's World Cup.

Sri Lanka Women skipper Chamari Atapattu led from the front to help her team pull off a consolation 10-run win over South Africa Women in an inconsequential group match of the ICC World T20.

Royal Challengers Bangalore pipped Mumbai Indians in a bidding war to secure the biggest deal of the inaugural Women's Premier League auction in India's attacking batter Smriti Mandhana for a whopping Rs 3.4 crore.

South Africa captain Dane Van Niekerk admits she is harder on wife Marizanne Kapp than other players in the team as she is wary of accusations of favouritism towards the key allrounder. It is rare to find married couples in team sports and for Van Niekerk and Kapp, balancing their relationship on and off the field has needed some work over the years.

England opener Tammy Beaumont says her team's victory over South Africa in the group stage of the Women's World Cup will count for nothing when the two sides face each other in the first semifinal on Tuesday.

Cricket South Africa (CSA) on Thursday named a squad of 21 players for a training camp as the team steps up preparations for the visit of the West Indies for a four-match Women's ODI series in Johannesburg between January 28- February 6.

Dominant in the series-opener, the Indian women's cricket team would now look to seal the issue when it takes on South Africa in the second ODI of the three- match series on Wednesday.

Royal Challengers Bangalore and Delhi Capitals will square off against each other on Sunday in what would be their opening fixture of the inaugural Women's Premier League.