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Van Niekerk looking forward to playing on home soil

1,251 views · Published 4 February 2018 · 4:41 · Indexed 6 November 2026

Channel: Cricket South Africa · 2018 · Sports

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Momentum Proteas captain, Dané van Niekerk is looking forward to playing in front of a South African crowd as her side prepares to battle it out against India in the first of three One-Day Internationals (ODIs) at the Diamond Oval in Kimberly tomorrow.  The last time the teams faced one another on South African soil, the visitors were the eventual winners of the triangular-series played last year in Potchefstroom. Van Nierkerk is hoping to lead the team in their quest to avenge that result as Hilton Moreeng and his charges aim to continue their great strides in world cricket.The captain, who led the Proteas to a semi-final berth in last year’s ICC Women’s World Cup in England, said that the three One Day Internationals are very important to the squad as they want to avoid the possibility of going to the world showpiece via the qualifiers route. All of the matches in this series form part of the ICC Women’s Championship, the qualification tournament for the 2021 event which will be held in New Zealand.The team will follow up tomorrow’s match with the second ODI taking place at the same venue two days later, with the last fixture moving to Potchefstroom’s Senwes Park on the Saturday, 10 February.

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