Dane van Niekerk to play regional cricket in England sooner than Hundred

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Dane van Niekerk will play regional cricket in England this summer time. The previous South Africa captain, who retired from world cricket previous this month, has signed for Sunrisers on a two-and-a-half-month contract that may see her play within the Charlotte Edwards Cup and the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy.

Van Niekerk used to be re-signed by means of Oval Invincibles within the inaugural ladies’s draft for the Hundred on Thursday night, and her maintain Sunrisers – the regional hub primarily based round London and the East – manner she will likely be in England for almost all of the summer time.

She used to be controversially unnoticed of South Africa’s squad for the new T20 International Cup on house soil after failing to fulfill a two-kilometre time trial benchmark, having struggled with accidents over the former 3 years, and showed her retirement from world cricket ultimate week.

“I am very excited to sign up for up with my Sunrisers team-mates,” van Niekerk stated. “I stay up for this new bankruptcy and contributing to the full luck of the crew. [I am] so thankful for the backing and cannot wait to get at the box to start out enjoying.”

Sunrisers had been the weakest of the 8 English regional groups because the home device used to be remodeled forward of the 2020 season. They’ve simplest gained as soon as within the Charlotte Edwards Cup, the home T20 festival, and feature by no means gained a sport within the 50-over Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy.

They’ve a brand new trainer for this summer time in Andy Tennant, the previous Scotland world, whilst Northants’ assistant trainer Chris Liddle has additionally been introduced in over the wintry weather to paintings with the squad’s seamers.

“That is a particularly thrilling time for Sunrisers, and with the ability to usher in Dané speaks volumes of the paintings that has been happening in the back of the scenes at this membership,” Tennant stated. “Everyone knows precisely what Dané is in a position to, and the enjoy that she’s going to carry to our staff of avid gamers is useful.

“We made certain that the present squad had been mindful all through the entire procedure, and Eva [Gray] and Mady [Villiers] have all the time spoken so extremely of her after spending such a lot time in combination right through the Hundred. She’s each a super participant and a super particular person, and we will’t wait to welcome her into the Sunrisers circle of relatives.”

Van Niekerk’s maintain Sunrisers runs till the tip of July, when she’s going to hyperlink up with the Invincibles squad forward in their opening Hundred fixture on August 2.

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