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Dane van Niekerk

Danevan Niekerk

All-rounder

Dane van Niekerk

Personal Details

  • Full Name Dane van Niekerk
  • Age 30
  • Date of Birth 14 May 1993
  • Birthplace Pretoria, Gauteng
  • Batting Style Right Handed Bat
  • Bowling Style Right-Arm Leg Spin

Player Story

Although Dane van Niekerk started her playing career as a leg-spinner, she wasted no time in proving her ability with the bat and being promoted up the batting order. Her first claim to fame was when she got inducted into the men's side at the Eastern Province cricket academy, making her the first female cricketer to join them.

Both her T20I and ODI debuts were in the formats' respective World Cups in 2009. In only her second ODI, the then 16-year-old returned figures of 3-11 against Sri Lanka.

The all-rounder also became the first South African female to take a hat-trick, achieving the feat against West Indies in 2013. A year later in a Women's World Twenty20 game against Bangladesh, van Niekerk and Lizelle Lee came together to post 163 - making it the then highest unbeaten opening stand in women's international T20 history.

van Niekerk was appointed South Africa's captain in all formats in June 2016, replacing Mignon du Preez who had stepped down from the role.

She continued to dominate her side's bowling attack, even topping the 2017 Women's World Cup's list of wicket-takers.

van Niekerk has represented both the Melbourne Renegades and Sydney Sixers in the Big Bash League, having appeared in all five seasons of the tournament.

Batting and Fielding

Matches
M
Innings Batted
Inn
Runs Scored
Runs
Highest Score
HS
Batting Average
Avg
50s Scored
50s
100s Scored
100s
Strike Rate
SR
Not Outs
NO
4s Hit
4s
6s Hit
6s
Catches
Ct
Stumpings
St
ODI 94 77 2,019 102 38.09 9 1 66.35 24 196 20 47 0
T20I 77 70 1,716 90 27.68 9 0 95.71 8 181 30 23 0

M: Matches

Inn: Innings Batted

Runs: Runs Scored

HS: Highest Score

Avg: Batting Average

50s: 50s Scored

100s: 100s Scored

SR: Strike Rate

NO: Not Outs

4s: 4s Hit

6s: 6s Hit

Ct: Catches

St: Stumpings

Bowling

Matches
M
Overs Bowled
O
Wickets
W
Best Bowling
BB
5 Wicket Hauls
5w
Bowling Average
Avg
Economy
Econ
Maidens Bowled
Mdn
Runs Conceded
Runs
ODI 94 639.2 115 5/17 2 19.63 3.53 65 2,258
T20I 77 223 58 4/17 0 21.19 5.51 3 1,229

M: Matches

O: Overs Bowled

W: Wickets

BB: Best Bowling

5w: 5 Wicket Hauls

Avg: Bowling Average

Econ: Economy

Mdn: Maidens Bowled

Runs: Runs Conceded

Batting and Fielding

Matches
M
Innings Batted
Inn
Runs Scored
Runs
Highest Score
HS
Batting Average
Avg
50s Scored
50s
100s Scored
100s
Strike Rate
SR
Not Outs
NO
4s Hit
4s
6s Hit
6s
Catches
Ct
Stumpings
St
WBBL 93 77 1,317 62 20.9 4 0 107.95 14 134 30 19 0

M: Matches

Inn: Innings Batted

Runs: Runs Scored

HS: Highest Score

Avg: Batting Average

50s: 50s Scored

100s: 100s Scored

SR: Strike Rate

NO: Not Outs

4s: 4s Hit

6s: 6s Hit

Ct: Catches

St: Stumpings

Bowling

Matches
M
Overs Bowled
O
Wickets
W
Best Bowling
BB
5 Wicket Hauls
5w
Bowling Average
Avg
Economy
Econ
Maidens Bowled
Mdn
Runs Conceded
Runs
WBBL 93 276.13 78 4/13 0 23.6 6.67 2 1,841

M: Matches

O: Overs Bowled

W: Wickets

BB: Best Bowling

5w: 5 Wicket Hauls

Avg: Bowling Average

Econ: Economy

Mdn: Maidens Bowled

Runs: Runs Conceded