Skipper Dane Van Niekerk returns to South Africa squad

CAPETOWN: Skipper Dane Van Niekerk returned to the side as Cricket South Africa (CSA) on Tuesday announced an 18-player squad for the Proteas women's tour of the West Indies starting later this month.

Van Niekerk returns after recovering from the injury that kept her out of the series wins against Pakistan and India earlier this year. Van Niekerk, who has also honed her captaincy skills at the helm of the Oval Invincibles, has scored 200 runs at an average of 66.66 with a strike rate of almost 113. She and fellow senior Protean Lizelle Lee are two of the five players to have scored 200 or more runs in the tournament to date.

South Africa is scheduled to travel to Antigua next Monday, via Heathrow, for three T20I and five ODIs. The tour starts on August 31, with the first T20I taking place at the Sir Viv Richards Cricket Ground. Agencies

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