South Africa Squad – ICC Women’s World Cup 2022
South Africa announced their 15-member-squad for the upcoming edition of ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup. Sune Luus will lead the Proteas unit for the 2022 Women’s World Cup with Chloe Tyron named her deputy. ICC Women’s ODI Cricketer of the Year 2021, Lizelle Lee returned to the team after missoing out on home series against West Indies.
Former skipper Dane van Niekerk has been ruled out due to ankle fracture. Meanwhile, Anneke Bosch, Nadine de Klerk and Raisibe Ntozakhe were named as the travelling reserves.
The South African unit is under the supervision of head coach Hilton Moreeng and assistant coach Dillon du Preez. du Preez represented RCB in Indian Premier League.
“The squad was not just brought together in the last few months, it’s a process that we commenced in 2017 and we identified certain areas that we needed to strengthen. There were strategic selections made through various camps and tours that we’ve had and played prior to this,” said Convenor of Selectors Clinton du Preez.
“The players have come along nicely and in leaps and bounds, and it’s good to see that we can now, with injuries and key personnel out of the team, find strategic replacements to cover for them, which is important and speaks volumes of the depth that we’ve created within this programme.”, he added
South Africa Cricket Squad:
Sune Luus (c), Chloe Tryon (vc), Ayabonga Khaka, Lara Goodall, Laura Wolvaardt, Lizelle Lee, Marizanne Kapp, Masabata Maria Klaas, Mignon du Preez, Nonkululeko Mlaba, Shabnim Ismail, Sinalo Jafta, Tazmin Brits, Trisha Chetty, Tumi Sekhukhune.
South Africa Fixtures in ICC Women’s World Cup 2022
South Africa begin their campaign on March 5 with the match against Bangladesh in Dunedin. They play their next 2 matches at Tauranga against Pakistan (Match 11) and England (March 14). Then they play hosts New Zealand in Hamilton on March 17 before traveling to Wellington to play against Australia and West Indies on March 22 and 24 respectively. Their final league match is against India in Christchurch on March 27.
