Dane Van Niekerk Height, Age, Husband/Partner, Family, Biography & More 2024

• Dané Van Niekerk is a South African cricketer. She is a right-handed batter and leg-break bowler.

• She consumes alcohol and follows a non-vegetarian weight-reduction plan.
  

  Dane van Niekerk and Marizanne Kapp with a glass of Champagne

• Dane was an ardent supporter of the South African skilled rugby union group ‘Bulls’.

• She was into sports activities as a toddler and performed softball, hockey, and netball earlier than she turned knowledgeable cricketer.

• Dane began enjoying cricket with the boys’ group in her main college and it was in highschool she first performed in an all-female group.

• She and her companion Marizanne Kapp made their worldwide debut in the course of the ICC Women’s World Cup 2009; Dane debuted towards the West Indies Women’s group on the age of 16.

• When she got here out as a lesbian, her family was initially upset together with her. In an interview, she revealed that it was onerous for her to inform her dad and mom about her sexuality as they had been orthodox Christians; nevertheless, they supported her resolution after a while and accepted her relationship.

• Dane turned knowledgeable cricketer on the age of fifteen and performed for the Northerns Under-19 group and Highveld Women.

• She was then chosen for the South Africa Under-19 Women and was named captain on the age of sixteen.

• She was the first-ever South African feminine cricketer to play for the Eastern Province cricket academy group (male).

• In the seventh-place playoff match towards the Sri Lanka Women in the course of the ICC Women’s World Cup 2009, she bowled eight overs at an economic system of 1.37 and took three wickets; Dane was the Player of the Match.

• On 6 October 2010, she took 4 wickets towards Sri Lanka Women from seven overs.

• In January 2013, she turned the primary South African lady to register a global hat trick; she achieved this file towards the West Indies Women’s group and ended the match with 5 wickets.

• On 5 February 2013, she scored her first half-century (55 not out) towards the Pakistan Women in the course of the 2013 Women’s Cricket World Cup held in India.

•  On 13 February 2013, she took a four-wicket haul towards the Sri Lanka Women; she ended the 2013 Women’s Cricket World Cup with eight wickets.

• In January 2014, she took 5 wickets towards the Pakistan Women and have become the primary South African lady to realize two five-wicket hauls in ODI cricket.

• On 26 October 2014, in the course of the South Africa Women’s tour of Sri Lanka, Dane was named Player of the Match after a stellar efficiency with 70 runs and never out.

• She was named to the South Africa Women’s group for his or her tour of India (2014); she made her Test debut within the one-off Test match towards India Women at Mysore. This was her solely Test look for the South African Women’s group within the Test cricket format.

• The Melbourne Renegades Women signed her for the inaugural season of the Women’s Big Bash League (2015/2016); she scored her first half-century (52) within the WBBL towards the Perth Scorchers on 16 January 2016.

• Dane was signed by the Loughborough Lightning group for the inaugural season (2016) of the Kia Super League.

• In June 2016, Dane van Niekerk changed Mignon du Preez because the captain of the South Africa Women’s group; Cricket South Africa named her captain in all of the codecs.

• Dane took 17 wickets and scored 460 runs from 21 matches within the ICC Women’s Championship between 2014 and 2016.

• She joined the Sydney Sixers Women for the second season of the WBBL and gained her first WBBL title in the identical season; they efficiently defended the title within the third season (2017-2018) of the WBBL.

• On 15 February 2017, Dane turned the first-ever South African lady to take 100 ODI wickets; she reached the milestone towards the India Women in the course of the 2017 ICC Women’s World Cup Qualifier and likewise she turned the seventh participant to achieve 1000 runs and 100 wickets within the Women’s ODI cricket.

• Dane’s first main event as captain of her nationwide group was the 2017 Women’s Cricket World Cup; she took the very best variety of wickets within the event (15 wickets) and ICC named her to the 2017 ICC Women’s ODI Team of the Year.

• On 2 July 2017, she took 4 wickets with out conceding a run towards the West Indies Women’s group; this was the primary time in worldwide cricket {that a} cricketer (male or feminine) took 4 wickets with out giving any runs.

#OnThisDay within the ICC Women’s World Cup 2017, South Africa skipper Dane van Niekerk turned the primary bowler to take 4 wickets in a global match with out conceding a run 🤯 pic.twitter.com/FkakLDpXQ7

— ICC (@ICC) July 2, 2020

• In August 2017, ACT Meteors signed Dane van Niekerk for the 2017-2018 season of the Women’s National Cricket League (WNCL); she scored 124 runs and took 5 wickets in two matches.

• In 2018, she joined Surrey Stars and was the fifth-highest wicket-taker with 13 wickets from 9 matches within the Kia Super League.

• On 13 November 2018, Dane van Niekerk and Marizanne Kapp turned the primary married couple to bat collectively in a significant ICC event.

• On 11 February 2019, she scored her maiden century towards Sri Lanka Women and was named Player of the Match; she scored 102 runs from 117 balls and took two wickets from ten overs.

• In the ultimate season of the Kia Super League (2019), Dane scored 97 runs from eight matches and took 12 wickets.

• Van Niekerk is the fourth South African lady cricketer to attain 2,000 runs within the ODI format.

• Dane was the South African Women’s top-scorer within the 2017-2020 ICC Women’s Championship; she scored 596 runs from 13 matches between 2018 and 2020.

• Van Niekerk was named captain of the Coronations group forward of the 2019-2020 Women’s T20 Super League; she scored 146 runs and have become the top-scorer of the event.

• She captained the Oval Invincibles within the inaugural season (2021) of The Hundred; they defeated Southern Brave within the remaining and have become the first-ever champions of The Hundred. Dane was the highest scorer of the event with 259 runs from 9 matches.

• In 2021, she joined Adelaide Strikers Women for the 2021-2022 season of the Women’s Big Bash League; she scored 356 runs and took 4 wickets from 17 matches.

• She missed the 2022 ICC World Cup following an ankle fracture; she slipped on a moist floor at her dwelling and injured her left ankle.

• Dane’s enjoying time at Oval Invincibles was restricted in the course of the 2022 season of The Hundred; she lacked match health and performed in simply three matches.

• On 25 November 2022, the Starlights group signed Dane and appointed her because the group captain for the 2022-2023 season of the Women’s T20 Super League.

• She was not included within the South African Women’s group for the 2023 ICC T20 World Cup after she failed the necessary health check beneath Cricket South Africa (CSA); she took 18 seconds extra to finish the 2km run versus the required 9 minutes and 30 seconds. CSA’s resolution was not obtained properly among the many followers and lots of cricketers together with Dale Steyn and Marizanne Kapp shared their dismay on social media. She was a part of the official commentary panel of the 2023 ICC Women’s T20 World Cup.

• Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) signed her for the inaugural season (2023) of the Women’s Premier League; nevertheless, she didn’t characteristic in any of the matches.

😇 Nothing to see right here, simply two married working ladies, Dane van Niekerk (#RCB) and Marizanne Kapp (#DC), catching up after their match on Sunday night 🫶🏻#CheerTheW #TATAWPL pic.twitter.com/yayQanmFXf

— JioCinema (@JioCinema) March 5, 2023

• An Australian publication revealed her retirement information with the headline ‘Meant to stay broken: Fat-shamed cricket star to retire after 2km cut-off controversy.’

Excuse me?? Fat shamed?? Are u critical??https://t.co/ioFw4k1kjB

— Danevn81 (@Danevn811) March 14, 2023

• In March 2023, Oval Invincibles introduced the signing of Dane forward of the 2023 season of The Hundred.

• On 24 March 2023, the Sunrisers signed her forward of the 2023 Charlotte Edwards Cup.

✍️ | SUNRISERS SEAL VAN NIEKERK SIGNATURE
Sunrisers are delighted to have the ability to announce the abroad signing of South African @Danevn811!

She will be a part of up with the squad firstly of the Charlotte Edwards Cup marketing campaign in mid-May.

Full story ⬇️ #RiseUp🌅🧡

— Sunrisers Cricket (@Sunriserscrick) March 24, 2023

• In an interview, she revealed that her favorite second in cricket was when she scored her maiden century.