Her decision comes a month and a half after her controversial non-selection in South Africa’s squad for the T20 World Cup at home last month
ESPNcricinfo staff11-Mar-2023Former South Africa captain and allrounder Dane van Niekerk is set to announce her retirement from international cricket, ESPNcricinfo has learnt. Van Niekerk is currently in India with the Royal Challengers Bangalore squad.”You have to accept that some chapters in our lives have to close without closures,” van Niekerk posted on her Instagram account on Saturday, without directly announcing her retirement. “There is no point in losing yourself by trying to fix what’s meant to stay broken.”Related
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Cricket South Africa (CSA) is not aware of the situation to date but are set to announce the national women’s contracts later this month. Van Niekerk was contracted last year, though she did not play a game for the national side after breaking her ankle in January and there is no clarity on if she would have been offered a contract this year as well. CSA had announced Sune Luus as captain ahead of the T20 World Cup where South Africa reached the final.One of the shrewdest captains in women’s cricket, van Niekerk’s decision to retire comes a month and a half after her controversial non-selection in South Africa’s squad for the T20 World Cup last month. Van Niekerk failed to pass the fitness test by 18 seconds, though she achieved a personal best in the test and was eventually left out of the squad. In her absence, Luus led the team to their maiden World Cup final, which they lost to eventual six-time champions Australia.