Former Proteas women’s team captain Dané van Niekerk is back playing professionally after nearly two years away from the game ...

Dané van Niekerk, former Proteas captain and world-class allrounder, has been a key figure in South African women’s cricket.

The clothes were from a magazine. The crutches and moon boot were from a hospital. Dane van Niekerk made a striking sight as she waited on the wrong side of the turnstiles at Newlands in January.

Dane van Niekerk's omission on fitness grounds from South Africa's T20 World Cup squad amounts to self-inflicted sabotage of the home side's chances of winning their first senior global trophy.

But here in the heart of one of the coldest winters the Mother City has seen in years, with the snow-capped Drakenstein ...