Laura Wolvaardt will take over the reins as captain of the Proteas Women for all three formats of the game, with the first full-time assignment against Bangladesh next month.
Cricket South Africa made the announcement on Friday saying she had a successful tenure as interim captain during the recent tours against Pakistan and New Zealand, helping her team to back-to-back 2-1 ODI series victories.
The 24-year-old has already appeared in 86 One-Day Internationals (ODI) and 59 T20Is, recording 3,421 runs with 30 fifties and four hundreds in the 50-over format, in addition to 1,313 runs at an average of 32.82 with nine half-centuries-in-T20Is-.
CSA said in the T20I series between 03 - 08 December, the newly appointed SA captain “will oversee a squad blended with youth and know-how, with a sprinkle of rising talent as SA U19 and SA Emerging stars Ayanda Hlubi and Eliz-Mari Marx earn their maiden international call-ups in the shorter format”.
Six Gun Grill Garden Route Badgers all-rounder Annerie Dercksen returns from a winter injury to the squad.
Several contracted players are not available for the T20I series due to injury including fast bowler Ayabonga Khaka, who has a knee injury, and all-rounders Chloè Tryon, who has a groin injury, and Nadine de Klerk, who has a side strain.
Experienced campaigner Marizanne Kapp will be rested for the T20Is and will return for the crucial ODI series.
The Proteas Women squad that will compete in the three-match One-Day series will be announced ahead of the 50-over encounters which are being held in East London, Potchefstroom and Benoni between 16 - 23 December.
The ODI matches form part of the ICC Women’s Championship 2022-25 (IWC) in pursuit of qualification for the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup 2025.
