AS the Momentum Proteas prepare to embark on a new season, two players from the Six Gun Grill SWD women’s team – also Oudtshoorn locals – have thrown their names into the hat of possible squad members and are hoping they will be able to represent their country as part of the national women’s team.
The Proteas women’s team are set for a season that includes a bumper fixture list that will run until the hosting of the 2023 ICC Women’s T20 World Cup in February, which offers a chance for fresh faces to put their hands up for selection.
That is exactly what Micaela Andrews and Jané Winster hope to do in the 2022/23 campaign, as they look to build on their recent call-ups to attend national training camps and feature for the SA Emerging side.
Looking ahead for the Proteas Women, their schedule includes three ODIs and three T20s against Ireland between 3-17 June, a multi-format tour to England from 27 June to 25 July. This tour also involves six white ball contests that are preceded by a hugely anticipated once-off Test.
The team will also be readying themselves for a maiden Commonwealth Games appearance in Birmingham in August this year, which will also mark the first ever inclusion of women’s cricket in the event’s history.
Following her participation in the recently held Proteas national training camp in Tshwane, it will also be interesting to see if Delmi Tucker, also an SWD team member, will make the trip for the upcoming tours, with the traveling squad that is departing for Ireland at the end of this month set to be announced next week.
Oudtshoorn’s Andrews and Winster knocking on Proteas women’s team door
Micaela Andrews (left) and Jané Winster (right) during a recent Proteas women’s team training camp. (Photos supplied)