Nadine de Klerk

Nadine de Klerk (born 16 January 2000) is a South African international cricketer who plays for South Africa national cricket team in all formats of the game. She also plays for the Royal Challengers Bengaluru in the Women's Premier League and has appeared in other franchise leagues. She is a right-handed batter and right-arm medium bowler. Quotes hit those awkward gaps where normally I spoke a lot to Mignon and them [the seniors], they say the youngsters coming in now are so privileged because when they started there was nothing, they played for fun I remember when I went to the WC in 2017 and when we did so well and we came back, a lot of things happened for the Women’s game. I know there were a lot of improvements in contracts. The exposure that we’re getting, I think it’s still not there yet but there’s really a lot of improvements and I’m excited about the future She’s [Marizanne] a real competitor. I remember her face when she couldn’t play in the semi-final and my heart broke for her because I know how much of an impact player she is for South Africa Even though she’s my own teammate, I really look up to her and I have a lot of respect for her. I think she’s leadi it’s a dream come true. I love this game, I love playing for South Africa. Every time I put that jersey over my head I still get goosebumps every time, it never gets old. So, let that inspire you. It’s a brilliant game to play.” I think simplicity is everything. I think today was just about really backing myself and not trying to overhit it and just time the ball. It was quite a good wicket. If mid-on and mid-off were in the circle, she went over them; if they were dropped back, she dispatched the ball square for more runs to make the Indian team sweat. I guess when it comes to the back ten [overs], you can really start backing yourself and try and take the game on. And if it does come off, that 70 or 80 runs in the last ten makes a massive difference in these totals Yeah, I think it obviously got a little bit more tricky when she [Tryon] got out, but I think even though her leg gave her a bit of problems, I think she's probably one of the best finishers in world cricket, We know she can clear any boundaries. I think when we were batting together, we were still pretty confident to chase the score. I guess it's just about the belief and the character at the end of the day, and we just wanted to stick it out and fight really hard because we knew how important this game was for our team. I think the most important part is, and we've seen it in this World Cup, is you just have to stick it out, Doesn't matter if you're batting No. 8 or 9, if you give yourself a chance. I mean, Richa [Ghosh] did it today for India as well. Just try and bat time. And I guess when it comes to the back ten [overs], you can really start backing yourself and try and take the game on. And if it does come off, that 70 or 80 runs in the last ten makes a massive difference in these totals. Simplicity is everything' and impossible is Nadine for South Africa, October 2025, Cricinfo by Vishal Dikshit External links Category:Living people Category:Cricketers from South Africa Category:2000 births