South Africa allrounder Dane van Niekerk has been picked by Guyana Amazon Warriors for the Women's Caribbean Premier League (WCPL) 2025 . The franchise announced van Niekerk, New Zealand medium-pacer Molly Penfold and Ireland wicketkeeper-batter Amy Hunter as replacements for Shabnim Ismail, Lauren Winfield-Hill and Madeline Penna.
This will be van Niekerk's first stint in a franchise league since August 2023, when she played in the women's Hundred. She was also part of the inaugural season of the Women's Premier League in 2023, where she was signed by Royal Challengers Bengaluru but did not play a single game, and she was released ahead of the 2024 season. It will be her first stint in the WCPL.
Van Niekerk recently took a u-turn on her international retirement after returning t