{"id":19463,"date":"2013-04-27T12:09:40","date_gmt":"2013-04-27T10:09:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/female-cricketers-shown-men-the-way\/"},"modified":"2013-04-27T12:09:40","modified_gmt":"2013-04-27T10:09:40","slug":"female-cricketers-shown-men-the-way","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/female-cricketers-shown-men-the-way\/","title":{"rendered":"Female Cricketers Shown Men the Way"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t<span class=\"wpsr_floatbts_anchor\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The Eastern Province Cricket Academy is currently underway and in a ground breaking move the Academy has this year accepted two female cricketers for the 2013 Academy year. The ladies who are both active provincial and national cricketers will join the previously male only Academy. <\/p>\n<p>Marizanne Kapp has represented the EP Women\u2019s, Northern\u2019s Women\u2019s and both the SA U19 and SA Women\u2019s team for a number of seasons. Kapp is a right hand batsman and right arm medium bowler born and raised in Port Elizabeth. Dane van Niekerk was born in Pretoria but joined the EP Provincial Women\u2019s team mid season. Dane has represented various teams including Northern\u2019s, EP, East Coast and the SA U19 and SA Women\u2019s teams.<\/p>\n<p>Both have shown great leadership potential with Marizanne captaining the EP U19 Girl\u2019s team and Dane leading the SA U19 Girls team. <\/p>\n<p>Coach Christo Esau \u201cI think it is very exciting to have the girls in the Academy. Having seen them in the nets their skill levels are particularly impressive and I am hoping that the Academy will help them to dominate at international level\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Their inclusion in the EP Academy this year shows the progressive nature of the sport in the Province and will lead the way for many aspiring young female cricketers in a previously male dominated sport. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am really excited about the next 6 months. This is a great opportunity for us and an excellent opportunity for women\u2019s cricket moving forward\u201d said Kapp.<\/p>\n<p>Dane said \u201cI am honoured and privileged to be one of the first ladies to be included and am excited about implementing the skills that we are learning\u201d <\/p>\n<p>The Academy is made up of 16 players who through the next six months will be exposed to not only cricket but various life skills which includes Toastmasters, nutrition, financial wellness and psychology.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/plugins\/rss-poster\/cache\/b1aa8_Female_Cricketers.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/plugins\/rss-poster\/cache\/b1aa8_Female_Cricketers.jpg\" alt=\"Female Cricketers\" width=\"600\" height=\"486\" class=\"size-full wp-image-23098\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Marizanne Kapp and Dane van Niekerk set to show the men a thing or two<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Eastern Province Cricket Academy is currently underway and in a ground breaking move the Academy has this year accepted two female cricketers for the 2013 Academy year. The ladies who are both active provincial and national cricketers will join the previously male only Academy. 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