De Klerk closing in on a decade of highs and lows with Proteas

PROTEAS Women’s all-rounder, Nadine de Klerk, has described the eight years playing for South Africa as a rollercoaster ride, filled with many lows and highs along the road.

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De Klerk, 25, made her international debut in 2017, at the tender age of 17, and has mostly been playing international cricket since then.

In those eight years, De Klerk has described being dropped from the team as the lowest point in her career.

However, having played in two consecutive ICC Women’s T20 World Cup finals in the last two years, De Klerk told Independent Media that those two games are the highest highs of her career and that they overshadow all the negatives in her career.

“It’s crazy to think that it’s been eight years; it doesn’t even feel that long, but I think it has been a massive rollercoaster. I think I was lucky that I started off quite young and had a bit of time to find my feet and stuff like that.

“So, there's probably been more lows than highs to be honest,” De Klerk told exclusively.