Cricket South Africa has announced a 14-player squad for the Proteas Women’s ODI inbound series against Australia Women.

Hilton Moreeng’s Proteas side will face the WT20 World Cup champions in a three-match ODI series starting on Sunday, 22 March in Durban.

The ODI series will be the last round of the ICC Women’s Championship 2017-21 for both South Africa and Australia, who were crowned IWC champions just before the start of the ICC WT20 World Cup with an unassailable lead in the competition.

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It will be the first time the Proteas play 50-over cricket since their historic series win away over New Zealand in January where they walked away with a 3-0 whitewash.

The South African side remains relatively unchanged from the squad that did duty at the recent ICC WT20 World Cup, with the only omission being that of KwaZulu-Natal Coastal all-rounder Nondumiso Shangase.

The ODI series will start at Kingsmead, then proceed to the City Oval in Pietermaritzburg on Wednesday, 25 March and then round off the ODIs at Buffalo Park in East London on Saturday, 28 March.

Discussing the makeup of the squad, convener of selectors Clinton du Preez said: ‘This squad was selected with an eye on the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup 2021 in New Zealand. As much as we want to expand the pool of players who can perform successfully for South Africa, it is important that we keep the momentum and continue performing well against the very best in world cricket while also helping the team to peak for major tournaments.’

Squad: Dane van Niekerk (captain, Eastern Province), Laura Wolvaardt (Western Province), Lizelle Lee (North West), Mignon du Preez (Northerns), Marizanne Kapp (Eastern Province), Sune Luus (Northerns), Chloe Tryon (KwaZulu-Natal Coastal), Shabnim Ismail (KZN Coastal), Ayabonga Khaka (Gauteng), Masabata Klaas (North West), Tumi Sekhukhune (North West), Trisha Chetty (KZN Coastal), Nonkululeko Mlaba (KZN Coastal), Nadine de Klerk (Western Province).