Protea Fire: 'We are here to win'
25 June 2017 - 00:02
Dane van Niekerk knew captaining SA at the World Cup was a big deal. On Thursday, she was given an idea of how big.
An hour after her team had hammered West Indies in a practice match, Van Niekerk and her Windies counterpart, Stafanie Taylor, along with Australia's Meg Lanning and Sana Mir, the Pakistan captain, boarded a helicopter bound for London.
Once there they were whisked to No1 Westminster Place, offices of the National Liberal Club, which counts seven British prime ministers among its members...
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