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Proteas women look for home comfort after troubled World Cup build-up

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South Africa will seek to take advantage of home conditions in the Women's T20 World Cup, which starts on Friday, despite a troubled build-up.South Africa play Sri Lanka in the opening match at Newlands in Cape Town.READ | Tryon, De Klerk fifties not enough as Proteas women fall short in England T20 World Cup warm-upThe hosts will hope to improve on the performances of their country's men's team, who failed to reach the knockout stages in the only two global men's cricket events held in South Africa, the 2003 World Cup and 2006 Champions Trophy.South Africa were also underperforming hosts of the 2005 Women's World Cup when they finished seventh out of eight teams taking part.

Crowds were sparse, and media exposure was minimal at a time when interest in women's cricket was almost non-existent.The 2023 event will, however, have a higher profile, with significant pre-publicity and live television coverage.Controversy over the omission of former captain Dane van Niekerk on fitness grounds has been the biggest news event of the build-up.All-rounder Sune Luus will continue to lead the side, a role she has fulfilled in a caretaker capacity since 2019, when Van Niekerk suffered the first of a string of injuries."We are used to the conditions, we know what to expect from every ground we're going to be playing on.

Hopefully, we can use that to our advantage," said Luus.Luus made a point of mentioning Marizanne Kapp as one of the team's "standout" players and whose form will be crucial to South Africa's hopes.Kapp was one of South Africa's stars when they reached the semi-finals of the 50-overs World Cup in Australia last year, taking 12 wickets and scoring 203 runs at a strike rate of 92.Kapp is married to Van Niekerk and was

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