Siyo to lead South Africa at inaugural ICC U19 Women's World Cup

Cricket South Africa (CSA) has announced their 15-player SA U19 Women's squad for next year's inaugural ICC U19 Women's World Cup.

Benoni and Potchefstroom will host the first-ever U19 Women's T20 World Cup from 14-29 January 2023, showcasing the sport's future stars with 16 nations set to participate.

On Tuesday, CSA named a 15-player squad and two non-travelling reserves, who will participate in next week's Women's Super League (WSL) at Newlands and in a five-match T20 series against India U19 ahead of the ICC event.

Lions batter Oluhle Siyo will lead the side with Easterns' Madison Landman as vice-captain.

All 15 players will be capped on Sunday on eve of CSA Women's Super League at Newlands in Cape Town.

SA U19 World Cup squad:

Elandri Janse Van Rensburg (North West), Simone Lourens (Titans Cricket), Anica Swart (North West), Karabo Meso (Lions Cricket), Madison Landsman (Easterns), Oluhle Siyo (captain - Lions Cricket), Kayla Reyneke (Western Province), Jenna Evans (Lions Cricket), Miane Smit (Free State), Ayanda Hlubi (KZN Coastal), Seshnie Naidu (KZN Coastal), Refilwe Moncho (Lions Cricket), Mona Lisa Legodi (Titans Cricket), Nthabiseng Nini (North West), Jemma Botha (Western Province)

Non Travelling Reserves:

Caitlin Wyngaard (Western Province), Diara Ramlakan (Lions Cricket)

"This inaugural event comes with a lot of responsibility for us as coaches and players. As custodians of the game, custodians of our country, we ought to be patriotic and know that we can make the country proud," said SA U19 head coach Dinesha Devnarain.

"I hope we stick to our performance benchmarks and the brand of cricket we want to play. We understand fear can be nerve-wrecking and we want to channel it into an opportunity to drive us to our